[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D784-D785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                             Tuesday, July 12, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate disagreed to the House amendment to S. 2012, Energy Policy 
      Modernization Act, agreed to the request from the House for a 
      conference, and the Presiding Officer appointed conferees.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4953-S5017
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3156-3172, S. Res. 526-529, and S. Con. Res. 
46.                                                      
  Pages S5002-03
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 3361, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the Insider Threat Program, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-297)
  S. 3156, to provide enhanced protections for taxpayers from fraud and 
other illegal activities. (S. Rept. No. 114-298)
  S. 3157, to prevent taxpayer identity theft and tax refund fraud. (S. 
Rept. No. 114-299)
  H.R. 1557, to amend the Notification and Federal Employee 
Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to strengthen Federal 
antidiscrimination laws enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission and expand accountability within the Federal government, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-300)
  S. 461, to provide for alternative financing arrangements for the 
provision of certain services and the construction and maintenance of 
infrastructure at land border ports of entry, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 2509, to improve the Government-wide management of Federal 
property, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S5001
Measures Passed:
  United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act: Senate passed H.R. 
4875, to establish the United States Semiquincentennial Commission. 
                                                             Page S5010
  United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act: 
Committee on Finance was discharged from further consideration of S. 
2650, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross 
income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games or 
the Paralympic Games, the bill was then passed, and that the papers be 
held at the desk.                                        
  Pages S5010-11
  National Lobster Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 513, designating September 25, 2016, 
as ``National Lobster Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5011
  Unified Development of the Tennessee River System 80th Anniversary: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 528, commending the Tennessee Valley Authority 
on the 80th anniversary of the unified development of the Tennessee 
River system.                                                
  Page S5011
Conference Reports:
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report to accompany S. 524, to 
authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national 
epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use. 
                                               Pages S4955-62, S4975-93
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to 
accompany S. 524; that following the vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture, the Chair lay before the Senate the message to accompany H.R. 
636, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations 
for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2016 through 
2017, that the Majority Leader, or his designee, be recognized to make 
a motion to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendments, 
and that the time until 1:45 p.m. be equally divided between the 
Leaders, or their designees; and that following the use or yielding 
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of time, Senate vote on the motion to concur in the House amendments to 
the Senate amendments, with no intervening action or debate, and that 
all time allocated for consideration of H.R. 636, count post-cloture on 
S. 524, if cloture is invoked.                               
Page S4984
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill at 
approximately 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, with the time 
until 11 a.m. equally divided between the two Leaders, or their 
designees.                                                   
Page S5011
House Messages:
Energy Policy Modernization Act: Senate agreed to the motion to 
disagree to the House amendment to S. 2012, to provide for the 
modernization of the energy policy of the United States, agree to the 
request from the House for a conference, and the Presiding Officer 
appoint the following conferees: Senators Murkowski, Barrasso, Risch, 
Cornyn, Cantwell, Wyden, and Sanders.                    
  Pages S4962-75
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 84 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 125), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion to disagree 
to the House amendment, agree to the request from the House for a 
conference, and the Presiding Officer appoint the following conferees: 
Senators Murkowski, Barrasso, Risch, Cornyn, Cantwell, Wyden, and 
Sanders.                                             
Pages S4962, S4975
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Carole Schwartz Rendon, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Ohio for the term of four years. 
                                                     Pages S5010, S5017
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S4997-98
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4998
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S4998
Measures Held at the Desk:                                   
  Page S4998
Executive Communications:                             
  Pages S4999-S3501
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S5001-02
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5003-04
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5004-10
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4997
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5010
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5010
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--125) 
                                                             Page S4975
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:27 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5011.)