[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D29-D30]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, January 12, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in Joint Session to receive a State of the 
      Union Address from the President of the United States.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S39-S75
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2438-2443, and S. Res. 344-345.                    
  Page S72
Measures Reported:
  S. 2021, to prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from 
requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history 
record information before the applicant has received a conditional 
offer, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
114-200)
  S. 1579, to enhance and integrate Native American tourism, empower 
Native American communities, increase coordination and collaboration 
between Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage and cultural 
tourism opportunities in the United States. (S. Rept. No. 114-201)
  S. 1761, to take certain Federal land located in Lassen County, 
California, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian 
Rancheria. (S. Rept. No. 114-202)
  S. 1822, to take certain Federal land located in Tuolumne County, 
California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 
Indians, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-203)
  H.R. 387, to provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the 
benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians. (S. Rept. No. 114-204)
  H.R. 487, to allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer 
certain lands. (S. Rept. No. 114-205)                          
Page S72
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating the North Dakota State University Football Team: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 345, congratulating the North Dakota State 
University football team for winning the 2015 National Collegiate 
Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision 
title.                                                         
  Page S75
Measures Considered:
Federal Reserve Transparency Act: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2232, to require a full audit 
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal 
reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States. 
                                                           Pages S52-63
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 2), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                 
Pages S54-55
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.           
Page S63
American Safe Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 4038, to require that supplemental 
certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the 
admission of certain aliens as refugees.                       
  Page S63
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Tuesday, January 12, 
2016, a vote on cloture will occur at 2:30 p.m., on Wednesday, January 
20, 2016, and that if cloture is invoked, then the time be counted as 
if it had been invoked at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. 
                                                               Page S63
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a 
Joint Session of Congress on January

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12, 2016; which was ordered to lie on the table. (PM-36)   
Pages S64-68
Wright Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at 5 p.m., on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, Senate 
begin consideration of the nomination of Wilhelmina Marie Wright, of 
Minnesota, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Minnesota; that there be 30 minutes of debate on the nomination, and 
that following the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination, without intervening action or debate; 
and that no further motions be in order to the nomination.     
  Page S75
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Donald Karl Schott, of Wisconsin, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Seventh Circuit.
  Myra C. Selby, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Seventh Circuit.
  Winfield D. Ong, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Indiana.                              
Page S75
Messages from the House:                                       
  Page S68
Measures Referred:                                             
  Page S68
Executive Communications:                                  
  Pages S68-71
Petitions and Memorials:                                   
  Pages S71-72
Executive Reports of Committees:                               
  Page S72
Additional Cosponsors:                                     
  Pages S72-73
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                
  Pages S73-74
Amendments Submitted:                                          
  Page S74
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S74-75
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--2) 
                                                           Pages S54-55
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:17 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Friday, January 15, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S75.)