[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D633-D634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, June 11, 2014

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 3230, Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act, as 
      amended. (The legislative vehicle entitled, ``Veterans' Access to 
      Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act''


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3553-S3620
Measures Introduced: Six bills and five resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2461-2466, S. Res. 469-472, and S. Con. Res. 37. 
                                                             Page S3604
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Use of the Capitol Rotunda: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
37, authorizing the use of the rotunda of the United States Capitol in 
commemoration of the Shimon Peres Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. 
                                                             Page S3557
  Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act: By 93 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 187), 
Senate passed H.R. 3230, to improve the access of veterans to medical 
services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 
2450, Senate companion measure, as amended, after taking action on the 
following amendment and motion proposed thereto:         
  Pages S3564-93
Adopted:
  Tester Amendment No. 3237, to amend the title.             
Page S3593
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 75 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 186), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, and waiver 
provisions of applicable budget resolutions with respect to H.R. 3230, 
as amended by S. 2450 (listed above). Subsequently, the point of order 
that the emergency designation provision contained in Section 802(b) of 
H.R. 3230, as amended by S. 2450, pursuant to Section 403(e)(1) of S. 
Con. Res. 13, Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Resolution, fell. 
                                                  Pages S3591, S3592-93
  Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014: Senate passed S. 
1681, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for intelligence 
and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government and 
the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Page S3620
  Reid (for Feinstein/Chambliss) Amendment No. 3238, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S3620
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that S. Res. 470, 
be placed on the calendar and upon the enactment into law of the 
language of Title IV of S. 1681, as amended, Senate proceed to the 
consideration of the resolution; that the resolution be agreed to. 
                                                             Page S3620
  Honoring former President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 471, honoring former President George H.W. 
Bush on the occasion of his 90th birthday and Barbara Bush on the 
occasion of her 89th birthday and extending the best wishes of the 
Senate to former President Bush and Mrs. Bush.               
  Page S3620
  Honoring Dr. James Schlesinger: Senate agreed to S. Res. 472, 
honoring Dr. James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense, Secretary 
of Energy, and Director of Central Intelligence.             
  Page S3620
Measures Considered:
Federal Student Loans: Senate continued consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 2432, to amend the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student 
loans.                                                   
  Pages S3553-64
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:

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  By 56 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 185), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S3557
  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture 
was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                             Page S3557
Nix-Hines, McCord, Chu, and Batta Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that at 11:30 a.m., on 
Thursday, June 12, 2014, Senate begin consideration of the nomination 
of Crystal Nix-Hines, of California, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as the United States Permanent Representative to 
the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 
under the previous order of Monday, June 9, 2014; that following 
disposition of the nomination, Senate begin consideration of and vote 
on confirmation of the nominations of Michael J. McCord, of Ohio, to be 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), R. Jane Chu, of Missouri, to 
be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Todd A. 
Batta, of Iowa, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; and that 
no further motions be in order to the nominations.           
  Page S3620
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S3603-04
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3604
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S3604
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S3604
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3604-05
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3605-08
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3601-03
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3608-19
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S3619-20
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--187) 
                                                  Pages S3557, S3592-93
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m. and adjourned at 7:01 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 12, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3620.)