quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. without objection. mr. durbin: discharged from further consideration of s. 250 and ask the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presidingthe presiding offik will report. the clerk: s. 3250, a bill to amend the d.n.a. analysis backlog elimination act of 2000, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the cornyn substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table and any statements relating to the measure appear at the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 3715, introduced earlier today by senator harkin. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3715, a bill to extend the limited antitrust exemption contained in the pandemic and all hazards preparedness act. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. durbin: i further ask the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and that any related statements be printed in the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the energy committee be darnld from further consideration of s. 2015 and s. 3563, that the senate proceed to their consideration along with the following bills en bloc -- h.r. 3263, h.r. 3641 and h.r. 4073 which are received from the house and are thresk, calendar number 284, s. 1047, calendar number 288, s. 1421, calendar number 289, s. 1478, calendar number 272, s. 499, calendar number 266, s. 140, and calendar number 265, s. 114. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure en bloc. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that where applicable, the committee-reported amendments be considered, that any amendments to those amendments which are at the desk be agreed to, that the committee-reported amendments as amended, if amended, be agreed to, the bills as amended, if amended, be read a third time and passed en bloc, that a title amendment for s. 114 be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements related to any of the bills be printed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 283, s. 970. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 283, s. 970, a bill to designate additional segments and tributaries of white clay creek, and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. durbin: i don't believe there is any further debate on this bill. the presiding officer: hearing no further debate, all those in favor please say aye. mr. durbin: aye. the presiding officer: all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill is passed. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i understand there is a bill at the desk. i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the third time. the clerk: h.r. 459, an act to require a full audit of the board of governors of the federal reserve system, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the objection having been heard, the bill will be read for a second time on the next legislative day. mr. durbin: i now ask for a second reading and an order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions of rule 14, and i object to my own request. the presiding officer: the bill will be read for a second time on the next legislative session. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the tributes to danny inouye, late senator from hawaii, be printed as a senate document and that members have until 12:00 p.m. on tuesday, january 8, 2013, to submit said tributes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent when the senate completes its business today, it recess until 11:00 a.m. on monday, december 31, 2012. following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that following any leader remarks, the senate proceed to a period of morning business until 12:00 p.m. for debate only with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it recess under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands in recess until 11:00 a.m.