[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D80-D81]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, January 28, 2014

[[Page D80]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in Joint Session to receive a State of the 
      Union Address from the President of the United States.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S493-S555
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1965-1968, and S. Res. 340.                       
  Page S528
Measures Reported:
  S. 611, to make a technical amendment to the T'uf Shur Bien 
Preservation Trust Area Act, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 113-136)                            
Page S527
Measures Passed:
  Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act: 
Senate passed S. 1302, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for 
cooperative and small employer charity pension plans, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                     
  Pages S545-54
  Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2701, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                          Pages S546-54
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if the 
Senate receives a bill from the House of Representatives that is 
identical to the text of S. 1302, then the House bill be read three 
times and passed, with no intervening action or debate.       
Page S546
  Catholic Schools Week: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 334, 
recognizing the goals of Catholic Schools Week and honoring the 
valuable contributions of Catholic schools in the United States, and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                            
  Page S554
Measures Considered:
  Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act--Agreement: Senate 
continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
1926, to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-
Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and to reform the National 
Association of Registered Agents and Brokers.           
Pages S495-S516
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 11 a.m., on Wednesday, January 29, 2014, all post-cloture 
time be yielded back and the motion to proceed to the bill be agreed 
to; that after the bill is reported, the following amendments be agreed 
to: Hagan Amendment No. 2702; Rubio Amendment No. 2704; King Amendment 
No. 2705; and Blunt Amendment No. 2698; and the amended text be 
considered as original text for the purposes of further amendment; that 
the only other amendments in order be the following: Reed Amendment No. 
2703; Coburn Amendment No. 2697; Merkley Amendment No. 2709; Heller 
Amendment No. 2700; Whitehouse Amendment No. 2706; Toomey Amendment No. 
2707; and Gillibrand Amendment No. 2708; that no second-degree 
amendments be in order to any of these amendments prior to votes in 
relation to the amendments; that it be in order for Senator Toomey to 
modify his amendment with the text of Rubio Amendment No. 2704 and 
Hagan Amendment No. 2702; that there be 30 minutes of debate equally 
divided on each amendment or motion to waive a budget point or order, 
if made; that there be up to one hour of general debate on the bill 
equally divided between proponents and opponents; that amendments in 
this agreement must be offered prior to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 
29, 2014; that it be in order for Senator Crapo, or designee, to raise 
a budget point of order against the bill; that if such a point of order 
is raised, Senator Menendez, or designee, be recognized to move to 
waive the point of

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order; that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on the 
motion to waive, if made; that if the motion to waive is agreed to, 
Senate vote in relation to the amendments in the order listed; that 
upon the disposition of the amendments, the bill be read a third time 
and Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended.           
Page S555
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join a like committee 
on the part of the House to escort President Obama into the House 
Chamber for the joint session to be held at 9 p.m., on Tuesday, January 
28, 2014.                                                     
  Page S554
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a 
Joint Session of Congress on January 28, 2014; which was ordered to lie 
on the table. (PM-27)                                     
Pages S521-26
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S526
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S526
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S493, S526


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D81, January 28, 2014, the following language appears: 
Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S526
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Placed on 
the Calendar: Pages S493, S526


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S526-27
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S527
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S528-29
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Page S529
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S518-21
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S529-45
Notices of Intent:                                            
  Page S545
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S545
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S545
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:27 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S555.)