Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2012-09-21 Date2012-09-21 PublicationVolume 158, issue 129 Sections378 House · 146 Senate House sections HONORING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROHNERT PARK PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR AARON WILLIAMS RECOGNIZING SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OR MORAGA, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM COMMEMORATING NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE'S 110TH ANNIVERSARY IN REMEMBRANCE OF VICTOR CASCIO TRIBUTE TO BARNEY UHART IN HONOR OF DIXON SAULS HONORING TAIWAN NATIONAL DAY NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE JUDGE DONNA CONGENI FITZSIMMONS RECOGNIZING MIKE FLYNN, RECIPIENT OF THE WASHINGTONIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD CONGRATULATING ANNETTE STASSI PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN SUPPORT OF WORKERS AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO MEDICARE PATIENTS A TRIBUTE TO LYNETTE M. BROWN-SOW IN HONOR OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW KENSINGTON AREA ROTARY CLUB IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR THE ORAL HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS IN HEALTH CARE REFORM RECOGNIZING UNION COUNTY VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL OF UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY FOR BEING NAMED A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL PERSONAL EXPLANATION FREE SPEECH, UNJUSTIFIED VIOLENCE AND HYPOCRISY IN REMEMBRANCE OF SAUL MINTZ RECOGNIZING TERRE JONES ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN HONOR OF ARMENIAN STATEHOOD DAY RECOGNIZING MASTER SERGEANT MICHAEL HUNTER IN CELEBRATION OF THE UNVEILING OF A STATUE OF FREDERICK DOUGLAS IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL CELEBRATING THE NEW JERSEY COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES HONORING CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS IN HONOR OF MR. JOSEPH HAMMELL HONORING THE SERVICE OF ADMIRAL KIRKLAND DONALD IN RECOGNITION OF THE BLACK SHIELD POLICE ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZING THE SEATTLE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS HONORING CHAIRMAN STANLEY CROOKS, SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY HONORING CITY MANAGER MARIA DADIAN ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO JASON C. YUAN TRIBUTE TO HONOR FLIGHT OREGON IN REMEMBRANCE OF MRS. RUTH COYNE RECOGNIZING TALBOT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NATIONAL DAY FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING NANCY OSBORNE IN RECOGNITION OF FORTY YEARS OF LEADERSHIP FROM CLINTON RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL RECOGNIZING THE 225TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN HONOR OF MR. GREGORY M. SADLEK RECOGNITION OF TAIWAN'S NATIONAL DAY OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACHIEVABLE DREAM TENNIS BALL TRIBUTE TO SPECIALIST JOSHUA L. REED IN HONOR OF LARRY WALTON COLSON IN HONOR OF MR. WALTER BORKOWSKI RECOGNIZING AND HONORING MS. GENEVIEVE FLOREZ RECOGNIZING THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF BISHOP GUILFOYLE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA HONORING WASHINGTON COUNTY, COLORADO ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY PROVIDING QUALITY HOME CARE SERVICES HONORING THE LIFE OF JULIANNE ELIZABETH MARKS ALLEN NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN HONOR OF MRS. ALINA CZERNEC A TRIBUTE TO HIS HONOR JUDGE MICHAEL T. McSPADDEN--TEXAS JUDGE HONORING MONTANA'S WORLD WAR II VETERANS WISHING THE PEOPLE OF TAIWAN A JOYOUS NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION RECOGNIZING MR. ROBERT SMALL A TRIBUTE TO CHAIRMAN PAUL F. OREFFICE CRANE HERITAGE DAY HONOREE--EVELYN STRODER CONGRATULATIONS TO COLONEL THEODORE C. "TC" WILLIAMS ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN HONOR OF MS. SYLVIA RUCINSKI HONORING MR. OLIVER SIEBERT OF CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI CONGRATULATING MR. DEREK CAVILLA FOR COMPLETING THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART'S SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE FIRST ANNUAL AMERICA'S FAMILY DAY HONORING STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL ROAN IN HONOR OF SEA OTTER AWARENESS WEEK IN RECOGNITION OF TAIWAN'S NATIONAL DAY HONORING SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT EMILIO HERNANDEZ RECOGNITION OF TAIWAN'S NATIONAL DAY CONGRATULATING HEALTH CENTRAL HOSPITAL ON 60TH ANNIVERSARY HONORING FAIR FAMILY FARMS OF MANN'S CHOICE, PENNSYLVANIA RECOGNIZING AND THANKING CAPTAIN ROD W. STUBBLEFIELD FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DENBIGH 150TH ANNIVERSARY GARTH PATTERSON--FRIEND OF THE FISHERMEN, FRIEND OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND MY GREAT FRIEND RECOGNIZING DR. PAT STROH VA MAJOR CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION AND EXPIRING AUTHORITIES EXTENSION ACT OF 2012 HONORING JOHN LOWRY CONGRATULATING MAJOR GENERAL PETER J. BOYLAN IN TRIBUTE TO RUSSELL E. TRAIN EXPRESSING SENSE OF HOUSE TOWARD ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMOCRATIC AND PROSPEROUS REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA HONORING ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN TRIBUTE TO KENNETH & SARAH RAMSEY CELEBRATING BIENVENIDOS' 25TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY 2012 RECOGNIZING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF WEST CHESTER FISH, GAME AND WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION BISHOP GEORGE EDWARD BATTLE, JR. H.R. 3409 EXPRESSING SENSE OF HOUSE TOWARD ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMOCRATIC AND PROSPEROUS REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA STOP THE WAR ON COAL ACT PRESS CONFERENCE COMMEMORATING TAIWAN'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE IN HONOR OF MICHAEL LEONE PERSONAL EXPLANATION PRESIDENT PETER J. FOS RECOGNIZING CHILDHOOD OBESITY AWARENESS MONTH CRANE HERITAGE DAY HONOREE--EVELYN STRODER HONORING IRENE SAUCEDA FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORTS ADVOCATING FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN IN AMERICA RECOGNIZING DR. TRACY VALLIER COLORADO BIOBUSINESS ACCELERATOR OVARIAN CANCER HONORING THE DAKOTA JAZZ CLUB HONORING COL. ROBERT FORTNAM, USAF (RET.) OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE OF TAIWAN HONORING OUR NATION'S HEROES ON NATIONAL POW-MIA RECOGNITION DAY HONORING AARON RILEY BRADSHAW CELEBRATING NATIONAL GEAR UP WEEK CONGRATULATING MS. DIANE SCHRIER FOR COMPLETING THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART'S SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE HONORING 1ST LT. NATHAN RIMPF HONORING ANTHONY CURETON, PRESIDENT OF BERGEN COUNTY, NJ NAACP CHAPTER HONORING THE FOUR UNITED STATES PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO DIED IN LIBYA RECOGNIZING DR. KAIGHAM J. GABRIEL CONGRATULATING THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF METRO ORLANDO, RECIPIENT OF THE 2012 HISPANIC CHAMBER OF THE YEAR CUMBERLAND VALLEY ATHLETIC CLUB REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) NATIONAL DAY RECOGNIZING SERGEANT PAUL ATKINSON OF MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS CONGRATULATING JENNIFER POTTER ON HER RETIREMENT RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO ADDRESS CHILDHOOD OBESITY PROHIBITING USE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PARTY CONVENTIONS RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF CALEB GOODWYN AFFORDABLE HOME HEALTH CARE RECOGNIZING HONOR FLIGHT CENTRAL FLORIDA IN HONOR OF THE BUCKS-MONT CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE REMODELING INDUSTRY RECOGNIZING WORLD ALZHEIMER'S MONTH PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING THE MILITARY SERVICE OF CHARLES "CHARLIE" MICHAEL PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN HONOR OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LAUREN HAYNES DISAPPROVING RULE RELATING TO WAIVER AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM PERSONAL EXPLANATION THE INTRODUCTION OF THE R.I.C.E. ACT IN HONOR OF THE BOCHASANWASI SHREE AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM MANDIR HOSTING SADGURU SANT PUJYA KOTHARI SWAMI THE EPITOME OF CHARITY--REGINA ROGERS HONORING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOROUGH OF HUMMELSTOWN TRIBUTE TO ALPHA DELTA KAPPA INTERNATIONAL HONORARY ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN EDUCATORS WORLD ALZHEIMER'S ACTION DAY DISAPPROVING RULE RELATING TO WAIVER AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM TAIWAN HONORING THE LIFE AND WORK OF HAL DAVID NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH HONORING DOUGLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF OUTLOOK NEBRASKA, INC. A TRIBUTE TO HIS HONOR JUDGE MICHAEL T. McSPADDEN--TEXAS JUDGE TRIBUTE TO ANGI CORROTHERS HONORING OPERATION HELPING HAND PERSONAL EXPLANATION THE DOCUMENT CONGRATULATING THE BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION STOP THE WAR ON COAL ACT OF 2012 PAYING TRIBUTE TO LANCE CORPORAL CLARK CAVALIER IN HONOR OF THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RECOGNIZING THE GIRL SCOUTS COUNCIL OF TROPICAL FLORIDA PERSONAL EXPLANATION U.S. SERVICES SECTOR IN HONOR OF THE CITY OF BROOK PARK RECOGNITION OF THE SUTTER CLUB AND THEIR TRIBUTE TO RONALD REAGAN HONORING JOHN E. GILLILAND THE ETHNIC BALOCH PEOPLE IN HONOR OF THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE HONORING JOSEPH WILLIAM "COACH JOE" AVEZZANO U.S. POW DELEGATION TO JAPAN, OCTOBER 12-21, 2012 IN HONOR OF THE CITY OF BEREA STOP THE WAR ON COAL ACT OF 2012 TRIBUTE TO DR. FRENCH B. HARMON IN HONOR OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CELEBRATING APAIT HEALTH CENTER'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN RECOGNITION OF DR. HOWARD MONROE FITTS, JR. ON THE OCCASION OF THE 38TH ANNUAL DURHAM NAACP FREEDOM FUND AND AWARDS BANQUET H.R. 6429 IN HONOR OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD IN HONOR OF THE IBEW LOCAL 481 ON THIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIRCLE OF LIGHTS SUPPORTING TEAM USA AND THE U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HONORING ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL - IN RECOGNITION OF THE DAVID WEBSTER GREENER WAY TO WORK DAY IN RECOGNITION OF JOAN RECHNITZ AND BOB RECHNITZ COMMEMORATING THE 100TH YEAR OF THE LAKE COUNTY RAILROAD RECOGNIZING NATIONAL WORK AND FAMILY MONTH IN HONOR OF THE VILLAGE OF GLENWILLOW HONORING ROBERT BERNER H.R. 3409 INTRODUCING THE COMPUTERS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES ACT IN HONOR OF THE CITY OF GARFIELD HEIGHTS VOTE NO ON H.R. 3409, THE REPUBLICAN ANTI-HEALTH ANTI-ENVIRONMENT BILL IN RECOGNITION OF THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEMBROKE, MASSACHUSETTS CELEBRATING TAIWAN'S 101ST ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS WEEK ALEXION BIOPHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN RECOGNITION OF THE FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI COURTHOUSE HONORING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH--SGT. JOSE NOE DIAZ, JR. SEPTEMBER IS ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH TRIBUTE TO THE LATE REVEREND ALFRED C. KRASS IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF MARGARET BURNS RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STAFF SERGEANT ANTONIO RIVERA 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND MONSIGNOR JOSEPH SEMANCIK HONORING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN NATIONAL SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS WEEK RECOGNIZING THE 101ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH HONORING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE BOROUGH OF ROSETO REMEMBERING SGT. STROH 101ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) STEM JOBS ACT OF 2012 HONORING THE BICENTENNIAL OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA RECOGNIZING VALLEY MEDICAL'S ALLIANCE WITH UW MEDICINE ALZHEIMER'S ACTION DAY HONORING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEVEREUX A TRIBUTE TO CARMEN ARELLANO LEE 2012 SPIRIT OF MATER AWARD RECIPIENT RECOGNIZING COOKIE HENREY ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT A TRIBUTE TO SEAN COLE 2012 SACRED HEART PREPARATORY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AWARD RECIPIENT VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF JAMES E. JACOBS OF HILLSBOROUGH, NEW JERSEY IN RECOGNITION OF BARRY BROWN A TRIBUTE TO KEN WALSH 2012 ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL HENRY SCHIMPF AWARD RECIPIENT WORLD ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS DAY 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING CENTER A TRIBUTE TO DENISE SHELDON 2012 SACRED HEART PREPARATORY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AWARD RECIPIENT RECOGNITION OF MR. ABU NASER KHALIQUZZAMAN ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT CLUB A TRIBUTE TO NANCY SULLIVAN STRETCH 2012 SPIRIT OF MATER AWARD RECIPIENT TRIBUTE TO KEN RIVERS IN HONOR OF EILEEN DAILY A TRIBUTE TO TREVOR SCHAFFER 2012 SACRED HEART PREPARATORY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AWARD RECIPIENT CONGRATULATING DR. ANTHONY ALLEN HONORING KEVIN W. BRADLEY A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF DONALD HARVEY SEILER IN RECOGNITION OF THE 49TH GEORGIA STATE WORKSHOP OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY STOKOE FARMS 200TH ANNIVERSARY A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF CHARLES NEWEL "CHUCK" HUGGINS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA'S CODY TAYLOR PERSONAL EXPLANATION SUMMARY OF RFK CENTER'S TRIP TO MOROCCAN-CONTROLLED WESTERN SAHARA AND SAHRAWI REFUGEE CAMPS IN ALGERIA HONORING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUMMIT ROAD AT THE SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT RECOGNIZING THE GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA ON THEIR 100TH ANNIVERSARY RECOGNIZING ARTHUR BYRON "DEACON" BOWERS IN RECOGNITION OF THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF CHARLES W. CARPENTER RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS HYDROCEPHALUS AWARENESS MONTH NATIONAL PULMONARY FIBROSIS AWARENESS WEEK RECOGNIZING THE RAWSON FAMILY AS THE 2012 OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA OUTSTANDING FARM FAMILY VOICING THE CONCERNS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK FARMERS 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE HONORING SHELDON OHREN IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE VITAMIN HONORING MEMBERS OF THE JAMES W. WILLIAMS AMERICAN LEGION POST 12 RECOGNIZING THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF FRIENDS OF ST. JUDE MIAMI CONGRATULATING TAIWAN ON ITS NATIONAL DAY RECOGNIZING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHOCTAWHATCHEE HIGH SCHOOL HONORING MISSION EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL EXPLANATION RECOGNIZING THE RENTON HOUSING AUTHORITY CONCERNS FOR ECUADOR IN MEMORY OF PAUL DUNNINGTON PERSONAL EXPLANATION RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF SPC JOSHUA N. NELSON H.R. 5987 House of Representatives PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER A TIME FOR CHOOSING THE FAILURE OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP LET'S STAY IN WASHINGTON AND FINISH THE JOB CONGRESS MUST STAND UP AGAINST UTILITY CUTS ACROSS THE MIDWEST HONORING OUTSTANDING ATHLETE STEVEN FOX BIPARTISAN DEFICIT REDUCTION HOLD THE IRS' FEET TO THE FIRE HONORING DR. DENTON A. COOLEY POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY VOTER SUPPRESSION STOP THE WAR ON COAL ACT OF 2012 ADJOURNMENT TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 VOICE OF TEXAS: PAM FROM LIBERTY, TEXAS CONGRESS SHOULD STAY AND WORK STAND UP FOR COAL CONGRATULATING HOLLIS F. PRICE MIDDLE COLLEGE PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE POLITICS RECOGNIZING THE BRAVE DISSIDENTS IN CUBA WE WILL NOT SUPPORT RADICALISM AMERICA SHOULD STOP TRYING TO RUN THE WORLD ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE DO-NOTHING CONGRESS PERSPECTIVE RHETORIC VERSUS REALITY RECESS AFTER RECESS LEAVE OF ABSENCE ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS TIME LIMITATION OF REFERRED BILL- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Constitutional Authority Statement Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6488 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6489 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6490 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6491 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6492 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6493 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6494 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6495 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6496 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6497 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6480 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6498 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6499 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6500 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6501 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6502 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6503 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6481 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6482 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6483 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6484 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6485 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6486 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6487 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6504 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6513 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6514 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6515 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6516 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6517 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6518 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6519 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6520 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6521 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6522 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6505 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6523 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6524 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6525 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6526 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6527 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6528 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6529 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6530 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6531 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6532 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6506 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6533 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6534 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6535 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6507 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6508 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6509 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6510 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6511 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6512 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6536 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6545 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6546 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6547 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6548 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6549 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6550 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6551 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6552 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6553 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6554 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6537 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6555 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6556 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6557 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6558 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6538 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6539 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6540 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6541 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6542 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6543 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6544 DISCHARGE PETITIONS--ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS Senate sections Senate prayer PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER SPORTSMEN'S ACT OF 2012--MOTION TO PROCEED RECESS SPORTSMEN'S ACT OF 2012--MOTION TO PROCEED--Continued PROVIDING LIMITATIONS ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN MAKING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012--Continued SPORTSMEN'S ACT OF 2012--MOTION TO PROCEED UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. 3254 UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--S.J. RES. 41 EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED NOMINATION OF GONZALO P. CURIEL TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, Senate Republicans' partisan obstructionism has reached a new low. There are 17 district court nominees pending before the Senate, and 12 of them would fill judicial... LEGISLATIVE SESSION EUROPEAN UNION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME PROHIBITION ACT OF 2011 MORNING BUSINESS CHANGES TO THE SENATE RULES REMEMBERING NEIL A. ARMSTRONG CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT THE ACA RECOGNIZING TAIWAN'S NATIONAL DAY TRIBUTE TO GENERAL NORTON A. 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PARE MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE MEASURES REFERRED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 MEASURES PLACED ON THE CALENDAR EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS OF COMMITTEES INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Introductory Statement on S. 3609 Introductory Statement on S. 3610 Introductory Statement on S. 3614 SENATE RESOLUTION 575--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... SENATE RESOLUTION 576--CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF PUBLIC LAW 87-788, AN ACT COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE McINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ACT SENATE RESOLUTION 577--HONORING THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE, IN RECOGNITION OF ITS SUPERIOR SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II SENATE RESOLUTION 578--SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF RED RIBBON WEEK, 2012 SENATE RESOLUTION 579--DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28, 2012, AS "NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK" SENATE RESOLUTION 580--DESIGNATING THE WEEK BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 14, 2012, AS "NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WEEK" SENATE RESOLUTION 581--DESIGNATING OCTOBER 26, 2012, AS "DAY OF THE DEPLOYED" SENATE RESOLUTION 582--RECOGNIZING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND CELEBRATING THE HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LATINOS TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE RESOLUTION 583--DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2012 AS "NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH" SENATE RESOLUTION 584--DESIGNATING OCTOBER 4, 2012, AS "JUMPSTART'S READ FOR THE RECORD DAY" SENATE RESOLUTION 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 SENATE RESOLUTION 586--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH, 2012 SENATE RESOLUTION 587--SUPPORTING "LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL", A NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS SENATE RESOLUTION 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... SENATE RESOLUTION 589--DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 24, 2012, AS "SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY" AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE VALUE OF LOCALLY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Text of Senate Amendment 2849 Text of Senate Amendment 2850 Text of Senate Amendment 2851 Text of Senate Amendment 2852 Text of Senate Amendment 2853 Text of Senate Amendment 2854 Text of Senate Amendment 2855 Text of Senate Amendment 2856 Text of Senate Amendment 2857 Text of Senate Amendment 2858 Text of Senate Amendment 2859 Text of Senate Amendment 2860 Text of Senate Amendment 2861 Text of Senate Amendment 2862 Text of Senate Amendment 2863 Text of Senate Amendment 2864 Text of Senate Amendment 2865 Text of Senate Amendment 2866 Text of Senate Amendment 2867 Text of Senate Amendment 2868 Text of Senate Amendment 2869 Text of Senate Amendment 2870 PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR ENABLING ENERGY SAVING INNOVATIONS ACT JAIME ZAPATA BORDER ENFORCEMENT SECURITY TASK FORCE ACT AMENDING THE TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946 BILLFISH CONSERVATION ACT OF 2011 CALLING FOR THE RELEASE FROM PRISON OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF UKRAINE YULIA TYMOSHENKO ROBERT H. JACKSON UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE ALTO LEE ADAMS, SR., UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE ROBERT BOOCHEVER COURTHOUSE JAMES F. BATTIN COURTHOUSE MULTISTAKEHOLDER GOVERNANCE MODEL PATENT LAW TREATIES IMPLEMENTATION ACT OF 2012 MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN LAND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR BURMA MARK TWAIN COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT MAKING CORRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION USER FEES TO CONFIRM FULL OWNERSHIP RIGHTS FOR CERTAIN UNITED STATES ASTRONAUTS TO ARTIFACTS FROM THE ASTRONAUTS' SPACE MISSIONS SAFE DOSES ACT VA MAJOR CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION AND EXPIRING AUTHORITIES EXTENSION ACT OF 2012 GAO MANDATES REVISION ACT OF 2012 GOVERNMENT CHARGE CARD ABUSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2012 HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST ESTABLISHMENT ACT COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION ACT QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW ACT OF 2012 DIVISIONAL REALIGNMENT ACT OF 2012 REPORTING EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT ACT MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE JUDGMENT FUND DISTRIBUTION ACT OF 2012 LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK LAND EXCHANGE ACT OF 2012 NEW YORK CITY NATURAL GAS SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT ACT LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL CENTURY OF SERVICE COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT MILITARY COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT OF 2012 CHANGING THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE INTERNET PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HADASSAH OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM VETERANS DAY CONGRATULATING THE ATHLETES FROM THE STATE OF NEVADA AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES RECOGNIZING MICHIGAN'S 2012 PARALYMPIANS 2012 PARALYMPIC ATHLETES RECOGNIZING MISSISSIPPI'S OLYMPIANS NATIONAL SAVE FOR RETIREMENT WEEK 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HADASSAH NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TODAY SIGNING AUTHORITY APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO REPORT ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012, THROUGH TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012 PROGRAM ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012, AT 9:30 A.M. 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