[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 96 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D671-D673]
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                                            Thursday, June 16, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4257-S4330
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 6, 3063-3075, S. Res. 495-500, and S. Con. 
Res. 41.                                                     
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Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 104, to express the sense of the Senate regarding the success 
of Operation Streamline and the importance of prosecuting first time 
illegal border crossers. (S. Rept. No. 114-279)
  S. 3067, making appropriations for financial services and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. (S. Rept. No. 
114-280)
  S. 3068, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2017. (S. Rept. No. 114-281)                             
Page S4299
Measures Passed:
  Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
495, recognizing the Boy Scouts of America on the 100th anniversary of 
the organization being granted a Federal charter and for the long 
history of heritage and service of the Boy Scouts of America. 
                                                         Pages S4303-04
  Condemning the Terrorist Attack on the Pulse Orlando Nightclub: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 496, condemning the terrorist attack on the 
Pulse Orlando nightclub, honoring the memory of the victims of the 
attack, offering condolences to and expressing support for their 
families and friends and all those affected, and applauding the 
dedication and bravery of law enforcement, emergency response, and 
counterterrorism officials in responding to the attack.      
  Page S4304
  Honoring the Life and Legacy of Gordie Howe: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
497, honoring the life and legacy of Gordon ``Gordie'' Howe. 
                                                             Page S4304
  World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 498, 
designating June 15, 2016, as ``World Elder Abuse Awareness Day''. 
                                                             Page S4305
  United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 2815, to 
establish the United States Semiquincentennial Commission, and the bill 
was then passed.                                         
  Pages S4263-65
  Rapid DNA Act: Senate passed S. 2348, to implement the use of Rapid 
DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention 
and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other 
crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlogs, 
after agreeing to the committee amendments.              
  Pages S4265-66
  Justice for All Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 2577, to 
protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of 
DNA and other forensic evidence samples to improve and expand the 
forensic science testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime 
laboratories, to increase research and development of new testing 
technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection 
and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA 
evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support accreditation efforts of 
forensic science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address 
training and equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in 
State capital cases, after agreeing to the committee amendments, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:                
  Pages S4266-77
  Cornyn (for Grassley) Amendment No. 4727, to require the Attorney 
General to evaluate the performance of the Department of Justice in 
seeking and recovering restitution for victims under all Federal 
restitution provisions, to require recipients of DNA backlog capacity 
and enhancement grants to report on how they actually used their grant 
funds, and to prevent duplicative grants.                    
Page S4270
  Recovering Missing Children Act: Committee on Finance was discharged 
from further consideration of H.R. 3209, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to permit the disclosure of certain tax return information 
for the purpose of missing or exploited children investigations, and 
the bill was then passed.                                
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  Congratulating the Pittsburgh Penguins: Senate agreed to S. Res. 499, 
congratulating the Pittsburgh Penguins for winning the 2016 Stanley Cup 
hockey championship.                                         
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  Juneteenth Independence Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 500, 
designating June 19, 2016, as ``Juneteenth Independence Day'' in 
recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which slavery legally came to 
an end in the United States.                                 
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  John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 2808, to 
amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.          
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Measures Considered:
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Agreement: Senate continued 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, 
after withdrawing the committee-reported substitute amendment, and 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S4259-63, S4285-90
Pending:
  Shelby/Mikulski Amendment No. 4685, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                     Pages S4259, S4289
  McConnell (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4720 (to Amendment No. 4685), 
to authorize the Attorney General to deny requests to transfer a 
firearm to known or suspected terrorists.                    
Page S4290
  McConnell (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 4749 (to Amendment No. 4720), to 
Secure our Homeland from radical Islamists by Enhancing Law enforcement 
Detection (``SHIELD'').                                  
Pages S4289-90
  McConnell motion to commit the bill to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, with instructions, (McConnell (for Murphy) Amendment No. 
4750), to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from 
buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background 
check system and require a background check for every firearm sale. 
                                                             Page S4290
  McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 4751 (to (the instructions) 
Amendment No. 4750), to address gun violence and improve the 
availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background 
Check System.                                                
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  McConnell Amendment No. 4752 (to Amendment No. 4751), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S4290
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell (for 
Grassley) Amendment No. 4751 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 4750) 
(listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of 
the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on 
Monday, June 20, 2016.                                       
Page S4290
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell motion to 
commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions, 
(McConnell (for Murphy) Amendment No. 4750) (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 Grassley) Amendment No. 4751 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
4750).                                                       
Page S4290
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell (for 
Cornyn) Amendment No. 4749 (to Amendment No. 4720) (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 
motion to commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, with 
instructions, (McConnell (for Murphy) Amendment No. 4750). 
                                                         Pages S4289-90
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell (for 
Feinstein) Amendment No. 4720 (to Amendment No. 4685) (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 Cornyn) Amendment No. 4749 (to Amendment No. 4720). 
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  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  McConnell (for Shelby/Mikulski) Amendment No. 4685, in the nature of 
a substitute, fell when the committee-reported substitute amendment to 
the bill was withdrawn.                                      
Page S4289
  Shelby Amendment No. 4686 (to Amendment No. 4685), to make a 
technical correction, fell when McConnell (for Shelby/Mikulski) 
Amendment No. 4685, fell.                                    
Page S4259
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the bill at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, 
June 20, 2016; and that notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, 
the pending cloture motions ripen at 5:30 p.m.               
Page S4323
House Messages:
  Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: Senate disagreed to the 
House amendments to S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use, agreed to the request from the House for a conference, 
and authorized the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees, after taking 
action on the following motions to instruct conferees on the part of 
the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the

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two Houses on the bill to be instructed to insist on the inclusion in 
the final conference report the following motions proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S4277-85
Adopted:
  By 66 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 101), Shaheen Motion to Instruct 
Conferees to insist that any conference report shall include funding 
for prevention, treatment, and recovery associated with state and local 
efforts needed to combat the national heroin and opioid epidemic. 
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  By 70 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 102), Whitehouse Motion to Instruct 
Conferees to insist that any conference report shall include (1) to 
reject proposals that would replace the individual prevention, 
treatment, law enforcement, and recovery programs authorized in S. 524, 
including the incentive grant program authorized in section 601, with a 
single grant program with multiple allowable uses; (2) to insist that 
the final conference report include authorizations explicitly 
designated for grants to States, and in the case of States that do not 
have prescription drug monitoring programs, units of local government 
that do have such programs, to strengthen the use of and make 
improvements to prescription drug monitoring programs; (3) to insist 
that the final conference report address the unique needs of rural 
communities, which are among the hardest hit by opioid abuse in the 
United States and are often in the most dire need of improved emergency 
services and more accessible treatment infrastructure; (4) to insist 
that the final conference report authorize those provisions of S. 1641 
that were approved by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; 
and (5) to insist that the final conference report include the 
provisions of S. 1455 as reported by the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.                
Page S4285
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 95 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 100), 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 disagree to the 
House amendments to the bill, agree to the request from the House for a 
conference, and authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees. 
                                                         Pages S4283-84
  The Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Grassley, Alexander, Hatch, Sessions, 
Leahy, Murray, and Wyden.                                    
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Pro Forma Session--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Senate adjourn until 11 a.m., on Friday, June 17, 
2016, for a pro forma session only, with no business being conducted; 
and that when the Senate adjourns on Friday, June 17, 2016, it next 
convene at 3 p.m., on Monday, June 20, 2016.                 
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to Malaysia.
  Andrew Robert Young, of California, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
  Mark D. Acton, of Kentucky, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2022.
  Shirley Woodward, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Central 
Intelligence Agency.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S4325-30
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4298-99
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4301-06
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4295-98
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4306-22
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S4322-23
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--102) 
                                                  Pages S4283-84, S4285
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:15 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Friday, June 17, 2016. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4325.)