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Thursday, September 13, 2012 

Daily Digest 

Highlights 

House passed H.J. Res. 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013. 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages S6289–S6390 

Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and five resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3537–3552, and 

S. Res. 554–558. Pages S6339–40 

Measures Reported: 

S. 2170, to amend the provisions of title 5, 

United States Code, which are commonly referred to 

as the ‘‘Hatch Act’’ to eliminate the provision preventing certain State and local employees from seeking elective office, clarify the application of certain 

provisions to the District of Columbia, and modify 

the penalties which may be imposed for certain violations under subchapter III of chapter 73 of that 

title, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112–211) 

S. 2389, to deem the submission of certain claims 

to an Indian Health Service contracting officer as 

timely. Page S6339 

Measures Passed: 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act: Senate passed S. 3552, to reauthorize the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. 

 Pages S6370–87 

State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: Senate 

passed S.J. Res. 44, granting the consent of Congress 

to the State and Province Emergency Management 

Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. 

 Pages S6387–88 

Foreign Service and Civil Service Professionals: 

Senate agreed to S. Res. 401, expressing appreciation 

for Foreign Service and Civil Service professionals 

who represent the United States around the globe. 

 Pages S6388–89 

Measures Considered: 

Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act: 

Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed 

to consideration of S. 3521, to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring 

provisions. Page S6289 

Veterans Jobs Corps Act—Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing 

that on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, following 

any Leader remarks, Senate resume consideration of 

S. 3457, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

to establish a veterans jobs corps, and, notwithstanding Rule XXII, it be in order for Senator 

McConnell, or his designee, to raise a budget point 

of order against Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 

2789; that if a budget point of order is raised, the 

Majority Leader, or his designee, be recognized for 

a motion to waive the applicable budget points of 

order; that the time until 12 p.m. be equally divided 

between the two Leaders, or their designees, on the 

motion to waive; that upon the use or yielding back 

of time, Senate vote on the motion to waive; that if 

the motion to waive the applicable budget points of 

order is not agreed to, the cloture motions with respect to Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2789, 

and the bill, be withdrawn and the bill be returned 

to the calendar and the Majority Leader then be recognized; that if the motion to waive is agreed to, at 

a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, 

after consultation with the Republican Leader and 

notwithstanding Rule XXII, Reid motion to commit 

the bill to the Committee on Veterans Affairs, with 

instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2812, be withdrawn; that all the pending amendments be withdrawn with the exception of Reid (for Murray) 

Amendment No. 2789; that there be 30 minutes of 

debate equally divided between the two Leaders, or 

their designees; that upon the use or yielding back 

of time, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture 

on Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2789; if cloture is invoked, the remaining post-cloture time be 

yielded back and Senate vote on or in relation to 

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Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 2789; that following that vote, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill, as amended, if amended; 

and that if cloture is invoked, the post-cloture time 

be yielded back, and Senate vote on passage of the 

bill, as amended, if amended; and that following the 

vote on passage of the bill, the Majority Leader be 

recognized; If cloture is not invoked on Reid (for 

Murray) Amendment No. 2789, the cloture motion 

on the bill be withdrawn and the bill be returned 

to the calendar; and that no amendments, motions 

or points of order be in order to Reid (for Murray) 

Amendment No. 2789 or the bill other than those 

listed in this agreement. Page S6332 

Continuing Appropriations Resolution—Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 

providing that when Senate receives H.J. Res. 117, 

making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 

2013, it be placed on the calendar; that on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, it be in order for the Majority Leader to move to proceed to consideration of 

the resolution and file cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the resolution; that if a cloture motion is filed, notwithstanding Rule XXII, 

the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the resolution 

occur at 2:15 p.m., on Wednesday, September 19, 

2012. Page S6332 

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 

Mark Doms, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 

of Commerce for Economic Affairs. 

Christopher R. Beall, of Oklahoma, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of 

five years. 

William Shaw McDermott, of Massachusetts, to 

be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term 

expiring November 22, 2017. 

Nina Mitchell Wells, of New Jersey, to be a 

Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2018. 

Deborah Ann McCarthy, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania. 

Joan M. Prince, of Wisconsin, to be an Alternate 

Representative of the United States of America to 

the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of 

the United Nations. 

Ted R. Dintersmith, of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America 

to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly 

of the United Nations. 

Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be a Member of 

the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge 

Corporation for a term of two years. 

Jeffrey Shell, of California, to be a Member of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring 

August 13, 2015. 

Jeffrey Shell, of California, to be Chairman of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

Bruce Carter, of Florida, to be a Member of the 

National Council on the Arts for a term expiring 

September 3, 2018. 

John Unsworth, of Massachusetts, to be a Member 

of the National Council on the Humanities for a 

term expiring January 26, 2016. 

Martin O’Malley, of Maryland, to be a Member of 

the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring November 5, 2018. 

Martin O’Malley, of Maryland, to be a Member of 

the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for the remainder of the 

term expiring November 5, 2012. 

Walter G. Secada, of Florida, to be a Member of 

the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a 

term expiring March 3, 2016. 

Stewart M. De Soto, of Illinois, to be a Member 

of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater 

Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation 

for a term expiring August 11, 2016. 

Anne J. Udall, of Oregon, to be a Member of the 

Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a term expiring October 

6, 2016. 

36 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 

A routine list in the Army. Pages S6389–90 

Messages from the House: Page S6336 

Measures Referred: Page S6336 

Measures Read the First Time: Pages S6336, S6389 

Executive Communications: Pages S6336–39 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6340–42 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S6342–46 

Additional Statements: Page S6336 

Amendments Submitted: Pages S6346–69 

Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S6369 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: 

 Pages S6369–70 

Privileges of the Floor: Page S6370 

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:03 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Monday, September 17, 2012. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s 

Record on page S6389.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION 

BUREAU 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine holding 

the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accountable, focusing on a review of the semi-annual report 

to Congress, after receiving testimony from Richard 

Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded 

a hearing to examine the nominations of Stephen D. 

Mull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 

of Poland, and Dawn M. Liberi, of Florida, to be 

Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, both of the 

Department of State, after the nominees testified and 

answered questions in their own behalf. 

QUALITY OF DISABILITY BENEFIT 

AWARDS 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 

concluded a hearing to examine issues related to the 

quality of disability benefit awards involving 300 

case files of claimants under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplement Security Income (SSI) programs involving initial applications 

and subsequent levels of appeal, after receiving testimony from Patricia Jonas, Executive Director, Office 

of Appellate Operations, Debra Bice, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Douglas Stults, Hearing Office 

Chief Administrative Law Judge, Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma Hearing Office, Thomas Erwin, Hearing 

Office Chief Administrative Law Judge, Roanoke, 

Virginia Hearing Office, and Ollie L. Garmon III, 

Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge, Atlanta 

Region, all of the Office of Disability Adjudication 

and Review, Social Security Administration. 

IMPROVING COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine improving college affordability, focusing on a view from the 

states, after receiving testimony from Camille Preus, 

Oregon Department of Community Colleges and 

Workforce Development Commissioner, Salem; John 

G. Morgan, Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor, 

Nashville; Muriel A. Howard, American Association 

of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC; 

and David Longanecker, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, Colorado. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: 

S. 675, to express the policy of the United States 

regarding the United States relationship with Native 

Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian 

governing entity, with an amendment in the nature 

of a substitute; 

S. 1345, to provide for equitable compensation to 

the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production 

of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, with an 

amendment in the nature of a substitute; and 

S. 1684, to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005, with 

amendments. 

IMPACTS OF THE CARCIERI AND 

PATCHAK DECISIONS 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an 

oversight hearing to examine the impacts of the 

Carcieri and Patchak decisions, after receiving testimony from Donald Laverdure, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Jefferson 

Keel, National Congress of American Indians 

(NCAI), Washington, DC; John Echohawk, Native 

American Rights Fund (NARF), Boulder, Colorado; 

and Colette Routel, William Mitchell College of 

Law, St. Paul, Minnesota. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 645, to amend the National Child 

Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent 

background check system, with amendments. 

INTELLIGENCE 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed 

hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony 

from officials of the intelligence community. 

Committee recessed subject to the call. 

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