[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 174 (Monday, December 5, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1090-D1092]
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                                           Monday, December 5, 2016

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6683-S6716
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3494-3502, and S. Res. 629-630.                  
  Page S6708
Measures Reported:
  S. 3346, to authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 114-390)
  Report to accompany 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. (S. Rept. No. 114-391)
  S. 1403, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for 
the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities 
that rely on them, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S6708
Measures Passed:
  Geographic Targeting Orders: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5602, to 
amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Treasury to include all funds when issuing certain geographic targeting 
orders, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S6683-84
  McConnell (for Shelby/Brown) Amendment No. 5127, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6683
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis 
`Lou' J. Langlais Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3218, to 
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''.                    
  Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Richard Allen Cable Post Office: Senate passed 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''.                                                    
  Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Leonard Montalto Post Office Building: Senate passed 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''.                             
  Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Army First Lieutenant Donald C. Carwile Post Office Building: Senate 
passed 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''. 
                                                             Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  E. Marie Youngblood Post Office: Senate passed 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''.                                                    
  Page S6684

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  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Zapata Veterans Post Office: Senate passed 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''. 
                                                             Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Officer Joseph P. Cali Post Office Building: Senate passed 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''.                       
  Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building: Senate passed 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''.                                           
  Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Segundo T. Sablan and CNMI Fallen Military Heroes Post Office 
Building: Senate passed 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''.                      
  Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Installation Reutilization Authority: Committee on Armed Services was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 3336, to provide 
installation reutilization authority for arsenals, depots, and plants, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                                 
  Page S6684
  McConnell (for Ernst) Amendment No. 5128, relating to installation 
reutilization authority.                                     
Page S6684
  McConnell (for Ernst) Amendment No. 5129, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S6684
  Subsequently, passage of the bill was vitiated.            
Page S6688
  Subsequently, all action taken during today's session of the Senate 
on the bill was vitiated.                                    
Page S6716
  Correct the Enrollment: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 174, directing 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the 
enrollment of H.R. 34, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S6696-97
  McConnell/Reid Amendment No. 5137, to make additional corrections in 
the enrollment of H.R. 34.                               
Pages S6696-97
Conference Reports:
National Defense Authorization Act--Conference Report: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report to accompany S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year.                
  Pages S6684-96
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
to accompany 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 the message of the House to accompany H.R. 34, to 
authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, 
research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.                              
Pages S6684-85
House Messages:
Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
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:                     
  Page S6686
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                         
Page S6686
  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 S6686

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  McConnell Amendment No. 5118 (to Amendment No. 5117), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6686
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 85 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 156), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                             Page S6697
  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, fell when 
cloture was invoked on McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of 
the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                     Pages S6686, S6697
  McConnell Amendment No. 5120 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 
5119) of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature, fell when 
McConnell motion to refer fell.                      
Pages S6686, S6697
  McConnell Amendment No. 5121 (to Amendment No. 5120), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 5120 (to the instructions 
(Amendment No. 5119) of the motion to refer) fell.   
Pages S6686, S6697
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the message of the House to accompany the bill, post-
cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, December 6, 2016; and 
that all time during adjournment and recess of the Senate count post-
cloture on McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill.                     
Page S6716
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6707
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                
  Pages S6707-08
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6708-09
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6709-10
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6707
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6710-16
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--156) 
                                                             Page S6697
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:52 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6716.)