[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 80 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D550-D551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                             Thursday, May 19, 2016

[[Page D550]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban 
      Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3003-S3037
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2952-2964, and S. Con. Res. 38-39. 
                                                          Page S3030-31
Measures Reported:
  S. 2955, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. (S. Rept. No. 114-258)
  S. 2956, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. (S. Rept. No. 114-259)
  S. Res. 469, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter 
Rising, a seminal moment in the journey of Ireland to independence.
  S. 2942, to extend certain privileges and immunities to the Gulf 
Cooperation Council.                                         
Page S3030
Measures Passed:
  Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act: By 89 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 82), Senate passed 
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, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S3004-19
Adopted:
  Collins (for Blunt) Amendment No. 3946 (to Amendment No. 3900), to 
require the periodic submission of spending plan updates to the 
Committee on Appropriations.                         
Pages S3004, S3007
  By 68 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 77), McConnell (for Blunt) Modified 
Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 3896), Zika response and 
preparedness.                                            
Pages S3007-08
  By 87 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. 80), Collins Amendment No. 3970 (to 
Amendment No. 3896), to prohibit the use of funds to carry out a final 
rule and notice of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
                                                         Pages S3015-17
  Collins (for Rubio) Amendment No. 4050 (to Amendment No. 3896), to 
make temporary relocation assistance available for tenants in project-
based section 8 properties with imminent health and safety risks. 
                                                         Pages S3017-18
  Collins (for Baldwin) Modified Amendment No. 4026 (to Amendment No. 
3896), to prohibit certain health care providers from providing non-
Department health care services to veterans.             
Pages S3017-18
  Collins Amendment No. 3896, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S3004-18
Rejected:
  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. (By 60 yeas to 37 nays 
(Vote No. 81), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                           Pages S3004, S3005-06, S3017
Withdrawn:
  McConnell (for Nelson/Rubio) Amendment No. 3898 (to Amendment No. 
3896), making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to 
respond to Zika virus.                                       
Page S3004
  McConnell (for Cornyn) Modified Amendment No. 3899 (to Amendment No. 
3896), making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016.                                   
Page S3004
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 70 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 76), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and applicable budget resolutions with respect to 
McConnell (for Blunt) Modified Amendment No. 3900 (to Amendment No. 
3896)

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(listed above). Subsequently, the point of order against all of the 
emergency designations contained in the amendment was not sustained. 
                                        Pages S3004, S3006-07, S3007-08
  By 88 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 78), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Collins Amendment No. 3896 
(listed above).                                              
Page S3008
  By 84 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 79), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and applicable budget resolutions with respect to 
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. Subsequently, the 
point of order against the emergency designation found on page 3, lines 
7 through 12, of the amendment was not sustained. 
                                           Pages S3004. S3007, S3008-09
  Chair sustained a point of order that McCain/Blumenthal Amendment No. 
4039 (to Amendment No. 3896) (listed above), was not germane, and the 
amendment thus fell.                                         
Page S3010
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the bill, be withdrawn.                 
Page S3018
  100th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
469, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, a 
seminal moment in the journey of Ireland to independence.    
  Page S3036
Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at 4:30 p.m., on Monday, May 23, 
2016, Senate begin consideration of S. 2613, to reauthorize certain 
programs established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 
of 2006, and that there be one hour of debate, equally divided in the 
usual form; provided further, that the Grassley amendment be agreed to, 
the committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to, 
and Senate vote on passage of S. 2613, as amended, with no intervening 
action or debate.                                            
  Page S3036
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ysaye M. Barnwell, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2022.
  Rena Bitter, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's 
Democratic Republic.
  Anne S. Casper, of Nevada, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Burundi.
  Sung Y. Kim, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Philippines.
  Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be Ambassador to Greece.
  Douglas Alan Silliman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iraq.
  Marie L. Yovanovitch, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to Ukraine.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                 
Pages S3036-37
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3024-29
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3029-30
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3030
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3031-32
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3032-34
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3023
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3034-35
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3036
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--82) 
                                               Pages S3007-09, S3017-18
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:21 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, May 23, 2016. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3036.)