[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 13, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D527-D528]
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                                            Wednesday, May 13, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2815-2896.
Measures Introduced: Twenty-five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
1313-1337.                                               
  Pages S2849-50
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1269, to reauthorize trade facilitation and 
trade enforcement functions and activities. (S. Rept. No. 114-45) 
                                                             Page S2849
Measures Passed:
  International Year of Soils: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 10, 
supporting the designation of the year of 2015 as the ``International 
Year of Soils'' and supporting locally led soil conservation, and the 
resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
  Page S2896
  McConnell (for Lee) Amendment No. 1225, to clarify the support of 
Congress for voluntary landowner participation in certain conservation 
programs.                                                    
Page S2896
Measures Considered:
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act--Agreement: 
Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse 
determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations. 
                                             Pages S2821-2830, S2834-40
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Thursday, 
May 14, 2015, following disposition of H.R. 644, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable 
deduction for contributions of food inventory, the motion to proceed to 
the motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 1314 be agreed to, the motion to 
reconsider the failed cloture vote on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 1314 be agreed to, and that at 2 p.m., Senate 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 1314, upon reconsideration; and that if cloture 
is invoked, the 30 hours of post-cloture consideration under rule XXII 
be deemed expired at 10 p.m.                                 
Page S2834
Appointments:
  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), appointed the 
following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy: 
Senator Shaheen (Committee on Appropriations), and Senator Cardin (At 
Large).                                                      
  Page S2896
  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Section 1295b(h) of title 46 
App., United States Code, appointed the following Senators to the Board 
of Visitors of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: Senator Peters (At 
Large), and Senator Schatz (Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation).                                             
  Page S2896
  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194(a), as amended 
by Public Law 101-595, and further amended by Public Law 113-281, 
appointed the following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. 
Coast Guard Academy: Senator Cantwell, and Senator Blumenthal. 
                                                             Page S2896
  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355(a), appointed the 
following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force 
Academy: Senator Udall (Committee on Appropriations), and Senator 
Hirono (Committee on Armed Services).                        
  Page S2896
Trade Bills--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 14, 2015, Senate begin 
consideration of H.R. 1295, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to improve the process for making determinations with respect to 
whether organizations are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(4) 
of such Code, and H.R. 644, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for 
contributions of food inventory, en bloc; that the Hatch amendments at 
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desk, the text of which are S. 1267, to extend the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the 
preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and S. 1269, to 
reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and 
activities, respectively, be considered and agreed to, that no further 
amendments be in order, and that at 12 p.m., Senate vote on H.R. 1295, 
as amended, followed by a vote on H.R. 644, as amended, with no 
intervening action or debate, and that there be a 60 affirmative vote 
threshold needed for passage of each bill.                   
  Page S2896
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13611 of May 16, 2012, with respect to Yemen; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-16)    
Page S2848
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 84 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. EX. 177), Sally Quillian Yates, of 
Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General.                  
Pages S2830-34
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2848
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2848
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2848-49
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2850-51
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2851-52
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2846-48
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2852-95
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2895-96
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2896
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--177) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:37 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2896.)