[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 144 (Thursday, September 22, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D966-D967]
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                                       Thursday, September 22, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5961-S6069
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3380-3392, and S. Con. Res. 51.           
  Pages S6038-39
Measures Reported:
  S. 1040, to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the 
National Academy of Sciences to study the vehicle handling requirements 
proposed by the Commission for recreational off-highway vehicles and to 
prohibit the adoption of any such requirements until the completion of 
the study, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 114-357)
  S. 650, to extend the positive train control system implementation 
deadline, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S6038
Measures Passed:
  Advancing Hope Act: Senate passed S. 1878, to extend the pediatric 
priority review voucher program, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S6062-64
  Coats (for Sanders) Amendment No. 5090, relative to termination of 
authority.                                                   
Page S6063
  Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act: 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 2683, to include disabled veteran leave in 
the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                            
  Page S6064
  Coats (for Hirono) Amendment No. 5091, relative to the Federal 
Aviation Administration.                                     
Page S6064
Measures Considered:
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 5325, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, after agreeing to 
the motion to proceed, and taking action on the following amendments 
and motions proposed thereto:                            
  Pages S5968-71
Pending:
  McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5968
  McConnell Amendment No. 5083 (to Amendment No. 5082), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S5968
  McConnell Amendment No. 5084 (to Amendment No. 5083), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5968
  McConnell Amendment No. 5085 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 5082), to change the enactment date.        
Page S5968
  McConnell Amendment No. 5086 (to Amendment No. 5085), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                  
Pages S5968-69
  McConnell motion to commit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 5087, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
Page S5969
  McConnell Amendment No. 5088 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
5087), of a perfecting nature.                               
Page S5969
  McConnell Amendment No. 5089 (to Amendment No. 5088), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5969
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell (for 
Cochran) Amendment No. 5082 (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 22, 2016, a 
vote on cloture will occur at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, September 27, 
2016.                                                        
Page S5987
  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 Cochran) Amendment No. 5082.                            
Page S5989
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if cloture 
is invoked on McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082, cloture be 
considered to have been invoked at 6 p.m. on Monday, September 26, 
2016.                                                        
Page S6064
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the bill

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at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, September, 26, 2016, that the 
filing deadline for first-degree amendments be at 4 p.m., on Monday, 
September 26, 2016, and that the filing deadline for second-degree 
amendments be at 12 p.m., on Tuesday, September 27, 2016.    
Page S6064
Appointments:
  National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: 
The Chair, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 
110-315, appointed the following individual to be a member of the 
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: 
Steven VanAusdle of Washington vice Cameron Staples of Connecticut. 
                                                             Page S6064
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Nathan Bruce Duthu, of Vermont, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2022.
  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, 2019.
  Chase Rogers, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 2018.
  Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S6064-69
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S6037-38
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6038
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S6038
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6038
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S6039
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6040-43
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6036-37
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6043-62
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6062
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, September 26, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6064.)