[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 14, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D652-D653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                             Tuesday, June 14, 2016

[[Page D652]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act, as 
      amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3833-S3874
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3054-3057, and S. Res. 493-494.              
  Pages S3860-61
Measures Reported:
  S. 1479, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating 
to grants. (S. Rept. No. 114-276)
  S. 2829, to amend and enhance certain maritime programs of the 
Department of Transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S3860
Measures Passed:
  National Defense Authorization Act: By 85 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 
98), Senate passed 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, after 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S3835-41
Adopted:
  Nelson/Gardner Modified Amendment No. 4670 (to Amendment No. 4607), 
relating to the evolved expendable launch vehicle program for space 
launch of national security satellites.                  
Pages S3835-41
  McCain Amendment No. 4607, to amend the provision on share-in-savings 
contracts.                                                   
Page S3841
Withdrawn:
  Reed (for Reid) Amendment No. 4603 (to Amendment No. 4607), to change 
the enactment date.                                          
Page S3835
  Death of Former Senator George V. Voinovich: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
493, relative to the death of George V. Voinovich, former United States 
Senator for the State of Ohio.                    
  Pages S3846-49, S3871
  National Child Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 494, 
designating September 2016 as ``National Child Awareness Month'' to 
promote awareness of charities benefiting children and youth-serving 
organizations throughout the United States and recognizing the efforts 
made by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and 
youth as critical contributions to the future of the United States. 
                                                         Pages S3870-71
Measures Considered:
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2016.                          
  Pages S3844-46
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 99), 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.                               
Pages S3844-45
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 10:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Senate vote on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill.                                
Page S3871
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the proposed 
Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States 
of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway Concerning 
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-51)                                   
Page S3854
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S3854-55
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3855

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Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3855-60
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3861-62
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3862-64
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3851-54
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3864-70
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3870
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--99) 
                                                  Pages S3841, S3844-45
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:02 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator George Voinovich, in 
accordance with S. Res. 493, at 6:08 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3874.)