[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 172 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1081-D1082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, December 1, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6629-S6681
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 7-10, 3489-3493, and S. Res. 627-628.        
  Pages S6664-65
Measures Reported:
  S. 3084, to invest in innovation through research and development, 
and to improve the competitiveness of the United States, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-389)
  S. 2201, to promote international trade, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                      
Page S6663
Measures Passed:
  Iran Sanctions Extension Act: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote 
No. 155), Senate passed H.R. 6297, to reauthorize the Iran Sanctions 
Act of 1996.                                                 
  Page S6646
  Anti-Semitism Awareness Act: Senate passed S. 10, to provide for the 
consideration of a definition of anti-Semitism for the enforcement of 
Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or 
activities.                                              
  Pages S6649-50
  Metropolitan Weather Hazards Protection Act: Senate passed S. 2058, 
to require the Secretary of Commerce to study the coverage gaps of the 
Next Generation Weather Radar of the National Weather Service and to 
develop a plan for improving radar coverage and hazardous weather 
detection and forecasting, after withdrawing the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                            
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  Sullivan (for Burr/Cantwell) Amendment No. 5123, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S6679-80
  Sullivan (for Burr) Amendment No. 5124, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S6680
  Airport Construction and Alteration Reform Act: Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 6014, to allow the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration to enter into reimbursable agreements for 
certain airport projects, and the bill was then passed.      
  Page S6680
  Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act: Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1561, to improve the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration's weather research through a focused program 
of investment on affordable and attainable advances in observational, 
computing, and modeling capabilities to support substantial improvement 
in weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events, to 
expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and 
the bill was then passed, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                                 
  Page S6680
Adopted:
  Sullivan (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 5126 (to the language proposed 
by Amendment No. 5125), to authorize and strengthen the tsunami 
detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.             
Page S6680
  Sullivan (for Thune/Nelson) Amendment No. 5125, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6680
  Honoring the Memories of the Law Enforcement Officers in Baton Rouge: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 606, honoring the memories and legacies of the 3 law 
enforcement officers who lost their lives in the attack on July 17, 
2016, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, condemning that attack, and 
recognizing the heroism of law enforcement personnel and first 
responders, and the resolution was then agreed to.           
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  Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic: Senate passed S. 3492, to designate 
the Traverse City VA

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Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
in Traverse City, Michigan, as the ``Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic''.
                                                         Pages S6680-81
  National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 627, 
designating December 3, 2016, as ``National Phenylketonuria Awareness 
Day''.                                                       
  Page S6681
  Authorizing the Printing of the Senate Rules and Manual: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 628, authorizing the printing of a revised edition of 
the Senate Rules and Manual.                                 
  Page S6681
House Messages:
Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 34, to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, 
forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taking action on the following 
motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                     Pages S6645-66, S6646-49, S6650-58
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                         
Page S6645
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 5117, 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S6646
  McConnell Amendment No. 5118 (to Amendment No. 5117), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6646
  McConnell motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, with instructions, 
McConnell Amendment No. 5119, to change the enactment date. 
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  McConnell Amendment No. 5120 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 
5119) of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature.       
Page S6646
  McConnell Amendment No. 5121 (to Amendment No. 5120), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6646
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent 
agreement of Thursday, December 1, 2016, a vote on cloture will occur 
at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, December 5, 2016.               
Pages S6645-46
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, December 5, 2016, Senate resume 
consideration of the message of the House to accompany the bill; and 
that the filing deadline for first-degree amendments under rule XXII be 
at 4 p.m.                                                    
Page S6681
  Justice for All Reauthorization Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendment of the House to S. 2577, to protect crime victims' rights, to 
eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic evidence 
samples to improve and expand the forensic science testing capacity of 
Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and 
development of new testing technologies, to develop new training 
programs regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to 
provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the 
innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic science 
laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training and 
equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital 
cases.                                                       
  Page S6679
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S6660-61
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6661-63
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S6663
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6663-64
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6665-66
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6666-67
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6659-60
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6667-79
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6679
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6679
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--155) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:07 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6681.)