[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D518-D520]
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                                              Tuesday, May 17, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2833-S2914
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2935-2942, and S. Res. 468.                  
  Pages S2877-78
Measures Reported:
  S. 2937, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for 
fiscal year 2017.                                            
Page S2877
Measures Passed:
  Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act: Senate passed S. 2040, to 
deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, after withdrawing the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S2845-48
  Cornyn/Schumer Amendment No. 3945, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S2847-48
  National Police Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 468, designating the 
week of May 15 through May 21, 2016, as ``National Police Week''. 
                                                         Pages S2910-11
  North Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act: Senate passed 
S. 1335, to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management 
of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, as 
adopted at Tokyo on February 24, 2012, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
  Page S2911
  Collins (for Sullivan) Amendment No. 4003, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S2911
Measures Considered:
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S2835-45, S2848-69
Adopted:
  Collins (for King) Amendment No. 3934 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
authorize the use of funds to carry out a matching program with the 
Department of Education to identify veterans who are unemployable due 
to a service-connected disability and who are also borrowers of Federal 
student loans in order to streamline and expedite the process through 
which such veterans may discharge their Federal student loans. 
                                                             Page S2868
  Collins (for Rubio) Amendment No. 3918 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
shorten the time given to a property owner to respond to a violation of 
a contract and the time given to the Secretary to develop a Compliance, 
Disposition, and Enforcement Plan.                           
Page S2868
  Collins (for Heller) Amendment No. 3905 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
prohibit funds from being used to provide housing assistance benefits 
to individuals convicted of certain criminal offenses.       
Page S2868
  Collins (for Rubio) Amendment No. 3926 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
determine the effectiveness of Real Estate Assessment Center physical 
inspections.                                                 
Page S2868
  Collins (for Manchin) Amendment No. 3961 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
allow airports to use airport improvement program funds to repair 
damage to runway safety areas caused by natural disasters. 
                                                         Pages S2868-69
  Collins (for Booker) Amendment No. 3941 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
slightly modify the scope of projects eligible for railroad safety 
grants.                                                      
Page S2869
  Kirk (for Tester/Kirk) Amendment No. 3914 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to 
Congress a report evaluating force structure and military construction 
requirements in Europe.                                      
Page S2869
  Kirk/Tester Amendment No. 3938 (to Amendment No. 3896), to make a 
technical correction to section 132 of title I of division J of Public 
Law 114-113.                                                 
Page S2869
  Kirk (for Heller) Amendment No. 3948 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
modify the contents of the quarterly report on disability compensation 
claims.                                                      
Page S2869

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  Kirk (for Heitkamp/Collins) Amendment No. 3954 (to Amendment No. 
3896), to require coordination within the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to meet the readjustment and psychological counseling needs of 
veterans in rural and highly rural communities.              
Page S2869
  Kirk (for Bennet) Amendment No. 3971 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide monthly 
assistance allowance to disabled veterans training to compete on the 
United States Olympic Team.                                  
Page S2869
Pending:
  Collins Amendment No. 3896, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S2835
  McConnell (for Lee) Amendment No. 3897 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
prohibit the use of funds to carry out a rule and notice of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.      
Pages S2835, S2861-62
  McConnell (for Nelson/Rubio) Amendment No. 3898 (to Amendment No. 
3896), making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to 
respond to Zika virus.                                       
Page S2835
  McConnell (for Cornyn) Modified Amendment No. 3899 (to Amendment No. 
3896), making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016.                                   
Page S2835
  McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 
3896), Zika response and preparedness.            
Pages S2835, S2852-61
  Collins (for Blunt) Amendment No. 3946 (to Amendment No. 3900), to 
require the periodic submission of spending plan updates to the 
Committee on Appropriations.                                 
Page S2852
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Collins Amendment No. 
3896 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur 
upon disposition of McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. 3900 
(to Amendment No. 3896) (listed above).                      
Page S2867
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Collins 
Amendment No. 3896.                                          
Page S2867
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 73), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on McConnell (for Nelson/
Rubio) Amendment No. 3898 (to Amendment No. 3896) (listed above). 
                                                             Page S2851
  By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 74), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on McConnell (for Cornyn) 
Modified Amendment No. 3899 (to Amendment No. 3896) (listed above). 
                                                         Pages S2851-52
  By 68 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 75), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell (for Blunt) Modified 
Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 3896).                  
Page S2852
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the Monday, May 16, 2016 adoption of Collins (for 
Feinstein/Portman) Amendment No. 3922 (to Amendment No. 3896), to allow 
jurisdictions to maintain access to certain funds deposited in their 
HOME Investment Trust Fund that would otherwise expire, be modified 
with the changes at the desk.                            
Pages S2844-45
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
May 18, 2016; and that all time during the adjournment and morning 
business count post-cloture on McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment 
No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 3896).                            
Page S2911
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13047 of May 20, 1997, with respect to Burma; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-48)    
Page S2876
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Eric K. Fanning, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of the 
Army.                                                            
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  Linda Thomas-Greenfield, an Assistant Secretary of State (African 
Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African 
Development Foundation for the remainder of the term expiring September 
27, 2015.
  Linda Thomas-Greenfield, an Assistant Secretary of State (African 
Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African 
Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2021.
  John W. Leslie, Jr., of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
September 22, 2019.
  Linda I. Etim, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 
2021.

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  Georgette Mosbacher, of New York, to be a Member of the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 
2018.
  Todd A. Fisher, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring 
December 17, 2016.
  Deven J. Parekh, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term 
expiring December 17, 2016.
  Robert Annan Riley III, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federated 
States of Micronesia.
  Karen Brevard Stewart, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands.
  Matthew John Matthews, of Oregon, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as United States Senior Official for the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum.
  Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development.
  Swati A. Dandekar, of Iowa, to be United States Director of the Asian 
Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Adam H. Sterling, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Slovak 
Republic.
  Kelly Keiderling-Franz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Oriental 
Republic of Uruguay.
  Stephen Michael Schwartz, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Federal Republic of Somalia.
  Christine Ann Elder, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Liberia.
  Elizabeth Holzhall Richard, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Lebanese Republic.                                           
Page S2914
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S2876-77
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2877
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2878-79
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2879-81
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2875-76
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S2881-S2910
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2910
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2910
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--75) 
                                                         Pages S2851-52
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2911.)