[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 130 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D957-D958]
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                                       Thursday, September 10, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6543-S6612
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2021-2028, and S. Res. 251.                  
  Pages S6604-05
Measures Reported:
  S. 35, to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians of Montana. (S. Rept. No. 114-139)
  S. 248, to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian 
lands under the National Labor Relations Act. (S. Rept. No. 114-140)
  S. 465, to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian 
Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper 
Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian 
Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. (S. Rept. No. 114-141) 
                                                             Page S6604
Measures Passed:
  Outpatient Therapeutic Services Supervision Requirements: Senate 
passed S. 1461, to provide for the extension of the enforcement 
instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic 
services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015, 
after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
  Page S6610
  District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act: Senate passed S. 1629, to 
revise certain authorities of the District of Columbia courts, the 
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of 
Columbia, and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.
                                                         Pages S6610-11
Measures Considered:
Hire More Heroes Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.J. 
Res. 61, amending 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, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S6544-96
Pending:
  McConnell Amendment No. 2640, of a perfecting nature.      
Page S6544
  McConnell Amendment No. 2641 (to Amendment No. 2640), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S6544
  McConnell Amendment No. 2642 (to Amendment No. 2641), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6544
  McConnell Amendment No. 2643 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 2640), to change the enactment date.        
Page S6544
  McConnell Amendment No. 2644 (to Amendment No. 2643), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6544
  McConnell motion to commit the joint resolution to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 2645, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
Page S6544
  McConnell Amendment No. 2646 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
2645), of a perfecting nature.                               
Page S6544
  McConnell Amendment No. 2647 (to Amendment No. 2646), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6544
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 264), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on McConnell Amendment No. 
2640.                                                        
Page S6581
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the joint resolution, be withdrawn.     
Page S6581
  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, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent 
agreement of September 10, 2015, a vote on cloture will occur at 6 
p.m., on Tuesday, September 15, 2015.                    
Pages S6581-82
  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

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Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of McConnell 
Amendment No. 2640.                                          
Page S6582
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 1 p.m., on Tuesday, September 15, 2015, Senate resume 
consideration of the joint resolution, with the time until 6 p.m., 
equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees; and that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, the cloture motions filed during today's 
session on McConnell Amendment No. 2640, and on the joint resolution, 
ripen at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, September 15, 2015.             
Page S6611
Pro Forma--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Senate adjourn until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 
11, 2015, for a pro forma session, with no business conducted; and that 
when the Senate adjourns on September 11, 2015, it next convene at 1 
p.m., on Tuesday, September 15, 2015.                        
  Page S6611
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the national emergency with respect to the terrorist attacks on the 
United States of September 11, 2001; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-23)    
Page S6604
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Cassandra Q. Butts, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Representative of the United States of America to the Seventieth 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Barbara Lee, of California, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Seventieth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Christopher H. Smith, of New Jersey, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the Seventieth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                 
Pages S6611-12
Messages from the House:                                     
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Executive Communications:                                    
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6606-09
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6603-04
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6609
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6610
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--264) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6611.)