[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 165 (Thursday, November 17, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1052-D1054]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, November 17, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6425-S6497
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3472-3482, and S. Res. 616-619.               
  Page S6484
Measures Reported:
  S. 1869, to improve Federal network security and authorize and 
enhance an existing intrusion detection and prevention system for 
civilian Federal networks, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 114-378)
  S. 3087, to establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to 
assist in the awarding of fisheries research and development grants and 
for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 114-379)
  S. 2580, to establish the Indian Education Agency to streamline the 
administration of Indian education, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-380)
  S. 2643, to improve the implementation of the settlement agreement 
reached between the Pueblo de Cochiti of New Mexico and the Corps of 
Engineers, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 114-381)
  S. 2717, to improve the safety and address the deferred maintenance 
needs of Indian dams to prevent flooding on Indian reservations, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-382)
  H.R. 3218, Designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1221 State Street, Suite 12, Santa Barbara, California, as 
the ``Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis 
`Lou' J. Langlais Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4887, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 23323 Shelby Road in Shelby, Indiana, as the 
``Richard Allen Cable Post Office''.
  H.R. 5150, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, 
as the ``Leonard Montalto Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5309, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 401 McElroy Drive in Oxford, Mississippi, as the 
``Army First Lieutenant Donald C. Carwile Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5356, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14231 TX-150 in Coldspring, Texas, as the ``E. Marie 
Youngblood Post Office''.
  H.R. 5591, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 810 N US Highway 83 in Zapata, Texas, as the 
``Zapata Veterans Post Office''.
  H.R. 5676, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6300 N. Northwest Highway in Chicago, Illinois, as 
the ``Officer Joseph P. Cali Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5798, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the 
``Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5889, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1 Chalan Kanoa VLG in Saipan, Northern Mariana 
Islands, as the ``Segundo T. Sablan and CNMI Fallen Military Heroes 
Post Office Building''.                                  
Pages S6483-84
Measures Passed:
  R.E. Thomason Federal Building and United States Courthouse: 
Committee on Environment and Public Works was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 5873, to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio Avenue in El 
Paso, Texas, as the ``R.E. Thomason Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse'', and the bill was then passed.                  
  Page S6493
  Prescribed Burn Approval Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry was discharged from further consideration of S. 3395, to 
require limitations on prescribed burns, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S6493
  Veterans Mobility Safety Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3471, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to make certain improvements in the provision of 
automobiles and adaptive equipment by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
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  McConnell (for Moran/Tester) Amendment No. 5111, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6493
  Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations: Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 4902, to amend title 5, United States 
Code, to expand law enforcement availability pay to employees of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations, and the bill 
was then passed.                                             
  Page S6493
  Security Clearance Accountability, Reform, and Enhancement Act: 
Senate passed S. 434, to strengthen the accountability of individuals 
involved in misconduct affecting the integrity of background 
investigations, to update guidelines for security clearances, to 
prevent conflicts of interest relating to contractors providing 
background investigation fieldwork services and investigative support 
services.                                                
  Pages S6493-95
  National Bladder Health Month: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 604, 
expressing support for the designation of November 2016 as ``National 
Bladder Health Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S6495
  Drive Safer Sunday: Senate agreed to S. Res. 617, designating 
November 27, 2016, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.                
  Page S6495
  Congratulating the Chicago Cubs: Senate agreed to S. Res. 618, 
commending and congratulating the Chicago Cubs on their 2016 World 
Series victory.                                              
  Page S6495
  National Native American Heritage Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
619, recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and 
celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the 
contributions of Native Americans to the United States. 
                                                  Pages S6490, S6496-97
Measures Considered:
American Energy and Conservation Act: Senate continued consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3110, to provide for 
reforms of the administration of the outer Continental Shelf of the 
United States, to provide for the development of geothermal, solar, and 
wind energy on public land.                              
  Pages S6427-38
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 153), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S6436
House Messages:
  Tom Stagg United States Court House: Senate concurred in the 
amendments of the House of Representatives to S. 2754, to designate the 
Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin 
Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ``Tom Stagg United States Court 
House''.                                                 
  Pages S6492-93
Authorizing Leadership To Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the 
upcoming adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the 
President pro tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be 
authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, 
conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by 
concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S6495
Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 11:00 a.m., on 
Tuesday November 29, 2016, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 2873, to 
require studies and reports examining the use of, and opportunities to 
use, technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building 
models to improve programs of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, and Senate begin consideration of the bill; that Alexander 
Amendment No. 5110 be agreed to, that there be up to 30 minutes of 
debate equally divided in the usual form, and that following the use or 
yielding back of that time, Senate vote on passage of the bill, as 
amended, with no intervening action or debate.               
  Page S6492
Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Senate adjourn, to then convene for pro 
forma sessions only, with no business being conducted on the following 
dates and times, and that following each pro forma session, the Senate 
adjourn until the next pro forma session: Friday, November 18, 2016 at 
9:30 a.m.; Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 11 a.m.; and Friday, November 
25, 2016 at 11 a.m.; and that when the Senate adjourns on Friday, 
November 25, 2016, it next convene at 3 p.m., on Monday, November 28, 
2016.                                                        
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Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6466
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6466-70
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S6470-83
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6486-90
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6463-66
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6490-92
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6492
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6492
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--153) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:07 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, November 18, 2016. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6495.)