[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 157 (Monday, October 26, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1129]
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                                           Monday, October 26, 2015

[[Page D1129]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7479-S7496
Measures Introduced: One bill and five resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2206, S.J. Res. 23-24, and S. Res. 296-298.      
  Page S7491
Measures Reported:
  S. 2123, to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.             
Page S7491
Measures Passed:
  Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act: Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 313, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any 
new Federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected 
disability rated at 30 percent or more for purposes of undergoing 
medical treatment for such disability, and the bill was then passed. 
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  Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act: 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 639, to amend the Controlled Substances 
Act with respect to drug scheduling recommendations by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and with respect to registration of 
manufacturers and distributors seeking to conduct clinical testing, and 
the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                            
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  Portman (for Alexander) Amendment No. 2748, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7495
  Congratulating the Minnesota Lynx: Senate agreed to S. Res. 297, 
congratulating the Minnesota Lynx on their victory in the 2015 Women's 
National Basketball Association Finals.                      
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Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-
time agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Tuesday, October 27, 2015, Senate resume consideration of S. 754, to 
improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of 
information about cybersecurity threats, with the time until 11 a.m., 
equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees; and that 
notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, that there be two minutes 
of debate equally divided prior to each vote, and that all votes after 
the first vote in each series be 10 minutes each.            
  Page S7496
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 88 yeas (Vote No. EX. 284), Lawrence Joseph 
Vilardo, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of New York.                     
Pages S7486-88, S7496
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S7479, S7489
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7489-91
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7491-92
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7492-94
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7488-89
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7494-95
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--284) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:13 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S7495-96.)