[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 28, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D991-D993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                      Wednesday, September 28, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate upon reconsideration passed S. 2040, Justice Against 
      Sponsors of Terrorism Act, the objections of the President to the 
      contrary notwithstanding.
      Senate passed H.R. 5325, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
      as amended. (Legislative vehicle for ``Continuing Appropriations 
      Act'')


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6165-S6249
Measures Introduced: Fifty-four bills and ten resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3406-3459, S. Res. 583-589, and S. Con. Res. 
52-54.                                                   
  Pages S6225-27
Measures Passed:
  Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (Legislative vehicle for 
``Continuing Appropriations Act''): By 72 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 
151), Senate passed H.R. 5325, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, after 
taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
                                                  Pages S6166, S6173-83
Adopted:
  McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6166
Withdrawn:
  McConnell Amendment No. 5083 (to Amendment No. 5082), to change the 
enactment date.                                      
Pages S6166, S6182
  McConnell Amendment No. 5085 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 5082), to change the enactment date. 
                                                     Pages S6166, S6182
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  The motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082, 
on September 27, 2016, was agreed to.                        
Page S6182
  The motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on 
McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082, on September 27, 2016, was 
agreed to.                                                   
Page S6182
  By 77 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 149), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate upon 
reconsideration agreed to the motion to close further debate on 
McConnell (for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082.                  
Page S6182
  McConnell motion to commit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 5087, to 
change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on McConnell 
(for Cochran) Amendment No. 5082.                            
Page S6166
  McConnell Amendment No. 5088 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
5087), of a perfecting nature, fell when McConnell motion to commit the 
bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell 
Amendment No. 5087 fell.                                     
Page S6166
  McConnell Amendment No. 5089 (to Amendment No. 5088), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 5088 (to (the instructions) 
Amendment No. 5087) fell.                                    
Page S6166
  McConnell Amendment No. 5084 (to Amendment No. 5083), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 5083 (to Amendment No. 5082) 
was withdrawn.                                               
Page S6182
  McConnell Amendment No. 5086 (to Amendment No. 5085), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 5085 (to the language 
proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 5082) was withdrawn. 
                                                             Page S6182
  The motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the bill, on September 27, 2016, was agreed 
to.                                                          
Page S6182

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  The motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on 
the bill, on September 27, 2016, was agreed to.              
Page S6182
  By 77 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 150), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate upon 
reconsideration agreed to the motion to close further debate on the 
bill.                                                        
Page S6183
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 53, directing 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the 
enrollment of H.R. 5325.                                     
  Page S6197
  Earth Science Week: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
562, expressing support for designation of the week of October 9, 2016, 
through October 15, 2016, as ``Earth Science Week'', and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                          
  Page S6197
  Day of the Deployed: Senate agreed to S. Res. 585, designating 
October 26, 2016, as ``Day of the Deployed''.                
  Page S6197
  Honoring the life of Jacob Wetterling: Senate agreed to S. Res. 586, 
honoring the life of Jacob Wetterling and recognizing the efforts of 
Jacob Wetterling's family to find abducted children and support the 
families of those children.                                  
  Page S6197
  Charitable Collections: Senate agreed to S. Res. 587, permitting the 
collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday 
season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.          
  Page S6197
  National Principals Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 588, recognizing 
the month of October 2016 as ``National Principals Month''. 
                                                             Page S6197
  Survivors' Bill of Rights Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5578, to establish 
certain rights for sexual assault survivors, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                  
  Pages S6197-99
Veto Messages:
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act Veto Message: By 97 yeas to 1 
nay (Vote No. 148), two-thirds of the Senators voting, a quorum being 
present, having voted in the affirmative, S. 2040, to deter terrorism, 
provide justice for victims, upon reconsideration was passed, the 
objections of the President of the United States to the contrary 
notwithstanding.                                         
  Pages S6166-73
Gold Star Families Voices Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at 5 p.m., on Tuesday, November 
15, 2016, the Rules Committee be discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 4511, to amend the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to allow 
the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories 
by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as 
a result of their service during a period of war, and Senate begin 
consideration of the bill; that there be 30 minutes of debate, equally 
divided in the usual form, and following the use or yielding back of 
time, Senate vote on passage of the bill, with no intervening action or 
debate.                                                      
  Page S6195
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of 
the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of 
ratification were agreed to:
  Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Treaty 
Doc. 110-19); and
  The Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of 
Securities Held with an Intermediary (Treaty Doc. 112-6) as amended. 
                                                             Page S6195
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Rena Bitter, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's 
Democratic Republic.
  Sung Y. Kim, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Philippines.
  Andrew Robert Young, of California, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
  W. Stuart Symington, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria.
  Joseph R. Donovan Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Indonesia.
  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.                                   
Pages S6248-49
  5 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  36 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S6248-49
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jane Marie Doggett, of Montana, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2022.
  Diane Suzette Harris, of Utah, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2022.

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  Virginia Johnson, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2020.
  Sylvia Orozco, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2022.
  Wilfredo Martinez, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 2019.
  Glenn Fine, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Defense.
  Brent Franklin Nelsen, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2022.
  Jeffrey DeLaurentis, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cuba.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S6248
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6222
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6222
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S6222, S6245
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6222-25
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S6225
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6225
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6227-29
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6229-44
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6214-22
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6244-45
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6245
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6245
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--151) 
                                              Pages S6173, S6182, S6183
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:31 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2016. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6245.)