[Senate Calendars for November 18, 2014 - 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
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                       SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                     ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS

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   FIRST SESSION  convened january 3, 2013          DAYS OF SESSION 156
                  adjourned january 3, 2014
  SECOND SESSION  convened january 3, 2014          DAYS OF SESSION 122


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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                       Tuesday, November 18, 2014



                      SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M.







                 (Unanimous Consent Agreements on P. 2)

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             PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NANCY ERICKSON,
                         SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

              By Kathleen Alvarez Tritak, Legislative Clerk

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                      UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS

                         S. 2280 (ORDER NO. 371)

    1.--Ordered, That following Leader remarks on Tuesday, November 18, 
2014, the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. 2280, a bill to 
approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; provided, that there be up to 6 hours 
of debate equally divided between the proponents and opponents, with 2 
hours under the control of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), 
or his designee, one hour under the control of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), or her designee, and the time in opposition 
under the control of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), or her 
designee; provided further, that upon the use or yielding back of time, 
the bill be read a third time and the Senate vote on passage of S. 2280; 
further, that no amendments, motions, or points of order be in order 
prior to the vote on passage; provided further, that the vote on passage 
be subject to a 60 affirmative vote threshold.
    Ordered further, That if the Senate passes S. 2280 and has received 
or receives a bill from the House of Representatives that is identical 
to S. 2280, then the House bill be read three times and passed with no 
intervening action or debate. (Nov. 12, 13, 17, 2014.)

                         S. 2685 (ORDER NO. 499)

    2.--Ordered, That on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, upon disposition of 
the Ross nomination and the resumption of legislative session, the 
Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 2685, a bill 
to reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the 
production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, 
use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of 
information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and 
criminal purposes, and for other purposes; provided, that there be 30 
minutes of debate equally divided between the two Leaders, or their 
designees; provided further, that upon the use or yielding back of time, 
the Senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion 
to proceed to S. 2685; provided, that the mandatory quorum call under 
Rule XXII be waived. (Nov. 12, 13, 2014.)

                         S. 2578 (ORDER NO. 459)

    3.--Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on the 
motion to proceed to S. 2578, a bill to ensure that employers cannot 
interfere in their employees' birth control and health care decisions, 
the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (July 14, 
2014.)

                         S. 2432 (ORDER NO. 409)

    4.--Ordered, That with respect to the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to S. 2432, a bill to amend the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student 
loans, and for other purposes, the mandatory quorum required under Rule 
XXII be waived. (June 9, 2014.)

                        H.R. 3474 (ORDER NO. 332)

    5.--Ordered, That the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII for 
the motion to invoke cloture on Amdt. No. 3060, offered by the Senator 
from Nevada (Mr. Reid), to H.R. 3474, an Act to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health 
coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken 
into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act, be waived; provided, that the filing 
deadline for first degree amendments be 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 
2014, and the filing deadline for second degree amendments be 3:00 p.m. 
on Thursday, May 15, 2014. (May 14, 2014.)

                         S. 2262 (ORDER NO. 368)

    6.--Ordered, That with respect to the motion to invoke cloture on S. 
2262, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and 
industry, and for other purposes, the mandatory quorum required under 
Rule XXII be waived; provided, that the filing deadline for all second 
degree amendments be 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 12. (May 7, 8, 2014.)

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                         S. 2223 (ORDER NO. 354)

    7.--Ordered, That with respect to the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to S. 2223, a bill to provide for an increase in 
the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to extend expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real 
property as section 179 property, the mandatory quorum required under 
Rule XXII be waived. (Apr. 28, 2014.)

                         S. 1845 (ORDER NO. 265)

    8.--Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motions filed on 
February 4, 2014, the filing deadline for first degree amendments to S. 
1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment 
benefits, and for other purposes, be 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 
2014, and the filing deadline for second degree amendments to Amdt. No. 
2714 and S. 1845 be 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014; provided, 
that with respect to those cloture motions, the mandatory quorums 
required under Rule XXII be waived, and that Wednesday, February 5, 
2014, count as an intervening day for the purposes of Rule XXII.
    Ordered further, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on 
January 9, 2014, the filing deadline for first degree amendments to S. 
1845 be 3:00 p.m. on Monday, January 13, 2014, and the filing deadline 
for second degree amendments to S. 1845 be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 
January 14, 2014; provided, that with respect to that cloture motion, 
the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (Jan. 9, 13, 
Feb. 4, 2014.)

                         S. 1197 (ORDER NO. 91)

    9.--Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion on S. 1197, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived.
    Ordered further, That the filing deadline for first degree 
amendments be 1:00 p.m. and that the filing deadline for second degree 
amendments be 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2013. (Nov. 20, 2013.)

                             S. CON. RES. 8

    10.--Ordered, That with respect to the conference on S. Con. Res. 8 
an original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023, the 
conferees on the part of the Senate are instructed to report back a 
conference report by December 13, 2013.
    Ordered further, That it not be in order for the Senate to consider 
a conference report with respect to H. Con. Res. 25 or S. Con. Res. 8 if 
it includes reconciliation instructions to raise the debt limit. (Oct. 
16, 2013.)

                         S. 1569 (ORDER NO. 211)

    11.--Ordered, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on the 
motion to proceed to S. 1569, a bill to ensure the complete and timely 
payment of the obligations of the United States Government until 
December 31, 2014, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be 
waived. (Oct. 10, 2013.)

                         S. 1392 (ORDER NO. 154)

    12.--Ordered, That with respect to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy 
savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes; 
no amendments or motions be in order relative to Syria or the use of 
military force during consideration of the bill. (Sept. 11, 2013.)

                         S. 1243 (ORDER NO. 99)

    13.--Ordered, That the text of H.R. 2610, as reported by the House 
Appropriations Committee, be deemed House-passed text for the purposes 
of Rule XVI for S. 1243, an original bill making appropriations for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for 
other purposes.

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    Ordered further, That the filing deadline for first degree 
amendments be 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 and the filing 
deadline for second degree amendments be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 
1, 2013.
    Ordered further, That with respect to the cloture motion filed on S. 
1243, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (July 18, 
31, 2013.)

                         S. 1238 (ORDER NO. 124)

    14.--Ordered, That with respect to the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to S. 1238, a bill to amend the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 to extend the current reduced interest rate for 
undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 1 year, to modify 
required distribution rules for pension plans, and for other purposes, 
the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (July 8, 2013.)

                               2013

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     January, 01, 02, 03, 04, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31.

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     February, 04, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 25, 26, 27, 28.

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     March, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.

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     April, 08, 09, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30.

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     May, 03, 06, 07, 08, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23.

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     June, 03, 04, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 08.

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     July, 09, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31.

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     August, 01, 02, 12.

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     September, 09, 06, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30.

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     October, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28, 29, 30, 31.

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     November, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21.

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     December, 09, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24.

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                               2012

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     January, 03, 06, 10, 13, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31.

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     February, 01, 02, 06, 07, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29.

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     March, 01, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29.

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     April, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26.

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     May, 07, 08, 09, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31.

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     June, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.

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     July, 09, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31.

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     August, 01, 02, 04, 03, 07.

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     September, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 18, 20, 21, 25, 28.

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     October, 02, 05, 09, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30.

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     November, 02, 01, 06, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

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     December, 03, 04, 05, 06, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31.

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                               2013

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     January, 01, 02.

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2014

Days Senate met during First Session, One Hundred Thirteenth 
Congress, are marked (---).

Boxed area indicates a scheduled non-legislative period.

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