[Daily Digest]
[Pages D701-D702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, June 21, 2010

[[Page D701]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5163-S5215
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3513-3516, S.J. Res. 34, and S. Res. 561.
  Pages S5201-02
Measures Reported:
  S. 2724, to provide for environmental restoration activities and 
forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-211)
  S. 3250, to provide for the training of Federal building personnel. 
(S. Rept. No. 111-212)
  S. 2872, to authorize appropriations for the National Historical 
Publications and Records Commission through fiscal year 2014, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 111-213)
Page S5201
Measures Passed:
  Recognizing the Contributions of Fathers: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 560, recognizing 
the immeasurable contributions of fathers in the healthy development of 
children, supporting responsible fatherhood, and encouraging greater 
involvement of fathers in the lives of their families, especially on 
Father's Day, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S5212
  National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
561, designating June 25, 2010, as ``National Huntington's Disease 
Awareness Day''.
  Pages S5212-13
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. EX. 195), Mark A. Goldsmith, 
of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan.
Pages S5186-93, S5215
  By unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. EX. 196), Marc T. Treadwell, 
of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District 
of Georgia.
Pages S5186-93, S5215
  Josephine Staton Tucker, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California.
Pages S5186-94, S5215
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination: Michael 
S. Owen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone.
                                                             Page S5214
Nominations Discharged: The following nominations were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Rafael Moure-Eraso, of Massachusetts, to be Chairperson of the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five 
years, which was sent to the Senate on March 24, 2010, from the Senate 
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mark A. Griffon, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years, which 
was sent to the Senate on March 24, 2010, from the Senate Committee on 
Environment and Public Works.
  Christopher A. Masingill, of Arkansas, to be Federal Cochairperson, 
Delta Regional Authority, which was sent to the Senate on April 26, 
2010, from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Malcolm D. Jackson, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, which was sent to the Senate on 
April 29, 2010, from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public 
Works.
Pages S5212, S5215
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S5200
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5200-01
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5202-03
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5203-11
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5199-S5200
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5211-12
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S5212
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S5212
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--196) 
                                                             Page S5213
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:27 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday,

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June 22, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5213.)