[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D983-D984]
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                                        Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber ActionS
Routine Proceedings, pages S6091-S6164
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3395-3405, and S. Res. 580-582.   
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Measures Reported:
  S. 2966, to update the financial disclosure requirements for judges 
of the District of Columbia courts, and to make other improvements to 
the District of Columbia courts, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-
359)
  S. 2968, to reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-360)
  S. 2975, to provide agencies with discretion in securing information 
technology and information systems, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-
361)
  S. 2421, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay 
Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska. (S. Rept. No. 
114-362)
  S. 2959, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights 
Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT 
Settlement Fund, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-363)
  S. 2607, to ensure appropriate spectrum planning and interagency 
coordination to support the Internet of Things, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-364)
  S. 3183, to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by 
Internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable consumer access to tickets 
for any given event, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
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Measures Considered:
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of H.R. 5325, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, taking action on 
the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: 
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Pending:
  McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
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  McConnell Amendment No. 5083 (to Amendment No. 5082), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
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  McConnell Amendment No. 5084 (to Amendment No. 5083), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
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  McConnell Amendment No. 5085 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 5082), to change the enactment date.        
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  McConnell Amendment No. 5086 (to Amendment No. 5085), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
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  McConnell motion to commit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 5087, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
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  McConnell Amendment No. 5088 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
5087), of a perfecting nature.                               
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  McConnell Amendment No. 5089 (to Amendment No. 5088), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
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  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 146), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on McConnell (for Cochran) 
Amendment No. 5082 (listed above).                           
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  Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082. 
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  By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 147), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the bill.     
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  Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the bill.                         
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
September 28, 2016, until 10 a.m.; and that at 10 a.m., Senate resume 
consideration of the veto message on S. 2040, to deter terrorism, 
provide justice for victims, as

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under the previous order of Monday, September 26, 2016.      
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Appointments:
  National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: 
The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public 
Law 110-315, announced the re-appointment of the following individual 
to be a member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional 
Quality and Integrity: Dr. Paul LeBlanc of New Hampshire.    
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Julie Rebecca Breslow, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for 
the term of fifteen years.
  Deborah J. Israel, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Carmen Guerricagoitia McLean, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for 
the term of fifteen years.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Executive Reports of Committees:                         
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--147) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2016. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S162.)