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Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages S6475–S6558 

Measures Introduced: Thirty bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3578–3607, and 

S. Res. 571–574. Pages S6545–46 

Measures Reported: 

S. 3578, to amend the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965. (S. Rept. No. 112–221) 

Report to accompany S. 1641, to implement the 

United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. (S. Rept. No. 112–222) 

Report to accompany S. 1642, to implement the 

United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement. (S. Rept. 

No. 112–223) 

Report to accompany S. 1643, to implement the 

United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement. 

(S. Rept. No. 112–224) 

Report to accompany S. 3326, to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the 

third-country fabric program and to add South 

Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation 

under that Act, to make technical corrections to the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating to the textile and apparel rules of origin for 

the Dominican Republic-Central America-United 

States Free Trade Agreement, to approve the renewal 

of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. (S. Rept. No. 

112–225) 

Report to accompany S. 3406, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 

relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation and Moldova, to require reports on the compliance of the Russian Federation with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, 

and to impose sanctions on persons responsible for 

gross violations of human rights. (S. Rept. No. 

112–226) 

Report to accompany S. 3568, to create a Citrus 

Disease Research and Development Trust Fund to 

support research on diseases impacting the citrus industry, to renew and modify the temporary duty suspensions on certain cotton shirting fabrics, and to 

modify and extend the Wool Apparel Manufacturers 

Trust Fund. (S. Rept. No. 112–227) 

Report to accompany S. 2389, to deem the submission of certain claims to an Indian Health Service 

contracting officer as timely. (S. Rept. No. 112–228) 

Report to accompany S. 3276, to extend certain 

amendments made by the FISA Amendments Act of 

2008. (S. Rept. No. 112–229) 

S. 3486, to implement the provisions of the 

Hague Agreement and the Patent Law Treaty, with 

an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

 Page S6545 

Measures Considered: 

Continuing Appropriations Resolution: Senate 

began consideration of H.J. Res. 117, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, taking 

action on the following amendments and motions 

proposed thereto: Pages S6500–02 

Pending: 

Reid Amendment No. 2844, to change the enactment date. Page S6501 

Reid Amendment No. 2845 (to Amendment No. 

2844), of a perfecting nature. Page S6501 

Reid motion to commit the joint resolution to the 

Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, 

Reid Amendment No. 2846, to change the enactment date. Page S6502 

Reid Amendment No. 2847 (to (the instructions) 

Amendment No. 2846), of a perfecting nature. 

 Page S6502 

Reid Amendment No. 2848 (to Amendment No. 

2847), of a perfecting nature. Page S6502 

A motion was entered to close further debate on 

the joint resolution, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Saturday, 

September 22, 2012. Pages S6501–02 

During consideration of this measure today, Senate 

also took the following action: 

By 67 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 195), three-fifths 

of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having 

voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion 

to proceed to consideration of the joint resolution. 

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Sportsmen’s Act: Senate began consideration of the 

motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3525, to 

protect and enhance opportunities for recreational 

hunting, fishing, and shooting. Pages S6502–20 

A motion was entered to close further debate on 

the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 

and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII 

of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of H.J. Res. 117, 

making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 

2013. Page S6502 

Appointment: 

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review 

Board: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, 

pursuant to Public Law 107–12, reappointed the following individual as a member of the Public Safety 

Officer Medal of Valor Review Board: Trevor Whipple of Vermont. Page S6558 

Kelly Nomination Joint Referral—Agreement: A 

unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 

that, as if in Executive Session, the nomination of 

Keith Kelly, of Montana, to be Assistant Secretary 

of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training, 

sent to the Senate by the President, be referred jointly to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions, and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Page S6510 

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 

Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be United 

States District Judge for the District of Columbia. 

Nelson Stephen Roman, of New York, to be 

United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. 

Robert D. Okun, of the District of Columbia, to 

be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 

District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years. 

 Page S6558 

Messages from the House: Pages S6541–42 

Measures Referred: Page S6542 

Measures Placed on the Calendar: 

 Pages S6476, S6542 

Measures Read the First Time: Pages S6542, S6558 

Executive Communications: Pages S6542–45 

Executive Reports of Committees: Page S6545 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6546–48 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S6548–57 

Additional Statements: Pages S6535–41 

Amendments Submitted: Page S6557 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: 

 Pages S6557–58 

Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. 

(Total—195) Pages S6500–01 

Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and 

adjourned at 8:21 p.m., until 12 p.m. on Friday, 

September 21, 2012. (For Senate’s program, see the 

remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s 

Record on page S6558.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

COMPUTERIZED TRADING 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 

Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine computerized 

trading, after receiving testimony from David Lauer, 

Better Markets, Inc., Colingswood, New Jersey; Andrew M. Brooks, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; Chris Concannon, Virtu Financial, 

LLC, Garden City, New Jersey; and Larry Tabb, 

TABB Group, Westborough, Massachusetts. 

HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVING INDUSTRY 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine business 

practices in the household goods moving industry, 

after receiving testimony from Anne S. Ferro, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Timothy M. Barry, Principal Assistant 

Inspector General for Investigations, both of the Department of Transportation; Linda Bauer Darr, 

American Moving and Storage Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Jason M. Romrell, Budget Van Lines 

Inc., Los Angeles, California; and Reana Kovalcik, 

New York, New York. 

WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the ‘‘Water 

Resources Development Act’’, focusing on growing 

the economy and protecting public safety, after receiving testimony from Andrew Herrmann, American Society of Civil Engineers, Richard R. Calhoun, 

Cargill, Incorporated, Jeffrey Soth, International 

Union of Operating Engineers, and Janet F. 

Kavinoky, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jerry A. Bridges, Virginia Port 

Authority, Norfolk, on behalf of the American Association of Port Authorities. 


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