[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 119 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D883-D884]
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                                              Monday, July 27, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5893-S6043.
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1863-1872, and S. Res. 230-232.               
  Page S5928
Measures Reported:
  S. 310, to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of 
painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government. 
(S. Rept. No. 114-93)
  S. 1172, to improve the process of presidential transition, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-94)
  S. 1576, to amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent fraud by 
representative payees, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-95) 
                                                             Page S5928
Measures Passed:
  Condemning the Attack in Lafayette, Louisiana: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 231, honoring the memory and legacy of the two Louisiana citizens 
who lost their lives, recognizing the heroism of first responders and 
those on the scene, and condemning the attack of July 23, 2015, in 
Lafayette, Louisiana.                                    
  Pages S5906-07
  NOTICE Act: Committee on Finance was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 876, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act to require hospitals to provide certain notifications to 
individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status 
rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals, and the bill was 
then passed.                                             
  Pages S5920-21
Measures Considered:
Hire More Heroes Act--Agreement: Senate continued 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, after taking action on the following amendments 
and motions proposed thereto:           
  Pages S5893, S5907-19, S5921-22
Adopted:
  By 64 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 256), McConnell (for Kirk) Amendment 
No. 2327 (to Amendment No. 2266), to reauthorize and reform the Export-
Import Bank of the United States.                        
Pages S5921-22
Rejected:
  McConnell Amendment No. 2329 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 2266), of a perfecting nature. (Senate tabled the 
amendment.)                                                  
Page S5921
Pending:
  McConnell Modified Amendment No. 2266, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                             Page S5893
  McConnell Amendment No. 2421 (to Amendment No. 2266), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5922
  McConnell (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 2533 (to Amendment No. 2421), 
relating to Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs.                                                    
Page S5922
  McConnell Amendment No. 2417 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 2266), to change the enactment date.        
Page S5922
  McConnell Amendment No. 2418 (to Amendment No. 2417), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5922
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 79 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 255), Senate agreed to the motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.                                                    
Page S5921
  McConnell Amendment No. 2330 (to Amendment No. 2329), to change the 
enactment date, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 2329 (to the language 
proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 2266) (listed above), was 
tabled.                                                      
Page S5921
  Chair sustained a point of order that McConnell Amendment No. 2328 
(to Amendment No. 2327), to repeal the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 
Act of 2010 entirely, was not germane, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                             Page S5921
  By 62 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 257), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell Modified Amendment 
No. 2266 (listed above).                                     
Page S5922

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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 
28, 2015; that all time during the adjournment of the Senate count 
post-cloture on McConnell Modified Amendment No. 2266.       
Page S6042
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  61 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  7 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  7 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S6042-43
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of Illinois, to be Under Secretary of 
Energy.
  Richard Capel Howorth, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2020.
  Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Zimbabwe.
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.           
Page S6042
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5927-28
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5928-31
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5931-33
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5923-27
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5933-42
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--6)    
  Page S5921
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--257) 
                                                     Pages S5921, S5922
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 11:13 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6042.)