[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 135 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D891-D892]
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                                        Thursday, September 8, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5421-S5486
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3299-3307, S.J. Res. 39, and S. Res. 549-550. 
                                                         Pages S5469-70
Measures Reported:
  S. 815, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the 
State of Oregon to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-345)
  S. 1007, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 
1992 to rename a site of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National 
Historical Park. (S. Rept. No. 114-346)
  S. 1448, to designate the Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary in the 
State of Oregon, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 114-347)
  S. 2309, to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within 
the National Park Service the U.S. Civil Rights Network, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-348) 
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Measures Passed:
  Master Chief Petty Officer Jesse Dean VA Clinic: Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
3969, to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic in Laughlin, Nevada, as the ``Master Chief Petty 
Officer Jesse Dean VA Clinic'', and the bill was then passed. 
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  Service of Aviation's First Responders: Senate agreed to S. Res. 549, 
expressing a commitment by the Senate to never forget the service of 
aviation's first responders.                                 
  Page S5482
  40th Anniversary of Women at the United States Naval Academy Week: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 550, designating the week of September 5 
through September 9, 2016, as ``Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of 
Women at the United States Naval Academy Week''.         
  Pages S5482-83
Measures Considered:
Water Resources Development Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of 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, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                      
  Pages S5424-44, S5445
  Adopted:
  Inhofe (for Heller/Heinrich) Amendment No. 4981 (to Amendment No. 
4979), to ensure the proper implementation of the rural Western water 
program.                                                     
Page S5435
  Inhofe (for Merkley/Wyden) Amendment No. 4991 (to Amendment No. 
4979), to provide loan forgiveness under Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds to local irrigation districts.                         
Page S5435
Pending:
  McConnell (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4979, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5424
  Inhofe Amendment No. 4980 (to Amendment No. 4979), to make a 
technical correction.                                        
Page S5424
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell (for 
Inhofe) Amendment No. 4979 (listed above) and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of September 8, 2016, a 
vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, September 12, 2016.
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, 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 Inhofe) Amendment No. 4979.                             
Page S5445
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the filing 
deadline for first-degree amendments for the cloture motion on 
McConnell (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4979 and the cloture motion on the 
bill be at 3:30 p.m., on Monday, September, 12, 2016.        
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, September 12, 2016, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S5483
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 92 yeas (Vote No. EX. 137), Peter Michael 
McKinley, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of 
Brazil.                                           
Pages S5444-45, S5486
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S5483-86
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5464-69
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5469
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5470-71
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5471-74
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5462-64
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5474-82
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5482
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--137) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:09 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, September 12, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5483.)