[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 140 (Monday, September 28, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1020-D1021]
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                                         Monday, September 28, 2015

[[Page D1020]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6961-S6981.
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2083-2090, and S. Res. 271.                  
  Pages S6974-75
Measures Reported:
  S. 766, to limit the retrieval of data from vehicle event data 
recorders. (S. Rept. No. 114-147)
  S. 627, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke 
bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list 
manipulations, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 114-148)                                           
Page S6974
Measures Passed:
  Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act: Senate passed S. 
599, to extend and expand the Medicaid emergency psychiatric 
demonstration project, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                  
  Pages S6979-80
  Dinosaur National Monument Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 271, 
recognizing the 100th anniversary of Dinosaur National Monument and 
designating October 4, 2015, as ``Dinosaur National Monument Day''. 
                                                             Page S6980
House Messages:
TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 719, to require the Transportation 
Security Administration to conform to existing Federal law and 
regulations regarding criminal investigator positions, taking action on 
the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:   
  Pages S6963-66
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell (for Cochran) 
Amendment No. 2689, making continuing appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2016.                              
Page S6963
  McConnell Amendment No. 2690 (to Amendment No. 2689), to change the 
enactment date. (Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                                             Page S6963
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 77 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 271), 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 motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, 
with McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 2689 (listed above). 
                                                             Page S6966
  McConnell motion to refer the House message on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 
2691, to change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on 
McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell (for Cochran) 
Amendment No. 2689.                                  
Pages S6963, S6966
  McConnell Amendment No. 2692 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
2691), of a perfecting nature, fell when McConnell motion to refer the 
House message on the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with 
instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 2691 (listed above) fell. 
                                                     Pages S6963, S6966
  McConnell Amendment No. 2693 (to Amendment No. 2692), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 2692 (to (the instructions) 
Amendment No. 2691) (listed above) fell.             
Pages S6963, S6966
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, September 29, 2015; and that all time during the 
recess or adjournment of the Senate count post-cloture on McConnell 
motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill, with McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 2689 
(listed above).                                              
Page S6980

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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S6980 81
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6974
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6974
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S6974
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6975-76
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6976-77
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6973-74
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6977-79
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6979
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--271) 
                                                             Page S6966
Adjournment: Senate convened at 4:30 p.m. and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6980.)