[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D828-D831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, July 15, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5091-S5132
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1766-1783, and S.J. Res. 19.                  
  Page S5129
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 2016''. 
(S. Rept. No. 114-81)
  S. 1647, to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-80)                        
Pages S5128-29
Measures Considered:
Every Child Achieves Act--Agreement: Senate continued 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 S5092-S5125
Adopted:
  Alexander (for McCain/Reid) Amendment No. 2111 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to express the sense of Congress that John Arthur ``Jack'' 
Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially-motivated 
conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and 
historical significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his 
reputation.                                              
Pages S5094-95
  Murray (for Bennet/Ayotte) Amendment No. 2141 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to provide for shared services strategies and models. 
                                                             Page S5095
  Alexander (for Ayotte/Blumenthal) Amendment No. 2145 (to Amendment 
No. 2089), to allow States to use State activity funds provided under 
part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 for certain evidence-based mental health awareness programs. 
                                                             Page S5095
  Murray (for Udall) Amendment No. 2149 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
allow the Bureau of Indian Education to apply for certain competitive 
grants under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
                                                             Page S5095
  Murray (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2150 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
allow eligible entities to use funds provided under part A of title III 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for bilingual 
paraprofessionals and linguistically responsive materials.   
Page S5095
  Murray (for Carper/Ayotte) Modified Amendment No. 2151 (to Amendment 
No. 2089), to amend part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to improve preparation programs and strengthen 
support for principals and other school leaders.             
Page S5095
  Murray (for King/Capito) Amendment No. 2154 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
to authorize the Institute of Education Sciences to conduct a study on 
student access to digital learning resources outside of the school day.
                                                         Pages S5095-96
  Alexander (for Thune) Amendment No. 2155 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
require a report on responses to Indian student suicides.    
Page S5096
  Alexander (for Flake) Amendment No. 2157 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
reserve funds for an evaluation of early learning alignment and 
improvement grants.                                          
Page S5096
  Alexander (for Lee) Amendment No. 2234 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
establish a rule of construction regarding travel to and from school. 
                                                             Page S5096
  Murray (for Booker) Amendment No. 2170 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
amend the early learning alignment and improvement grant program under 
part I of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to ensure that States support early childhood education programs that 
maintain disciplinary policies that do not include expulsion or 
suspension of participating children.                        
Page S5096
  Murray (for Coons) Amendment No. 2178 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
encourage increasing the amount of funds available for parent and 
family engagement.                                           
Page S5096
  Alexander (for McCain) Amendment No. 2181 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
allow States to use funding under part A of title I of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replicate and

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expand successful practices from high-performing public schools. 
                                                             Page S5096
  Murray (for Whitehouse) Amendment No. 2185 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
to support innovation schools.                               
Page S5096
  Alexander (for Blunt) Amendment No. 2195 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
amend section 1113(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to allow local educational agencies to address the needs of 
children in schools served by schoolwide programs by providing school-
based mental health programs.                                
Page S5096
  Murray (for Gillibrand) Amendment No. 2216 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
to require a report on cybersecurity education.          
Pages S5096-97
  Alexander (for Graham) Amendment No. 2199 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
include entrepreneurship as a local educational agency allowable use of 
funds under title II.                                        
Page S5097
  Alexander Amendment No. 2201 (to Amendment No. 2089), to provide that 
State assessments not evaluate or assess personal or family beliefs and 
attitudes, or publicly disclose personally identifiable information. 
                                                             Page S5097
  Murray (for Bennet) Amendment No. 2225 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
improve title I by including information about assessments in the 
categories of information that parents have a right to know about. 
                                                             Page S5097
  Murray (for Booker/Bennet) Amendment No. 2224 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to assess and improve educator support and working conditions. 
                                                             Page S5097
  Alexander (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 2227 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
reauthorize the Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999. 
                                                             Page S5097
Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 238), Murray (for Markey) Amendment 
No. 2176 (to Amendment No. 2089), to establish a climate change 
education program. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was 
not agreed to.)                                      
Pages S5102, S5115
  By 58 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 239), Murray (for Heitkamp) Amendment 
No. 2171 (to Amendment No. 2089), to reinstate grants to improve the 
mental health of children. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative 
votes, was not agreed to.)                        
Pages S5099, S5115-16
  By 46 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 240), Alexander (for Kirk) Amendment 
No. 2161 (to Amendment No. 2089), to ensure that States measure and 
report on indicators of student access to critical educational 
resources and identify disparities in such resources. (A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having 
failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                                  Pages S5093, S5116-17
  By 43 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 241), Murray (for Murphy) Amendment 
No. 2241 (to Amendment No. 2089), to amend the accountability 
provisions. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not 
agreed to.)                      
Pages S5102, S5106-08, S5114-15, S5117
Withdrawn:
  Murray (for Warren/Gardner) Amendment No. 2120 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to amend section 1111(d) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 regarding the cross-tabulation of student data. 
                                                     Pages S5093, S5104
  Alexander (for Wicker) Amendment No. 2144 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
provide States and local educational agencies with resources on climate 
theory to promote improved science education.        
Pages S5102, S5115
Pending:
  Alexander/Murray Amendment No. 2089, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S5093
  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 S5093
  Murray (for Coons/Rubio) Amendment No. 2243 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
to authorize the establishment of American Dream Accounts.   
Page S5098
  Alexander (for Cruz/Lee) Amendment No. 2180 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
to provide for State-determined assessment and accountability systems. 
                                                             Page S5098
  Alexander (for Hatch/Bennet) Amendment No. 2082 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
relating to early learning.                                  
Page S5099
  Murray (for Warren) Amendment No. 2106 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
include specialized instructional support personnel in the literacy 
development of children.                                     
Page S5099
  Alexander (for Burr/Bennet) Modified Amendment No. 2247 (to Amendment 
No. 2089), to amend the allocation of funds under subpart 2 of part A 
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
                                     Pages S5099-S5102, S5108-11, S5117
  Murray (for Murphy) Amendment No. 2186 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
establish the Promise Neighborhoods program.                 
Page S5102
  Murray (for Brown/Manchin) Amendment No. 2100 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
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1965 to establish a full-service community schools grant program. 
                                                             Page S5102
  Murray (for Sanders) Amendment No. 2177 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
provide for youth jobs.                           
Pages S5102, S5112-14
  Murray (for Casey) Amendment No. 2242 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
establish a Federal-State partnership to provide access to high-quality 
public prekindergarten programs from low-income and moderate-income 
families to ensure that they enter kindergarten prepared for success. 
                                                   Page S5102, S5111-12
  Murray (for Schatz) Amendment No. 2130 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
amend title I to support assessments of school facilities.   
Page S5102
  Murray (for Nelson) Modified Amendment No. 2215 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to include partnering with current and recently retired STEM 
professionals and tailoring educational resources to engage students 
and teachers in STEM.                                    
Pages S5102-03
  Murray (for Manchin/Ayotte) Amendment No. 2222 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to amend the State plan requirements of section 1111 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to support 
children facing substance abuse in the home.                 
Page S5103
  Alexander (for Boozman/Gillibrand) Amendment No. 2231 (to Amendment 
No. 2089), to support professional development to help students prepare 
for postsecondary education and the workforce.               
Page S5103
  Murray (for Baldwin/Whitehouse) Amendment No. 2188 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to ensure States will ensure the unique needs of students at all 
levels of schooling.                                         
Page S5103
  Alexander (for Capito/Durbin) Amendment No. 2156 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to amend the State report card under section 1111 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include the rates of 
enrollment in postsecondary education, and remediation rates, for high 
schools.                                                     
Page S5103
  Alexander (for Thune) Amendment No. 2232 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
allow extended services Project SERV grants under part A of title IV of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to be available for 
violence prevention activities.                              
Page S5103
  Murray (for King/Capito) Amendment No. 2256 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
to amend the definitions of eligible technology and technology 
readiness survey and to provide a restriction on funds. 
                                                         Pages S5103-04
  Murray (for Schatz) Amendment No. 2240 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
provide resources needed to study and review Native American language 
medium schools and programs.                                 
Page S5104
  Murray (for Warren/Gardner) Amendment No. 2249 (to Amendment No. 
2089), to amend section 1111(c) of the ESEA to require States to 
provide an assurance regarding cross-tabulation of student data. 
                                                             Page S5104
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 86 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 237), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Alexander/Murray Amendment No. 
2089 (listed above).                                         
Page S5098
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at a 
time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the 
Democratic Leader, on Thursday, July 16, 2015, Senate vote on or in 
relation to the following amendments: Murray (for Coons/Rubio) 
Amendment No. 2243 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), Alexander 
(for Cruz/Lee) Amendment No. 2180 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed 
above), Alexander (for Hatch/Bennet) Amendment No. 2082 (to Amendment 
No. 2089) (listed above), Murray (for Warren) Amendment No. 2106 (to 
Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), Alexander (for Burr/Bennet) 
Modified Amendment No. 2247 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), 
Murray (for Murphy) Amendment No. 2186 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed 
above), Murray (for Brown/Manchin) Amendment No. 2100 (to Amendment No. 
2089) (listed above), Murray (for Sanders) Amendment No. 2177 (to 
Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), Murray (for Casey) Amendment No. 
2242 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), Murray (for Schatz) 
Amendment No. 2130 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), Murray (for 
Nelson) Modified Amendment No. 2215 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed 
above), Murray (for Manchin/Ayotte) Amendment No. 2222 (to Amendment 
No. 2089) (listed above), Alexander (for Boozman/Gillibrand) Amendment 
No. 2231 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), Murray (for Baldwin/
Whitehouse) Amendment No. 2188 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), 
Alexander (for Capito/Durbin) Amendment No. 2156 (to Amendment No. 
2089) (listed above), Alexander (for Thune) Amendment No. 2232 (to 
Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), Murray (for King/Capito) Amendment 
No. 2256 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), Murray (for Schatz) 
Amendment No. 2240 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed above), and Murray 
(for Warren/Gardner) Amendment No. 2249 (to Amendment No. 2089) (listed 
above); that no second-degree amendments be in order to any of the 
amendments prior to the votes on or in relation to

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the amendments; that there be two minutes equally divided prior to each 
vote; that all after the first vote in each series be ten minutes in 
length; and that the following amendments in this agreement be subject 
to a 60 affirmative vote threshold for adoption: Murray (for Coons/
Rubio) Amendment No. 2243 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Sanders) 
Amendment No. 2177 (to Amendment No. 2089), and Murray (for Casey) 
Amendment No. 2242 (to Amendment No. 2089).                  
Page S5097
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 10:45 
a.m., on Thursday, July 16, 2015, Senate vote on or in relation to the 
following amendments in the order listed: Alexander (for Cruz/Lee) 
Amendment No. 2180 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Sanders) 
Amendment No. 2177 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Coons/Rubio) 
Amendment No. 2243 (to Amendment No. 2089), Alexander (for Burr/Bennet) 
Modified Amendment No. 2247 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Brown/
Manchin) Amendment No. 2100 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Casey) 
Amendment No. 2242 (to Amendment No. 2089), Alexander (for Hatch/
Bennet) Amendment No. 2082 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Warren) 
Amendment No. 2106 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Schatz) 
Amendment No. 2130 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Murphy) 
Amendment No. 2186 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for Nelson) 
Modified Amendment No. 2215 (to Amendment No. 2089), Murray (for 
Manchin/Ayotte) Amendment No. 2222 (to Amendment No. 2089), Alexander 
(for Boozman/Gillibrand) Amendment No. 2231 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
Murray (for Baldwin/Whitehouse) Amendment No. 2188 (to Amendment No. 
2089), Alexander (for Capito/Durbin) Amendment No. 2156 (to Amendment 
No. 2089), Alexander (for Thune) Amendment No. 2232 (to Amendment No. 
2089), Murray (for King/Capito) Amendment No. 2256 (to Amendment No. 
2089), Murray (for Schatz) Amendment No. 2240 (to Amendment No. 2089), 
and Murray (for Warren/Gardner) Amendment No. 2249 (to Amendment No. 
2089).                                                       
Page S5125
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 
16, 2015; and that all time during the adjournment of the Senate count 
post-cloture on Alexander/Murray Amendment No. 2089 (listed above). 
                                                             Page S5132
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Army.                   
Page S5132
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5126
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5126-28
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5129-31
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S5131
Additional Statements:
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5131
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5131-32
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5132
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--241) 
                                                  Pages S5098, S5115-17
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:22 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5132.)