Easy Monday: Suspension bills in the House, judicial nominee in the Senate

The House meets at 2 p.m. to take up as many of nine suspension bills, while the Senate meets at 3 p.m. and has a nomination vote planned at 5:30 p.m.

The nominee is Mary Lewis, to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina. Before the vote, senators might debate the farm bill, but could also debate President Obama's immigration decision from last week.

Immigration might also be raised in short speeches on the House floor, but otherwise, the House will take up the following bills, with votes on some or all at 6:30 p.m.:

• H.R. 4027, to clarify authority granted under a measure titled 'An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah';

• H.R. 1272, the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act;

• H.R. 1556, to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to allow certain land to be used to generate income to provide funding for academic programs;

• S. 684, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah;

• S. 404, to modify a land grant patent issued by the secretary of the Interior;

• S. 997, the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act;

• H.R. 2938, the Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act;

• H.Res. 683, expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of laws that adversely affected the Chinese in the United States, including the Chinese Exclusion Act; and

• H.R. 3668, the Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012.

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