[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 3, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D96-D97]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, February 3, 2015

[[Page D96]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 203, Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American 
      Veterans Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S707-S739
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 340-355, and S. Res. 63-64.                
  Pages S736-37
Measures Reported:
  S. 192, to reauthorize the Older Americans Act of 1965.     
Page S736
Measures Passed:
  Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act: By a 
unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 50), Senate passed H.R. 203, to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of 
annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention 
programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot 
program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the 
Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
                                                          Pages S716-20
  National School Counseling Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 64, 
designating February 2 through 6, 2015, as ``National School Counseling 
Week''.                                                       
  Page S739
Measures Considered:
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act--Cloture: Senate 
continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 
H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. 
                                           Pages S707-08, S720-24, S733
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Thursday, February 5, 2015.                          
Page S733
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 51), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                    
Page S722
  Subsequently, Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the 
vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                    
Page S722
Appointments:
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki): The 
Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, 
as amended by Public Law 99-7, appointed the following Senators as 
members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(Helsinki) during the 114th Congress: Senator Wicker, Co-Chair, and 
Senators Burr and Boozman.                                    
  Page S739
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of 
Public Law 99-93, as amended by Public Law 99-151, appointed the 
following Senators as members of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control during the 114th Congress: Senator 
Grassley, Co-Chairman, and Senators Cornyn, Risch, and Sessions. 
                                                              Page S739
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S736
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S736
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S736, S707


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

  
  On page D96, February 3, 2015, the following language appears: 
Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S736
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Placed on 
the Calendar: Pages S736, S707


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Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S737
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S738-39
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S735-36
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S739

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Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S739
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--51) 
                                                       Pages S720, S722
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:19 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S739.)