[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 43 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D290-D291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Thursday, March 17, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1553-S1611
Measures Introduced: Forty bills and eight resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2700-2739, S. Res. 403-409, and S. Con. Res. 34. 
                                                         Pages S1591-92
Measures Reported: Report to accompany S. 1177, to reauthorize the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every 
child achieves. (S. Rept. No. 114-231)                       
Page S1590
Measures Passed:
  Airport and Airway Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 4721, to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport 
improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
                                                         Pages S1560-61
  McConnell (for Thune) Amendment No. 3457, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S1560-61
  Directing Senate Legal Counsel: By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote 
No. 38), Senate agreed to S. Res. 377, directing the Senate Legal 
Counsel to bring a civil action to enforce a subpoena of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations.                          
  Pages S1561-68
  Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act: Senate 
passed S. 483, to improve enforcement efforts related to prescription 
drug diversion and abuse, after agreeing to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.                              
  Pages S1605-06
  South Texas Bridge: Senate passed 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.                                 
  Page S1606
  Adding Zika Virus to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act: 
Senate passed S. 2512, to expand the tropical disease product priority 
review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika virus, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S1606-07
  Authorizing Use of Emancipation Hall: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 
111, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor 
Center for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of 
remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.                     
  Page S1607
  Congratulating the University of Wyoming Men's Nordic Ski Team: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 407, congratulating the University of Wyoming 
men's Nordic ski team for winning the 38th annual United States 
Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association national championship. 
                                                             Page S1607
  CDH Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 408, designating April 
2016 as ``National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month''. 
                                                             Page S1607
  National Women's History Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 409, 
recognizing March 2016 as ``National Women's History Month''. 
                                                             Page S1607
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 34, providing 
for an adjournment of the House of Representatives.          
  Page S1607
Authority for Committees--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that, notwithstanding the Senate's adjournment, 
committees be authorized to report legislative and executive matters on 
Monday, March 28, 2016, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.        
  Page S1608
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 S1608
Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that Senate 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

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session, Senate adjourn until the next pro forma session: Monday, March 
21, 2016, at 10 a.m.; Thursday, March 24, 2016, at 11 a.m.; Monday, 
March 28, 2016, at 11:30 a.m.; and Thursday, March 31, 2016, at 6:30 
p.m.; and that when Senate adjourns on Thursday, March 31, 2016, it 
next convene at 3 p.m., on Monday, April 4, 2016.            
  Page S1608
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Treaty with Kazakhstan on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters 
(Treaty Doc. No. 114-11).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                         Pages S1607-08
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Janine Anne Davidson, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy.
  Todd A. Weiler, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
                                                             Page S1610
  10 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, 
and Navy.                                                    
Page S1610
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Douglas Barry Wilson, of Delaware, to be a Member of the United 
States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 
1, 2017.
  Heidi Neel Biggs, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term 
expiring October 6, 2017.
  Westley Watende Omari Moore, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for 
a term expiring October 6, 2016.
  Westley Watende Omari Moore, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for 
a term expiring October 6, 2021.
  Anne Hall, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania.
  Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2021.
  Almo J. Carter, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of 
the United States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  Larry T. Glenn, of the Virgin Islands, to be a Commissioner of the 
United States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  Lisabeth Tabor Hughes, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Sixth Circuit.
  James Xavier Dempsey, of California, to be a Member of the Privacy 
and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 
2022.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S1608-10
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Brad R. Carson, of Oklahoma, to be Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, which was sent to the Senate on July 8, 2015. 
                                                         Pages S1610-11
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S1590
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1590-91
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1592-94
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S1594-S1603
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1687
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1603-04
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1604
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--38)   
  Page S1568
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:33 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2016. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1608.)