1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #41, the nomination of Nelson Stephen Roman, of New York, to be District Judge for the Southern District of New York Confirmed: 97-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R. 360, to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.

Adopted S. Res.136, recognizing the 60^th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1953, and congratulating Park Geun-Hye on her election to the Presidency of the Republic of Korea.

Adopted S.Res.137, designating May 2013 as “Older Americans Month”.

Adopted S.Res.138, Congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and administration of charter schools across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals of the 14^th annual National Charter Schools Week, to be celebrated the week of May 5 through May 11, 2013.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #39, the nomination of Shelly Decker Dick, of Louisiana, to be a District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana by voice vote.

1)      Coburn amendment #805 (Army Corps land/guns) to S.601, the Water Resources Development Act; Not Agreed to: 56-43 (60-vote threshold)

2)      Whitehouse amendment #803 (oceans); Agreed to: 68-31 (60-vote threshold)

3)      Brown amendment #813, as modified (Asian carp); Agreed to: 95-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.622, an original bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs and generic new animal drugs.

Adopted H.Con.Res.32, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition.

Discharged the HELP committee and adopted S.Res.126, recognizing the teachers of the United States for their contributions to the development and progress of our country.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.888, the End User Exemptions from provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act. (Johanns)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #42, the nomination of David Medine, of Maryland, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; Confirmed: 53-45

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.1071, a bill to specify the size of the precious-metal blanks that will be used in the production of the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins.

Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S. Res. 127, Commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the loss of the State symbol of New Hampshire, the Old Man of the Mountain.

Adopted S.Res.130, designating the week of May 1 through May 7, 2013, as “National Physical Education and Sport Week”.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.888, the End User Exemptions from provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act. (Johanns)

No additional EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013; Invoked: 63-30

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.853, a bill to prevent continued flight delays related to furloughs of essential employees of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and for other purposes. *If the Senate receives a bill from the House that is identical to S.853, that bill will be considered read three times and passed.

Adopted S.Res.115, a resolution commending the heroism, courage, and sacrifice of Sean Collier, an officer in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department, Martin Richard, an 8-year-old resident of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Krystle Campbell, a native of Medford Massachusetts, Lu Lingzi, a student at Boston University, and all the victims who are recovering from injuries caused by the attacks in Boston, Massachusetts, including Richard Donohue, Jr., an officer in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police Department.

Adopted S.Res.116, designating September 26, 2013 as “National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day”.

Adopted S.Res.118, Supporting the designation of April as Parkinson’s Awareness Month.

Adopted S.Res.119, Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.

Adopted S.Res.120, Supporting the mission and goals of 2013 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

Adopted S.Res.121, expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2013, as “Silver Star Service Banner Day”.

Adopted S.Res.122, recognizing the historic significance of the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo.

Adopted S.Res.123, Congratulating the University of Minnesota women’s ice hockey team on winning its second straight National Collegiate Athletic Association Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.

Adopted S.Res.124, Legal Counsel resolution regarding Whitnum v. Town of Greenwich memo.

Adopted S.Res.125, designating April 30, 2013, as “Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young Americans”.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.788, to suspend FY2013 sequestration. (Reid)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed the following items:

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Executive Calendar #24 Christopher J. Meade, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Executive Calendar #25 William B. Schultz, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Executive Calendar #61 Jenny R. Yang, to be a Member of the Equal Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2017

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Executive Calendar #89 Karol Virginia Mason – to be an Assistant Attorney General

1)      Executive Calendar #60, the nomination of Jane Kelly, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; Confirmed: 96-0

2)      Executive Calendar #64, the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Confirmed: 96-0

3)      Adoption of the motion to proceed to S.743, Marketplace Fairness Act; Adopted: 75-22

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.111, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month.

Adopted S.Res.112, Commending employees of the Senate Post Office, employees of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, members of the Capitol Police, and members of the Capitol Hill community for their courage and professionalism following the biochemical attack against the Senate on April 16, 2013.

Adopted S.Res.113, designating April 23, 2013 as “National Adopt a Library Day”.

Adopted S.Res.114, a legal counsel resolution regarding U.S. v. Renzi.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.799, to provide for a sequester replacement. (Inhofe/Toomey)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.788, to suspend FY2013 sequestration. (Reid)

No additional EXECUTIVE ITEMS

No ROLL CALL VOTES

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.105, designating April 2013 as “Financial Literacy Month”.

Adopted S.Res.106, commending rehabilitation counselors and supporting the goals and ideals of National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day.

Adopted S.Res.107, honoring military children during the National Month of the Military Child.

Adopted S.Res.108, designating April 2013 as “National 9-1-1 Education Month”.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.788, to suspend FY2013 sequestration. (Reid)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013; Invoked: 74-20

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.90, Standing with the people of Kenya following their national and local elections on March 4, 2013, and urging a peaceful and credible resolution of electoral disputes in the courts with a committee-reported amendment to the resolution, a committee-reported amendment to the preamble and a committee-reported amendment to the title.

Discharged the HELP committee of S.437, the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act and referred it to the Banking committee.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

ROLL CALL VOTES

1) On Barrasso amendment #717. AGREED TO 67-30.

2) On Harkin-Alexander amendment #730. AGREED TO 95-2.

3) On confirmation of Executive Calendar #23 Derrick Kahala Watson- to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii. CONFIRMED 94-0.

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.1246, the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Vacancy Act

Adopted S.Res.103, a resolution to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of Steve Schonberg v. Senator Mitch McConnell, et al.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed by voice vote Executive Calendar #22, the nomination of Analisa Torres, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

By unanimous consent the Senate confirmed the following nominations and all nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, and Navy:

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

#52 Frederick Vollrath, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (New Position)

#54 Eric K. Fanning, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force

AIR FORCE

#65 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. John W. Hesterman, III

#66 to be Brigadier General- Col. Richard M. Murphy

#67 to be Major General- Colonel Dorothy A. Hogg

#68 to be Lieutenant General- Maj. Gen. James M. Holmes

#69 to be Lieutenant General- Maj. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson

#71 to be General- Gen. Philip M. Breedlove

#72 to be Lieutenant General- Maj. Gen. Mark O. Schissler

#73 to be Lieutenant General- Maj. Gen. Robert P. Otto

#74 to be Major General- Brig. Gen. Scott W. Jansson

ARMY

#75 to be Brigadier General- Col. Erik C. Peterson

#76 to be Brigadier General- Col. Brently F. White

#77 to be Brigadier General- Col. Christie L. Nixon

#78 to be Major General-

Brigadier General Jeffrey L. Bannister

Brigadier General Scott D. Berrier

Brigadier General Gwendolyn Bingham

Brigadier General Joseph A. Brendler

Brigadier General Clarence K. K. Chinn

Brigadier General Edward F. Dorman, III

Brigadier General Terry R. Ferrell

Brigadier General George J. Franz, III

Brigadier General Christopher K. Haas

Brigadier General Thomas A. Horlander

Brigadier General Thomas S. James, Jr.

Brigadier General Ole A. Knudson

Brigadier General Jonathan A. Maddux

Brigadier General Theodore D. Martin

Brigadier General Kevin G. O’Connell

Brigadier General Barrye L. Price

Brigadier General James M. Richardson

Brigadier General Martin P. Schweitzer

Brigadier General Richard L. Stevens

Brigadier General Stephen M. Twitty

Brigadier General Peter D. Utley

Brigadier General Gary J. Volesky

Brigadier General Darryl A. Williams

Brigadier General Michael E. Williamson

#79 to be General- Lt. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn

#80 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. James L. Terry

#81 to be Lieutenant General- Maj. Gen. Perry L. Wiggins

MARINE CORPS

#82 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler

#83 to be Lieutenant General- Maj. Gen. Ronald L. Bailey

#84 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer

#85 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, Jr.

#86 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills

NAVY

#87 to be Rear Admiral (lower half)- Capt. Bret J. Muilenburg

#88 to be Rear Admiral (lower half)- Capt. Adrian J. Jansen

1)      Manchin-Toomey amendment #715 (background checks); Not agreed to: 54-46 (60 affirmative vote threshold)

2)      Grassley amendment #725 (substitute); Not Agreed to: 52-48 (60 affirmative vote threshold)

3)      Leahy-Collins amendment #713 (trafficking); Not Agreed to: 58-42 (60 affirmative vote threshold)

4)      Cornyn amendment #719 (conceal carry); Not Agreed to: 57-43 (60 affirmative vote threshold)

5)      Feinstein amendment #711 (assault weapons/clip ban); Not Agreed to: 40-60 (60 affirmative vote threshold)

6)      Burr amendment #720 (veterans/guns); Not Agreed to: 56-44 (60 affirmative vote threshold)

7)      Lautenberg-Blumenthal amendment #714 (high capacity clip ban); Not Agreed to:46-54 (60 affirmative vote threshold)

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.101, condemning the horrific attacks in Boston, Massachusetts, and expressing support, sympathy, and prayers for those impacted by this tragedy.

Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Con.Res.5, expressing the sense of Congress that John Arthur “Jack” Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act. (Enzi)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.98, Honoring the life, legacy, and example of British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher.

Adopted S.Res.99, expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the United States during Public Service Recognition Week.

Adopted S.Res.100, Commending the University of Louisville men’s basketball team for winning the NCAA championship and the women’s basketball team for being the runner up.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act. (Enzi)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.729, the Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act. (Cruz)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.730, the Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act. (Cruz)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #21, the nomination of Beverly Reid O’Connell, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California; Confirmed: 92-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Began the Rule 14 process of S.729, the Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act. (Cruz)

Began the Rule 14 process of S.730, the Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act. (Cruz)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013; Invoked: 68-31

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.716, a bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #59, Sarah “Sally” Jewell, of WA, to be Secretary of the Interior; Confirmed: 87-11

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.95, designating April 18, 2013, as National Lineman Appreciation Day.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.691, a bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.680, a bill to rescind the amounts appropriated for FY2013 for the Department of Defense MEADS and for other purposes.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #14, the nomination of Patty Shwartz, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; Confirmed: 64-34

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Foreign Relations committee and adopted S.Res.77, expressing the sense of Congress relating to the commemoration of the 180^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Kingdom of Thailand.

Adopted S.Res.94, recognizing the 50^th anniversary of the sinking of U.S.S. Thresher.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.691, a bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.680, a bill to rescind the amounts appropriated for FY2013 for the Department of Defense MEADS and for other purposes.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.93, designating April 4, 2013, as “National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day”.

Discharged the Rules committee and adopted S.Con.Res.10: Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitors Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha (June 9, 2013).

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #50, the nomination of Mary Jo White, of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2014.

1)      Ayotte amendment #158 (prohibits budget with revenue increase while unemployment is above 5.5%); Not Agreed To: 45-54

2)      Cruz amendment #202 (reserve fund to repeal PPACA and Education reconciliation) Not Agreed to: 45-54

3)      Murray amendment #439 (side by side to Crapo amendment #222) Agreed to: 99-0

4)      Crapo amendment #222 (reserve fund re: repeal tax increase under PPACA for low and middle income Americans) Not Agreed to: 45-54

5)      Shaheen amendment #438 (women’s health) Agreed to: 56-43

6)      Fischer amendment #630 women’s health-side-by-side to Shaheen) Not Agreed To: 44-55

7)      Menendez amendment #651 (hospital wage levels) Not Agreed To: 49-50

8)      Coburn amendment #409 (Medical Hospital Wage index) Agreed To: 68-31

9)      Whitehouse amendment #646 (side-by-side to Blunt) Not Agreed To: 41-58

10)  Blunt motion to waive Budget Act with respect to Blunt amendment #261 (carbon tax) Not Waived: 53-46 (60-affirmative votes required)

11)  Boxer amendment #622 (Keystone) Not Agreed To: 33-66

12)  Hoeven amendment #494 (Keystone) Agreed To: 62-37

13)  Enzi-Durbin amendment #656 to Durbin #578 (Marketplace fairness); Agreed To: 75-24

14)  Alexander #515 (school choice); Not Agreed To: 39-60

15)  Rubio motion to waive Budget Act with respect to Rubio amendment #292 (interstate abortions); Not Agreed To: 48-51 (60-affirmative votes required)

16)  Isakson #138 (biennial budget); Agreed To: 68-31

17)  Warner amendment #693 (estate tax); Agreed to: 80-19

18)  Thune amendment #307 (repeal estate tax) Not Agreed to: 46-53

19)  Burr motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the Burr amendment #697 (no CPI/CPI alternative to Sanders) Not Waived: 45-54 (60-affirmative votes required)

20)   Paul amendment #263 (balanced budget) Not Agreed to: Not Agreed to: 18-81

21)  Vitter amendment #689 (too big to fail) Agreed to: 99-0

22)  Toomey amendment #535 (catastrophic health) Not Agreed to: 45-54

23)  Coats amendment #514 (mercury) Not Agreed to: 46-53

24)  Lee amendment #373 Not Agreed to: 46-53

25)  Johnson (WI) amendment #213 (Social Security/Medicare) Not Agreed to: 46-53

26)  Scott amendment #597 (federal workers-union fees) Not Agreed to: 43-56.

27)  Inhofe amendment #359 (green house gases) Not Agreed to: 47-52.

28)  Sessions amendment #614 (immigrants/health care) Not Agreed to: 43-56.

29)  Portman amendment #152 (medical malpractice reconciliation instructions) Not Agreed to: 43-56.

30)  Shelby amendment #340 (cost-benefit analysis of promulgated rules) Not Agreed to: 47-52.

31)  Ayotte amendment #136 (MEADS) Agreed to: 94-5.

32)  Crapo amendment #318 (mandatory healthcare savings) Not Agreed to: 47-52.

33)  Paul amendment #382 Not Agreed to: 26-72.

34)  Vitter amendment #526 (Voter ID) Not Agreed to: 44-54.

35)  Vitter amendment #338 (end Lifeline program for mobile phones) Not Agreed to: 46-53.

36)  Cruz amendment #471 (Egypt) Not Agreed to 25-74.

37)  Cruz amendment #702 (abortion) Not Agreed to 38-61.

38)  Lee amendment #673 (gun rights) Agreed to 50-49.

39)  Coburn amendment #416 Not Agreed to: 43-56.

40)  Coburn amendment #709 (duplication) Agreed to: 62-37.

41)  Portman amendment #154 (dynamic scoring) Agreed to: 51-48.

42)  Inhofe amendment #139 (UN Arms Trade Treaty) Agreed to: 53-46.

43)  Adoption of S.Con.Res.8, as amended Adopted: 50-49

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Commerce committee and adopted S.Res.37, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in disapproving the proposal of the International Olympic Committee Executive Board to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games beginning in 2020.

Adopted S.Con.Res.11, the adjournment resolution.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013. (Reid)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed the following by voice vote:

THE JUDICIARY

#18 Ketanji Brown Jackson- to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia

#19 Raymond P. Moore- to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado

#20 Troy L. Nunley- to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California

Confirmed the following by unanimous consent:

AIR FORCE

#55 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. John E. Hyten

#56 to be Lieutenant General- Maj. Gen. Tod D. Wolters

MARINE CORPS

#57

to be Major General-

Brigadier General John J. Broadmeadow

Brigadier General Herman S. Clardy, III

Brigadier General Lewis A. Craparotta

Brigadier General Robert F. Hedelund

Brigadier General Frederick M. Padilla

Brigadier General Michael A. Rocco

Brigadier General Vincent R. Stewart

NAVY

#58 to be Vice Admiral- Rear Adm. Bruce E. Grooms

And all nominations placed on the Secretary’s desk in the Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps

1)      Coburn amendment #69 (prohibits Urban Area Security Initiative Grants not improving homeland security); Not Agreed To: 48-51 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)

2)      Coburn amendment #93 (transfers appropriations from National Heritage Partnership Program to fund White House public tours, Maintenance at public parks/monuments); Not Agreed To: 45-54 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)

3)      Toomey amendment #115, as modified with changes at the desk (bio-fuels); Not Agreed To: 40-59 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)

4)      Mikulski-Shelby amendment #26 (Substitute), as modified; Agreed To: 70-29

5)      Cloture on H.R.933, as amended; Invoked: 63-36

6)      Passage of H.R.933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, as amended; Passed: 73-26

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.67, designating April 5^th as Gold Star Wives Day.

Adopted S.Res.84, recognizing the 192^nd anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.

Adopted S.Res.85, designating April 2013 as “National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month”.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.81, commemorating March 19, 2013, as the 40^th anniversary of National Ag Day.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the Mikulski-Shelby substitute amendment #26, as modified, to H.R.933, the continuing appropriations bill; Invoked: 63-35

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Res.66, A resolution designating the first week of April 2013 as “National Asbestos Awareness Week”.

Adopted S.Res.79, supporting the goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.582, a bill to approve the the Keystone Pipeline. (Hoeven)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.583, a bill to implement equal protection under the 14^th Article to the Constitution, the right to life in each born and preborn human person. (Paul)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Harkin amendment #53 (Labor-HHS) to H.R.933, the continuing appropriations bill; Not Agreed to: 54-45 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)

2)      Coburn amendment #66 (hiring freeze for federal employees) to H.R.933; Not Agreed to: 45-54 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Began the Rule 14 process of S.582, the Keystone Pipeline Act. (Hoeven)

Began the Rule 14 process of S.583, the Life at Conception Act. (Paul)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.558, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity outside the United States. (Paul)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Cruz amendment #30 (defund the Affordable Care Act) to H.R.933, the continuing appropriations bill; Not Agreed to: 45-52

2)      McCain amendment #33 (Guam) Not Tabled: 48-50

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.76, Designating room S-126 of the United States Capitol as the “Senator Daniel K. Inouye Room” in recognition of his service to the Senate and the people of the United States.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.558, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity outside the United States. (Paul)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #9 Richard Gary Taranto, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit; Confirmed: 91-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Environment and Public Works Committee and Passed S.166, A bill to designate the new Interstate Route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting St. Louis, Missouri and southwestern Illinois as the “Stan Musial Memorial Bridge.”

Adopted H.Con.Res.14, permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.

Adopted H.Con.Res.20, permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional  Gold Medal to Professor Muhammad Yunus.

Adopted S.Res.12, A resolution recognizing the third anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives in that earthquake, and expressing continued solidarity with the people of Haiti with a committee-reported amendment to the resolution and a committee-reported amendment to the preamble.

Adopted S.Res.74, Supporting the goals of International Women’s Day.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.505, to prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States. (Cruz)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #17 Andrew Patrick Gordon, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada by voice vote. 

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Executive Calendar #43, John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; Invoked: 81-16

2)      Confirmation of the Brennan nomination; Confirmed: 63-34

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.71, designating the week of March 4 through March 8, 2013, as “Military and Veterans Caregiver Week”.

Adopted S.Res.72, to observe the contributions of the American Chiropractic Association and to recognize the 50^th anniversary of the founding of the organization.

Adopted S.Res.73, designating March 11, 2013, as “World Plumbing Day”.

Placed H.R.933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 on the Legislative Calendar.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.505, to prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States. (Cruz)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #13, Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia District; Not Invoked: 51-41

No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Paul amendment #25 (strike funding for National Security Working Group) to S.Res.64, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the period March 1, 2013, through September 30, 2013; Not Agreed to: 44-55

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.64, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the period March 1, 2013, through September 30, 2013 by voice vote.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed all nominations placed on the Secretary’s desk in the Air Force, Army and Navy

Confirmed the following:

AIR FORCE

Executive Calendar  #27

to be Major General-

Brigadier General Arnold W. Bunch, Jr.

Brigadier General Theresa C. Carter

Brigadier General Sandra E. Finan

Brigadier General Jeffrey L. Harrigian

Brigadier General Timothy J. Leahy

Brigadier General Gregory J. Lengyel

Brigadier General Lee K. Levy, II

Brigadier General James F. Martin, Jr.

Brigadier General Jerry P. Martinez

Brigadier General Paul H. McGillicuddy

Brigadier General Robert D. McMurry, Jr.

Brigadier General Edward M. Minahan

Brigadier General Mark C. Nowland

Brigadier General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy

Brigadier General Michael T. Plehn

Brigadier General Margaret B. Poore

Brigadier General James N. Post, III

Brigadier General Steven M. Shepro

Brigadier General David D. Thompson

Brigadier General Scott A. Vander Hamm

Brigadier General Marshall B. Webb

Brigadier General Burke E. Wilson

Brigadier General Scott J. Zobrist

Executive Calendar #28 *with the exception of Colonel Scott C. Long

to be Brigadier General-

Colonel Nina M. Armagno

Colonel Sam C. Barrett

Colonel Steven L. Basham

Colonel Ronald D. Buckley

Colonel Carl A. Buhler

Colonel John A. Cherrey

Colonel James C. Dawkins, Jr.

Colonel Patrick J. Doherty

Colonel Dawn M. Dunlop

Colonel Thomas L. Gibson

Colonel James B. Hecker

Colonel Patrick C. Higby

Colonel Mark K. Johnson

Colonel Brian M. Killough

Colonel Robert D. LaBrutta

Colonel Russell L. Mack

Colonel Patrick X. Mordente

Colonel Shaun Q. Morris

Colonel Paul D. Nelson

Colonel John M. Pletcher

Colonel Duke Z. Richardson

Colonel Brian S. Robinson

Colonel Barre R. Seguin

Colonel John S. Shapland

Colonel Robert J. Skinner

Colonel James C. Slife

Colonel Dirk D. Smith

Colonel Jeffrey B. Taliaferro

Colonel Jon T. Thomas

Colonel Glen D. VanHerck

Colonel Stephen N. Whiting

Colonel John M. Wood

Executive Calendar #29 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. Robin Rand

ARMY

Executive Calendar #30 to be Lieutenant General- Lt. Gen. John M. Bednarek

Executive Calendar #31 to be General – General Lloyd J. Austin, III

Executive Calendar #32 to be Lieutenant General- Lieutenant General Robert L. Caslen, Jr.

Executive Calendar #33 to be General- Lt. Gen. John F. Campbell

Executive Calendar #34 to be General- Lt. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks

Executive Calendar #35 to be General- Gen. David M. Rodriguez

MARINE CORPS

Executive Calendar #36 to be Major General- Brig. Gen. Paul W. Brier

NAVY

Cal. #37 to be Vice Admiral- Rear Admiral William H. Hilarides

Cal. #38 to be Vice Admiral- Rear Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #16, the nomination of Katherine Polk Failla, of NY, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Confirmed: 91-0

No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #15, the nomination of Pamela Ki Mai Chen, of NY, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York by voice vote. 

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the McConnell motion to proceed to S.16, to provide for a sequester replacement; Not Invoked: 38-62

2)      Motion to invoke cloture on the Reid motion to proceed to S.388, the American Family Economic Protection Act; Not Invoked: 51-49

No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #26, Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury; Confirmed: 71-26

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.307, a bill to reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes with a Committee-reported substitute amendment.

Adopted S.Res.58, authorizing the reporting of committee funding resolutions for the period of March 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.

Adopted S.Res.61, designating March 1, 2013, as “Read Across America Day”.

Adopted S.Res.62, a resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #10, the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense, upon reconsideration; Invoked: 71-27

2)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #10, the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense; Confirmed: 58-41

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.56, recognizing the significance of the 100^th anniversary of the death of Harriet Ross Tubman.

Adopted S.Res.57, designating February 28, 2013, as “Rare Disease Day”.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #7, Robert E. Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit; Confirmed: 93-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.298, A bill to prevent nuclear proliferation in North Korea, and for other purposes with committee-reported amendments.

Adopted S.Res.41, Supporting the designation of March 2013, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #10, the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense; Not Invoked: 58-40-1

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Res.21, designating February 14, 2013, as “National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care” with a Lautenberg amendment.

Adopted S.Res.35, Congratulating the Baltimore Ravens for winning Super Bowl XLVII.

Adopted S.Res.36, Recognizing February 19, 2013 as the centennial of Mosaic, a faith based organization that was founded in Nebraska.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of the nomination of Executive Calendar #8, William J. Kayatta, Jr., of Maine, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit; Confirmed: 88-12

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.31, Celebrating Black History Month.

Adopted S.Res.32, Congratulating the North Dakota State University football team for winning the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision title.

Adopted S.Res.33, Commemorating the 150^th anniversary of Emporia State University.

Adopted S.Res.34, Commemorating the 150^th anniversary of Kansas State University.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed the following:

AIR FORCE

Executive Calendar #2 to be Lieutenant General–Maj. Gen. William H. Etter

ARMY

Executive Calendar #3 to be Lieutenant General–Maj. Gen. Kenneth E. Tovo

Executive Calendar #4 to be Brigadier General–Col. Barbara R. Holcomb

Executive Calendar #5 to be Brigadier General–Col. Patrick D. Sargent

Executive Calendar #6 to be Major General–

Brig. Gen. Brian C. Lein;

Brig. Gen. Nadja Y. West

1)      Leahy amendment #21, as modified (trafficking victims) to S.47, the Violence Against Women Act; Agreed to: 93-5

2)      Portman amendment #10 (sex trafficking victims); Agreed to: 100-0

3)      Coburn amendment #15 (consolidate DOJ programs); Not Agreed to: 46-53

4)      Coburn amendment #16 (STD testing for sexual assault defendants); Not Agreed to: 43-57

5)      Passage of S.47, VAWA; Passed: 78-22

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.29, to constitute the majority party’s membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Coburn amendment #13 (strikes tribal provisions) to S.47, the Violence Against Women Act; Not Agreed to: 31-59

No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Grassley amendment #14 (substitute) to S.47, VAWA; Not Agreed to: 34-65

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted H.Con.Res.11, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.

Adopted S.Res.27, designating the week of February 4 through 8, 2013, as “National School Counseling Week”.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to proceed to S.47, the Violence  Against Women Act; Adopted: 85-8

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.227, a bill to authorize the transfer of certain funds to improve security at United States embassies and other diplomatic facilities worldwide, and for other purposes.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.209, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. (Paul)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.204, the National Right-to-Work Act. (Paul)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to Table the Portman Amendment #6 (dollar for dollar); Tabled: 54-44

2)      Motion to Table the Portman Amendment #7 (government shutdown prevention); Tabled: 52-46

3)      Motion to Table the Toomey Amendment #8 (full faith and credit); Tabled: 53-45

4)      Motion to Table the Paul Amendment #9 (prohibition of F-16’s to Egypt); Tabled: 79-19

5)      Motion to Table the Vitter motion to commit (spending cuts); Tabled: 53-45

6)      Passage of H.R.325, to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes; Passed: 64-34

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.24, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Adopted S.Res.25, honoring Gonzaga University on its 125^th anniversary.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.201, To prohibit the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F–16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to the Government of Egypt. (Paul)

Began the Rule 14 process of S.204, the National Right-to-Work Act. (Paul)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.13, Congratulating the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for 100 years of service to communities throughout the United Stated and the world, and commending Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for its promotion of sisterhood, scholarship, and service.

Adopted S.Res.22, Recognizing the goals of Catholic Schools Week and honoring the valuable contributions of Catholic schools in the United States.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.177, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely. (Cruz)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1, the nomination of John F. Kerry, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of State; Confirmed: 94-3-1

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.14, Raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking by designating January 2013 as “National Stalking Awareness Month”.

Adopted S.Res.20, Designating Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.177, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely. (Cruz)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.164, to prohibit the United States from providing financial assistance to Pakistan until Dr. Shakil Afridi is freed. (Paul)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Lee amendment #4 (offset) to H.R.152, the Hurricane Sandy Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill; Not Agreed to: 35-62 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)

2)      Passage of H.R.152, the Hurricane Sandy Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill; Passed: 62-36 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.9, Designating January 2013 as “National Mentoring Month”.

Adopted S.Res.19, Congratulating the University of Alabama Crimson Tide for winning the 2012 BCS National Championship.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.164, to prohibit the United States from providing financial assistance to Pakistan until Dr. Shakil Afridi is freed. (Paul)

Completed the Rule 14 process of the following bills:

S.47, the Violence Against Women Act. (Leahy)

H.R.152, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

S.81, to provide guidance and priorities for Federal Government obligations in the event that the debt limit is reached. (Paul)

S.82, to provide that any executive action infringing on the Second Amendment has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes. (Paul)

S.83, to provide for continuing operations of Government in a fiscally responsible manner. (Paul)

S.124, No Budget, No Pay Act. (Heller)

H.R.325, To ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Adoption of S.Res.15, a resolution providing a Standing Order to improve procedures for the consideration legislation and nominations in the Senate; Adopted: 78-16

2)      Adoption of S.Res.16, a resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate relative to conference motions and bipartisan cloture motions on the motion to proceed; Adopted: 86-9

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.17, To constitute the majority party’s membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.

Adopted S.Res.18, To constitute the minority party’s membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.325, To ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Began the Rule 14 process of S.81, to provide guidance and priorities for Federal Government obligations in the event that the debt limit is reached. (Paul)

Began the Rule 14 process of S.82, to provide that any executive action infringing on the Second Amendment has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes. (Paul)

Began the Rule 14 process of S.83, to provide for continuing operations of Government in a fiscally responsible manner. (Paul)

Began the Rule 14 process of S.124, No Budget, No Pay Act. (Heller)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.152, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.47, the Violence Against Women Act. (Leahy)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.41, an act to temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program by voice vote.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.1, a resolution notifying the President that a quorum of each House has assembled.

Adopted S.Res.2, a resolution notifying the House that a quorum of the Senate has assembled.

Adopted S.Con.Res.1, a concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 4, 2013, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

Adopted S.Con.Res.2, a concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

Adopted S.Res.3, a resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.

Adopted S.Con.Res.3, a concurrent resolution providing for an adjournment or recess of the Senate.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.4606, a bill to authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purposes.

Discharged the HELP committee, referred to the Finance committee and discharged the Finance committee of H.R.6655, Protect Our Kids Act of 2012 by voice vote.

Passed S.3716, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include vaccines against seasonal influenza within the definition of taxable vaccines.

Adopted S.Res.630, Congratulating the Navy and the current and former officers and crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN 65) on completion of the 26^th and final deployment of the vessel.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Discharged the HELP committee and confirmed PN 1404 Erica Groshen to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics by voice vote.

Discharged the Foreign Relations Committee and confirmed the following:

PN 1928 Deborah Ann McCarthy, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania

PN 1951 Robert F. Godec, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee and Passed H.R.4365, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies.

Adopted H.Con.Res.147, a concurrent resolution waiving the requirement that measures enrolled during the remainder of the 112^th Congress be printed on parchment.

Completed the Rule 14 process of H.R.459, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012. (Republican request)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #645 Richard B. Berner, to be Director, Office of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, for a term of six years by voice vote.

Discharged the Foreign Relations Committee and Confirmed the following:

PN 1878, Gary T. Greene;

PN 1970, a list beginning with Philip S. Goldberg and ending with Robert W. Weitzel;

PN 2028, Michael R. Hardegen;

PN 2029, a list beginning with Geoffrey W. Wiggin and ending with Eric A. Wenberg, with the exception of Geoffrey W. Wiggin;

PN 2030, a list beginning with Stephen J. Gonyea and ending with Katharine Antonia Weber, with the exception of Scott S. Cameron,;

PN 2031, a list beginning with Sharon Lee Cromer and ending with Clinton David White, with the exceptions of Sharon Lee Cromer and Maria Rendon Labadan,; and

PN 2032, a list beginning with Karl Miller Adam and ending with Daniel Menco Hirsch, with the exception of Daniel Menco Hirsch.

Discharged the following committees and confirmed the following:

COMMERCE

PN 1919   Joshua D. Wright (Federal Trade Commission)

PN 1774  Polly Ellen Trottenberg, (Under Secretary, Department of Transportation)

PN 1924  Mark Doms  (Under Secretary, Department of Commerce)

PN 1702  Mignon L. Clyburn (Federal Communications Commission)

PN 1925  Christopher R. Beall (Amtrak Board of Directors)

PN 1509  Yvonne B. Burke (Amtrak Board of Directors)

PN 2009  Brigid M. Pavilonis and one other (Coast Guard promotion)

PN 2010  Barbara A. Anderson and others (Coast Guard promotion)

PN 2011  Charles G. Alcock and others (Coast Guard promotion)

PN 2012  Matthew P. Barker  and others (Coast Guard promotion)

PN 2021 Peter J. Brown and others (Coast Guard promotion)

PN 2045  Robert T. Hanley and others (Coast Guard promotion)

PN 2046  Austin L. Adcock and others (Coast Guard promotion)

VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

PN 1948           Keith Kelly to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training

HSGAC

PN 1698           Walter M. Shaub, Jr., to be Director of the Office of Governmental Ethics

EPW

PN 1966:          Joe H. Ritch, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2016.

PN 1965:          Michael McWherter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2016.

PN 1964:          Vera Lynn Evans, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2017.

PN 1398:          C. Peter Mahurin, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2016.

PN 1950:          Beth J. Rosenberg, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.

Confirmed the following nominations under the privileged section of the Executive Calendar:

PN 2068 Morton H. Halperin, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three years.

PN 1566 Maria Lopez DeLeon (National Council on the Arts)

PN 1934 Bruce Carter (National Council on the Arts)

PN 1945 Joseph Eldridge (U.S. Institute of Peace)

PN 1939 Stewart DeSoto (Board of Trustees, Barry Goldwater Scholarship Foundation)

PN 1796 Camila Alire (National Council on the Humanities)

PN 1926  William Shaw McDermott (Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board)

PN 1927  Nina Mitchell Wells (Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board)

Confirmed the following:

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Executive Calendar #870 William P. Doyle – to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Executive Calendar #871 Michael Peter Huerta – to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration for the term of five years

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Executive Calendar #878 James M. Demers – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2014

Executive Calendar #879 Naomi A. Walker – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2012

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

Executive Calendar #911 Jonathan Lippman – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2012

Executive Calendar #912 Jonathan Lippman – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2015

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Executive Calendar #913 Maria Rosario Jackson – to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2016

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES

Executive Calendar #914 Joseph Byrne Donovan – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 2013

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Executive Calendar #915 Bruce R. Sievers – to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2018

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Executive Calendar #916 Angela Tammy Dickinson—to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri for the term of four years

AIR FORCE

Executive Calendar #917 to be Brigadier General—Colonel Stephen J. Linsenmeyer, Jr.

Executive Calendar #918 to be Brigadier General—Col. Calvin H. Elam

Executive Calendar #919 to be Major General—

Brig. Gen. Mark E. Bartman

Brig. Gen. Stanley J. Osserman, Jr.

Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Thomas, Jr.

Brig. Gen. Eric G. Weller

Executive Calendar #920 to be Brigadier General—

Colonel Glen M. Baker

Colonel Jeffrey D. Buckley

Colonel Anthony J. Carrelli

Colonel Timothy J. Cathcart

Colonel Andrew J. Donnelly

Colonel Harold S. Eggensperger

Colonel James O. Eifert

Colonel Bryan P. Fox

Colonel Ricky D. Gibney

Colonel Christopher A. Hegarty

Colonel John P. Hronek, II

Colonel Paul Hutchinson

Colonel Kevin J. Keehn

Colonel Christopher J. Knapp

Colonel Michael E. Manning

Colonel Clayton W. Moushon

Colonel Michael A. Nolan

Colonel Michael L. Ogle

Colonel Ronald E. Paul

Colonel Samuel H. Ramsay, III

Colonel William B. Richy

Colonel Adalberto Rivera

Colonel Sami D. Said

Colonel Anthony E. Schiavi

Colonel John D. Slocum

Colonel Ronald W. Solberg

NAVY

Executive Calendar #932 to be Vice Admiral—Rear Adm. Kenneth E. Floyd

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Executive Calendar #933 Edward W. Brehm – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 2017

Executive Calendar #934 Iqbal Paroo—to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 2017

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Executive Calendar #935 T. Charles Cooper—to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Executive Calendar #941 Patrick J. Wilkerson—to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years

Executive Calendar #942 Louise W. Kelton—to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee for the term of four years

MILLENIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

Executive Calendar #943 Lorne W. Craner – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millenium Challenge Corporation for a term of two years.

AIR FORCE

Executive Calendar #944 to be Lieutenant General–Maj. Gen. Lori J. Robinson

Executive Calendar #945 to be Lieutenant General–Maj. Gen. Gregory A. Biscone

Executive Calendar #946 to be Brigadier General–Col. Lisa A. Naftzger-Kang

Executive Calendar #947

to be Major General –

Brigadier General William B. Binger

Brigadier General Keith D. Kries

Brigadier General Maryanne Miller

Brigadier General Jane C. Rohr

Brigadier General Patricia A. Rose

Brigadier General Jocelyn M. Seng

Brigadier General Sheila Zuehlke

Executive Calendar #948

to be Major General –

Brigadier General Paul L. Ayers

Brigadier General Jim C. Chow

Brigadier General Gregory L. Ferguson

Brigadier General Anthony P. German

Brigadier General Rickie B. Mattson

Brigadier General John E. McCoy

Brigadier General John E. Murphy

Brigadier General Brian G. Neal

Executive Calendar #949

to be Brigadier General –

Colonel Stephanie A. Gass

Colonel Mary H. Hittmeier

Colonel Timothy P. Kelly

Colonel Thomas E. Kittler

Colonel Kenneth R. LaPierre

Colonel Mark L. Loeben

Colonel James F. Mackey

Colonel Walter J. Sams

Colonel Christoper F. Skomars

Colonel Wade R. Smith

Colonel Mark D. Stillwagon

Colonel Curtis L. Williams

Executive Calendar #950 to be Lieutenant General–Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke, III

ARMY

Executive Calendar #951 to be Brigadier General–Col. Jody J. Daniels

Executive Calendar #952 to be Lieutenant General–Maj. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux

Executive Calendar #953 to be Brigadier General–Col. Michael L. Scholes

Executive Calendar #954

to be Brigadier General –

Colonel Christopher S. Ballard

Colonel David G. Bassett

Colonel Donald C. Bolduc

Colonel Edward M. Daly

Colonel Malcolm B. Frost

Colonel Donald G. Fryc

Colonel Anthony C. Funkhouser

Colonel Peter A. Gallagher

Colonel William K. Gayler

Colonel Mark W. Gillette

Colonel David B. Haight

Colonel Joseph P. Harrington

Colonel Michael L. Howard

Colonel John P. Johnson

Colonel James E. Kraft, Jr.

Colonel Michael E. Kurilla

Colonel Paul J. Laughlin, II

Colonel Joseph M. Martin

Colonel Terrence J. McKenrick

Colonel Christopher P. McPadden

Colonel John E. O’Neil

Colonel Mark J. O’Neil

Colonel Andrew P. Poppas

Colonel James E. Rainey

Colonel Kent D. Savre

Colonel Wilson A. Shoffner, Jr.

Colonel Mark S. Spindler

Colonel Sean P. Swindell

Colonel Randy S. Taylor

Colonel John C. Thomson, III

Colonel Leon N. Thurgood

Colonel Flem B. Walker, Jr.

Colonel Robert P. Walters, Jr.

NAVY

Executive Calendar #955 to be Rear Admiral–Rear Adm. (lh) Randolph L. Mahr

MARINE CORPS

Executive Calendar #956 to be Lieutenant General–Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer

Executive Calendar #957 to be Lieutenant General–Lt. Gen. Richard T. Tryon

UNITED STATES TAX COURT

Executive Calendar #958 Albert G. Lauber–to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for the term of fifteen years

THE JUDICIARY

Executive Calendar #959 Ronald Lee Buch–to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Executive Calendar #960 David Masumoto—to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2018

Executive Calendar #961 Ramon Saldivar—to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2018

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Executive Calendar #962 William J. Mielke—to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

Executive Calendar #963 Arthur H. Sulzer—to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

Executive Calendar #964 George E Moose—to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years

1)      Passage of H.R.8, as amended with the Reid substitute amendment #3448; Passed: 89-8

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.6586, a bill to extend the application of certain space launch liability provisions through 2014 with a Nelson-Hutchison substitute amendment.

Discharged the Energy Committee and passed:

H.R.6060, the Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2012

S.302, the Denali Gas Pipeline right of way

Adopted S.Res.628, expressing the deep disappointment of the Senate in the enactment by the Russian Government regarding inter-country adoptions of Russian children by US citizens by voice vote.

Adopted S.Res.629, a resolution to authorize the production of records by the Committee on Armed Services.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #909, William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General; Confirmed: 64-26

2)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #518, Carol J. Galante, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Confirmed: 69-24

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Judiciary committee and passed S.3250, SAFER Act of 2012 with a Cornyn-Leahy-Grassley substitute amendment.

Passed S.3715, a bill to extend the limited antitrust exemption contained in the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.

Discharged the Energy Committee and Passed the following:

S.2015, Powell Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act

S.3563, A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.

Passed the following Energy bills:

H.R.3263 Lake Thunderbird

H.R. 3641 Pinnacles National Park

H.R. 4073 Pikes Peak

S. 264 Natchez Trace conveyance, with committee amendment

S. 2015 Powell Shooting Range

S. 3563 Pilot Project Renaming

S. 1047 Leadville Mine Drainage

S. 1421 Peace Corps Memorial

S. 1478 Minuteman Missile NHP

S. 499 Bonneville Unit

S. 970 White Clay Creek WSR

S. 140 Sleeping Bear Dunes

S. 114 San Antonio Missions, with committee substitute and floor amdt. to committee substitute

Passed S.970, White Clay Creek by voice vote.

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.459, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012. (Republican request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1) Adoption of the Wyden amendment #3439 to H.R.5949, the FISA Reauthorization Act; NOT AGREED TO: 43-52

2) Passage of H.R.5949, FISA Reauthorization; PASSED: 73-23

3) Adoption of the Bingaman amendment #3344 to H.R.1, the legislative vehicle for the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill; NOT AGREED TO: 52-43

4) Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to Tester amendment #3350 to H.R.1; NOT WAIVED: 51-44

5) Adoption of the Coburn amendment #3368 to H.R.1; NOT AGREED TO: 44-51

6) Adoption of the Coburn amendment #3370, as modified, Division II, to H.R.1; NOT AGREED TO: 35-60

7) Adoption of the Coburn amendment #3371 to H.R.1; NOT AGREED TO: 40-55

8) Adoption of the Coburn amendment #3382 to H.R.1; NOT AGREED TO: 48-47

9) Adoption of the Paul amendment #3376 to H.R.1; NOT AGREED TO: 42-52

10) Adoption of the Paul amendment #3410 to H.R.1; NOT AGREED TO: 3-91

11) Adoption of the McCain amendment #3355 to H.R.1; NOT AGREED TO: 46-49

12) Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to Merkley amendment #3367, as modified further; NOT WAIVED: 55-40

13) Adoption of the Coats amendment #3391; NOT AGREED TO: 41-54

14) Passage of H.R.1, the legislative vehicle for the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill, as amended; PASSED: 62-32

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.3454, Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013 with a Feinstein-Chambliss substitute amendment by voice vote.

Discharged the Foreign Relations Committee and Passed H.R.1464, North Korean Refugee Adoption Act with a Burr substitute amendment and a title amendment.

Passed H.R.6014, Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and Passed H.R.6620, the Former Presidents Protection Act

Passed H.R.6621, an Act to correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code with a Leahy-Grassley substitute amendment.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1) Adoption of the Leahy amendment #3437 to H.R.5949, the FISA Reauthorization Act; NOT ADOPTED: 38-52

2) Adoption of the Merkley amendment #3534; NOT ADOPTED: 37-54

3) Adoption of the Paul amendment #3436; NOT ADOPTED: 12-79

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee and passed the following:

-          H.R.2338, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the “Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office”.

-          H.R.3892, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8771 Auburn Folsom Road in Roseville, California, as the “Lance Corporal Victor A. Dew Post Office.”

Passed the following postal naming bills, en bloc:

-          H.R.3869, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 East Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the “Sidney ‘Sid’ Sanders McMath Post Office Building”.

-          H.R.4389, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the “Cecil E. Bolt Post Office”.

-          H.R.6260, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 211 Hope Street in Mountain View, California, as the “Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office”.

-          H.R.6379, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6239 Savannah Highway in Ravenel, South Carolina, as the “Representative Curtis B. Inabinett, Sr. Post Office”.

-          H.R.6587, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 225 Simi Village Drive in Simi Valley, California, as the “Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building”.

Discharged the Finance committee and Passed S.3667, A bill to rename section 219(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA.

1)      Adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.4310, the National Defense Authorization Act; adopted: 81-14

2)      Motion to invoke cloture on the Reid amendment #3395 (substitute) to H.R.1, the legislative vehicle for the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill; invoked: 91-1

3)      Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the Reid substitute amendment #3395; not waived: 57-34

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.1339, To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.

Passed H.R.4212, the Drywall Safety Act of 2012 with a Vitter substitute amendment.

Passed H.R.5859, to repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting.

Passed H.R.6364, the World War I Centennial Commission Act with a McCaskill-Blunt amendment.

Passed S.3709, to require a Government Accountability Office examination of transactions between large financial institutions and the  Federal Government, and for other purposes, with the Vitter/Brown (OH) substitute amendment.

Discharged the Foreign Relations committee and adopted S.Res.613, urging the governments of Europe and the European Union to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, and urging the President to provide information about Hizballah to the European allies of the United States and to support the Government of Bulgaria in investigating the July 18,2012, terrorist attack in Burgas.

Passed H.R.1845, the Medicare IVIG Access Act.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed the following:

Executive Calendar #834 Matthew W. Brann, of PA, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Executive Calendar #835 Malachy Edward Mannion, of PA, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Executive Calendar #877 Jon S. Tigar, of CA, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

Discharged the Veterans’ Affairs committee and confirmed PN 2024, William S. Greenberg, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims for the term of fifteen years.

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted H.J.Res.122, a joint resolution establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2012 (moves the date for counting from Sunday, January 6^th to Friday, January 4^th).

Passed H.R.443, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association in Kotzebue, Alaska with a Murkowski substitute amendment.

Passed H.R.4053, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2012.

Passed S.2388, a bill to reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and for other purposes with a committee-reported substitute amendment and a Begich amendment.

Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Res.439, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the “adult entertainment” section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com

Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Res.617, congratulating the recipient of the 2012 Heisman Memorial Trophy.

Adopted S.Res.627, a resolution designating the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.

Passed H.R.6671, a bill to amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer’s informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged Veterans’ Affairs and passed H.R.4057, the Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012 with a Murray substitute amendment.

Passed H.R.6029, the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act with a Kohl-Lee substitute amendment.

Discharged Homeland Security and Government Affairs and passed the following Postal Naming bills:

H.R.3477, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building.

H.R.3870, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the “Nicky ‘Nick’ Daniel Bacon Post Office”.

H.R.3912,  To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the “Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building”.

H.R.5738, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15285 Samohin Drive in Macomb, Michigan, as the “Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier Annex”.

H.R.5837, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 26 East Genesee Street in Baldwinsville, New York, as the “Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building”.

H.R.5954, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 7th Street in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, as the “Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building”.

S.3630, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, Wisconsin, as the “Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office”.

S.3662, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Nichols Street in Westminster, Massachusetts, as the `Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones Post Office Building’.

Passed S.2318, the Department of State Rewards Program Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012 with a committee-reported substitute amendment by voice vote.

Discharged and passed Veterans’ Affairs and passed S.3202, the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 with a Murray substitute amendment.

Passed S.3698, to amend Title 40, United States Code to improve veterans service organizations access to Federal surplus personal property.

Discharged Judiciary and adopted S.Res.618, observing the 100^th birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and commemorating her legacy.

Adopted S.Res.625, recognizing the January 12, 2013, opening of the United States Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, and supporting the plans for other educational pavilions and initiatives.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.622, notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a President pro tempore.

Adopted S.Res.623, notifying the President of the United States of the election of a President pro tempore.

Adopted S.Con.Res.63, a concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of S.2367 the 21^st Century Language Act of 2012.

Adopted S.Con.Res.64, a concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of the late Honorable Daniel K. Inouye.

Adopted S.Res.624, a resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senator from the State of Hawaii.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.1792, the Strengthening Investigations of Sex Offenders and Missing Children Act of 2011.

Passed S.1793, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice providing investigatory assistance on request of State and local authorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, and for other purposes with a Whitehouse substitute amendment.

Passed H.R.2076, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of providing investigatory assistance on request of State and local authorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, and for other purposes with a committee-reported substitute amendment and a Whitehouse amendment.

Passed H.R.6223, To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security –related position in an executive or managerial capacity is to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization, and for other purposes.

Passed S.3687, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, to designate certain Federal buildings, and for other purposes.

Adopted S.Res.619, a resolution relative to the appointment of President pro tem – Senator Leahy.

Adopted S.Res.620, a resolution authorizing Senator Reid to administer the oath of office of President pro tem to Senator Leahy.

Adopted S.Res.621, a resolution condemning the horrific attacks in Newtown, Connecticut and expressing support and prayers for all those impacted by that tragedy.

Discharged the HELP committee and passed S.3472, a bill to amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to provide improvements to such Act with a Landrieu substitute amendment.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #833, Fernando M. Olguin, of CA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California by voice vote.

Confirmed Executive Calendar #875, Thomas M. Durkin, of IL, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois by voice vote. 

1)      Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to S.3637, the transaction account guarantee (TAG) extension legislation; Not Waived: 50-42

2)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #830, Lorna G. Schofield, of NY, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Confirmed: 91-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.3313, the Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2012 with a committee-reported amendment, a Murray amendment and a committee-reported title amendment by voice vote.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and passed H.R.6116, a bill to provide for direct review of decisions of the Virgin Island Supreme Court by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Discharged the Veterans’ Affairs committee and passed S.2045, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to reside within fifty miles of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Adopted S.Res.616, a resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #832, Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., of NY, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of New York by voice vote. 

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.2838, an act to reauthorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2013 through 2014, and for other purposes by voice vote.

Passed H.R.3783, the Countering Iran in Western Hemisphere Act of 2012 with a Rubio amendment by voice vote.

Passed S.3677, a act to make technical corrections to the Flood Insurance Program.

Adopted S.Res.614, celebrating the World Peace Corps Mission and the World Peace Prize.

Adopted S.Res.615, Congratulating the recipients of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3637, the transaction account guarantee (TAG) extension legislation; Invoked: 76-20

2)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #762 John E. Dowdell, of Oklahoma, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma; Confirmed: 95-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

Passed H.R.4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine.

Passed H.R.2467, a bill to take certain Federal lands in Mono County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony.

Discharged the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee and passed S.3564, a bill to extend the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 until 2014 and for other purposes with a Lieberman substitute amendment and a Lieberman title amendment.

Discharged the Indian Affairs committee and passed H.R.3319, a bill to allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to determine the requirements for membership in that tribe.

Passed H.R.6328, the Clothe a Homeless Hero Act with a Gillibrand amendment.

Star printed the report to accompany S.76, the Strengthening Protections for Children and Communities From Disease Clusters Act.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #829, Jesus G. Bernal, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California by voice vote.

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.3187, the March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Act.

Adopted S.Res.612, a resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Arlen Specter, distinguished former Senator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Passage of H.R.6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012; 92-4

2)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #761, the nomination of Mark E. Walker, of FL, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida; Confirmed: 94-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.6634, a bill to change the effective date for the Internet publication of certain financial disclosure forms. (Extends from December 8, 2012 to April 15, 2013.)

Passed H.R.6582, the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act.

Passed S.3666, to amend the Animal Welfare Act to modify the definition of “exhibitor”.

Adopted S.Res.611, Designating December 15, 2012, as “Wreaths Across America Day”.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3664, a bill to provide for the debt limit extensions (Reid).

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed Executive Calendar #828 Terrence Berg, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan by voice vote.

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #676, Michael P. Shea, of CT, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut; Confirmed: 72-23

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.3331, Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 with a Kerry amendment by voice vote.

Adopted S.Res.609, a resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Alan Phillip Gross from detention in Cuba by voice vote.

Discharged and adopted S.Res.573, designating the third week of January 2013 as “Teen Cancer Awareness Week.”

Discharged and adopted S.Res.595, expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.

Adopted S.Res.610, commemorating the 60^th anniversary of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program of the National Science Foundation.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Adoption of the Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 2/3rds of those present and voting not having voted in the affirmative, the resolution was Not Agreed to: 61-38

2)      McCain amendment #3262, as modified (Syria) to S.3254, the National Defense Authorization Act; Agreed to: 92-6

3)      Passage of S.3254, as amended; Passed: 98-0

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Agriculture Committee and passed S.1947, a bill to prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture and for other purposes with a Blumenthal amendment by voice vote.

Adopted S.Res.543, a resolution to express the sense of the Senate on international parental child abduction with a committee-reported amendment to the preamble by voice vote.

Completed the rule 14 process of H.R.6429, STEM Jobs Act of 2012. (Republican request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

The Senate began the rule 14 process on H.R.6429, STEM Jobs Act of 2012 (Republican request)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

The Senate confirmed the following nominations:

ARMY

#921 to be Brigadier General—Colonel John H. Hort

#922 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Joseph Caravalho, Jr.

#923 to be Brigadier General—Col. Clayton M. Hutmacher

#924 to be Brigadier General—Col. Kyle E. Goerke

#925 to be Brigadier General—Col. Peter A. Bosse

#926 to be Brigadier General—Col. Joseph E. Whitlock

#927 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Karen E. LeDoux

#928 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. David G. Clarkson

#929 to be Lieutenant General—Maj. Gen. Mark A. Milley

MARINE CORPS

#930 to be General—Lt. Gen. John M. Paxton, Jr.

#931 to be General—Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.

And all nominations placed on the Secretary’s desk in the Army, and Navy

1)      Cardin amendment #3025 (sufficient civilian and contract workforces) to S.3254, the DoD Authorization bill; Not Agreed to: 41-53

2)      Menendez amendment #3232 (Iran Sanctions); Agreed to: 94-0

3)      Nelson (FL) motion to waive Budget point of order with respect to Nelson (FL) amendment #3073 (repeal requirement for reduction of survivor benefits plan survivor annuities by dependency and indemnity compensation); Not Waived: 58-34

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.2170, the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 with a committee-reported substitute amendment and a committee-reported title amendment.

Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Res.518, Congratulating the Southern Baptist Convention for electing Reverend Fred Luter, Jr., as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, acknowledging Reverend Luter’s unique role as the first African American leader of the Southern Baptist Convention, and honoring the commitment of the Southern Baptist Convention to an inclusive faith-based community and society.

Adopted S.Res.605, designating the week beginning November 26, 2012, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.

Adopted S.Res.606, commemorating the 200^th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, on December 1, 1812.

Adopted S.Res.607, a resolution relative to the death of the Honorable George McGovern, former United States Senator and Congressman from the State of South Dakota.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Cornyn amendment #3158 (vets backlog) to S.3254, the DoD Authorization bill; Agreed To: 95-0

2)      Hagan amendment #3095 (biofuel refinery); Agreed To: 54-41

3)      Merkley amendment #3096 (Afghanistan); Agreed To: 62-33

4)      Gillibrand amendment #3058, modified (Autism); Agreed To: 66-29

5)      Ayotte amendment #3245 (Guantanamo); Agreed To: 54-41

6)      Feinstein amendment #3018 (Detainees); Agreed To: 67-29

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Commerce committee and passed S.3542, a bill to authorize the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports, and for other purposes with a Klobuchar amendment.

Discharged the HELP committee and adopted S.Res.600, supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month with an amendment to the preamble.

Adopted S.Res.603, designating the week of November 26 through November 30, 2012, as National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week.

Adopted S.Res.604, relative to the death of the Honorable Warren B. Rudman, former United States Senator for the State of New Hampshire.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Udall (CO) amendment #2985 (biofuels) to S.3254, the DoD Authorization Act; Agreed to: 62-37

2)      Leahy amendment #2955 (Dale Long Public Safety Officers’ Improvement); Agreed to: 85-11

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.1998, the DHS Audit Requirement Target Act of 2012 with a committee-reported substitute amendment.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider Treaty Document #112-7, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Agreed to: 61-36

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.3642, the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012.

Adopted S.Res.602, designating 2012-2013 as the “Year of the Korean War Veteran” and recognizing the 60^th anniversary of the Korean War.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3637, FDIC TAG Extension bill. (Reid)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Tester motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the Tester substitute amendment #2875 to S.3525, the Sportsmen’s Act; Not Waived: 50-44

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Judiciary committee and passed H.R.6063, the Child Protection Act of 2012.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3637, FDIC TAG Extension bill. (Reid)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on S.3525, the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012; Invoked: 84-12

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.1440, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act with a committee-reported substitute amendment and an Alexander amendment by voice vote.

Passed H.R.6570, an Act to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to consolidate certain CBO reporting requirements.

Discharged the HELP committee and adopted S.Res.490, a resolution designating the week of September 16, 2012, as “Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week”, reaffirming the importance of an enhanced and coordinated research effort on mitochondrial diseases, and commending the National Institutes of Health for its efforts to improve the understanding of mitochondrial diseases.

Adopted S.Res.597, a resolution to permit the collection of clothing, toys, food, and house wares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.

Adopted S.Res.598, commending and congratulating the San Francisco Giants for winning the 2012 World Series.

Adopted S.Res.599, expressing vigorous support and unwavering commitment to the welfare, security, and survival of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with secure borders, and recognizing and strongly supporting its right to act in self-defense to protect its citizens against acts of terrorism.

Adopted S.Con.Res.60, a resolution providing for a conditional adjournment  or recess of the Senate pending the adjournment of the House of Representatives.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed the following:

-FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Executive Calendar #345 Martin J. Gruenberg – to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

-FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Executive Calendar #519 Thomas Hoenig – to be Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on S.3414, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, upon reconsideration; Not Invoked: 51-47

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.6118, the Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012 (TEST Act).

Passed H.R.6131, a bill to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes (SAFEWEB Act) by voice vote.

Adopted S.Res.596, a resolution permitting the solicitation of donations in the Senate buildings for the relief of victims of Superstorm Sandy.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to proceed to S.3525, the Sportsmen’s Act; Adopted: 92-5

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and passed H.R.4114, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012.

Concurred in the House message to accompany S.743, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012.

Adopted S.Res.591, a resolution recognizing Raymond Weeks and the celebration of Veterans Day.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Passage of S.3576, A bill to provide limitations on United States assistance (60-vote threshold); Not Passed: 10-81

2)      Passage of S.J.Res.41, A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the nuclear program of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Passed: 90-1

3)      Cloture on H.J.Res.117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013; Invoked: 62-30

4)      Passage of H.J.Res.117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013; Passed: 62-30

5)      Cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3525, Sportsmen’s Act of 2012; Invoked: 84-7

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.1956, to prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the EU’s emissions trading scheme, with a committee-reported substitute amendment, a Cardin amendment and a Merkley amendment.

Discharged the Energy Committee and passed H.R.4850, the Enabling Energy Saving Innovations Act with a Bingaman amendment and a Shaheen-Portman amendment.

Passed H.R.915, the Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act with a committee-reported substitute amendment by voice vote.

Discharged Judiciary Committee and passed H.R.6215, Trademark Dilution correction bill by voice vote.

Passed H.R.2706, to prohibit the sale of Billfish by voice vote.

Adopted S.Res. 466, a resolution calling for the release from prison of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko with a Durbin amendment, a committee-reported substitute amendment and a committee-reported amendment to the preamble by voice vote.

Passed H.R.3556, to designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the “Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse”.

Passed H.R.1791, To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the “Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse”.

Passed H.R.4347, To designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the “Robert Boochever United States Courthouse”.

Passed S.3311, A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 2601 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Montana, as the “James F. Battin United States Courthouse”.

Adopted S.Con.Res.50, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived.

Passed S.3486, Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act with a committee-reported substitute amendment.

Passed S.3193, Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012 with an Akaka amendment.

Passed H.R.6431, to provide flexibility with respect to United States support for assistance provided by international financial institutions for Burma, and for other purposes.

Discharged the Banking Committee and passed H.R.2453, the Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act with a Blumenthal amendment.

Passed H.R.6433, to make corrections with respect to Food and Drug Administration user fees.

Passed H.R.4158, to confirm full ownership rights for certain United States astronauts to artifacts from the astronauts’ space missions.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and passed H.R.4223, SAFE Doses Act.

Passed H.R.6375, VA Major Construction Authorization and Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2012.

Passed S.3315, the GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012 with a committee-reported amendment and a Lieberman amendment.

Concurred in the House message to S.300, the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012.

Concurred in the House message to S.710, the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act.

Discharged the Commerce Committee and passed H.R.2838, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011 with a Rockefeller substitute amendment and a Rockefeller title amendment.

Passed S.3341, Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review Act of 2012.

Discharged Judiciary Committee and passed H.R.5512, the Divisional Realignment Act.

Discharged Judiciary Committee and passed H.R.6189, Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act.

Passed H.R.1272, To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al, by the United States Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188, and for other purposes.

Passed H.R.2240, Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012.

Discharged the Energy Committee and Passed H.R.2606, New York City Natural Gas Supply Enhancement Act with a Bingaman substitute amendment.

Passed H.R.2139, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Lion Clubs International.

Passed S.3624, The Military Commercial Driver’s License Act of 2012.

Passed S.3625, a bill to change the effective date for the internet publication of certain information to prevent harm to the national security or endangering the military officers and civilian employees to whom the publication requirement applies, and for other purposes.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.448: recognizing the 100^th anniversary of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.472, designating October 7, 2012, as “Operation Enduring Freedom Veterans Day” with an Enzi amendment.

Discharged the Commerce Committee and adopted S.Res.558, A resolution congratulating the athletes from the State of Nevada and throughout the United States who participated in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams.

Discharged the HELP Committee and adopted S.Res.555, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of “National Retirement Week”, including raising public awareness of the various tax-preferred retirement vehicles and increasing personal financial literacy.

Discharged the Indian Affairs Committee and adopted S.Res.561, a resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.

Adopted S.Res.576, celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of the signing of the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act.

Adopted S.Res.577, honoring the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.

Adopted S.Res.578, Supporting the goals and ideals of Red Ribbon Week, 2012

Adopted S.Res.579, designating the week of September 24 through September 28, 2012, as “National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week”.

Adopted S.Res.580, designating October 14, 2012, as “National Wildlife Refuge Week”.

Adopted S.Res.581, designating October 26, 2012, as “Day of the Deployed”.

Adopted S.Res.582, recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States and immense contributions of Latinos to the United States.

Adopted S.Res.583, designating September 2012, as “National Preparedness Month”.

Adopted S.Res.584, designating October 4, 2012, as “Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day”.

Adopted S.Res.585, Recognizing the extraordinary history and heritage of the State of New Mexico, and honoring and commending the State of New Mexico and its people on its centennial anniversary.

Adopted S.Res.586, expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month of 2012.

Adopted S.Res.587, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of “Lights On Afterschool”, a national celebration of afterschool programs held on October 18, 2012.

Adopted S.Res.588, Commending the 4 American public servants who died in Benghazi, Libya, United States Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty, for their tireless efforts on behalf of the American people, and condemning the violent attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi.

Adopted S.Res.589, designating November 24, 2012, as “Small Business Saturday” and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3607, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. (Hoeven)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed the following:

all nominations placed on the Secretary’s desk in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Navy, and Public Health Service

AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Calendar #456 Albert DiClemente – to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Executive Calendar #714 Heidi Shyu, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army

AIR FORCE

Executive Calendar #880 to be Lieutenant General—Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan

Executive Calendar #881 to be Brigadier General—Col. Jon A. Weeks

Executive Calendar #882 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Mueller

Executive Calendar #883 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Donald P. Dunbar

Executive Calendar #884 to be Brigadier General—Col. Gerard F. Bolduc, Jr.

Executive Calendar #885 to be Brigadier General—Col. Matthew P. Jamison

ARMY

Executive Calendar #886 to be Brigadier General—Colonel David O. Smith

Executive Calendar #887 to be Brigadier General—Michaelene A. Kloster

Executive Calendar #888 to be Brigadier General—Col. Garrett S. Yee

Executive Calendar #889 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst

Executive Calendar #890 to be Major General—

Brig. Gen. Judd H. Lyons;

Brig. Gen. Lee E. Tafanelli

Executive Calendar #891 to be Major General—

Brig. Gen. Kendall W. Penn;

to be Brigadier General;

Col. Keith A. Klemmer

Executive Calendar #892 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Michael R. Smith

Executive Calendar #893 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. David J. Conboy

Executive Calendar #894 to be Lieutenant General—Maj. Gen. Frederick B. Hodges

Executive Calendar #895 to be Lieutenant General—Maj. Gen. Mark S. Bowman

Executive Calendar #896 to be Brigadier General—Col. Ural D. Glanville

NAVY

Executive Calendar #897 to be Vice Admiral—Rear Adm. (lh) James D. Syring

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Executive Calendar #898 Sharon English Woods Villarosa—to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.

Executive Calendar #899 Dawn M. Liberi—to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Burundi

Executive Calendar #900 Stephen D. Mull—to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Poland.

Executive Calendar #901 Walter North—to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Vanuatu.

Executive Calendar #902 Richard G. Olson—to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Executive Calendar #903 Joseph E. Macmanus—to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

Executive Calendar #904 Joseph E. Macmanus—to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador.

Executive Calendar #905 John Hardy Isakson—to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Executive Calendar #906 Patrick J. Leahy—to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Executive Calendar #907 For the personal rank of Career Ambassador in recognition of especially distinguished service over a sustained period—

William R. Brownfield

Kristie Anne Kenney

Thomas Alfred Shannon, Jr.

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Executive Calendar #908 Emil J. Kang – to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2018

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Executive Calendar #910 Kevin K. Washburn – to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior

Discharged the Commerce Committee and confirmed:

PN 1958 – Kenneth T. Boyd to be Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard

Discharged the Foreign Relations committee and confirmed:

PN 1879, Foreign Service nominations beginning with Michael Lewis and ending with Carolyn Shuckerow

PN 1880, Foreign Service nominations beginning with Bridget C. Bittle and ending with David J. Zanni

PN 1923, Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to be Ambassador to the republic of Iraq.

Confirmed Executive Calendar #674 Gonzalo P. Curiel—US District Judge for the Southern District of California by voice vote

Confirmed Executive Calendar #675 Robert J. Shelby—US District Judge for the District of Utah by voice vote

1)      Motion to proceed to H.J.Res.117, the continuing resolution; Agreed to: 67-31

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3607, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. (Hoeven)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3576, Limitation on Foreign Assistance. (Paul)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Jointly referred PN1948, 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, to the HELP and Veterans’ Affairs Committees.

1)      Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the Murray substitute amendment #2789 to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act: Not Waived: 58-40

2)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.J.Res.117, Continuing Resolution: Invoked: 76-22

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.562, designating the week beginning September 10, 2012 and ending on September 14, 2012 as “National Health Information Technology Week” to recognize the value of health information technology in improving health quality.

Adopted S.Res.563, Designating December 3, 2012, as “National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day”.

Adopted S.Res.564, designating the month of October 2012 as “National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month”.

Adopted S.Res.565, expressing support for the designation of October 20, 2012, as the “National Day on Writing”.

Adopted S.Res.566, designating September 29, 2012, as “National Estuaries Day”.

Adopted S.Res.567, Honoring the life and career of George Hickman.

Adopted S.Res.568, designating the week of September 16, 2012, as “National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week”.

Adopted S.Res.569, Designating the week beginning October 21, 2012, as “National Character Counts Week”.

Adopted S.Res.570, Designating November 8, 2012, as “National Parents as Teachers Day”.

Discharged the Foreign Relations Committee and adopted S.Res.557, a resolution honoring the contributions of Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari as Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and in promoting the legitimate rights and aspirations of the Tibetan people.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3576, Limitation on Foreign Assistance. (Paul)

Completed the Rule 14 process of H.R.5949, the FISA Amendments Extension Act.  (Republican request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.3552, to reauthorize the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

Passed S.J.Res.44, a joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.

Adopted S.Res.401, expressing appreciation for Foreign Service and Civil Service professionals who represent the United States around the globe.

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.5949, the FISA Amendments Extension Act.  (Republican request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to proceed to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act; Agreed to: 84-8

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.6336, an Act to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglas from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol.

Adopted S.Res.551, commending the four American public servants who died in Benghazi, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, for their tireless efforts on behalf of the American people and condemning the violent attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.

Adopted S.Res.552, a resolution recognizing the month of October 2012 as “National Principals Month”

Adopted S.Res.553, designating September 22, 2012, as “National Falls Prevention Awareness Day” to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of falls among older adults.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act; Invoked: 95-1

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.548, designating the week beginning September 9, 2012, as “National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week”.

Adopted S.Res.549, designating September 2012 as “Campus Fire Safety Month”.

Adopted S.Res.550, designating September 13, 2012, as “National Celiac Disease Awareness Day”.

Completed the Rule 14 process of H.R.8, the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012. (Republican request)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3522, the Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012. (Menendez and others)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3525, the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012. (Tester)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #664, the nomination of Stephanie Marie Rose, of IA, to be United States District judge for the Southern District of Iowa; Confirmed: 89-1

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Star printed the committee report to accompany S.3521, the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012.

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.8, the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012. (Republican request)

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3522, the Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012. (Menendez and others)

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3525, the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012. (Tester)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3519, the Pay for Printing Act (DeMint).

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on S.3414, the Cybersecurity Act; Not Invoked: 52-46

2)      Coburn amendment #2771 (alternative offset) to S.3326, the African Trade/CAFTADR/Burma Sanctions legislation; Not Agreed to: 40-58

3)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #651, the nomination of Gershwin A. Drain, of MI, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; Confirmed: 55-41

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Con.Res.56, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.

Passed S.3510, a bill to prevent harm to the national security or endangering the military officers and civilian employees to whom internet publication of certain information applies, and for other purposes.

Passed H.R.4240, the Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012 by voice vote and adopted S.Con.Res.58, a concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of H.R.4240.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and passed S.3245, reauthorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program with a Leahy-Grassley substitute amendment and a Leahy-Grassley title amendment.

Passed H.R.1402: a bill to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives at no net cost to the Federal Government.

Discharged the Commerce Committee and passed H.R.3670, To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

Adopted S.Res.402, condemning Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for committing crimes against humanity and mass atrocities, and supporting ongoing efforts by the United States Government and governments in Central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord’s Resistance Army commanders from the battlefield with a Coons substitute amendment, a Committee-reported amendment to the preamble and a Committee-reported title amendment.

Discharged the Armed Services Committee and adopted S.Res.418, commemorating the 70^th anniversary and commending the brave men of the 17^th Bombardment Group (Medium) who became known as the “Doolittle Tokyo Raiders” for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the United States in conducting the bombing of Tokyo on April 18, 1942 with a Brown (OH) substitute amendment, a Brown (OH) amendment to the preamble and a Brown (OH) title amendment.

Discharged the Foreign Relations Committee and adopted S.Res.524, reaffirming the strong support of the United States for the 2002 declaration of conduct of parties in the South China Sea among the member states of ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes with a Webb amendment to the preamble.

Adopted S.Res.544, congratulating the Navy Dental Corps on its 100^th anniversary.

Adopted S.Res.545, commemorating the 75^th Anniversary of the United States Air Force Weather Agency.

Adopted S.Res.546, Designating the week of September 10, 2012, as “National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week”.

Adopted S.Res.547, Honoring the life of pioneering astronaut Dr. Sally Ride and expressing the condolences of the Senate on her death.

Adopted H.Con.Res.135, authorizing the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in recognition of her leadership and perseverance in the struggle for freedom and democracy in Burma.

Adopted S.Con.Res.59, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3519, the Pay for Printing Act (DeMint).

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Discharged the HELP Committee and confirmed the following:

PN1513 – Ingrid Gregg of Michigan – Board of Trustees for the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation

PN1514 – James L. Henderson of Kentucky – Board of Trustees for the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation

Discharged the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Confirmed:

PN 1731 – Kimberly Knowles to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Discharged the Foreign Relations Committee and Confirmed:

PN 1826 – James B. Cunningham, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Confirmed the following items:

All nominations placed on the Secretary’s desk in the Foreign Service.

HARRY S. TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

Executive Calendar #450 Laura A. Cordero – to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 15, 2015

HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

Executive Calendar #609 Steven H. Cohen – to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring Dec. 10, 2013

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Executive Calendar #709 Paul W. Hodes – to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2016

PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

Executive Calendar #718 James Xavier Dempsey—to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2016

Executive Calendar #719 Elisebeth Collins Cook—to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2014

Executive Calendar #720 Rachel L. Brand—to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2017

Executive Calendar #723 Patricia M. Wald—to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Executive Calendar #825 Matthew S. Rutherford – to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Executive Calendar #826 Meredith M. Broadbent – to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2017

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Executive Calendar #827 Mark J. Mazur – to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Executive Calendar #831 Danny Chappelle Williams Sr.– to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years

MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION

Executive Calendar #837 Major General John Peabody, United States Army, to be a Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission.

DEFENSE NUCELAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

Executive Calendar #838 Sean Sullivan, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2015

AIR FORCE

Executive Calendar #841 to be General—Gen. Mark A. Welsh, III

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Executive Calendar #858 Gene Allan Cretz, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Ghana.

Executive Calendar #859 Deborah Ruth Malac, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Liberia.

Executive Calendar #860 Thomas Hart Armbruster, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Executive Calendar #861 David Bruce Wharton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Zimbabwe.

Executive Calendar #862 Greta Christine Holtz, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Sultanate of Oman.

Executive Calendar #863 Alexander Mark Laskaris, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Guinea.

Executive Calendar #864 Marcie B. Ries, of the District of Columbia to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Bulgaria.

Executive Calendar #865 John M. Koenig, of Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cyprus.

Executive Calendar #866 Michael David Kirby, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Serbia.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Executive Calendar #867 to be Rear Admiral (lower half) – Gerd F. Glang

Executive Calendar #868 to be Rear Admiral – Michael S. Devany

Executive Calendar #869 to be Rear Admiral (lower half) – David A. Score

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Executive Calendar #872 Patricia K. Falcone – to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Executive Calendar #874 Thomas Skerik Sowers, II – to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs)

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Con.Res.55, directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R.1627 (the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012).

Concurred in the House message to H.R.1905, the Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012 by voice vote.

Discharged the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and passed the following post office naming bills:

-          H.R.1369, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the “Warren Lindley Post Office”.

-          H.R.3276, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the “Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building”.

-          H.R.3412, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the “Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building”.

-          H.R.3501, o designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the “SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office”.

-          H.R.3772, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the “First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building”.

Passed H.R.1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe.

Passed S.1409, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 with a committee-reported substitute amendment and a Carper amendment.

Adopted S.J.Res.49, providing for the appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.519, designating October 30, 2012, as a national day of remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers.

Adopted S.Res.536, designating September 9, 2012 as “National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day”.

Adopted S.Res.537, supporting the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Adopted S.Res.538, designating September 2012 as “National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month”.

Adopted S.Res.539, designating October 13, 2012, as “National Chess Day”.

Adopted S.Res.540, designating the week of August 6^th through August 10, 2012, as “National Convenient Care Clinic Week”.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged Foreign Relations and adopted S.Res.525, a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas with a Nelson FL amendment.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act. (Nelson FL)

Completed the Rule 14 process of H.R.4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act. (Republican request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #759, the nomination of Robert E. Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit; Not Invoked: 56-34-3(present)

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.533, designating October 2012 as “National Work and Family Month”.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act. (Nelson FL)

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act. (Republican request)

Completed the Rule 14 process of H.R.6082, the Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan. (Republican request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3414, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012; Invoked: 84-11

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Concurred in the House message to accompany S.1959, the Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012 by voice vote

Discharged the Banking Committee and passed S.1299, the Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act.

Adopted S.Res.529, recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African-American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by supporting education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men.

Adopted S.Res.530, designating the month of August 2012 as “National Registered Apprenticeship Month”.

Adopted S.Res.531, commemorating the success of Team USA in the past 25 Olympic Games and supporting Team USA in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Adopted S.Res.532, expressing support for the XIX International AIDS Conference and the sense of the Senate that continued commitment by the United States to HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs is crucial to protecting global health by voice vote.

Discharged the Rules Committee and adopted H.Con.Res.90, a concurrent resolution authorizing the printing of the 25^th edition of the pocket version of the United States Constitution.

Adopted H.Con.Res.133, a concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the United States Capitol for an event to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Arnold Palmer, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.

Adopted H.Con.Res.134, condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the heinous atrocities that occurred in Aurora, Colorado.

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.6082, the Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan.(Republican request)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed the following items:

All nominations on the Secretary’s desk in the Air Force, Army and Navy.

AIR FORCE

Executive Calendar #839 to be Brigadier General—Colonel Edward E. Metzgar

Executive Calendar #840 to be Brigadier General—Col. Russ A. Walz

Executive Calendar #842 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Timothy M. Ray

Executive Calendar #843 to be General—Lt. Gen. Paul J. Selva

Executive Calendar #844 to be Lieutenant General—Maj. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel

Executive Calendar #845 to be Major General-Brig. Gen. Howard D. Stendahl

ARMY

Executive Calendar #846 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Lawrence W. Brock

Executive Calendar #847 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Reynold N. Hoover

Executive Calendar #848 to be Lieutenant General—Maj. Gen. James O. Barclay, III

Executive Calendar #849 to be Lieutenant General—Lt. Gen. Donald M. Campbell, Jr.

Executive Calendar #850 to be General—Lt. Gen. Frank J. Grass

Executive Calendar #851 to be Lieutenant General—Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg

Executive Calendar #852 to be Major General—Brig. Gen. Joyce L. Stevens

NAVY

Executive Calendar #853 to be Vice Admiral—Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers

Executive Calendar #854 to be Rear Admiral (Lower Half)—

Captain John D. Alexander;

Captain Bret C. Batchelder;

Captain Ronald A. Boxall;

Captain Robert P. Burke;

Captain David J. Hahn;

Captain Alexander L. Krongard;

Captain Andrew L. Lewis;

Captain Bruce H. Lindsey;

Captain Dee L. Mewbourne;

Captain John P. Neagley;

Captain Partick A. Piercey;

Captain Markham K. Rich;

Captain Charles A. Richard;

Captain Cynthia M. Thebaud;

Captain Brad Williamson;

Captain Ricky L. Williamson

Executive Calendar #855 to be Admiral—Vice Adm. John M. Richardson

Executive Calendar #856 to be Vice Admiral—Rear Adm. David A. Dunaway

MARINE CORPS

Executive Calendar #857 to be General—Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly

1)      Hatch-McConnell amendment #2573 (the Tax Hike Prevention Act) to S.3412; Not agreed to: 45-54

2)      Passage of S.3412, the Middle Class Tax Act of 2012; Passed: 51-48

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.285, a bill for the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke.

Passed H.R.5872, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3429, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012. (Nelson FL)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Indian Affairs Committee and passed S.2090, a bill to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to extend the period of time provided to the Indian Law and Order Commission to produce a required report, and for other purposes.

Adopted S.Res.527, designating August 16, 2012, as “National Airborne Day”.

Adopted S.Res.528, recognizing the 100^th anniversary of the American Podiatric Medical Association, the preeminent organization representing podiatric medicine and surgery, celebrating its achievements, and encouraging the association to continue proving guidance on foot and ankle health issues to the people of the United States and of the world.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3429, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012. (Nelson FL)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3420, the Permanent Tax Relief Act. (Lee)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #663, the nomination of Michael A. Shipp, of NJ, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey; Confirmed: 91-1

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3420, the Permanent Tax Relief Act. (Lee)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3414,  the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. (Lieberman and others)

Completed the Rule 14 process of H.R.5872, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012.  (Republican request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3364, the Bring Jobs Home Act; Not Invoked: 56-42

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3414,  the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. (Lieberman and others)

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.5872, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012.  (Republican request)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3401, the Tax Relief Act of 2012. (Hatch)

Considered the following 2 bills to have been read twice and subsequently placed on the calendar:

-          S.3412, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2012. (Reid)

-          S.3413, the Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2012. (Hatch)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and passed H.R.1627, the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 with a Murray substitute amendment and a Murray title amendment.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3401, Tax Relief Act of 2012. (Hatch)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3393, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act.  (Reid)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3369, the DISCLOSE Act, upon reconsideration; Not Invoked: 53-45

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Indian Affairs Committee and passed H.R.205, the Helping Expedite and Advance Tribal Home ownership (HEARTH) Act of 2011.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.483, commending efforts to promote and enhance public safety on the need for yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing bonding.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3393, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act.  (Reid)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #662, Kevin McNulty, of NJ, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey; 91-3-1(present)

2)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3369, the DISCLOSE Act; Not Invoked: 51-44

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.520, commending the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 103^rd anniversary.

Adopted S.Res.521, designating September 2012 as “National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month”.

Adopted S.Res.522, designating September 2012 as “National Child Awareness Month”.

Adopted S.Res.523, recognizing the heroic efforts of firefighters and military personnel in the United States to contain numerous wildfires that have affected tens of thousands of people.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to table the Reid amendment #2524 (text of HR 9, Cantor tax bill); Tabled: 73-24

2)      Motion to invoke cloture on Landrieu amendment #2521 (Substitute) Not Invoked: 57-41

3)      Motion to invoke cloture on of S.2237, the Small Business Jobs bill; Not Invoked: 53-44

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.3902, the District of Columbia Special Election Reform Act by voice vote.

Discharged the Banking Committee and passed H.R.2527, the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act with a Gillibrand substitute amendment.

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act. (Republican request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed H.R.3001, To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.

Passed H.R.4155, the Veterans Skills to Jobs Act.

Completed the Rule 14 proceed of S.3369, the DISCLOSE Act of 2012. (Whitehouse and others)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #661, John Thomas Fowkles, of TN, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee; Confirmed: 94-2

2)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2237, the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act; Invoked: 80-14

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.429, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day with a Wicker amendment by voice vote.

Began the Rule 14 proceed of S.3369, the DISCLOSE Act of 2012. (Whitehouse and others)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3364, the Bring Jobs Home Act. (Stabenow and others)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Passed S.1379, the D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act of 2011 with committee-reported amendment by voice vote.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3364, the Bring Jobs Home Act. (Stabenow and others)

Completed Rule 14 process of H.R.4018, Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Improvements Act of 2012.  (Democratic request)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

1)      Motion to waive Rule 28 (availability) with respect to the conference report to accompany H.R.4348 (60-vote threshold); Waived: 72-22

2)      Motion to waive Rule 28 (scope of conference) with respect to the conference report to accompany H.R.4348 (60-vote threshold); Waived: 66-28

3)      Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the conference report to accompany H.R.4348 (60-vote threshold); Waived: 63-30-1

4)      Adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act (60-vote threshold); Adopted: 74-19-1

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Commerce Committee and passed S.1335, the Pilots’ bill of rights with a Hutchison-Inhofe substitute amendment.

Adopted S.Con.Res.51, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and adjournment of the House of Representatives.

Passed H.R.6064, the Temporary Surface Transportation Extension Act (extends to July 6, 2012).

Passed S.2165, United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 with a committee-reported substitute amendment by voice vote.

Discharged the Veterans Affairs Committee and passed S.3238, A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic in Mansfield, Ohio, as the David F. Winder Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic and for other purposes.

Discharged the Judiciary Committee and adopted S.Res.376, a resolution commemorating the 225^th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States and recognizing the contributions of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Passed S.3363, to provide for the use of National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin surcharges, and for other purposes.

Passed S.2239, to direct the head of each agency to treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses with a committee-reported substitute amendment.

Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.4018, Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Improvements Act of 2012.  (Democratic request)

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Foreign Relations Committee and confirmed:

PN 1680 – Derek J. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Union of Burma.

Discharged the Commerce Committee and confirmed the following:

PN 1442 – a list of 7 Coast Guard nominees beginning with RDML Daniel B. Abel and ending with RDML Christopher J. Tomney to be Rear Admiral Upper Half,

PN 1461 – Coast Guard RDML John S. Welch to be Rear Admiral Upper Half,

PN 1462 – a list of 5 Coast Guard nominees beginning with LT Jason A. Boyer and ending with LT Matthew A. Pickard to be Lieutenant Commander,

PN 1671 – a list of 3 Coast Guard nominees beginning with Russell E. Bowman and ending with Meghan K. Steinhaus to be Members of the Coast Guard Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff,

PN 1377 – a list of 20 NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps nominees beginning with Lucas D. Johnson and ending with Theresa A. Madsen to be Ensign, and

PN 1734 – a list of 11 NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps nominees beginning with ENS Kyle S. Salling and ending with ENS Shannon K. Hefferan to be Lieutenant Junior Grade;

Discharged the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and confirmed:

PN 1121 – Deborah J. Jeffrey to be Inspector General of the Corporation  for National And Community Service.

Confirmed the following:

AIR FORCE

Executive Calendar #726 to be General: Lt. Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle

NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES

Executive Calendar #764 Larry V. Hedges, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28, 2015

Executive Calendar #765 Susanna Loeb, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring March 15, 2016

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

Executive Calendar #766 Kamilah Oni Martin-Proctor, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2014.

Executive Calendar #767 Sara A. Gelser, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2014. (Reappointment)

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Executive Calendar #768 Edward M. Alford, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia.

Executive Calendar #769 Peter William Bodde, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

Executive Calendar #770 Piper Anne Wind Campbell, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to Mongolia.

Executive Calendar #771 Dorothea-Maria Rosen, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia.

Executive Calendar #772 Mark L. Asquino, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

Executive Calendar #773 Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Maldives.

Executive Calendar #774 Douglas M. Griffiths, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique.

Executive Calendar #775 Jay Nicholas Anania, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname.

Executive Calendar #776 Susan Marsh Elliott, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan.

Executive Calendar #778 Richard L. Morningstar, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Executive Calendar #819 Patrick A. Miles – to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan for the term of four years

Executive Calendar #820 John S. Leonardo – to be United States Attorney for the District of Arizona for the term of four years

Executive Calendar #821 Jamie A. Hainsworth – to be United States Marshal for the District of Rhode Island for the term of four years

COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

Executive Calendar #822 Grande Lum – to be Director, Community Relations Service, for a term of four years

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Executive Calendar #823 Kristine L. Svinicki – to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2017 (reappointment)

Executive Calendar #824 Allison M. Macfarlane – to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2013.

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.514, commemorating the victory of Loyola University Maryland in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse National Championship.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3342, a bill to improve information security and for other purposes. (McCain and others)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.511, commending the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes Softball Team for winning the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Softball Championship.

Adopted S.Res.512, recognizing the 100^th anniversary of Rice University.

Began the Rule 14 process of S.3342, a bill to improve information security and for other purposes. (McCain and others)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS