[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 166 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1198-D1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Monday, November 9, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7845-S7867
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2258-2261, and S. Res. 310-311.                  
  Page S7860
Measures Passed:
  Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 1004, to amend title 36, 
United States Code, to encourage the nationwide observance of two 
minutes of silence each Veterans Day, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S7866
Measures Considered:
  Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 
2029, making appropriations for military construction, the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                          
Pages S7847-52, S7853
Adopted:
  Tester (for Shaheen) Amendment No. 2772 (to Amendment No. 2763), to 
require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct audits 
relating to the timely access of veterans to hospital care, medical 
services, and other health care from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.                                                     
Page S7853
  Kirk (for Heller/Hirono) Amendment No. 2766 (to Amendment No. 2763), 
to prohibit the use of funds to transfer amounts from the Filipino 
Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other account in the Treasury 
of the United States.                                        
Page S7853
Pending:
  Kirk/Tester Amendment No. 2763, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S7847
  Kirk Amendment No. 2764 (to Amendment No. 2763), to clarify the term 
``congressional defense committees.''                        
Page S7847
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, 
November 10, 2015, with the time until 11 a.m. equally divided in the 
usual form; and that at 11 a.m., Senate begin consideration of the 
House message to accompany S. 1356, to clarify that certain provisions 
of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 will not take effect 
until after the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
promulgates and makes effective regulations relating to such 
provisions, with all the provisions under the previous order of 
Thursday, November 5, 2015 remaining in effect.          
Pages S7866-67
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 83 yeas (Vote No. EX. 300), Scott Allen, of 
Maryland, to be United States Director of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development.                          
Pages S7852-53
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Vik Edwin Stoll, of Missouri, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court for a term of fifteen years.
  Robert Annan Riley III, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federated 
States of Micronesia.
  Karen Brevard Stewart, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                 
Page S7867
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Kenneth J. Kopocis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, which was sent to the Senate on 
June 24, 2015.                                               
Page S7867
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7860
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7860-62
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S7862
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S7860
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7862-66
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--300) 
                                                             Page S7853

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7 p.m., until 
10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7866-67.)