[Senate Calendars for December 11, 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 132


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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                       Thursday, December 11, 2014



                      SENATE CONVENES AT 9:30 A.M.






                            PENDING BUSINESS

                       HOUSE MESSAGE ON H.R. 3979

    Motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 3979, an act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure 
that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as 
employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Dec. 9, 2014.)

                 (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

                  HOUSE MESSAGE TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 3979

    1.--Ordered, That following Leader remarks on Thursday, December 11, 
2014, the Senate resume consideration of the motion to concur in the 
House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, an act to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; provided, that with respect to the cloture motion 
filed on the motion to concur, the mandatory quorum required under Rule 
XXII be waived. (Dec. 9, 10, 2014.)

                         S. 2578 (ORDER NO. 459)

    2.--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)

    3.--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)

    4.--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)

    5.--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.)

                         S. 2223 (ORDER NO. 354)

    6.--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)

    7.--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.)

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                         S. 1197 (ORDER NO. 91)

    8.--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

    9.--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)

    10.--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)

    11.--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)

    12.--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.
    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)

    13.--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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