[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D637-D638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Wednesday, June 3, 2015

[[Page D637]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3635-S3729
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1487-1501, and S. Res. 190-191.           
  Pages S3678-79
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing the Use of Emancipation Hall: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 48, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol 
Visitor Center for a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of 
the Vietnam War.                                             
  Page S3728
  Responding to Anti-Semitism in Europe: Senate agreed to S. Res. 87, 
to express the sense of the Senate regarding the rise of anti-Semitism 
in Europe and to encourage greater cooperation with the European 
governments, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and 
Co-operation in Europe in preventing and responding to anti-Semitism. 
                                                             Page S3728
  Relative to the Death of Joseph Robinette Biden, III: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 191, relative to the death of Joseph Robinette Biden, III. 
                                                         Pages S3728-29
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:     
  Pages S3642-67
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 1463, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S3642-57
  McCain Amendment No. 1456 (to Amendment No. 1463), to require 
additional information supporting long-range plans for construction of 
naval vessels.                                               
Page S3657
  Reed Amendment No. 1521 (to Amendment No. 1463), to limit the 
availability of amounts authorized to be appropriated for overseas 
contingency operations pending relief from the spending limits under 
the Budget Control Act of 2011.                              
Page S3657
  Portman Amendment No. 1522 (to Amendment No. 1463), to provide 
additional amounts for procurement and for research, development, test, 
and evaluation for Stryker Lethality Upgrades, and to provide an 
offset.                                                  
Pages S3657-59
  Reed (for Bennet) Amendment No. 1540 (to Amendment No. 1463), to 
require the Comptroller General of the United States to brief and 
submit a report to Congress on the administration and oversight by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs of contracts for the design and 
construction of major medical facility projects.         
Pages S3661-66


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

  
  On page D637, June 3, 2015, the following language appears: 
Pending: McCain Amendment No. 1463, in the nature of a substitute. 
Page S3642 

Reed (for Bennet) Amendment No. 1540 (to Amendment No. 
1463), to require the Comptroller General of the United States to 
brief and submit a report to Congress on the administration and 
oversight by the Department of Veterans Affairs of contracts for 
the design and construction of major medical facility projects. 
Page S3661
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Pending: McCain 
Amendment No. 1463, in the nature of a substitute. Pages S3642-57 


Reed (for Bennet) Amendment No. 1540 (to Amendment No. 1463), to 
require the Comptroller General of the United States to brief and 
submit a report to Congress on the administration and oversight by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs of contracts for the design and 
construction of major medical facility projects. Pages S3661-66


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Cornyn Amendment No. 1486 (to Amendment No. 1463), to require 
reporting on energy security issues involving Europe and the Russian 
Federation, and to express the sense of Congress regarding ways the 
United States could help vulnerable allies and partners with energy 
security.                                                
Pages S3659-61
  Reed (for Shaheen) Amendment No. 1494 (to Amendment No. 1463), to 
revise the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in 
recognition of new State definitions of spouse.              
Page S3667
  Tillis Amendment No. 1506 (to Amendment No. 1463), to provide for the 
stationing of C-130 H aircraft avionics previously modified by the 
Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) in support of daily training and 
contingency requirements for Airborne and Special Operations Forces. 
                                                         Pages S3666-67
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 
4, 2015, that there be 30 minutes equally divided in the usual form on 
the following amendments, and that following the use or yielding back 
of time, Senate vote on or in relation to the amendments in the order 
listed: Portman Amendment No. 1522 (to Amendment No. 1463) (listed 
above), and Reed (for Bennet) Amendment No. 1540 (to Amendment No. 
1463) (listed above); and that there be no second-degree amendments in 
order to any of these amendments prior to the votes. 
                                                     Pages S3666, S3729
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3675
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S3675

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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3675-77
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3677-78
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3679-80
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3680-83
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3675
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S3683-S3728
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3728
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3728
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:31 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3729.)