Daily Digest - Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7753-S7990
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3670-3677, and S. Res. 614-615.
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Measures Passed:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 4310, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 3254, the Senate amendment, as passed by the Senate on December 4, 2012, and after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 4310, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 3254, the Senate amendment, as passed by the Senate on December 4, 2012, and after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Durbin Amendment No. 3332 (to the Senate amendment), of a perfecting nature.
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Menendez/Kirk Amendment No. 3333 (to the Senate amendment), of a perfecting nature.
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Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses; and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Levin, Lieberman, Reed, Akaka, Nelson (NE), Webb, McCaskill, Udall (CO), Hagan, Begich, Manchin, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, McCain, Inhofe, Sessions, Chambliss, Wicker, Brown (MA), Portman, Ayotte, Collins, Graham, Cornyn, and Vitter.
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Subsequently, Senate vitiated the December 4, 2012 passage of the bill, and the adoption of the Senate Amendment.
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Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act: Senate passed H.R. 3783, to provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's growing hostile presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
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Coons (for Rubio) Amendment No. 3334, to provide that the comprehensive strategy may be submitted in classified form, but shall include an unclassified summary of policy recommendations to address the growing Iranian threat in the Western Hemisphere.
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Flood Disaster Protection Act: Senate passed S. 3677, to make a technical correction to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973.
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World Peace Corps Mission and the World Peace Prize: Senate agreed to S. Res. 614, celebrating the World Peace Corps Mission and the World Peace Prize.
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2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Senate agreed to S. Res. 615, congratulating the recipients of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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