[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 138 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D911-D912]
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                                        Tuesday, September 13, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5583-S5679
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and six resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3313-3320, and S. Res. 553-558.               
  Page S5671
Measures Reported:
  S. 2383, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land in the 
State of Utah from all forms of public appropriation, to provide for 
the shared management of the withdrawn land by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced 
weapons testing and pilot training, enhance public safety, and provide 
for continued public access to the withdrawn land, to provide for the 
exchange of certain Federal land and State land, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-349)
  S. 2548, to establish the 400 Years of African-American History 
Commission, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-350)        
Page S5669
Measures Passed:
  District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run: 
Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 131, authorizing the use of the Capitol 
Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement 
Torch Run.                                                   
  Page S5677
  Republic of Congo Presidential Elections: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
485, urging the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 
comply with constitutional limits on presidential terms and fulfill its 
constitutional mandate for a democratic transition of power in 2016, 
after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, and the title amendment.                     
  Pages S5677-78
  School Bus Safety Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 557, designating 
September 2016 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.               
  Page S5678
  State of Louisiana flooding: Senate agreed to S. Res. 558, honoring 
the memory and legacy of the 12 Louisiana citizens and 1 Texas citizen 
who lost their lives due to the tragic flooding in the State of 
Louisiana in August 2016.                                    
  Page S5678
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 S5585-94, S5594-S5660
Adopted:
  Inhofe/Boxer Modified Amendment No. 5042 (to Amendment No. 4979), of 
a perfecting nature.                                     
Pages S5603-60
Pending:
  McConnell (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4979, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5585
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Inhofe Amendment No. 4980 (to Amendment No. 4979), to make a 
technical correction, fell when Inhofe/Boxer Amendment No. 5042 (to 
Amendment No. 4979) was agreed to.                   
Pages S5585, S5660
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, September 14, 2016; 
that notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, all post-cloture time 
with respect to McConnell (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4979 (listed 
above) expire at 2:45 p.m.; and that if cloture on the bill, as 
amended, if amended, is invoked, the post-cloture time count as if 
cloture was invoked at 1 a.m., on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. 
                                                             Page S5678
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Christopher Coons, of Delaware, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Seventy-first Session of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations.
  Ronald H. Johnson, of Wisconsin, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Seventy-first Session of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations.
  Valerie Biden Owens, of Delaware, to be an Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America

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to the Seventy-first Session of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations.
  Cynthia Ryan, of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-first 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Diane Gujarati, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of New York.                            
Page S5679
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5668-69
Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5669, S5678
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5669
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5669
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5671-72
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5673-74
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5667-68
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5674-77
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5677
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:41 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S5678.)