[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D970-D972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                      Wednesday, September 17, 2014

[[Page D970]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed H.J. Res. 124, Making continuing appropriations for 
      fiscal year 2015.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5651-5723
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and twelve resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2833-2850, S.J. Res. 44, S. Res. 551-560, 
and S. Con. Res. 43.                                     
  Pages S5697-98
Measures Reported:
  S. 2141, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide 
an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of 
nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients and for other purposes, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2583, to promote the non-exclusive use of electronic labeling for 
devices licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.
  S. 2799, to extend the authority of satellite carriers to retransmit 
certain television broadcast station signals, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                      
Page S5697
Measures Passed:
  DHS OIG Mandates Revision Act: Senate passed S. 2651, to repeal 
certain mandates of the Department of Homeland Security Office of 
Inspector General, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                      
  Page S5715
  Sunscreen Innovation Act: Senate passed S. 2141, to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide an alternative process for 
review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active 
ingredients, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.                                            
  Pages S5715-20
  Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial: Senate passed 
H.R. 4751, to make technical corrections to Public Law 110-229 to 
reflect the renaming of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American 
Exclusion Memorial.                                          
  Page S5720
  The Defense Production Act: Senate passed H.R. 4809, to reauthorize 
the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production Act 
Committee.                                                   
  Page S5720
  Hispanic Heritage Month: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 545, recognizing Hispanic 
Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in 
the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to the 
United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.        
  Page S5720
  National Bison Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 543, designating November 1, 2014, as 
National Bison Day, and the resolution was then agreed to.   
  Page S5720
  Lights on Afterschool: Senate agreed to S. Res. 552, supporting 
Lights on Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool programs 
held on October 23, 2014.                                    
  Page S5720
  250th Anniversary of the Hartford Courant Newspaper: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 553, recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Hartford Courant 
newspaper.                                                   
  Page S5720
  National Principals Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 554, recognizing 
the month of October 2014 as ``National Principals Month''. 
                                                             Page S5720
  National Health Information Technology Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
555, designating the week of September 15 through September 19, 2014, 
as ``National Health Information Technology Week'' to recognize the 
value of health information technology in transforming and improving 
the health care system for all individuals in the United States. 
                                                             Page S5720

[[Page D971]]

  National Wildlife Refuge Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 556, 
designating the week beginning on October 12, 2014, as National 
Wildlife Refuge Week.                                        
  Page S5720
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 557, 
designating the week beginning October 19, 2014, as ``National 
Character Counts Week''.                                     
  Page S5720
  National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 558, designating the week of September 22 through 28, 2014, as 
``National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week''.       
  Page S5720
  National Chemistry Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 559, designating 
the week beginning on October 19, 2014, as ``National Chemistry Week''.
                                                             Page S5720
  School Bus Safety Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 560, designating 
September 2014 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.               
  Page S5720
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism that was established in Executive Order 
13224 on September 23, 2001; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-53)                 
Page S5695
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Extradition Treaty with the Republic of Chile (Treaty Doc. No. 113-
6).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                         Pages S5720-21
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION--AGREEMENT: A unanimous-consent-
time agreement was reached providing that at 1:00 p.m., on Thursday, 
September 18, 2014, Senate begin consideration of H.J. Res, 124, making 
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015; that following the 
reporting of the joint resolution, the Majority Leader be recognized; 
that there be up to four and a half hours equally divided between the 
two Leaders, or their designees; that upon the use or yielding back of 
time, there be no other motions or points of order in order to the 
joint resolution, other than a Sessions, or designee, motion to table 
or a budget point of order, and the applicable motion to waive; that 
Senator Sessions, or designee, be recognized for a motion to table an 
amendment to the joint resolution; that if the motion to table is 
agreed to, the Majority Leader be recognized; that if the motion to 
table is not agreed to, and notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the joint resolution; that if cloture 
is invoked, all post-cloture time be considered expired, the pending 
amendments be withdrawn, the joint resolution be read a third time, and 
Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution.              
  Page S5684
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing that following the vote on H.J. Res. 124, making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015, Senate begin consideration of the 
nominations of Mark William Lippert, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Korea, Adam M. Scheinman, of Virginia, to be Special 
Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the 
rank of Ambassador, Kevin F. O'Malley, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to 
Ireland, Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs), 
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Energy, Robert W. Holleyman II, of Louisiana, to be a Deputy United 
States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Eric 
Rosenbach, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, D. 
Nathan Sheets, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, 
Charles H. Fulghum, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security; 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.                       
  Page S5715


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

  
  On page D971, September 17, 2014 the following language appears: 
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that following the vote on H.J. Res. 124, making 
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, Senate begin 
consideration of the nominations of Mark William Lippert, of Ohio, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Adam M. Scheinman, of 
Virginia, to be Special Representative of the President for 
Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the rank of Ambassador, Kevin F. 
O'Malley, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Ireland, Bathsheba Nell 
Crocker, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State (International Organization Affairs), Elizabeth Sherwood-
Randall, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, Robert 
W. Holleyman II, of Louisiana, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Eric Rosenbach, of 
Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, D. Nathan 
Sheets, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, 
Charles H. Fulghum, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security; 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. Page S5715
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION--AGREEMENT: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at 1:00 p.m., on Thursday, 
September 18, 2014, Senate begin consideration of H.J.Res, 124, 
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015; that 
following the reporting of the joint resolution, the Majority 
Leader be recognized; that there be up to four and a half hours 
equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees; that 
upon the use or yielding back of time, there be no other motions 
or points of order in order to the joint resolution, other than a 
Sessions, or designee, motion to table or a budget point of order, 
and the applicable motion to waive; that Senator Sessions, or 
designee, be recognized for a motion to table an amendment to the 
joint resolution; that if the motion to table is agreed to, the 
Majority Leader be recognized; that if the motion to table is not 
agreed to, and notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the joint resolution; that if cloture 
is invoked, all post-cloture time be considered expired, the 
pending amendments be withdrawn, the joint resolution be read a 
third time, and Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution. 
Page S5684 Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that following the vote on H.J. 
Res. 124, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, 
Senate begin consideration of the nominations of Mark William 
Lippert, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Adam 
M. Scheinman, of Virginia, to be Special Representative of the 
President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Kevin F. O'Malley, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to 
Ireland, Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization 
Affairs), Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, of California, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Energy, Robert W. Holleyman II, of Louisiana, to be a 
Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Eric Rosenbach, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, D. Nathan Sheets, of Maryland, to be an 
Under Secretary of the Treasury, Charles H. Fulghum, of North 
Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland 
Security; 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. Page S5715


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

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 267), John R. Bass, of 
New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey. 
                                                  Pages S5661-62, S5722
  Eric T. Schultz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Zambia.                                              
Pages S5662, S5722
  Thomas Frederick Daughton, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Namibia.                                 
Pages S5662, S5722
  David Pressman, of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.                
Pages S5662, S5722
  David Pressman, of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations.                       
Pages S5662, S5722
  Debra S. Wada, of Hawaii, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army. 
                                                     Pages S5662, S5722
  Laura S. Wertheimer, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.       
Pages S5662, S5722
  Bradford Raymond Huther, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.         
Pages S5662, S5722
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  11 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  7 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy. 
                                               Pages S5714-15, S5722-23
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army.                             
Pages S5721-22

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Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5695
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5695
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5695-97
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5697
Additional Cosponsors:                                
  Pages S5698-S5700
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5700-06
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5690-94
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5706-13
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5713
Privileges of the Floor:                                 
  Pages S5713-14
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--267) 
                                                         Pages S5661-62
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:55 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 18, 2014. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5721.)