[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 56 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D377-D378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, April 7, 2014

[[Page D377]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 3979, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and 
      Emergency Responders Act, as amended. (The legislative vehicle 
      entitled, ``The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension 
      Act''.)


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2169-S2202
Measures Introduced: Four bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2214-2217, and S. Res. 412-416.               
  Page S2194
Measures Passed:
  Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act: By 59 
yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 101), Senate passed H.R. 3979, 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, as amended.               
  Pages S2175-78, S2181-88
  Representatives to the United Nations: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 2195, to deny admission to 
the United States to any representative to the United Nations who has 
been found to have been engaged in espionage activities or a terrorist 
activity against the United States and poses a threat to United States 
national security interests, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:   
  Pages S2180-81
  Cruz Amendment No. 2960, to make a technical amendment.    
Page S2180
  Cruz Amendment No. 2961, to amend the title.               
Page S2181
  Authorizing the Use of the Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 92, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National 
Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe 
Band Exhibition.                                             
  Page S2202
  National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 414, designating April 2014 as ``National Congenital 
Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month''.                      
  Page S2202
  National Public Health Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 415, supporting 
the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week.         
  Page S2202
  Authorizing the Taking of a Photograph in the Senate Chamber: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 416, authorizing the taking of a photograph in the 
Chamber of the United States Senate.                         
  Page S2202
Measures Considered:
Paycheck Fairness Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration to S. 2199, to amend the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex. 
                                                         Pages S2179-80
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.              
Page S2179
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 originally declared in Executive Order 13536 on 
April 12, 2010 with respect to Somalia; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-39)    
Page S2193
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Francis Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for 
Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security. 
                                                     Pages S2178, S2202

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  L. Reginald Brothers, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary 
for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security. 
                                                  Pages S2178-79, S2202
  Mark Bradley Childress, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the United 
Republic of Tanzania.                                
                                                     Pages S2179, S2202
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Steven H. Cohen, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring 
December 10, 2019.
  Gordon O. Tanner, of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of the Air Force.
  Jane Toshiko Nishida, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Thomas P. Kelly III, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Djibouti.
  Sunil Sabharwal, of California, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two 
years.                                                       
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Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S2193-94
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2194
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S2194, S2202
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S2194
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2195-96
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S2196-S2201
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2192-93
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S2201
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S2201
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--101) 
                                                             Page S2176
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:57 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2202.)