[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 33 (Thursday, February 26, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D183-D184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, February 26, 2015

[[Page D183]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1127-S1185.
Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 576-606, S. Res. 88-91, and S. Con. Res. 6. 
                                                         Pages S1161-62
Measures Passed:
  Black History Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 88, celebrating Black 
History Month.                                           
  Pages S1134-35
  Congressional Gold Medal: Senate passed S. 527, to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in 
Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or in the final Selma to Montgomery 
Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965.                           
  Pages S1137-38
  Welcoming the Prime Minister of Israel to the United States: 
Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 76, welcoming the Prime Minister of Israel to 
the United States for his address to a joint meeting of Congress, and 
the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S1150-51
  Cornyn Amendment No. 262, to make a technical correction. 
                                                             Page S1150


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  On page D183, February 26, 2015, the following language appears: 
Cornyn Amendment No. 262, to make a technical correction. Pages 
S1150-51 McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 255, in the nature 
of a substitute. Page S1151
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Cornyn Amendment 
No. 262, to make a technical correction. Page S1150 McConnell (for 
Cochran) Amendment No. 255, of a perfecting nature. Page S1151


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 
     I11Cornyn Amendment No. 263, to amend the title.                 

Page S1151

  Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Senate agreed to S. Res. 89, 
congratulating the Oregon Shakespeare Festival on its 80th year. 
                                                             Page S1184
  American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 90, designating February 2015 as ``American Heart Month'' and 
February 6, 2015, as ``National Wear Red Day''.              
  Page S1184
  Read Across America Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 91, designating 
March 2, 2015, as ``Read Across America Day''.               
  Page S1184
Measures Considered:
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act--Cloture: Senate 
began consideration of H.R. 240, making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2015, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on 
the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: 
                 Pages S1128-29, S1129-34, S1135-37, S1138-50, S1151-52
Pending:
  McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 255, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                             Page S1151
  McConnell Amendment No. 256 (to Amendment No. 255), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1151
  McConnell Amendment No. 257 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 255), to change the enactment date.         
Page S1151
  McConnell Amendment No. 258 (to Amendment No. 257), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1151
  McConnell motion to commit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 259, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
Page S1151
  McConnell Amendment No. 260 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
259), of a perfecting nature.                                
Page S1151
  McConnell Amendment No. 261 (to Amendment No. 260), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1151
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, February 26, 2015, a vote on cloture will occur at 10 a.m., 
on Friday, February 27, 2015.                             
Page S1151-52
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, at 10 a.m., on Friday, February 27, 2015, 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill; that if 
cloture is invoked, all post-cloture time be yielded back, with the 
exception of 10 minutes for Senator Lee, or his designee, and that 
following the use or yielding back of that time, the pending amendments 
with the exception of McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 255 (listed 
above) be withdrawn, and Senate vote on or in relation to McConnell 
(for Cochran) Amendment No. 255; and Senate vote on passage of the bill 
as amended, if amended; and that there be two minutes of debate equally 
divided prior

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to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 534, to prohibit funds from being used to carry out 
certain Executive actions related to immigration.            
Page S1152
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Friday, 
February 27, 2015.                                           
Page S1184
Immigration Rule of Law Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 534, to prohibit funds from 
being used to carry out certain Executive actions related to 
immigration.                                                 
  Page S1152
   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, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, February 26, 
2015, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of H.R. 240, making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2015.                              
Page S1152
Appointments:
  National Historical Publications and Records Commission: The Chair, 
on behalf of the President of the Senate, pursuant to Public Law 81-
754, as amended by Public Law 93-536 and further amended by Public Law 
100-365, appointed the following Senator to the National Historical 
Publications and Records Commission: Senator Sullivan.       
  Page S1184
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Suzette M. Kimball, of West Virginia, to be Director of the United 
States Geological Survey.
  Andrew LaMont Eanes, of Kansas, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social 
Security for the term expiring January 19, 2019.
  Mileydi Guilarte, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank.
  Marcia Denise Occomy, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five 
years.
  Mary Barzee Flores, of Florida, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Florida.
  Julien Xavier Neals, of New Jersey, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Jersey.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.                  
Pages S1184-85
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1157
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1157
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1157-60
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1160-61
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1162-63
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1163-72
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1155-57
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1172-84
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1184
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 7:19 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, February 27, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1184.)