[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 148 (Monday, December 8, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1090-D1092]
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                                           Monday, December 8, 2014

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6359-S6398
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2987-2989, and S. Res. 595.                      
  Page S6388
Measures Reported:
  S. 2946, to provide improved water, sanitation, and hygiene programs 
for high priority developing countries, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 113-286)
  Report to accompany S. 2520, to improve the Freedom of Information 
Act. (S. Rept. No. 113-287)
  S. 429, to enable concrete masonry products manufacturers to 
establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, 
education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets for 
concrete masonry products, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 1014, to reduce sports-related concussions in youth, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2022, to establish scientific standards and protocols across 
forensic disciplines, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2094, to provide for the establishment of nationally uniform and 
environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the 
normal operation of a vessel, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 2482, to implement the Convention on the Conservation and 
Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific 
Ocean, as adopted at Tokyo on February 24, 2012, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2484, to implement the Convention on the Conservation and 
Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific 
Ocean, as adopted at Auckland on November 14, 2009, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2485, to implement the Amendment to the Convention on Future 
Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as 
adopted at Lisbon on September 28, 2007.
  S. 2777, to establish the Surface Transportation Board as an 
independent establishment, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
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Measures Passed:
  FOIA Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 2520, to improve the Freedom 
of Information Act, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                  
  Pages S6375-77
  Federal Information Security Modernization Act: Senate passed S. 
2521, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to provide 
for reform to Federal information security, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                        
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  Reid (for Carper/Coburn) Amendment No. 3975, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6395
  Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 
1281, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize programs 
under part A of title XI of such Act, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
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  Reid (for Paul) Amendment No. 3976, to clarify rules relating to 
newborn screening research and informed consent.             
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  Neil Havens Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
4939, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, California, as the ``Neil 
Havens Post Office'', and the bill was then passed.          
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  James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1707, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, 
Illinois, as the ``James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building'', and the 
bill was then passed.                                        
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  George Thomas `Mickey' Leland Post Office Building: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 78, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 4110

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Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the ``George Thomas `Mickey' Leland 
Post Office Building'', and the bill was then passed.    
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  National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS 
Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 2112, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New 
York, as the ``National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence 
Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office'', and the 
bill was then passed.                                        
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  Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 2223, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, 
as the ``Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building'', and the bill was 
then passed.                                                 
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  Larcenia J. Bullard Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 2678, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 10360 Southwest 186th Street in Miami, 
Florida, as the ``Larcenia J. Bullard Post Office Building'', and the 
bill was then passed.                                        
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  Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 3534, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, 
Michigan, as the ``Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office'', and 
the bill was then passed.                                    
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  Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building: Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 5030, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 13500 SW 250 Street in 
Princeton, Florida, as the ``Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post 
Office Building'', and the bill was then passed.             
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  Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act: Senate 
passed S. 2142, to impose targeted sanctions on persons responsible for 
violations of human rights of antigovernment protesters in Venezuela, 
to strengthen civil society in Venezuela, after agreeing to the 
committee amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
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  Reid (for Menendez) Amendment No. 3974, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6398
Appointments:
  Federal Judicial Center Foundation: The Chair announced, on behalf of 
the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 100-702, 
the appointment of the following individual to the board of the Federal 
Judicial Center Foundation: Peter Kraus of Texas vice Richard D. Casey 
of South Dakota.                                             
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 52 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 316), Jeffery Martin Baran, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the 
remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018.            
Pages S6378-79
  By 54 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 317), Lauren McGarity McFerran, 
of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2019. 
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  Ellen Dudley Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the Advanced 
Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.   
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Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S6384-85
Measures Read the First Time:                        
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6385-87
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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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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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--317) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:45 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6398.)

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