[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 125 (Tuesday, August 5, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D910]
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                                            Tuesday, August 5, 2014

[[Page D910]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 112, Adjournment Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5331-S5337
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015''. (S. Rept. No. 113-
241)
  S. 2040, to exchange trust and fee land to resolve land disputes 
created by the realignment of the Blackfoot River along the boundary of 
the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. (S. Rept. No. 113-242)     
Page S5334
Measures Passed:
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 112, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.             
  Page S5334
Authorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the 
upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the 
Senate, the President Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority 
Leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, 
boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by 
law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.
                                                             Page S5334
Authority for Committees--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that, notwithstanding the Senate's recess, committees 
be authorized to report legislative and executive matters on Tuesday, 
August 26, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.                    
  Page S5334
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jorge Luis Alonso, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
  John Robert Blakey, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.                       
Page S5337
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5333-34
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S5334
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S5334
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  Page S5333
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 11:34 a.m., 
until 9:15 a.m. on Friday, August 8, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5335.)