Mr. Michael F. Bennet, from the State of Colorado, called the
Senate to order at 1 p.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and Mr. Bennet
led the Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the
United States of America.
Legislative Business (Sunday, December 30)
H.R. 3263 (Rep. Cole):
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow
the storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in
Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 3641 (Rep. Farr):
To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State
of California as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes
.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4073 (Rep. Lamborn):
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept
the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way
within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado,
originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company
pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 114 (Sen. Hutchison):
To expand the boundary of the San Antonio Missions
National Historical Park.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous
Consent.
S.Amdt. 3446 (Sen. Hutchison):
In the nature of a substitute.
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Amendment SA 3446 proposed by Senator Durbin for Senator Hutchison.
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Amendment SA 3446 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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Amendment SA 3447 proposed by Senator Durbin for Senator Hutchison.
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Amendment SA 3447 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S. 140 (Sen. Levin):
To designate as wilderness certain land and inland
water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of
Michigan, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 264 (Sen. Cochran):
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey
to the State of Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of
the Natchez Trace Parkway, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 499 (Sen. Hatch):
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System
of the Central Utah Project.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 970 (Sen. Coons):
To designate additional segments and tributaries of
White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component
of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
S. 1047 (Sen. Udall, of CO):
To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and
Adjustment of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Bureau of Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental
conditions in the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake
County, Colorado, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 1421 (Sen. Portman):
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and
its environs, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 1478 (Sen. Johnson, of SD):
To modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile
National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes
.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 2015 (Sen. Enzi):
To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey
certain Federal land to the Powell Recreation District in the State of
Wyoming.
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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous
Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 3250 (Sen. Cornyn):
To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act
of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault
evidence backlogs and to establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence
Registry, and for other purposes.
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Amendment SA 3445 proposed by Senator Durbin for Senator Cornyn.
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Amendment SA 3445 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S. 3563 (Sen. Hoeven):
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify
the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project
.
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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous
Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 3715 (Sen. Harkin):
To extend the limited antitrust exemption contained
in the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.
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Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
