[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 111 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D838-D840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Thursday, July 16, 2015

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act, as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5133-S5175
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1784-
1803.                                                        
  Page S5170
Measures Reported:
  S. 1800, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. (S. Rept. No. 114-82)
  Report to accompany 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. (S. Rept. 
No. 114-83)
  S. 1140, to require the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a regulation revising 
the definition of the term ``waters of the United States'', with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-84)
  S. 1599, to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust 
whistleblowers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S5169
Measures Passed:
  Every Child Achieves Act: By 81 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. 249), 
Senate passed S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves, after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:     
  Pages S5134-50
Adopted:
  By 68 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 244), Murray (for Coons/Rubio) 
Amendment No. 2243 (to Amendment No. 2089), to authorize the 
establishment of American Dream Accounts. (Pursuant to the order of 
Wednesday, July 15, 2015, the amendment having achieved 60 affirmative 
votes, was agreed to.)                               
Pages S5134, S5140
  By 59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 245), 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 S5135, S5140-42, S5148-49
  By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 246), Murray (for Brown/Manchin) 
Amendment No. 2100 (to Amendment No. 2089), to amend title V of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a full-
service community schools grant program.             
Pages S5135, S5142
  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.                          
Pages S5135, S5143
  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.                             
Pages S5135, S5143
  Murray (for Schatz) Amendment No. 2130 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
amend title I to support assessments of school facilities. 
                                                     Pages S5135, S5143
  Murray (for Murphy) Amendment No. 2186 (to Amendment No. 2089), to 
establish the Promise Neighborhoods program.         
Pages S5135, S5143
  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 S5135, S5143
  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. 
                                           Pages S5135, S5143, S5145-46
  Alexander (for Boozman/Gillibrand) Amendment No. 2231 (to Amendment 
No. 2089), to support

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professional development to help students prepare for postsecondary 
education and the workforce.                         
Pages S5135, S5143
  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.                                 
Pages S5135, S5144
  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.                                             
Pages S5135, S5144
  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.                   
Pages S5135, S5143-44
  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 S5135, S5144
  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.                         
Pages S5135, S5144
  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. 
                                                  Pages S5135, S5144-45
  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.             
Pages S5134, S5144
  Alexander/Murray Amendment No. 2089, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                     Pages S5134, S5144
Rejected:
  By 40 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 242), Alexander (for Cruz/Lee) 
Amendment No. 2180 (to Amendment No. 2089), to provide for State-
determined assessment and accountability systems.    
Pages S5134, S5139
  By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 243), Murray (for Sanders) Amendment 
No. 2177 (to Amendment No. 2089), to provide for youth jobs. (Pursuant 
to the order of Wednesday, July 15, 2015, the amendment having failed 
to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                                     Pages S5135, S5140
  By 45 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 247), 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. (Pursuant to the order of 
Wednesday, July 15, 2015, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)            
Pages S5135, S5142-43
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 79 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 248), 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 S5149
  Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 192, to 
reauthorize the Older Americans Act of 1965.             
  Pages S5158-63
  Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act: Committee on Finance was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 139, to permanently allow 
an exclusion under the Supplemental Security Income program and the 
Medicaid program for compensation provided to individuals who 
participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions, and the 
bill was then passed.                                        
  Page S5175
Hire More Heroes Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, the 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, occur at 2:15 p.m., on 
Tuesday, July 21, 2015.                                      
  Page S5133
Pro Forma Session--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senate adjourn until 10:40 a.m., on Friday, July 17, 
2015, for pro forma session only, with no business conducted; and that 
following the pro forma session, Senate adjourn until 10 a.m., on 
Tuesday, July 21, 2015.                                      
  Page S5175
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 
2020.
  Susan Coppedge Amato, of Georgia, to be Director of the Office to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large.
  Marc Jonathan Sievers, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate 
of Oman.
  Kenneth Damian Ward, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Executive Service, for the rank

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of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States 
Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical 
Weapons.
  Mark A. Young, of California, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California.                          
Page S5175
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2018, 
which was sent to the Senate on February 5, 2015.            
Page S5175
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5169
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5169, S5175
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5170-72
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S5172
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5168-69
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5174
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5174
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--249) 
                                               Pages S5139-47, S5149-50
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:04 p.m., 
until 10:40 a.m. on Friday, July 17, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5175.)