[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 32 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Monday, February 29, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1063-S1104
Measures Introduced: Three bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2604-2606, and S. Res. 377-380.               
  Page S1085
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 377, directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil 
action to enforce a subpoena of the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, with a preamble. (S. Rept. No. 114-214)
  S. 1419, to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, 
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a 
Native American language grant program, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-215)
  S. 1436, to require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into 
trust for certain Indian tribes, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-216)
  S. 1776, to enhance tribal road safety, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-217)               
Page S1085
Measures Passed:
  American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 365, designating February 2016 as ``American 
Heart Month'' and February 5, 2016, as ``National Wear Red Day'', and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Page S1101
  Black History Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 379, celebrating Black 
History Month.                                               
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Measures Considered:
Comprehensive Addition and Recovery Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 524, to 
authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national 
epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.   
  Pages S1074-80
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. 27), 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 motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill.                                
Page S1076
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
post-cloture, at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, March 1, 2016; 
and that all time during recess or adjournment of the Senate, count 
post-cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                         Pages S1102-03
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  29 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                  Pages S1101-02, S1104
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1085-86
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1086-89
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1084-85
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S1089-S1101
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--27)   
  Page S1076
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:59 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1104.)