[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 178 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1297-D1298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, December 9, 2015

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany S. 1177, 
      Every Student Succeeds Act


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8507-S8562
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2376-2382, and S. Res. 332.                  
  Pages S8546-47
Measures Reported:
  S. 571, to amend the Pilot's Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and 
to apply to other certificates issued by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, to require the revision of the third class medical 
certification regulations issued by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S8546
Measures Passed:
  Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act: Senate passed 
H.R. 2820, to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 
2005, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
  Page S8560
  20th Anniversary of the American Visionary Art Museum: Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 317, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 
opening of the American Visionary Art Museum, and the resolution was 
then agreed to.                                          
  Pages S8560-61
Conference Reports:
  Every Student Succeeds Act: By 85 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 334), 
Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany S. 1177, to 
reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
ensure that every child achieves.                        
  Pages S8509-13
Restrepo Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at 5 p.m., on Monday, January 11, 2016, Senate 
begin consideration of the nomination of Luis Felipe Restrepo, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; 
that there be 30 minutes for debate on the nomination, equally divided 
in the usual form; that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate 
vote, without intervening action or debate, on confirmation of the 
nomination; and that no further motions be in order.         
  Page S8561
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Catherine Ebert-Gray, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Independent State of Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands 
and Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu.
  G. Kathleen Hill, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malta.
  John D. Feeley, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Panama.
  Eric Seth Rubin, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Bulgaria.
  Kyle R. Scott, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Serbia.
  Todd C. Chapman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Ecuador.
  Jean Elizabeth Manes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
El Salvador.
  Linda Swartz Taglialatela, of New York, to be Ambassador to Barbados, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, 
Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint 
Vincent and the Grenadines.                    
Pages S8559-60, S8561-62
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S8542
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8542-46
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8547-48
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S8548
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8542-59
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S8559
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--334) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:54 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 10, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8561.)