[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D505-D507]
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                                            Wednesday, May 14, 2014

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2981-S3045
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2332-2340, and S. Res. 445.                  
  Pages S3028-29
Measures Reported:
  S. 2076, to amend the provisions of title 46, United States Code, 
related to the Board of Visitors to the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy. (S. Rept. No. 113-158)
  S. 753, to provide for national security benefits for White Sands 
Missile Range and Fort Bliss, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 113-159)
  S. 1169, to withdraw and reserve certain public land in the State of 
Montana for the Limestone Hills Training Area, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 113-160)
  S. 1309, to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for military uses, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 113-161) 
                                                             Page S3028
Measures Passed:
  World AIDS Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 314, commemorating and 
supporting the goals of World AIDS Day, after agreeing to the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S3043-44
  Reid (for Coons) Amendment No. 3096, to make a technical correction. 
                                                             Page S3043
  Reid (for Coons) Amendment No. 3097, to amend the preamble. 
                                                         Pages S3043-44
  Expatriation Act of 1907: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 402, expressing the regret of the 
Senate for the passage of section 3 of the Expatriation Act of 1907 (34 
Stat. 1228) that revoked the United States citizenship of women who 
married foreign nationals, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S3044
Measures Considered:
Hire More Heroes Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.R. 
3474, 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, 
after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on the 
following motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                  Pages S2984-93, S3018
Pending:
  Reid (for Wyden) Amendment No. 3060, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S3018
  Reid Amendment No. 3089 (to Amendment No. 3060), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S3018
  Reid Amendment No. 3090 (to Amendment No. 3089), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S3018
  Reid Amendment No. 3091 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 3060), to change the enactment date.           
Page S3018
  Reid Amendment No. 3092 (to Amendment No. 3091), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S3018
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3093, to change the enactment date. 
                                                         Pages S3018-19
  Reid Amendment No. 3094 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 3093), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S3019
  Reid Amendment No. 3095 (to Amendment No. 3094), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S3019
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Reid (for Wyden) 
Amendment No. 3060 (listed above), 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 the nomination of Gregg Jeffrey 
Costa, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth 
Circuit.                                                     
Page S3019
  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 
Wyden) Amendment No. 3060.                                   
Page S3019
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the recess, the filing deadline for first-degree 
amendments to Reid (for Wyden) Amendment No. 3060 and to the bill, be 1 
p.m., on Thursday, May 15, 2014, and the filing deadline for second-
degree amendments to Reid (for

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Wyden) Amendment No. 3060, be 3 p.m., on Thursday, May 15, 2014. 
                                                         Pages S3044-45
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act: Senate began consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 162, to reauthorize and 
improve the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 
2004.                                                    
  Pages S3019-20
Fischer Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be a Member of the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.                  
  Page S3019
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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 H.R. 3474, 
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. 
                                                             Page S3019
Marquez, Rayes, Soto, Caldwell, La Lime, Soto, and Costa Nominations--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing 
that notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 11:15 a.m., on Thursday, May 15, 
2014, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nominations of 
Rosemary Marquez, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona, Douglas L. Rayes, of Arizona, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Arizona, and James Alan Soto, 
of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona, then begin consideration and vote on confirmation of the 
nominations of Leslie Ragon Caldwell, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, and Helen Meagher La Lime, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola; that if cloture 
is invoked on the nominations of Rosemary Marquez, of Arizona, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Douglas L. 
Rayes, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Arizona, and James Alan Soto, of Arizona, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona, at 1:45 p.m., all post-
cloture time be expired and Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nominations in the order listed; that following disposition of the 
nomination of James Alan Soto, of Arizona, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Arizona, Senate vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination of Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and that if cloture 
is invoked, all post-cloture time be expired, Senate resume legislative 
session and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Reid (for Wyden) 
Amendment No. 3060, in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3474; 
provided further, that at 5:30 p.m., on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, Senate 
vote on confirmation of the nomination of Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of 
Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; that 
there be two minutes for debate prior to each vote, equally divided in 
the usual form, that any roll call votes, following the first in each 
series, be ten minutes in length; and that no further motions be in 
order to the nominations.                                
  Pages S3044-45
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Roy K. J. Williams, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Economic Development.                            
Pages S2994, S3045
  Carlos Roberto Moreno, of California, to be Ambassador to Belize. 
                                                     Pages S2994, S3045
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 147), Steven Paul Logan, 
of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona.                                             
Pages S3017, S3045
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 144), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S2993
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 148), John Joseph Tuchi, 
of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona.                                          
Pages S3017-18, S3045
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 62 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 145), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                  
Pages S2993-94
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 149), Diane J. Humetewa, 
of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona.                                             
Pages S3018, S3045
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 64 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 146), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S2994
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral. (Prior to this 
action, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was 
discharged from further consideration.)                      
Page S3045
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3026-28
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3028
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3029-30
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3030-32

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Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3023-26
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3032-43
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3043
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--149) 
                                               Pages S2993-94, S3017-18
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:11 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3045.)