[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D533-D535]
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                                            Wednesday, May 18, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2915-S3001
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2943-2951, and S. Res. 469-471.               
  Page S2973
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals For Fiscal Year 2017''. (S. Rept. No. 114-257)
  S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. (S. 
Rept. No. 114-255)
  S. 1724, to provide for environmental restoration activities and 
forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-256)
  H.R. 3114, to provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire 
veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with 
curation and historic preservation activities.
  S. 2754, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, as 
the ``Tom Stagg Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', with 
amendments.                                                  
Page S2973
Measures Passed:
  POLICE Act: Senate passed S. 2840, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant 
funds for active shooter training.                       
  Pages S2933-35
  National Public Works Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 471, designating 
the week of May 15 through May 21, 2016, as ``National Public Works 
Week''.                                                      
  Page S2998
  Dannie A. Carr Veterans Outpatient Clinic: Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2814, to name 
the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in 
Sevierville, Tennessee, the Dannie A. Carr Veterans Outpatient Clinic, 
and the bill was then passed.                                
  Page S2998
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 S2922-33, S2935-69
Adopted:
  Collins (for Paul) Amendment No. 3967 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
provide for the identification of certain high priority corridors on 
the National Highway System and to include and designate certain route 
segments on the Interstate System.                       
Pages S2964-65
  Collins (for Johnson) Amendment No. 3992 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
ensure timely access for Inspectors General to records, documents, and 
other materials.                                             
Page S2965
  Collins (for Nelson) Amendment No. 4011 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
ensure the safety of properties covered under a housing assistance 
payment contract.                                            
Page S2965
  Collins (for Isakson) Amendment No. 4024 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final rule requiring 
the use of speed limiting devices on heavy trucks not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act.          
Page S2965
  Collins (for Warner/Kaine) Amendment No. 4042 (to Amendment No. 
3896), to provide additional funds for the National Park Service for 
certain projects.                                        
Pages S2965-66
  Collins (for Kirk) Amendment No. 3997 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the inspection 
of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
                                                             Page S2966
  Collins (for Tester/Moran) Amendment No. 3998 (to Amendment No. 
3896), to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for 
travel in connection with certain special disabilities rehabilitation. 
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  Collins (for Perdue) Amendment No. 3933 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
require a report on modernizing and replacing hangers of the Army's 
Combat Aviation Brigade.                                     
                                                             Page S2967
  Collins (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 4030 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide access to 
therapeutic listening devices to veterans struggling with mental health 
related problems, substance abuse, or traumatic brain injury. 
                                                             Page S2967
  Collins (for Daines/Tester) Amendment No. 4008 (to Amendment No. 
3896), to require a report on the use of defense access road funding to 
build alternate routes for military equipment traveling to missile 
launch facilities.                                           
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  Collins (for Brown) Amendment No. 3920 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
extend the requirement of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a 
report on the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide 
for the specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled 
veterans.                                                    
                                                             Page S2967
  Collins (for Inhofe/Lankford) Amendment No. 3969 (to Amendment No. 
3896), to require that amounts be made available to Directors of 
Veterans Integrated Service Networks to assess, evaluate, and improve 
the health care delivery by and business operations of medical centers 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs.                       
Page S2967
  Collins (for Boxer) Modified Amendment No. 3935 (to Amendment No. 
3896), to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain 
marriage and family therapists as qualified to serve as marriage and 
family therapists in the Department of Veterans Affairs.     
Page S2967
  Collins (for Flake) Amendment No. 4038 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct by 
the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
of an inspection or audit of the use of a grant to renovate a veteran's 
cemetery in Guam.                                            
Page S2967
  Collins (for Manchin) Amendment No. 4043 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use amounts appropriated 
under this Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the 
veteran-to-staff ratio for each program of rehabilitation conducted 
under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code.            
Page S2967
  Collins (for Flake/McCain) Amendment No. 3980 (to Amendment No. 
3896), to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 
Congress a plan on modernizing the system of the Veterans Health 
Administration for processing claims by non-Department of Veterans 
Affairs health care providers for reimbursement for health care 
provided to veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary. 
                                                         Pages S2967-68
  Collins (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3944 (to Amendment No. 3896), 
to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain 
major medical facility projects for which appropriations are being made 
for fiscal year 2016.                                        
Page S2968
  Collins (for Johnson) Amendment No. 3993 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
ensure timely access for Inspectors General to records, documents, and 
other materials.                                             
Page S2968
  Collins (for Klobuchar) Amendment No. 3910 (to Amendment No. 3896), 
to authorize the use of amounts for Medical Services to be used to 
furnish rehabilitative equipment and human-powered vehicles to certain 
disabled veterans.                                           
Page S2968
  Collins (for Heller) Amendment No. 4005 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a 
report on the progress of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
completing the Rural Veterans Burial Initiative.             
Page S2968
  Collins (for Durbin) Amendment No. 4029 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
make funds available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire 
Medical Center Directors and employees for other management and 
clinical positions with vacancies.                           
Page S2968
  Collins (for Sasse) Amendment No. 4023 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
protect congressional oversight of the executive branch by ensuring 
individuals may speak with Congress.                         
Page S2968
Pending:
  Collins Amendment No. 3896, in the nature of a substitute. 
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  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 S2922, S2925-33, S2958-64
  McConnell (for Nelson/Rubio) Amendment No. 3898 (to Amendment No. 
3896), making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to 
respond to Zika virus.                                       
Page S2922
  McConnell (for Cornyn) Modified Amendment No. 3899 (to Amendment No. 
3896), making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016.                                   
Page S2922
  McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 
3896), Zika response and preparedness.                       
Page S2922
  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 S2922

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  McCain/Blumenthal Amendment No. 4039 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
extend and expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish consistent criteria and 
standards relating to the use of amounts under the Medical Community 
Care account of the Department of Veterans Affairs.      
Pages S2956-58
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, at 11:15 a.m., on Thursday, May 19, 2016, 
that all post-cloture time be considered expired on McConnell (for 
Blunt) Modified Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 3896) (listed 
above); that if cloture is invoked on Collins Amendment No. 3896 
(listed above), McConnell (for Cornyn) Modified Amendment No. 3899 (to 
Amendment No. 3896) (listed above), and McConnell (for Nelson/Rubio) 
Amendment No. 3898 (to Amendment No. 3896) (listed above), be 
withdrawn, that it be in order for Senator Collins, or her designee, to 
call up Amendment No. 3970, and that there be no second-degree 
amendments in order to Amendment No. 3970, or to McConnell (for Lee) 
Amendment No. 3897 (to Amendment No. 3896) (listed above).   
Page S2969
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 
19, 2016, with the time until 11:15 a.m., equally divided between the 
two managers, or their designees.                            
Page S2999
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 
13303 of May 22, 2003, with respect to the stabilization of Iraq; which 
was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(PM-49)                                                      
Page S2972
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  9 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard and Foreign Service. 
                                                         Pages S3000-01
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, of Guam, to be Judge for the 
District Court of Guam for the term of ten years.
  Carole Schwartz Rendon, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Ohio for the term of four years.
  34 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Foreign Service. 
                                                             Page S2999
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S2972-73
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2973-76
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2976-78
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2971-72
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2978-97
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2997-98
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:14 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S2998-99.)