[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D951-D952]
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                                       Wednesday, September 9, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6477-S6542
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2010-2020, and S. Res. 249-250.           
  Pages S6532-33
Measures Reported:
  S. 145, to require the Director of the National Park Service to 
refund to States all State funds that were used to reopen and 
temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the 
October 2013 shutdown. (S. Rept. No. 114-124)
  S. 403, to revise the authorized route of the North Country National 
Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into 
Vermont to connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-125)
  S. 521, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study of President Station in Baltimore, Maryland, 
with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-126)
  S. 583, to establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to 
authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System 
land and Bureau of Land Management land in central Idaho. (S. Rept. No. 
114-127)
  S. 593, to require the Secretary of the Interior to submit to 
Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage 
its infrastructure assets, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-128)
  S. 610, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, Maryland and for 
other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 114-129)
  S. 720, to promote energy savings in residential buildings and 
industry, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-130)
  S. 873, to designate the wilderness within the Lake Clark National 
Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska as the Jay S. Hammond 
Wilderness Area, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-131)
  S. 1103, to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon Dam. (S. 
Rept. No. 114-132)
  S. 1104, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam. (S. Rept. No. 114-133)
  S. 1240, to designate the Cerro del Yuta and Rio San Antonio 
Wilderness Areas in the State of New Mexico, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 114-134)
  S. 1305, to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize 
the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-135)
  S. 1483, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the James K. Polk Home in 
Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-136)
  S. 2011, to provide for reforms of the administration of the Outer 
Continental Shelf of the United States. (S. Rept. No. 114-137)
  S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the 
United States. (S. Rept. No. 114-138)                        
Page S6532
Measures Passed:
  Special Needs Trust Fairness Act: Senate passed S. 349, to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to empower individuals with 
disabilities to establish their own supplemental needs trusts. 
                                                             Page S6539
  Border Jobs for Veterans Act: Senate passed S. 1603, to actively 
recruit members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military 
service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers, after 
withdrawing the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S6539-40
  Fischer (for Johnson) Amendment No. 2648, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S6539-40
  Death of former Senator Richard Schultz Schweiker: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 250, relative to the death of Richard Schultz Schweiker, former 
United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
                                                             Page S6540
Measures Considered:
Hire More Heroes Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.J. 
Res. 61, amending the

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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, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                            Pages S6478-90, S6490-S6525
Pending:
  McConnell Amendment No. 2640, of a perfecting nature.      
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  McConnell Amendment No. 2641 (to Amendment No. 2640), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
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  McConnell Amendment No. 2642 (to Amendment No. 2641), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
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  McConnell Amendment No. 2643 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 2640), to change the enactment date.        
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  McConnell Amendment No. 2644 (to Amendment No. 2643), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
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  McConnell motion to commit the joint resolution to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 2645, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
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  McConnell Amendment No. 2646 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
2645), of a perfecting nature.                               
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  McConnell Amendment No. 2647 (to Amendment No. 2646), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell Amendment 
No. 2640, and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Friday, 
September 11, 2015.                                          
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the joint resolution, 
and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of 
McConnell Amendment No. 2640.                                
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  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the joint resolution at approximately 9:30 a.m., on 
Thursday, September 10, 2015, with the time equally divided until 4:30 
p.m.; that the debate be structured with alternating one hour blocks 
controlled by the two Leaders, or their designees, until 4 p.m., and 
that the Majority control the first hour starting at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page S6540
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2021.
  Richard Franklin Boulware, II, of Nevada, to be a Member of the 
United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 
2019.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S6540-42
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                     
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Messages from the House:                                 
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Communications:                                
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6533-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6535-38
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6526-27
Amendments Submitted:                                        
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Privileges of the Floor:                                 
  Pages S6538-39
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator Richard Schultz 
Schweiker, in accordance with S. Res. 250, at 8:37 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6540.)