[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 139 (Wednesday, September 14, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D920-D921]
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                                      Wednesday, September 14, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5681-S5728
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3321-3331, and S. Res. 559.               
  Pages S5721-22
Measures Passed:
  National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 559, designating the week of September 12, 2016, as 
``National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week''. 
                                                             Page S5727
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 
amendment proposed thereto:                           
  Pages S5694-S5718
Adopted:
  McConnell (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4979, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5707
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 85 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 139), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and applicable budget resolutions, with respect to 
McConnell (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 4979. Subsequently, the point of 
order that the amendment was in violation of the Senate PAYGO rule, was 
not sustained, and thus the point of order fell.         
Pages S5706-07
  By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 140), 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 bill.           
Page S5707
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, as amended, post-cloture, at approximately 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 15, 2016; that the time following 
Leader remarks until 11:30 a.m., be equally divided between the two 
Leaders, or their designees; and that notwithstanding the provisions of 
rule XXII, all post-cloture time with respect to the bill, as amended, 
expire at 11:30 a.m.                                     
Pages S5727-28
Appointments:
  Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board: The Chair 
announced, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, pursuant to the 
provisions of Public Law 107-12, the reappointment of the following 
individual to serve as a member of the Public Safety Officer Medal of 
Valor Review Board: Trevor Whipple of Vermont.               
  Page S5727
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of 
an Executive Order terminating the national emergency originally 
declared in Executive Order 13396 of February 7, 2006, with respect to 
Cote d'Ivoire, and revoking Executive Order 13396; which was referred 
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-54) 
                                                         Pages S5720-21
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of the President's 
intent to end the suspension of Burma as a beneficiary developing 
country under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, and 
to designate Burma as a least-developed beneficiary developing country 
for purposes of the GSP program; which was referred to the Committee on 
Finance. (PM-55)                                             
Page S5721
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5721
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S5687, S5721
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S5721
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5721
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5722-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5723-25
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5718-20
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5725-26

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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5726-27
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5727
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--140) 
                                                         Pages S5706-07
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:33 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2016. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5727-
28.)