[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D161-D162]
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                                       Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S967-S1016
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2570-2579, S.J. Res. 30, and S. Res. 372-374. 
                                                          Pages S994-95
Measures Reported:
  S. 2276, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide enhanced 
safety in pipeline transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-209)
  S. 659, to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational 
hunting, fishing, and shooting, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-210)
  S. 1024, to authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-211)
  S. 1674, to amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long 
Island Sound restoration and stewardship. (S. Rept. No. 114-212)
  S. 2143, to provide for the authority for the successors and assigns 
of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll 
bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas. (S. Rept. No. 
114-213)                                                      
Page S994
  Relative to the Death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
1:45 p.m., on Thursday, February 25, 2016, the Senate begin 
consideration of S. Res. 374, relating to the death of Antonin Scalia, 
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, which is 
at the desk and I ask that it be held, and that Senate then vote on the 
resolution, and that if the resolution is agreed to, the preamble be 
agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.   
Page S1015
Justice Scalia Tributes--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that Senators be permitted to submit tributes to 
Justice Scalia for the Record until March 10, 2016, and that all 
tributes be printed as a Senate document.                
  Pages S1015-16
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the modification and 
continuation of the national emergency with respect to Cuba and of the 
emergency authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and 
movement of vessels, as amended; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-42)                  
Page S990
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 89 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. EX. 25), Robert McKinnon Califf, of 
South Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of 
Health and Human Services.                         
Pages S969-74, S1016
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term 
of ten years.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  7 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.          
Page S1016
Messages from the House:                                  
  Pages S990-91
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S991
Measures Held at the Desk:                                    
  Page S991
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S991-94
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S995-96
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:            
  Pages S996-S1003
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S989-90
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1003-15
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1015
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1015
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--25)    
  Page S974
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:22 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 25, 2016. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1016.)

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