[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 159 (Wednesday, October 28, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1144-D1145]
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                                        Wednesday, October 28, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7551-S7600
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2212-2216, and S. Res. 299-300.                  
  Page S7594
Measures Passed:
  Surface Transportation Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 3819, to 
provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor 
carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway 
Trust Fund.                                                  
  Page S7574
  National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 293, 
supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness 
Month, commending domestic violence victim advocates, domestic violence 
victim service providers, crisis hotline staff, and first responders 
serving victims of domestic violence for their compassionate support of 
victims of domestic violence, and expressing the sense of the Senate 
that Congress should continue to support efforts to end domestic 
violence and hold perpetrators of domestic violence accountable, and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Page S7598
  National Bison Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 300, designating 
November 7, 2015, as National Bison Day.                 
  Pages S7598-99
House Messages:
Bipartisan Budget Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of the 
amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse 
determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations, taking 
action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7585-86
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                             Page S7585
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with 
McConnell Amendment No. 2750, to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S7585
  McConnell Amendment No. 2751 (to Amendment No. 2750), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S7585
  McConnell motion to refer the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, to the 
Committee on Finance, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 2752, 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S7586
  McConnell Amendment No. 2753 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
2752), of a perfecting nature.                               
Page S7586
  McConnell Amendment No. 2754 (to Amendment No. 2753), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S7586
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Friday, October 30, 2015.              
Page S7585
  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 at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Thursday, October 29, 2015.                                  
Page S7599
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 relative to the actions and policies of the 
Government of Sudan as declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 
1997; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-30)                                       
Page S7590
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg, of West Virginia, to be Administrator of 
the Federal Railroad Administration.                         
Page S7600
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

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  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy. 
                                                      Pages S7599-S7600
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  A routine list in the Air Force.                           
Page S7600
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7590
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7590
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S7590, S7599
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7590-93
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S7593-94
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7594-95
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7595-97
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7589-90
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S7598
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7598
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7598
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:41 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7599.)