    [Senate Calendars for December 16, 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 136

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                              CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                           Tuesday, December 16, 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. 2578 (ORDER NO. 459)

        1.--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)

        2.--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)

        3.--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)

        4.--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)

        5.--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)

        6.--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)

        7.--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.

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        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

        8.--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)

        9.--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)

        10.--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)

        11.--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)

        12.--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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