Volume 158, No. 38 covering the 2nd Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D223-D224 on March 8, 2012.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1495-S1557
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2174-2182, and S. Res. 391-393.
Page S1540
Measures Passed:
World Plumbing Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 393, designating March 11, 2012, as ``World Plumbing Day''.
Page S1557
Measures Considered:
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S1504-36
Adopted:
By 82 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 29), Baucus Amendment No. 1825, to reauthorize for 1 year the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 and to provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program for 1 year. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the amendment having achieved 60 affirmative votes, was agreed to.)
Pages S1525-26, S1527-28
By 76 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 32), Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 1822, to provide for the restoration of the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands of Gulf Coast States and to provide funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the amendment having achieved 60 affirmative votes, was agreed to.)
Pages S1507-08, S1524-25, S1529
Levin/Conrad Amendment No. 1818, to authorize special measures against foreign jurisdictions, financial institutions, and others that significantly impede United States tax enforcement.
Pages S1531-32
Rejected:
By 44 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 28), Vitter Amendment No. 1535, to provide for an extension of the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S1505-07, S1526
By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 30), Collins Amendment No. 1660, to provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S1508-11, S1513-15, S1528
By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 31), Coburn Amendment No. 1738, to prevent the creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs.
(Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S1511-13, S1518-19, S1528-29
By 33 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 33), Wyden Amendment No. 1817, to ensure the expeditious processing of Keystone XL permit applications consistent with current law, prohibit the export of crude oil produced in Canada and transported by the Keystone XL pipeline and related facilities unless the prohibition is waived by the President, and require the use of United States iron, steel, and manufactured goods in the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and related facilities with certain exceptions. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S1517-18, S1529-30
By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 34), Hoeven Amendment No. 1537, to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and provide for environmental protection and government oversight. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S1515-17, S1519-23, S1530
Pending:
Roberts Amendment No. 1826, of a perfecting nature.
Pages S1523-24
McCain Modified Amendment No. 1669, to enhance the natural quiet and safety of airspace of the Grand Canyon National Park.
Page S1533
Corker Amendment No. 1785, to lower the FY13 discretionary budget authority cap as set in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 by $20,000,000,000 in order to offset the general fund transfers to the Highway Trust Fund.
Pages S1518, S1533-34
Corker Amendment No. 1810, to ensure that the aggregate amount made available for transportation projects for a fiscal year does not exceed the estimated amount available for those projects in the Highway Trust Fund for the fiscal year.
Pages S1533-34
Portman/Coburn Amendment No. 1736, to free States to spend gas taxes on their transportation priorities.
Page S1534
Portman Amendment No. 1742, to allow States to permit nonhighway uses in rest areas along any highway.
Page S1534
Coats (for Alexander) Amendment No. 1779, to make technical corrections to certain provisions relating to overflights of National Parks.
Page S1535
Coats (for DeMint) Amendment No. 1589, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate.
Page S1535
Coats (for DeMint) Amendment No. 1756, to return to the individual States maximum discretionary authority and fiscal responsibility for all elements of the national surface transportation systems that are not within the direct purview of the Federal Government.
Page S1535
Coats/Lugar Amendment No. 1517, to modify the apportionment formula to ensure that the percentage of apportioned funds received by a State is the same as the percentage of total gas taxes paid by the State.
Page S1535
Blunt/Casey Amendment No. 1540, to modify the section relating to off-system bridges.
Pages S1535-36
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 66 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 35), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. The point of order that the bill was in violation of provisions of section 311(a)(2)a of the Congressional Budget Act, was not sustained.
Pages S1530-31
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate resume consideration of the bill at 4 p.m., on Monday, March 12, 2012; that the Merkley amendment relative to farm vehicles listed under the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, be changed from Amendment No. 1653 to Amendment No. 1814; that on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, Senate resume the sequence of votes remaining under the order of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader after consultation with the Republican Leader, with all other provisions of the previous order remaining in effect.
Pages S1536, S1557
Messages from the House:
Page S1537
Measures Referred:
Page S1537
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S1537
Executive Communications:
Pages S1537-40
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S1540
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S1540-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S1541-44
Additional Statements:
Page S1537
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S1544-56
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S1556-57
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S1557
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--35)
Pages S1526-31
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:52 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 12, 2012. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1557.)
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