[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D25-D26]
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                                          Tuesday, January 13, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S159-S219
Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 149-179, and S. Res. 26.       
  Pages S200-01
Measures Passed:
  Providing for a Joint Session of Congress: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 7, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message 
from the President.                                           
  Page S217
Measures Considered:
Keystone XL Pipeline--Agreement: Senate began consideration of S. 1, to 
approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, after agreeing to the motion to 
proceed, and taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                
  Pages S162-74, S174-84, S184-97
Pending:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 2, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                          Pages S184-86
  Markey/Baldwin Amendment No. 13 (to Amendment No. 2), to ensure that 
oil transported through the Keystone XL pipeline into the United States 
is used to reduce United States dependence on Middle Eastern oil. 
                                                              Page S186
  Portman/Shaheen Amendment No. 3 (to Amendment No. 2), to promote 
energy efficiency.                                        
Pages S186-89
  Cantwell (for Franken) Amendment No. 17 (to Amendment No. 2), to 
require the use of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the 
United States in the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline and 
facilities.                                               
Pages S189-97
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
consideration of these pending amendments and the bill be for debate 
only during this week's consideration of the bill.            
Page S184
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Friday, January 16, 2015, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill.                                    
Page S217
Transnational Drug Trafficking Act--Bill Referral: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that S. 32, to provide the Department 
of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug 
trafficking activity, be discharged from the Committee on Finance and 
that it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.        
  Page S217
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Alissa M. Starzak, of New York, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Army.
  Jay Neal Lerner, of Illinois, to be Inspector General, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  Mario Cordero, of California, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner 
for the term expiring June 30, 2019.
  Daniel R. Elliott III, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2018.
  Carlos A. Monje, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, and Marine 
Corps.                                                    
Pages S218-19
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S200
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S200
Measures Read the First Time:                                 
  Page S200
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S201-02
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S202-10
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S199-S200
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S210-17
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S217
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S217
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:01 a.m. and adjourned at 6:36 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, January 16, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S218.)

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