[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D110-D111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, February 4, 2014

[[Page D110]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2642, 
      Agricultural Act.


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  On page D110, February 4, 2014, the following language appears: 
HIGHLIGHTS Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany 
H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: HIGHLIGHTS Senate 
agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2642, 
Agricultural Act.


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                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S707-S774
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1987-1996, and S. Res. 343-344.                   
  Page S763
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 270, supporting the goals and ideals of World Polio Day and 
commending the international community and others for their efforts to 
prevent and eradicate polio.
  S. Res. 333, strongly recommending that the United States renegotiate 
the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq.               
Page S761
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating the Penn State University Women's Volleyball Team: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 344, congratulating the Penn State University 
women's volleyball team for winning the 2013 National Collegiate 
Athletic Association Women's Volleyball Championship.     
  Pages S773-74
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 S707-10
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill was 
withdrawn.                                                    
Page S736
Unemployment Benefits Extension--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 1845, to provide for the extension of certain 
unemployment benefits, taking action on the following amendments and 
motions proposed thereto:                                 
  Pages S736-38
Rejected:
  Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 2631, relating to extension and 
modification of emergency unemployment compensation program. (By a 
unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 22), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                              Page S737
Withdrawn:
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2633, to change the enactment date. 
                                                              Page S737
Pending:
  Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 2714, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                              Page S737
  Reid Amendment No. 2715 (to Amendment No. 2714), to change the 
enactment date.                                               
Page S737
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Reid (for Reed) 
Amendment No. 2714 (listed above), and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Tuesday, February 4, 
2014, a vote on cloture will occur at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, February 
6, 2014.                                                      
Page S737
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2716, to change the enactment date. 
                                                          Pages S737-38
  Reid Amendment No. 2717 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2716), 
of a perfecting nature.                                       
Page S738
  Reid Amendment No. 2718 (to Amendment No. 2717), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page S738
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Reid (for 
Reed) Amendment No. 2714 (listed above).                      
Page S737
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Reid Amendment No. 2634 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2633), 
of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid motion to commit the bill to the 
Committee on Finance, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2633 was 
withdrawn.                                                    
Page S737

[[Page D111]]


  Reid Amendment No. 2635 (to Amendment No. 2634), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2634 (to (the instructions) 
Amendment No. 2633) fell.                                     
Page S737
  Reid Amendment No. 2632 (to Amendment No. 2631), to change the 
enactment date, fell when Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 2631 was 
tabled.                                                       
Page S737
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Wednesday, 
February 5, 2014 count as the intervening day.                
Page S738
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, February 6, 2014, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill, with the time until 11 a.m. equally divided 
and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees; that the 
filing deadline for first-degree amendments to the bill be 9:45 a.m., 
on Thursday, February 6, 2014, and the filing deadline for second-
degree amendments to Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 2714 (listed above) 
and the bill be 10:45 a.m., on Thursday, February 6, 2014; and that the 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 
2714, be at 11 a.m., on Thursday, February 6, 2014.           
Page S774
Bipartisan Budget Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1963, to repeal section 403 of the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.                            
  Pages S738-55
Conference Reports:
  Agricultural Act: By 68 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 21), Senate agreed 
to 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 S710-36


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

  
  On page D111, February 4, 2014, the following language appears: 
Conference Reports: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management 
Act: By 68 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 21), . . .
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Conference 
Reports: Agricultural Act: By 68 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 21), . 
. .


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Message from the President:  Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13396 on 
February 7, 2006, with respect to the situation in or in relation to 
Cote d'Ivoire; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-29)                                    
Page S759
Baucus Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader with the concurrence of the Republican Leader, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be 
Ambassador to the People's Republic of China; that there be 60 minutes 
for debate, equally divided in the usual form; that upon the use or 
yielding back of time, Senate vote, without intervening action or 
debate, on confirmation of the nomination; that no further motions be 
in order.                                                     
  Page S773
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Michael G. Carroll, of New York, to be Inspector General, United 
States Agency for International Development, which was sent to the 
Senate on January 6, 2014, from the Senate Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs.                            
Page S774
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S759
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S759
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S708, S759
Measures Read the First Time:                      
  Pages S759-60, S774 
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                     
  Page S760
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S760-61
Executive Reports of Committees:                          
  Pages S761-63
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S763-65
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S765-68
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S758-59
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S768-69
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S769
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S769-70
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--22) 
                                                       Pages S736, S737
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:58 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S774.)