[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 176 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1106-D1107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, December 7, 2016

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
      House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 34, Tsunami Warning, 
      Education, and Research Act (the legislative vehicle for 21st 
      Century Cures Act).


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6765-S6847
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3511-3519, S. Res. 632, and S. Con. Res. 58. 
                                                         Pages S6840-41
Measures Reported:
  S. 425, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a five-
year extension to the homeless veterans reintegration programs and to 
provide clarification regarding eligibility for services under such 
programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 114-395)
  H.R. 1150, to amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
to improve the ability of the United States to advance religious 
freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, 
counterterrorism, and foreign assistance efforts, and through stronger 
and more flexible political responses to religious freedom violations 
and violent extremism worldwide, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  H.R. 2845, to promote access to benefits under the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act, with an amendment.
  H.R. 4481, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide 
assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education 
and to establish the goal of all children in school and learning as an 
objective of the United States foreign assistance policy, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  H.R. 4939, to increase engagement with the governments of the 
Caribbean region, the Caribbean diaspora community in the United 
States, and the private sector and civil society in both the United 
States and the Caribbean, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  H. Con. Res. 40, encouraging reunions of divided Korean American 
families.
  S. Res. 535, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
trafficking of illicit fentanyl into the United States from Mexico and 
China, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an 
amended preamble.
  S. Res. 537, expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, 
economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the 
release of political prisoners, and calling for respect of 
constitutional and democratic processes, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble.
  S. 8, to provide for the approval of the Agreement for Cooperation 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Kingdom of Norway Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear 
Energy.
  S. 1182, to exempt application of JSA attribution rule in case of 
existing agreements.
  S. 2658, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize 
appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 
2016 through 2017, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. Con. Res. 30, expressing concern over the disappearance of David 
Sneddon.
  S. Con. Res. 57, honoring in praise and remembrance the extraordinary 
life, steady leadership, and remarkable, 70-year reign of King Bhumibol 
Adulyadej of Thailand.                                       
Page S6839
Conference Reports:
National Defense Authorization Act--Conference Report: Senate resumed 
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

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construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. 
                                                      Pages S6795-S6826
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 92 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 158), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the conference report to 
accompany the bill.                                          
Page S6795
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill, post-
cloture, at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, December 8, 2016; and 
that all post-cloture time on the conference report to accompany the 
bill expire at 12:30 p.m.                                    
Page S6845
House Messages:
  Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act: By 94 yeas to 5 nays 
(Vote No. 157), Senate concurred in 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, after taking 
action on the following motion and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S6769-95
Rejected:
  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. (Senate tabled the motion to concur.) 
                                                     Pages S6769, S6794
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  McConnell Amendment No. 5118 (to Amendment No. 5117), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell 
Amendment No. 5117 fell.                                     
Page S6769
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Report to accompany Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on 
the Accession of Montenegro (Treaty Doc. 114-12) (Ex. Rept. 114-16). 
                                                             Page S6840
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  46 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  94 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  4 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, 
and Navy.                                      
Pages S6843-45, S6846-47
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Ann Begeman, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2020. 
                                                             Page S6846
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6838
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S6839
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S6839
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6839-40
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6841-42
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S6842
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6838
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S6842-43
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--158) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:24 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2016. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6845.)