[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 64 (Thursday, April 30, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D472-D473]
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                                           Thursday, April 30, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2543-S2592
Measures Introduced: Forty bills and eleven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1139-1178, S. Res. 156-165, and S. Con. Res. 
14.                                                      
  Pages S2567-68
Measures Reported:
  S. 993, to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among 
the criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, 
mental health treatment, and substance abuse systems.
  S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to ensure that every child achieves.                    
Page S2566
Measures Passed:
  Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act: Senate passed 
S. 665, to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans 
throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a 
law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of 
duty, is missing in connection with the officer's official duties, or 
an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause the 
serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer is received. 
                                                         Pages S2587-89
  Silver Star Service Banner Day: Committee on Armed Services was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 136, expressing 
support for the designation of May 1, 2015, as ``Silver Star Service 
Banner Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to.         
  Page S2589
  Cultural and Historic Significance of the Cinco de Mayo Holiday: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 158, recognizing the cultural and historic 
significance of the Cinco de Mayo holiday.                   
  Page S2589
  National 9-1-1 Education Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 159, 
designating April 2015, as ``National 9-1-1 Education Month''. 
                                                             Page S2589
  Public Service Recognition Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 160, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be 
commended for their dedication and continued service to the United 
States during Public Service Recognition Week.               
  Page S2589
  Financial Literacy Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 161, designating 
April 2015 as ``Financial Literacy Month''.                  
  Page S2589
  Alcohol Responsibility Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 162, 
supporting the goals and ideals of Alcohol Responsibility Month. 
                                                             Page S2589
  Earthquake in Nepal: Senate agreed to S. Res. 163, expressing the 
sense of the Senate on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the April 
25, 2015, earthquake in Nepal.                               
  Page S2589
  Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young Americans: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 164, designating April 30, 2015, as Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating 
Young Americans.                                             
  Page S2589
  World Malaria Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 165, supporting the goals 
and ideals of World Malaria Day.                             
  Page S2589
Measures Considered:
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act: 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 S2545-49
Pending:
  Corker/Cardin Amendment No. 1140, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S2545
  Corker/Cardin Amendment No. 1179 (to Amendment No. 1140), to require 
submission of all Persian text included in the agreement.    
Page S2545
  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 S2545
  Vitter Modified Amendment No. 1186 (to Amendment No. 1179), to 
require an assessment of inadequacies in the international monitoring 
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verification system as they relate to a nuclear agreement with Iran. 
                                                             Page S2545
  Cotton Amendment No. 1197 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 1140), of a perfecting nature.                 
Page S2549
  Cotton (for Rubio) Amendment No. 1198 (to Amendment No. 1197), to 
require a certification that Iran's leaders have publically accepted 
Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.                   
Page S2549
Veto Messages:
National Labor Relations Board Veto Message--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the veto message to accompany S.J. Res. 8, providing 
for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board 
relating to representation case procedures.              
  Pages S2549-59
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, May 4, 2015, Senate resume 
consideration of the veto message to accompany the joint resolution. 
                                                             Page S2590
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report to the United States Congress 
supporting the underlying objectives of the recommendations from the 
Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (the 
``Commission''); which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 
(PM-15)                                                  
Pages S2564-65
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  22 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  20 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                  Pages S2589-90, S2592
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Patricia Nelson Limerick, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2018.
  Gayle Smith, of Ohio, to be Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development.
  Julie Helene Becker, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Steven M. Wellner, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  William Ward Nooter, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Robert A. Salerno, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Todd Sunhwae Kim, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S2590-92
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2565
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2565
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2565-66
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S2566
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S2566-67
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2569-70
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2570-83
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2563-64
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2583-87
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2587
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:07 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2590.)