[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D63-D65]
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                                          Tuesday, January 27, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S495-S547
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 256-272, and S. Res. 42.       
  Pages S541-42
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 42, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs.                                   
Page S541
Measures Considered:
  Keystone XL Pipeline--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of S. 
1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                            
  Pages S497-S537
Pending:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 2, in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S497
  Vitter/Cassidy Modified Amendment No. 80 (to Amendment No. 2), to 
provide for the distribution of revenues from certain areas of the 
outer Continental Shelf.                                      
Page S497
  Murkowski (for Sullivan) Amendment No. 67 (to Amendment No. 2), to 
restrict the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to arm 
agency personnel.                                   
Pages S497, S509-12
  Cardin Amendment No. 75 (to Amendment No. 2), to provide communities 
that rely on drinking water from a source that may be affected by a tar 
sands spill from the Keystone XL pipeline an analysis of the potential 
risks to public health and the environment from a leak or rupture of 
the pipeline.                                                 
Page S497
  Murkowski Amendment No. 98 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense 
of Congress relating to adaptation projects in the United States Arctic 
region and rural communities.                                 
Page S497
  Flake Amendment No. 103 (to Amendment No. 2), to require the 
evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs. 
                                                              Page S497
  Cruz Amendment No. 15 (to Amendment No. 2), to promote economic 
growth and job creation by increasing exports.      
Pages S497, S507-08
  Moran/Cruz Amendment No. 73 (to Amendment No. 2), to delist the 
lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973.                                          
Page S497
  Daines Amendment No. 132 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense 
of Congress regarding the designation of National Monuments. 
                                                              Page S497
  Boxer Amendment No. 130 (to Amendment No. 2), to preserve existing 
permits and the authority of the agencies issuing the permits to modify 
the permits if necessary.                                 
Pages S512-13
  Peters/Stabenow Amendment No. 70 (to Amendment No. 2), to require 
that the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration make a certification and submit to Congress the results 
of a study before the pipeline may be constructed, connected, operated, 
or maintained.                                                
Page S513
  Collins/Warner Amendment No. 35 (to Amendment No. 2), to coordinate 
the provision of energy retrofitting assistance to schools. 
                                                          Pages S513-14
  Murkowski Amendment No. 166 (to Amendment No. 2), to release certain 
wilderness study areas from management for preservation as wilderness. 
                                                          Pages S514-18
  Sanders Amendment No. 23 (to Amendment No. 2), to increase the 
quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the 
purchase and installation of an additional 10,000,000 photovoltaic 
systems by 2025.                                          
Pages S518-20
  Merkley Amendment No. 174 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense 
of Congress that the United States should prioritize and fund 
adaptation projects in communities in the United States while also 
helping to fund climate change adaptation in developing countries. 
                                                              Page S520
  Merkley Amendment No. 125 (to Amendment No. 2), to eliminate 
unnecessary tax subsidies and provide infrastructure funding. 
                                                              Page S520
  Cantwell/Boxer Amendment No. 131 (to Amendment No. 2), to ensure that 
if the Keystone XL Pipeline is built, it will be built safely and in 
compliance with United States environmental laws.         
Pages S520-21

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  Tillis/Burr Amendment No. 102 (to Amendment No. 2), to provide for 
leasing on the outer Continental Shelf and the distribution of certain 
qualified revenues from such leasing.               
Pages S521-23, S525
  Markey Amendment No. 178 (to Amendment No. 2), to ensure that 
products derived from tar sands are treated as crude oil for purposes 
of the Federal excise tax on petroleum.                       
Page S523
  Markey Amendment No. 141 (to Amendment No. 2), to delay the effective 
date until the President determines that the pipeline will not have 
certain negative impacts.                                 
Pages S523-24
  Whitehouse Amendment No. 148 (to Amendment No. 2), to require 
campaign finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from tar 
sands development.                                        
Pages S524-25
  Booker Amendment No. 155 (to Amendment No. 2), to allow permitting 
agencies to consider new circumstances and new information.   
Page S525
  Burr Modified Amendment No. 92 (to Amendment No. 2), to permanently 
reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.         
Pages S525-26
  Coons Amendment No. 115 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of 
Congress regarding climate change and infrastructure.     
Pages S526-27
   Carper Amendment No. 120 (to Amendment No. 2), to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credits for new qualified fuel cell 
motor vehicles and alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. 
                                                          Pages S527-28
  Heitkamp Amendment No. 133 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense 
of Congress that the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 should be amended to 
extend the credit with respect to facilities producing energy from 
certain renewable resources.                              
Pages S528-29
  Cardin Amendment No. 124 (to Amendment No. 2), to clarify that 
treaties with Indian tribes remain in effect.             
Pages S529-31
  Cantwell (for Gillibrand) Amendment No. 48 (to Amendment No. 2), to 
modify the definition of underground injection.           
Pages S531-32
  Cantwell (for Peters/Stabenow) Amendment No. 55 (to Amendment No. 2), 
to require a study of the potential environmental impact of by-products 
of the Keystone XL pipeline.                              
Pages S532-36
  Murkowski (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 245 (to Amendment No. 2), to 
clarify that treaties with Indian tribes remain in effect.    
Page S536
  Daines Amendment No. 246 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense 
of Congress that reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
should be a priority.                                     
Pages S536-37
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 2:30 
p.m., on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, Senate vote on or in relation to 
the following amendments in the order listed: Cardin Amendment No. 75 
(to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Peters/Stabenow Amendment No. 70 
(to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Sanders Amendment No. 23 (to 
Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Cruz Amendment No. 15 (to Amendment 
No. 2) (listed above), Merkley Amendment No. 125 (to Amendment No. 2) 
(listed above), Moran/Cruz Amendment No. 73 (to Amendment No. 2) 
(listed above), Whitehouse Amendment No. 148 (to Amendment No. 2) 
(listed above), Daines Amendment No. 132 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed 
above), Coons Amendment No. 115 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), 
Collins/Warner Amendment No. 35 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), 
Carper Amendment No. 120 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Murkowski 
Amendment No. 166 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Heitkamp 
Amendment No. 133 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Cantwell (for 
Gillibrand) Amendment No. 48 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), 
Murkowski (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 245 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed 
above), Cardin Amendment No. 124 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), 
Daines Amendment No. 246 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), and Burr 
Modified Amendment No. 92 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above); that all 
amendments on this list be subject to a 60 vote affirmative threshold 
for adoption, and that no second-degree amendments be in order to the 
amendments; and that there be two minutes of debate equally divided 
between each vote, and that all votes after the first in the series be 
10 minutes in length.                                         
Page S537
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
January 28, 2015.                                             
Page S547
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Richard T. Julius, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Internal 
Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2019.
  Albert Stanley Meiburg, of Georgia, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Stuart F. Delery, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate 
Attorney General.                                             
Page S547
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S541
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S541
Measures Read the First Time:                                 
  Page S541
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S542-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S543-46
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S540

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Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S546-47
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S547
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S547
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 9:10 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S547.)