[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 154 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1108-D1109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, October 21, 2015

[[Page D1108]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7367-S7426
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2187-2193, and S. Res. 291.                      
  Page S7413
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Legislative and Oversight Activities During 
the 113th Congress by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs''. (S. 
Rept. No. 114-156)                                           
Page S7413
Measures Passed:
  Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act: 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 208, to improve the disaster assistance 
programs of the Small Business Administration, and the bill was then 
passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7406-07
  Vitter Amendment No. 2747, relating to recovery improvements for 
small entities after disasters.                              
Page S7407
  Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act: 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 774, to strengthen enforcement mechanisms 
to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, to amend the Tuna 
Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention, and the 
bill was then passed.                                        
  Page S7407
  Honoring the Lives of the ``El Faro'' Crew Members: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 291, honoring the lives of the 33 crew members aboard the El 
Faro.                                                        
  Page S7425


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D1108, October 21, 2015 the following language appears: 
Honoring the Lives of the El Faro Crew Members: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 291, honoring the lives of the 33 crew members aboard the 
El Faro. Page S7425
  
  The on-line Record has been corrected to read: Honoring the 
Lives of the ``El Faro'' Crew Members: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
291, honoring the lives of the 33 crew members aboard the El Faro. 
Page S7425


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Commemorating the Discovery of the Polio Vaccine: Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 108, commemorating the discovery of the polio 
vaccine and supporting efforts to eradicate the disease, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S7425
Measures Considered:
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 754, to improve cybersecurity in the United States 
through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, 
after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                            Pages S7374-S7406, S7407-08
Pending:
  Burr/Feinstein Amendment No. 2716, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S7374
  Burr (for Cotton) Modified Amendment No. 2581 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to exempt from the capability and process within the Department 
of Homeland Security communication between a private entity and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation or the United States Secret Service 
regarding cybersecurity threats.                     
Pages S7374, S7381
  Feinstein (for Coons) Modified Amendment No. 2552 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to modify section 5 to require DHS to review all cyber threat 
indicators and countermeasures in order to remove certain personal 
information.                                                 
Page S7374
  Burr (for Flake/Franken) Amendment No. 2582 (to Amendment No. 2716), 
to terminate the provisions of the Act after six years. 
                                                  Pages S7374, S7404-05
  Feinstein (for Franken) Further Modified Amendment No. 2612 (to 
Amendment No. 2716), to improve the definitions of cybersecurity threat 
and cyber threat indicator.                          
Pages S7374, S7381
  Burr (for Heller) Modified Amendment No. 2548 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to protect information that is reasonably believed to be 
personal information or information that identifies a specific person. 
                                                             Page S7374
  Feinstein (for Leahy) Modified Amendment No. 2587 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to strike the FOIA exemption.                         
Page S7374
  Burr (for Paul) Modified Amendment No. 2564 (to Amendment No. 2716), 
to prohibit liability immunity to applying to private entities that 
break user or privacy agreements with customers.             
Page S7374
  Feinstein (for Mikulski/Cardin) Amendment No. 2557 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to provide

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amounts necessary for accelerated cybersecurity in response to data 
breaches.                                                    
Page S7374
  Feinstein (for Whitehouse/Graham) Modified Amendment No. 2626 (to 
Amendment No. 2716), to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect 
Americans from cybercrime.                        
Pages S7374, S7388-98
  Feinstein (for Wyden) Modified Amendment No. 2621 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to improve the requirements relating to removal of personal 
information from cyber threat indicators before sharing.     
Page S7374
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that if 
cloture is invoked on Burr/Feinstein Amendment No. 2716 (listed above), 
Senate vote on or in relation to Burr (for Paul) Modified Amendment No. 
2564 (to Amendment No. 2716) (listed above), with ten minutes divided 
in the usual form prior to the vote.                         
Page S7407
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, 
October 22, 2015, with the time until 11 a.m. equally divided between 
the two Leaders, or their designees; and that the filing deadline for 
all second-degree amendments to both Burr/Feinstein Amendment No. 2716, 
and the bill be at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 22, 2015. 
                                                         Pages S7425-26
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency originally declared in Executive Order 13413 of 
October 27, 2006, with respect to the situation in or in relation to 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-29)    
Page S7411
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 1:45 p.m., on Thursday, October 22, 2015, Senate 
begin consideration of the nominations of Julie Furuta-Toy, of Wyoming, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Dennis B. 
Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, 
Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Zimbabwe, and Robert Porter Jackson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Ghana; that Senate vote, without intervening action or 
debate, on confirmation of the nominations; and that no further motions 
be in order to the nominations.                              
  Page S7408
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Linda I. Etim, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 
2021.
  Lisa M. Fairfax, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2020.
  Hester Maria Peirce, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 
2016.
  Jean Elizabeth Manes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
El Salvador.
  Scot Alan Marciel, of California, to be Ambassador to the Union of 
Burma.
  Linda Swartz Taglialatela, of New York, to be Ambassador to Barbados, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, 
Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint 
Vincent and the Grenadines.                                  
Page S7426
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7411
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7411
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S7411, S7425
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7411-13
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7413-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7414-15
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7409-10
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7415-25
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7425
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:01 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 22, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7426.)