[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D133-D134]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, February 11, 2016

[[Page D133]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 644, 
      Trade 
      Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S833-S884
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
2540-2557.                                                
  Pages S874-75
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Fighting Fraud: U.S. Senate Aging Committee 
Identifies Top 10 Scams Targeting our Nation's Seniors''. (S. Rept. No. 
114-208)
  S. 483, to improve enforcement efforts related to prescription drug 
diversion and abuse, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S874
Measures Passed:
  Miami Tribe of Oklahoma: Senate passed H.R. 487, to allow the Miami 
Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer certain lands.         
  Page S881
  Robert Levinson: Senate agreed to S. Res. 99, calling on the 
Government of Iran to follow through on repeated promises of assistance 
in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held United States civilian 
in our Nation's history, after agreeing to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, and the committee amendment to the title. 
                                                          Pages S881-82
  Connecticut's Submarine Century: Committee on Armed Services was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 298, recognizing 
Connecticut's Submarine Century, the 100th anniversary of the 
establishment of Naval Submarine Base New London, and Connecticut's 
historic role in supporting the undersea capabilities of the United 
States, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                     
  Pages S882-83
  McConnell (for Blumenthal) Amendment No. 3306, to make technical 
corrections in the preamble.                              
Pages S882-83
Conference Reports:
  Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act: By 75 yeas to 20 nays 
(Vote No. 22), Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 
644, to reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions 
and activities.                                           
  Pages S836-46
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 73 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 21), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the conference report to 
accompany the bill.                                           
Page S840
Califf Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Robert McKinnon Califf, of South Carolina, to be 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human 
Services.                                                 
  Pages S869-70
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, February 11, 2016, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., 
on Monday, February 22, 2016.                             
Pages S869-70
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. EX. 23), Leonard Terry 
Strand, of South Dakota, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Iowa.                          
Pages S848-50, S884
  Morton H. Halperin, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a 
term of two years.
  Michael O. Johanns, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three 
years.                                                 
Pages S881, S884

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  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.                
Pages S881, S884
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Abdul K. Kallon, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eleventh Circuit.
  John B. King, of New York, to be Secretary of Education.    
Page S884
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S874
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S874
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S875-76
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S876-80
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S871-74
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Page S880
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S880-81
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S881
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--23) 
                                                 Pages S840, S846, S850
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:21 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, February 12, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S883.)