[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D800-D802]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, July 13, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the House amendments to 
      the Senate amendments to H.R. 636, Federal Aviation 
      Administration Reauthorization Act.
      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany S. 524, 
      Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5019-S5098
Measures Introduced: Thirty-seven bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3173-3209, S. Res. 530-534, and S. Con. Res. 
47.                                                      
  Pages S5078-80
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 2850, to amend the Small Business Act to 
provide for expanded participation in the microloan program. (S. Rept. 
No. 114-301)
  H.R. 1656, to provide for additional resources for the Secret 
Service, and to improve protections for restricted areas, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-302) 
                                                             Page S5078
Measures Passed:
  Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act: 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 3055, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide a dental insurance plan to veterans and survivors and 
dependents of veterans, and the bill was then passed.    
  Pages S5035-36
  Veterans' Compensation COLA Act: Senate passed H.R. 5588, to 
increase, effective as of December 1, 2016, the rates of compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans.                                           
  Page S5058
  Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs 
Reauthorization Act: Committee on Rules and Administration was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 2893, to reauthorize the 
sound recording and film preservation programs of the Library of 
Congress, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S5091-92
  Grassley (for Blunt) Amendment No. 4973, to increase the amount of 
funds authorized to be appropriated to the National Recording 
Preservation Foundation.                                     
Page S5092
  National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: 
Senate passed S. 3207, to authorize the National Library Service for 
the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide playback equipment in 
all formats.                                                 
  Page S5092
  Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act: 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 1555, to award a Congressional Gold Medal, 
collectively, to the Filipino veterans of World War II, in recognition 
of the dedicated service of the veterans during World War II, and the 
bill was then passed.                                    
  Pages S5092-94
  140th Anniversary of the State of Colorado: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
532, celebrating the 140th anniversary of the State of Colorado. 
                                                             Page S5094
  United States Intelligence Professionals Day: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 533, designating July 26, 2016, as ``United States Intelligence 
Professionals Day''.                                         
  Page S5094
  Relative to the Death of Former Senator William L. Armstrong: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 534, relative to the death of William L. Armstrong, 
former United States Senator for the State of Colorado.      
  Page S5094
Conference Reports:
  Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: By 92 yeas to 2 nays (Vote 
No. 129), Senate agreed to

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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 S5022-28, S5045-58, S5058-66
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 90 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 126), 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 conference report to 
accompany the bill.                                          
Page S5028
House Messages:
  Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act: By 89 yeas to 4 
nays (Vote No. 127), Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the House 
amendments to the Senate amendments to H.R. 636, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing 
limitations.                                   
  Pages S5028-35, S5036-41
National Defense Authorization Act House Message--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 14, 2016, the Chair lay 
before the Senate the House message to accompany 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, and Senator McConnell be recognized to 
make a compound motion to go to conference on S. 2943; that after 
cloture is filed on the compound motion, the time until 11:30 a.m. be 
equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees, and that 
at 11:30 a.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
compound motion to go to conference; and that if cloture is invoked, 
Senate agree to the compound motion to go to conference and there be 
two motions to instruct in order made by Senator Shaheen and Senator 
Sullivan; that Senator Shaheen be recognized to offer a motion to 
instruct the conferees, and that there be up to four minutes of debate 
equally divided on the motion, and that following the use or yielding 
back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to the Shaheen motion; 
following disposition of the Shaheen motion, Senator Sullivan be 
recognized to offer a motion to instruct the conferees and that there 
be up to four minutes of debate equally divided on the motion and that 
following the use or yielding back of that time, Senate vote on or in 
relation to the Sullivan motion, without intervening action or debate. 
                                                             Page S5090
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 74 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. EX. 128), Carla D. Hayden, of 
Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years. 
                                               Pages S5041-45, S5097-98
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  6 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  29 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy. 
                                               Pages S5090-91, S5097-98
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Grant T. Harris, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four 
years.
  Benjamin Osorio, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2022.
  Mary Ellen Barbera, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 2018.
  John D. Minton, Jr., of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 2016.
  Jannette Lake Dates, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2022.
  Joseph R. Donovan Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Indonesia.
  Constance Smith Barker, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2021.
  John A. Herrera, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the National 
Credit Union Administration Board for a term expiring April 10, 2021.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S5094-97
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5078
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5078
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5078, S5094
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5080-82
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5082-89
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5074-78
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5089
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5090
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5090
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--129) 
                                       Pages S5028, S5041, S5045, S5066

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator William L. Armstrong, 
in accordance with S. Res. 534, at 8:04 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on 
Thursday, July 14, 2016. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5094.)