[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 100 (Monday, June 22, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D738]
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                                              Monday, June 22, 2015

[[Page D738]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4333-S4522
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1640-1642, S. Res. 207, and S. Con. Res. 18. 
                                                         Pages S4345-46
Measures Reported:
  S. 544, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from 
proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments 
based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-69)                             
Page S4345
Measures Passed:
  Veteran's I.D. Card Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 91, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S4521-22
  McConnell (for Blumenthal) Amendment No. 2076, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4521
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 81 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 217), Peter V. Neffenger, of Ohio, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security. 
                                                  Pages S4338-41, S4522
  Daniel R. Elliott III, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2018. 
                                                  Pages S4338-41, S4522
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Julie Furuta-Toy, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Equatorial Guinea.
  7 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Army.                   
Page S4522
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4343
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S4343, S4522
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4343-45
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S4345
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4346-47
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4347-48
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4342-43
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4348-58
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4358
Text of H.R. 1735 as Previously Passed:               
  Pages S4358-S4521
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--217) 
                                                             Page S4341
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4522.)