[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D654-D655]
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                                               Monday, June 8, 2015

[[Page D654]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3849-S3887
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1522-1527, and S. Res. 194.                  
  Pages S3860-61
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
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 S3850-55
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 1463, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S3850
  McCain Amendment No. 1456 (to Amendment No. 1463), to require 
additional information supporting long-range plans for construction of 
naval vessels.                                               
Page S3850
  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 S3850
  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.                                                    
Page S3850
  Vitter Amendment No. 1473 (to Amendment No. 1463), to limit the 
retirement of Army combat units.                             
Page S3850
  Markey Amendment No. 1645 (to Amendment No. 1463), to express the 
sense of Congress that exports of crude oil to United States allies and 
partners should not be determined to be consistent with the national 
interest if those exports would increase energy prices in the United 
States for American consumers or businesses or increase the reliance of 
the United States on imported oil.                           
Page S3850
  Reed (for Blumenthal) Amendment No. 1564 (to Amendment No. 1463), to 
increase civil penalties for violations of the Servicemembers Civil 
Relief Act.                                                  
Page S3850
  McCain (for Paul) Modified Amendment No. 1543 (to Amendment No. 
1463), to strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs within 
the Federal Government.                                      
Page S3850
  Reed (for Durbin) Modified Amendment No. 1559 (to Amendment No. 
1463), to prohibit the award of Department of Defense contracts to 
inverted domestic corporations.                   
Pages S3850, S3854-55
  McCain (for Burr) Amendment No. 1569 (to Amendment No. 1463), to 
ensure criminal background checks of employees of the military child 
care system and providers of child care services and youth program 
services for military dependents.                            
Page S3855
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, June 9, 
2015; that the time until 3 p.m. be equally divided between the 
managers, or their designees; that following the use or yielding back 
of time, Senate vote on or in relation to Reed Amendment No. 1521 (to 
Amendment No. 1463) (listed above); and that there be no second-degree 
amendment in order to the amendment prior to the vote.       
Page S3855
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mary L. Kendall, of Minnesota, to be Inspector General, Department of 
the Interior.
  Scott Allen, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.            
Page S3887
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Ericka M. Miller, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, which was sent to the 
Senate on March 4, 2015.                                     
Page S3887
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3857
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S3857-58
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3858-59

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Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3859-60
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3860
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3861-64
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S3864
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3856-57
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3864-85
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3885
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3885.)