[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 131 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D949-D950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Monday, September 15, 2014

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5573-S5594
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2802-2811, and S. Res. 544-545.                  
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Measures Reported:
  S. 921, to amend chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to 
prohibit the rental of motor vehicles that contain a defect related to 
motor vehicle safety. (S. Rept. No. 113-253)
  S. 1406, to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional 
unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the 
Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 113-254)
  S. 1925, to limit the retrieval of data from vehicle event data 
recorders, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 113-255)
  S. 2521, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to 
provide for reform to Federal information security. (S. Rept. No. 113-
256)
  S. 1535, to deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S5588
Measures Passed:
  National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity 
and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 5134, to extend the National Advisory Committee 
on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on 
Student Financial Assistance for one year, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
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  International Year of Family Farming: Senate agreed to S. Res. 544, 
designating the year of 2014 as the ``International Year of Family 
Farming''.                                                   
  Page S5592
Measures Considered:
Federal Student Loans: Senate began 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 S5573-74
Paycheck Fairness Act: By 52 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 262), three-
fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on S. 
2199, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more 
effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages 
on the basis of sex.                                     
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Baran Nomination--Cloture: By 52 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 263), Senate 
agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination of 
Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.                                       
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Burns Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Stephen G. Burns, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                           
  Pages S5580-82
   During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 54 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 264), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                  
Pages S5580-81
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing that following the vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Stephen G. Burns, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Senate begin consideration of the nominations of Linda A. 
Schwartz, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs (Policy and Planning), Matthew T. Harrington, of Virginia, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Todd D. Robinson, of New Jersey, 
a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, Jane D. 
Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the French Republic, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Principality of Monaco, Nina Hachigian, of California, to be 
Representative of the United States of

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America to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank 
and status of Ambassador, and Gordon O. Tanner, of Alabama, to be 
General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force; 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 10 minutes in length; and 
that no further motions be in order to the nomination.       
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert M. Scher, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.
  Benjamin L. Cardin, of Maryland, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Ronald H. Johnson, of Wisconsin, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, 
with the rank of Ambassador.
  Isobel Coleman, of New York, as an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and 
Reform.
  Carol Leslie Hamilton, of California, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-ninth 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Leslie Berger Kiernan, of Maryland, as an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America, to the Sixty-ninth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Charlotte A. Burrows, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 
2019.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
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Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
which was sent to the Senate on January 6, 2014.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Communications:                                
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--264) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:06 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 16, 2014. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5592.)