[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 98 (Monday, June 20, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D682-D683]
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                                              Monday, June 20, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4333-S4371
Measures Introduced: Two bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3076-3077, and S. Res. 501-503.               
  Page S4359
Measures Reported:
  S. 1817, to improve the effectiveness of major rules in accomplishing 
their regulatory objectives by promoting retrospective review, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-282)
  S. 2848, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-283)              
Page S4359
Measures Passed:
  American Eagle Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 502, designating June 
20, 2016, as ``American Eagle Day'' and celebrating the recovery and 
restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United 
States.                                                      
  Page S4371
Measures Considered:
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Agreement: Senate resumed 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, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S4335-53
Rejected:
  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. (By 
56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 107), Senate tabled the motion.) 
                                                         Pages S4352-53
  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. (Senate tabled the 
amendment.)                         
Pages S4335, S4340-43, S4350, S4353
Pending:
  Shelby/Mikulski Amendment No. 4685, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S4335
  McConnell (for McCain) Amendment No. 4787 (to Amendment No. 4685), to 
amend section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that the 
Government may obtain a specified set of electronic communication 
transactional records under that section, and to make permanent the 
authority for individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign 
powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 
                                                             Page S4353
  McConnell motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations for a period of 14 days.                      
Page S4353
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell (for 
McCain) Amendment No. 4787 (to Amendment No. 4685), and, in accordance 
with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a 
vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, June 22, 2016.      
Page S4353
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 103), 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 Grassley) 
Amendment No. 4751 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 4750) (listed 
below).                                                      
Page S4351
  By 44 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 104), 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 motion to 
commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions, 
(McConnell (for Murphy) Amendment No. 4750) (listed above). 
                                                         Pages S4351-52
  By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 105), 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) 
Amendment No. 4749 (to Amendment No. 4720) (listed below).   
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  By 47 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 106), 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 
Feinstein) Amendment No. 4720 (to Amendment No. 4685) (listed above). 
                                                             Page S4352
  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, fell when McConnell motion to 
commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions, 
was tabled.                                          
Pages S4335, S4351
  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, fell when McConnell (for Murphy) Amendment No. 4750, 
fell.                                             
Pages S4335, S4346-50
  McConnell Amendment No. 4752 (to Amendment No. 4751), to change the 
enactment date, fell when McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 4751 
(to (the instructions) Amendment No. 4750) (listed above) fell. 
                                                             Page S4335
  McConnell (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 4749 (to Amendment No. 4720), to 
Secure our Homeland from radical Islamists by Enhancing Law enforcement 
Detection (''SHIELD''), fell when Senate tabled McConnell (for 
Feinstein) Amendment No. 4720 (to Amendment No. 4685). 
                                                  Pages S4335, S4343-46
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 12:30 p.m., on Tuesday, June 21, 2016; and 
that the filing deadline under rule XXII be at 2:30 p.m.     
Page S4371
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4357
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4357-59
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4359-61
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4361-63
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4356-57
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4363-71
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--107) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:32 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4371.)