[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 123 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D901-D902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                             Friday, August 1, 2014

[[Page D901]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, Page S5317-S5330
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2774-2776, and S. Res. 536-537.               
  Page S5325
Measures Passed:
  National Nuclear Security Administration Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2014: Senate passed H.J. Res. 76, making an emergency 
supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2014, to provide funding to Israel for the Iron Dome defense system to 
counter short-range rocket threats, after agreeing to the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S5318-19
  Reid Amendment No. 3780, of a perfecting nature.           
Page S5319
  Reid Amendment No. 3781, to amend the title.               
Page S5319
  Money Remittances Improvement Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4386, 
to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to rely on State examinations 
for certain financial institutions, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S5329
  Emergency Afghan Allies Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 5195, to 
provide additional visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program.
                                                             Page S5329
  Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 
606, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the ``Specialist 
Christopher Scott Post Office Building''.                
  Pages S5329-30
  James `Jim' Kohnen Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 1671, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6937 
Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the ``James `Jim' Kohnen Post 
Office''.                                                    
  Page S5330
  Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 2291, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the ``Vincent R. 
Sombrotto Post Office''.                                     
  Page S5330
  Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 
3472, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the ``Sergeant 
Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office''.                   
  Page S5330
  Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 
3765, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 198 Baker Street in Corning, New York, as the ``Specialist 
Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building''.                        
  Page S5330
  National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
536, designating September 2014 as ``National Ovarian Cancer Awareness 
Month''.                                                     
  Page S5330
Measures Considered:
Election Contributions and Expenditures--Cloture: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 
19, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections.                                     
  Pages S5317-18, S5322-23
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the joint resolution, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, August 1, 2014, 
a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of 
Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to be a Member of the Social Security 
Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2018, on Monday, 
September 8, 2014.                                       
Pages S5322-23


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

  
  On page D901, August 1, 2014, the following language appears: A 
motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the joint resolution, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Friday, August 1, 2014, a vote on cloture will occur upon 
disposition of the nomination of Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to 
be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term 
expiring September 30, 2018, on Monday, September 8, 2014. Page 
S5323
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: A motion was 
entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the joint resolution, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, August 1, 
2014, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to be a Member of the 
Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 
2018, on Monday, September 8, 2014. Pages S5322-23


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


[[Page D902]]

Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during the adjournment or recess of the Senate from 
Friday, August 1, 2014 through Monday, September 8, 2014, the Majority 
Leader and Senators Rockefeller, Reed, Levin, Coons, and Cardin be 
authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. 
                                                             Page S5330
Aaron, Cohen, and Chen Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the previous 
order, following the vote on confirmation of the nomination of Jill A. 
Pryor, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh 
Circuit, on September 8, 2014, Senate begin consideration of the 
nominations of Henry J. Aaron, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring 
September 30, 2014, and to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory 
Board for a term expiring September 30, 2020, Alan L. Cohen, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a 
term expiring September 30, 2016, and Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to 
be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring 
September 30, 2018; that there be two minutes for debate equally 
divided between the two Leaders, or their designees prior to each vote; 
that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote, without 
intervening action or debate, on confirmation of the nominations in the 
order listed; that any roll call votes, following the first in the 
series, be ten minutes in length; that if any nomination is confirmed, 
the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table 
with no intervening action or debate; and that no further motions be in 
order to the nomination.                                     
  Page S5330
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5325
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5325
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S5317, S5325
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5325-26
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S5326
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5324-25
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5327-29
Recess: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and recessed at 2:39 p.m., until 11 
a.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2014. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5330.)