[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 160 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1152-D1153]
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                                         Thursday, October 29, 2015

[[Page D1152]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7601-S7664
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2217-
2224.                                                    
  Pages S7654-55
Measures Reported:
  S. 1324, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of 
performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired 
electric utility generating units. (S. Rept. No. 114-159)
  S. 1500, to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of 
the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters. (S. Rept. No. 114-
160)
  Report to accompany S. 1523, to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program. (S. Rept. No. 
114-161)                                                     
Page S7654
Measures Passed:
  Homeless Veterans Services Protection Act: Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 1731, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to waive the minimum period of continuous 
active duty in the Armed Forces for receipt of certain benefits for 
homeless veterans, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
furnish such benefits to homeless veterans with discharges or releases 
from service in the Armed Forces with other than dishonorable 
conditions, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S7621-22
  Murray (for Heller) Amendment No. 2760, to authorize per diem 
payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to 
furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans.             
Page S7622
House Messages:
Bipartisan Budget Act--Agreement: Senate continued 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 S7604-21, S7622-24, S7625-52
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                             Page S7604
  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 S7604
  McConnell Amendment No. 2751 (to Amendment No. 2750), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S7604
  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 S7604
  McConnell Amendment No. 2753 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
2752), of a perfecting nature.                               
Page S7604
  McConnell Amendment No. 2754 (to Amendment No. 2753), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S7604
  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 12:01 a.m., on 
Friday, October 30, 2015, with the time until 1:01 a.m., equally 
divided between the two Leaders, or their designees.         
Page S7642
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Edward L. Gilmore, of Illinois, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of Illinois for the term of four years.    
Page S7663
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  7 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S7663-64
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7654
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7654
Measures Placed on the Calendar:              
  Pages S7602, S7642, S7654
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7654
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7655-56

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7653-54
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7656-63
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7663
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:07 p.m., 
until 12:01 a.m. on Friday, October 30, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7642.)