[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 3, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D594-D595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                              Tuesday, June 3, 2014

[[Page D594]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3345-S3385
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2414-2424, and S. Res. 464-466.   
  Page S3367
Measures Passed:
  Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act: Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
S. 2270, to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based 
requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S3383-84
  Stabenow (for Collins) Amendment No. 3229, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S3383
  Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 453, condemning the 
death sentence against Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, a Sudanese Christian 
woman accused of apostasy, and the resolution was then agreed to, after 
agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:       
  Page S3384
  Stabenow (for Rubio) Amendment No. 3230, to make a technical 
correction.                                                  
Page S3384
  Stabenow (for Rubio) Amendment No. 3231, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S3384
  National Aphasia Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 464, 
designating June 2014 as ``National Aphasia Awareness Month'' and 
supporting efforts to increase awareness of aphasia.     
  Pages S3384-85
  Webster University Centennial: Senate agreed to S. Res. 465, 
commemorating the centennial of Webster University.          
  Page S3385
Measures Considered:
Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 2363, to protect and enhance 
opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting. 
                                                         Pages S3345-46
Mastroianni, Hendricks, Chutkan, and Burwell Nominations--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 11 a.m., 
on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, all post-cloture time on the nominations of 
Mark G. Mastroianni, of Massachusetts, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Bruce Howe Hendricks, of South 
Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South 
Carolina, and Tanya S. Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, be expired 
and Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order listed; 
that following these votes, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
on the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; that there be two minutes for 
debate prior to each of these votes, equally divided in the usual form, 
that any rollcall votes, following the first in each series, be 10 
minutes in length; and that no further motions be in order to the 
nominations.                                         
  Pages S3354, S3385


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

  
  On page D594, June 3, 2014 the following language appears: 
Mastroianni, Hendricks, Chutkan, and Burwell Nominations--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing that at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, all post-
cloture time on the nominations of Mark G. Mastroianni, of 
Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Massachusetts, Bruce Howe Hendricks, of South Carolina, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, 
and Tanya S. Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Columbia, be expired and 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order 
listed; that following these votes, Senate vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of 
West Virginia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services; that 
there be two minutes for debate prior to each of these votes, 
equally divided in the usual form, that any rollcall votes, 
following the first in each series, be 10 minutes in length; and 
that no further motions be in order to the nominations. Page S3385
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Mastroianni, 
Hendricks, Chutkan, and Burwell Nominations--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 11 
a.m., on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, all post-cloture time on the 
nominations of Mark G. Mastroianni, of Massachusetts, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Bruce 
Howe Hendricks, of South Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Carolina, and Tanya S. Chutkan, of 
the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Columbia, be expired and Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nominations in the order listed; that 
following these votes, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
on the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to 
be Secretary of Health and Human Services; that there be two 
minutes for debate prior to each of these votes, equally divided 
in the usual form, that any rollcall votes, following the first in 
each series, be 10 minutes in length; and that no further motions 
be in order to the nominations. Pages S3354, S3385


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

Mastroianni Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Mark G. Mastroianni, of Massachusetts, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.     
  Page S3359
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 56 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 168), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S3359
Hendricks Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Bruce Howe Hendricks, of South Carolina, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of South Carolina.    
  Page S3360
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 59 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 169), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                  
Pages S3359-60
Chutkan Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Tanya S.

[[Page D595]]

Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Columbia.                          
  Page S3360
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 54 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 170), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S3360
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 52 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. EX. 165), Keith M. Harper, of 
Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council. 
                                                  Pages S3350-53, S3385
  By 48 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 167), Sharon Y. Bowen, of New 
York, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
for a term expiring April 13, 2018.               
Pages S3354-59, S3385
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 166), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                  
Pages S3353-54
  Timothy G. Massad, of Connecticut, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 
2017.                                                
Pages S3360, S3385
  Timothy G. Massad, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.                       
Pages S3360-61, S3385
  J. Christopher Giancarlo, of New Jersey, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring April 13, 2014.                          
Pages S3360-61, S3385
  J. Christopher Giancarlo, of New Jersey, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 
2019. (Prior to this action, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry was discharged from further consideration.) 
                                                     Pages S3383, S3385


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

  
  On page D595, June 3, 2014, the following language appears: J. 
Christopher Giancarlo, of New Jersey, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 
2019. (Prior to this action, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry was discharged from further consideration.) Pages 
S3360-61, S3385
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: J. Christopher 
Giancarlo, of New Jersey, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2019. 
(Prior to this action, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry was discharged from further consideration.) Pages S3383, 
S3385


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

Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3366
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S3366, S3385
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S3366
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3366-67
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S3367
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3367-69
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3369-82
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3363-66
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3382-83
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3383
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--170) 
                                               Pages S3353-54, S3359-60
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:29 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3385.)