[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D777-D778]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                              Tuesday, July 7, 2015

[[Page D777]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4659-S4803
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1704-
1714.                                                    
  Pages S4685-86
Measures Reported:
  S. 1109, to require adequate information regarding the tax treatment 
of payments under settlement agreements entered into by Federal 
agencies. (S. Rept. No. 114-76)
  S. 1359, to allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling 
requirements for consumer products by displaying the terms of 
warranties on Internet websites. (S. Rept. No. 114-77)
  S. 1705, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.        
Page S4685
Measures Passed:
  Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act: Senate passed 
S. 286, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:                 
  Page S4802
  McConnell (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 1471, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4802
Measures Considered:
Every Child Achieves Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of S. 
1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to ensure that every child achieves, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S4661-78
Pending:
  Alexander/Murray Amendment No. 2089, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4669-74
  Alexander (for Fischer) Amendment No. 2079 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
to ensure local governance of education.                     
Page S4674
  Murray (for Peters) Amendment No. 2095 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
allow local educational agencies to use parent and family engagement 
funds for financial literacy activities.                     
Page S4675
  Alexander (for Rounds/Udall) Amendment No. 2078 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to require the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study regarding elementary and secondary 
education in rural or poverty areas of Indian country.       
Page S4675
  Murray (for Reed/Cochran) Amendment No. 2085 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding 
school librarians and effective school library programs.     
Page S4675
  Murray (for Warner) Amendment No. 2086 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
enable the use of certain State and local administrative funds for 
fiscal support teams.                                        
Page S4675
  Toomey Amendment No. 2094 (to Amendment No. 2089), to protect our 
children from convicted pedophiles, child molesters, and other sex 
offenders infiltrating our schools and from schools ``passing the 
trash''--helping pedophiles obtain jobs at other schools. 
                                                         Pages S4676-77
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that each bill 
manager be in order to offer side-by-side amendments to Toomey 
Amendment No. 2094 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), and that no 
second-degree amendments be in order to Toomey Amendment No. 2094 (to 
Amendment No. 2089) or side-by-side amendments.              
Page S4675
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, July 
8, 2015.                                                     
Page S4802
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 221), Kara Farnandez 
Stoll, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal 
Circuit.                                             
Pages S4678, S4803
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4685
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4685
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S4659, S4685


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

  
  D777, July 3, 2015, the following language appears: Measures 
Placed on the Calendar: Page S4685
  
  Record has been corrected to read: Measures Placed on the 
Calendar: Pages S4659, S4685


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Executive Communications:                                    
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4686-88
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4688-89
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4684-85
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S4689-S4801
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S4801-02
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4802
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--221) 
                                                             Page S4678
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:30 p.m. and adjourned at 6:54 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4802.)