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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1288-D1289 on Sept. 28, 2007.
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Friday, September 28, 2007
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12319-S12342
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2116-2118, and S. Res. 337.
Page S12334
Measures Passed:
Authorizing Printing the Standing Rules of the Senate: Senate agreed to S. Res. 337, authorizing the Committee on Rules and Administration to prepare a revised edition of the Standing Rules of the Senate as a Senate document.
Page S12340
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
Major Scott Nisely Post Office: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 1539, to designate the post office located at 309 East Linn Street, Marshalltown, Iowa, as the ``Major Scott Nisely Post Office''.
Page S12340
Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr., Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 1596, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the ``Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building''.
Page S12340
Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 1732, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the ``Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building''.
Page S12340
Buck Owens Post Office: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 1781, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the ``Buck Owens Post Office''.
Page S12340
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S12320-24
Pending:
Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S12320-24
Reid (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3058 (to Amendment No. 2011), to provide for certain public-private competition requirements.
Page S12320
Reid (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3109 (to Amendment No. 3958), to provide for certain public-private competition requirements.
Page S12320
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 3 p.m., on Monday, October 1, 2007, Senate resume consideration of the bill.
Pages S12340
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
6 Army nominations in the rank of general.
1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy.
Pages S12324-27, S12341-42
Messages from the House:
Page S12334
Measures Referred:
Page S12334
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S12320, S12334
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S12334-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S12335-40
Additional Statements:
Pages S12333-34
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S12340
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 12:56 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Monday, October 1, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12340.)
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