[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D719-D720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, June 17, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4213-4254.
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1590-1603, and S. Res. 203.               
  Pages S4249-50
Measures Reported:
  S. 697, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reauthorize and 
modernize that Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
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Measures Passed:
  American Eagle Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 203, designating June 
20, 2015, as ``American Eagle Day'' and celebrating the recovery and 
restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United 
States.                                                      
  Page S4254
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
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 S4222-47
Adopted:
  McCain (for Hatch/Inhofe) Further Modified Amendment No. 1911 (to 
Amendment No. 1456), to study the impact of commissary privatization 
prior to initiating a pilot program and to require a report on the 
Department of Defense definition of and policy regarding software 
sustainment.                  
Pages S4222, S4240-41, S4244-45, S4246-47
  McCain Amendment No. 1456 (to Amendment No. 1463), to require 
additional information supporting long-range plans for construction of 
naval vessels.                                       
Pages S4222, S4247
  McCain Amendment No. 1463, in the nature of a substitute. 
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  Chair sustained a point of order that the following amendments were 
not germane post-cloture, and the amendments thus fell:      
Page S4247
  Reed (for Blumenthal) Modified Amendment No. 1564 (to Amendment No. 
1463), to enhance protections accorded to servicemembers and their 
spouses.                                             
Pages S4222, S4247
  Fischer/Booker Amendment No. 1825 (to Amendment No. 1463), to 
authorize appropriations for national security aspects of the Merchant 
Marine for fiscal years 2016 and 2017.               
Pages S4222, S4247
  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 S4222, S4247
  McCain (for Paul) Modified Amendment No. 1543 (to Amendment No. 
1463), to strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs within 
the Federal Government.                              
Pages S4222, S4247
  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.                   
Pages S4222, S4247
  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 S4222, S4247
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 84 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 214), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.           
Page S4247
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, the time count as if cloture was invoked at 
10 p.m., on Wednesday, June 17, 2015.                        
Page S4242
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all time 
during morning business and the adjournment of the Senate count post-
cloture on the bill.                                         
Page S4254

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PORTS Act Referral--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that S. 1519, to amend the Labor Management Relations 
Act, 1947 to address slowdowns, strikes, and lock-outs occurring at 
ports in the United States, be discharged from the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and be referred to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.                   
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 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D720, June 17, 2015, the following language appears: 
Ports Act Referral--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that S. 1519, to amend the Labor Management 
Relations Act, 1947 to address slowdowns, strikes, and lock-outs 
occurring at ports in the United States, be discharged from the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and be 
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions. Page S4249
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: PORTS Act 
Referral--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that S. 1519, to amend the Labor Management Relations 
Act, 1947 to address slowdowns, strikes, and lock-outs occurring 
at ports in the United States, be discharged from the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and be referred to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Page S4249


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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4250-51
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                       
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Amendments Submitted:                                        
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--214) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:05 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4254.)