[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 155 (Thursday, October 22, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1118-D1120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, October 22, 2015

[[Page D1118]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7427-S7478
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2194-2205, and S. Res. 292-295.           
  Pages S7470-71
Measures Reported:
  S. 1868, to extend by 15 years the authority of the Secretary of 
Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-157)                            
Page S7470
Measures Passed:
  Protecting Our Infants Act: Senate passed S. 799, to address problems 
related to prenatal opioid use, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute and committee title amendment. 
                                                         Pages S7439-41
  Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Senate passed 
S. 1493, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2015, in the 
rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities 
and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the 
survivors of certain disabled veterans.                      
  Page S7476
  25th Anniversary of the Reunification of Germany: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 274, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the peaceful and 
democratic reunification of Germany.                         
  Page S7476
  Filipino American History Month: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 283, designating 
October 2015 as ``Filipino American History Month'', and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                          
  Page S7476
  Condemning the Senseless Murder and Wounding in Roseburg, Oregon: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 287, condemning the senseless murder and wounding of 18 
individuals (sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, 
students, and teachers) in Roseburg, Oregon, on October 1, 2015, and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                       
  Pages S7476-77
  50th Anniversary of the Highway Beautification Act: Committee on 
Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration 
of S. Res. 288, commemorating October 22, 2015, as the 50th anniversary 
of the enactment of the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S7477
  Day of the Deployed: Senate agreed to S. Res. 294, designating 
October 26, 2015, as Day of the Deployed.                    
  Page S7477
  National Veterans Small Business Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 295, 
designating the week of November 2 through November 6, 2015 as 
``National Veterans Small Business Week''.                   
  Page S7477
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 S7430-39, S7441-45
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 282), 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.                        
Pages S7430, S7434-35
Pending:
  Burr/Feinstein Amendment No. 2716, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S7430
  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.                             
Page S7430
  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 S7430
  Burr (for Flake/Franken) Amendment No. 2582 (to Amendment No. 2716), 
to terminate the provisions of the Act after six years.      
Page S7430

[[Page D1119]]


  Feinstein (for Franken) Further Modified Amendment No. 2612 (to 
Amendment No. 2716), to improve the definitions of cybersecurity threat 
and cyber threat indicator.                                  
Page S7430
  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 S7430
  Feinstein (for Leahy) Modified Amendment No. 2587 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to strike the FOIA exemption.                         
Page S7430
  Feinstein (for Mikulski/Cardin) Amendment No. 2557 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to provide amounts necessary for accelerated cybersecurity in 
response to data breaches.                                   
Page S7430
  Feinstein (for Whitehouse/Graham) Modified Amendment No. 2626 (to 
Amendment No. 2716), to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect 
Americans from cybercrime.                                   
Page S7430
  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 S7430
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 83 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 281), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Burr/Feinstein Amendment No. 
2716 (listed above).                                         
Page S7434
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, that at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, October 27, 
2015, the post-cloture time be considered expired on Burr/Feinstein 
Amendment No. 2716, and Senate vote on or in relation to the following 
amendments in the order listed: Feinstein (for Wyden) Modified 
Amendment No. 2621 (to Amendment No. 2716), Burr (for Heller) Modified 
Amendment No. 2548 (to Amendment No. 2716), Feinstein (for Leahy) 
Modified Amendment No. 2587 (to Amendment No. 2716), Burr (for Flake/
Franken) Amendment No. 2582 (to Amendment No. 2716), and Feinstein (for 
Franken) Further Modified Amendment No. 2612 (to Amendment No. 2716); 
that following the disposition of Feinstein (for Franken) Further 
Modified Amendment No. 2612 (to Amendment No. 2716), Senate recess 
until 2:15 p.m. for the weekly conference meetings; that the time from 
2:15 p.m. until 4 p.m. be equally divided in the usual form, and that 
at 4 p.m., Senate vote on or in relation to the following amendments in 
the order listed: Feinstein (for Coons) Modified Amendment No. 2552 (to 
Amendment No. 2716), Burr (for Cotton) Modified Amendment No. 2581 (to 
Amendment No. 2716), and Burr/Feinstein Amendment No. 2716, as amended, 
if amended; and that if cloture is invoked on the bill, all post-
cloture time be yielded back, and Senate vote on passage of the bill, 
as amended, if amended, without any intervening action or debate. 
                                                             Page S7439
Vilardo Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing at 5 p.m., on Monday, October 26, 2015, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of Lawrence Joseph Vilardo, of New 
York, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
New York; that there be up to 30 minutes of debate on the nomination, 
and that following the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination, without intervening action or debate; 
and that no further motions be in order to the nomination.   
  Page S7475
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. EX. 283), Julie Furuta-Toy, 
of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. 
                                                             Page S7439
  Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guinea.                                                      
Page S7439
  Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Zimbabwe.                                                 
Page S7439
  Robert Porter Jackson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Ghana.                                                    
Page S7439
  5 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.   
Pages S7475-76, S7477-78
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Ann Calvaresi Barr, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, United 
States Agency for International Development, which was sent to the 
Senate on May 11, 2015, from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs.                                    
Page S7477
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7460
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S7431, S7460
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S7460, S7477
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7460-62
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S7462-70
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7471-72
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7472-75

[[Page D1120]]

Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7459-60
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7475
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--283) 
                                                  Pages S7434-35, S7439
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:55 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7477.)