[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D459]
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                                          Wednesday, April 29, 2015

[[Page D459]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive His Excellency 
      Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2491-S2542
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1126-1138, and S. Res. 154-155. 
                                                         Pages S2429-30
Measures Considered:
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act--
Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 1191, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                              
  Pages S2494-S2413
Rejected:
  By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 168), Corker (for Barrasso) Amendment 
No. 1147 (to Amendment No. 1140), to require a certification that Iran 
has not directly supported or carried out an act of terrorism against 
the United States or a United States person anywhere in the world. (A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, 
having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                                         Pages S2511-13
Pending:
  Corker/Cardin Amendment No. 1140, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S2494
  Corker/Cardin Amendment No. 1179 (to Amendment No. 1140), to require 
submission of all Persian text included in the agreement.    
Page S2494
  Blunt Amendment No. 1155 (to Amendment No. 1140), to extend the 
requirement for annual Department of Defense reports on the military 
power of Iran.                                               
Page S2494
  Vitter Modified Amendment No. 1186 (to Amendment No. 1179), to 
require an assessment of inadequacies in the international monitoring 
and verification system as they relate to a nuclear agreement with 
Iran.                                                    
Pages S2505-11
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
April 30, 2015.                                              
Page S2541
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2525
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2525
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2525-29
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2530-32
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2532-40
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2521-25
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S2540
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2540-41
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2541
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--168) 
                                                             Page S2512
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:23 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2541.)