[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 103 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D768-D769]
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                                            Thursday, June 25, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4619-S4657
Measures Introduced: Twenty-seven bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1677-1703, S.J. Res. 17, and S. Res. 214-
216.                                                     
  Pages S4648-49
Measures Reported:
  S. 1180, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to modernize 
the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-73)
  S. 1695, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2016. (S. Rept. No. 114-74)
  H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-75)
  S. Res. 204, recognizing June 20, 2015 as ``World Refugee Day''.
  S. Res. 207, recognizing threats to freedom of the press and 
expression around the world and reaffirming freedom of the press as a 
priority in efforts of the United States Government to promote 
democracy and good governance.
  S. Res. 211, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Srebrenica, 
with amendments.
  S. 1643, to require a report on actions to secure the safety and 
security of dissidents housed at Camp Liberty, Iraq, with an amendment.
                                                             Page S4646
Measures Passed:
  Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act: Senate passed H.R. 893, 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the centennial of Boys Town.                              
  Page S4656
  Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation: Senate passed S. 230, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain property to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health 
Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S4656-57
  McConnell (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 2077, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S4656-57
  National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month and Day: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 215, designating the month of June 2015 as 
``National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month'' and June 
27, 2015, as ``National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day''.
                                                             Page S4657
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the Secretary of the Senate re-
engross the Senate amendment to 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, with the following: Strike section 636. 
                                                         Pages S4620-21
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senator Cotton be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills 
or joint resolutions.                                        
  Page S4657
Authorizing Leadership To Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the 
upcoming adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the 
President Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be 
authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, 
conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by 
concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S4657
Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that Senate adjourn until the following dates and 
times to convene for pro forma session only with no business being 
conducted; that following each pro forma session, Senate adjourn until 
the next pro forma session, unless the House adopts the provisions of 
S. Con. Res. 19, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of 
the Senate and an adjournment of the

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House of Representatives; at 10 a.m., on Friday, June 26, 2015, at 2 
p.m., on Tuesday June 30, 2015, and at 10 a.m., on Friday, July 3, 
2015; and that Senate adjourn on Friday, July 3, 2015, until 2:30 p.m., 
on Tuesday, July 7, 2015.                                    
  Page S4657
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4646
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S4646, S4657
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S4646-48
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4649-50
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4650-55
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4644-46
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S4655
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S4655-56
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4656
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:50 a.m. and adjourned at 2:51 p.m., 
until 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4657.)