[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 26 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D141-D142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Friday, February 12, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 31, Adjournment Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S885-S887
Measures Introduced: One resolution was introduced, as follows: S. Con. 
Res. 31.                                                      
  Page S886
Measures Passed:
  Liu Xiaobo Plaza: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 2451, to 
designate the area between the intersections of International Drive, 
Northwest and Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, 
Northwest and International Place, Northwest in Washington, District of 
Columbia, as ``Liu Xiaobo Plaza'', and the bill was then passed. 
                                                          Pages S886-87
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 31, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.                  
  Page S887
Authorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the 
upcoming adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the 
President Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be 
authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, 
conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by 
concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. 
                                                              Page S887
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Majority Leader, the junior Senator from Alaska, and 
the junior Senator from Missouri, be authorized to sign duly enrolled 
bills or joint resolutions, on Friday, February 12, 2016 through 
Monday, February 22, 2016.                                    
  Page S887
Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that when the Senate completes its business on 
Friday, February 12, 2016, it adjourn, to then convene for pro forma 
sessions only, with no business being conducted on the following dates 
and times, and that following each pro forma session, the Senate 
adjourn until the next pro forma session: Monday, February 15, 2016, at 
11:00 a.m., and Thursday, February 18, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.; and that 
when the Senate adjourns on Thursday, February 18, 2016, it next 
convene at 3:00 p.m., on Monday, February 22, 2016, unless the Senate 
receives a message from the House of Representatives that it has 
adopted S. Con. Res. 31; and that if the Senate receives such a 
message, it stand adjourned until 3:00 p.m., on Monday, February 22, 
2016.                                                         
  Page S887
Washington's Farewell Address--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that at approximately 3:00 p.m., on Monday, 
February 22, 2016, Senator Coons be recognized to deliver Washington's 
Farewell Address.                                             
  Page S887
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Sunil Sabharwal, of California, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two 
years.
  Azita Raji, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden.
  Brian James Egan, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department 
of State.
  Samuel D. Heins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Norway.
  John L. Estrada, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Trinidad and Tobago.
  Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of 
State (Political Affairs).
  David McKean, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg. 
                                                       Pages S886, S887
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S886
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Page S886

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:19 a.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, February 22, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S887.)