[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 20 (Monday, February 3, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D101-D102]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Monday, February 3, 2014

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S665-S705
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1980-
1986.                                                         
  Page S702
Measures Passed:
  Drought Information Act: Senate passed S. 376, to reauthorize the 
National Integrated Drought Information System, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                               
  Pages S703-04
  Warren (for Pryor) Amendment No. 2713, to reduce the authorization of 
appropriations amount.                                        
Page S704
  Human Trafficking in the United States: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 340, expressing 
the sense of the Senate that all necessary measures should be taken to 
protect children in the United States from human trafficking, 
especially during the upcoming Super Bowl, an event around which many 
children are trafficked for sex, and the resolution was then agreed to.
                                                              Page S704
  100th Birthday of Daisy Bates: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 341, observing the 
100th birthday of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and honoring her 
legacy as an American heroine, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                          Pages S704-05
Measures Considered:
Veterans Medical Services and Benefits: Senate began consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1950, to improve the 
provision of medical services and benefits to veterans.   
  Pages S665-66
Conference Reports:
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act--Agreement: Senate 
resumed consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2642, 
to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other 
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018. 
                                                          Pages S666-99
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 72 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 20), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the conference report to 
accompany the bill.                                           
Page S690
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, with the time until 
12:30 p.m. equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or 
their designees.                                              
Page S705
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S700
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S665, S700
Measures Read the First Time:                          
  Pages S700, S705
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S700-02
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S702-03
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions
Additional Statements
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Page S703
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S703
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S703
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S703
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--20)    
  Page S690
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:56 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S705.)

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