[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Tuesday, January 3, 2017

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      First Session of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Congress convened 
      as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1-S28
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and ten resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 11-20, S.J. Res. 1-2, S. Res. 1-5, and S. Con. Res. 1-3. 
                                                           Pages S21-28
Measures Passed:
  Notification of the President: Senate agreed to S. Res. 1, informing 
the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is 
assembled.                                                      
  Page S6
  Notification of the House of Representatives: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 2, informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the 
Senate is assembled.                                            
  Page S6
  Fixing the Hour of Daily Meeting: Senate agreed to S. Res. 3, fixing 
the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.                        
  Page S6
  Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: Senate agreed 
to S. Con. Res. 1, extending the life of the Joint Congressional 
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.                              
  Page S6
  Counting of Electoral Votes: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 2, to 
provide for the counting on January 6, 2017, of the electoral votes for 
President and Vice President of the United States.           
  Pages S6-7
Administration of Oath of Office: The Senators-elect were administered 
the oath of office by the Vice President.                    
  Pages S4-5
  Authority for Select Committee on Ethics: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that for the duration of the 115th 
Congress, the Ethics Committee be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate.                                                  
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  Time for Roll Call Votes: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that for the duration of the 115th Congress, there be a 
limitation of 15 minutes each upon any roll call vote, with the warning 
signal to be sounded at the midway point, beginning at the last 7\1/2\ 
minutes, and when roll call votes are of 10-minute duration, the 
warning signal be sounded at the beginning of the last 7\1/2\ minutes. 
                                                                Page S7
  Authority to Receive Reports: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that during the 115th Congress, it be in order for 
the Secretary of the Senate to receive reports at the desk when 
presented by a Senator at any time during the day of the session of the 
Senate.                                                         
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  Recognition of Leadership: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Majority and Minority Leaders may daily have up to 
10 minutes each on each calendar day following the prayer and 
disposition of the reading of, or the approval of, the Journal. 
                                                                Page S7
  Printing of Conference Reports: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXVIII, 
conference reports and statements accompanying them not be printed as 
Senate reports when such conference reports and statements have been 
printed as a House report unless specific request is made in the Senate 
in each instance to have such a report printed.                 
  Page S7
  Authority for Appropriations Committee: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that the Committee on Appropriations be 
authorized during the 115th Congress to file reports during the 
adjournments or recesses of the Senate on appropriations bills, 
including joint resolutions, together with any accompanying notices of 
motions to suspend rule XVI, pursuant to rule V, for the purpose of 
offering certain amendments to such bills or joint resolutions, which 
proposed amendments shall be printed.                           
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  Authority for Corrections in Engrossment: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing

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that, for the duration of the 115th Congress, the Secretary of the 
Senate be authorized to make technical and clerical corrections in the 
engrossments of all Senate-passed bills and joint resolutions, Senate 
amendments to House bills and resolutions, Senate amendments to House 
amendments to Senate bills and resolutions, and Senate amendments to 
House amendments to House bills or resolutions.                 
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  Authority to Receive Messages and Sign Enrolled Measures: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that, for the 
duration of the 115th Congress, when the Senate is in recess or 
adjournment, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to receive 
messages from the President of the United States, and--with the 
exception of House bills, joint resolutions and concurrent 
resolutions--messages from the House of Representatives; and that they 
be appropriately referred; and that the President of the Senate, the 
President pro tempore, and the Acting President pro tempore be 
authorized to sign duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions.   
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  Privileges of the Floor: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that, for the duration of the 115th Congress, Senators be 
allowed to leave at the desk with the Journal Clerk the names of two 
staff members who will be granted the privilege of the floor during the 
consideration of the specific matter noted, and that the Sergeant-at-
Arms be instructed to rotate such staff members as space allows. 
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  Referral of Treaties and Nominations: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that, for the duration of the 115th Congress, it 
be in order to refer treaties and nominations on the day when they are 
received from the President, even when the Senate has no executive 
session that day.                                               
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  Authority to Introduce Measures: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that, for the duration of the 115th Congress, 
Senators may be allowed to bring to the desk, bills, joint resolutions, 
concurrent resolutions, and simple resolutions, for referral to 
appropriate committees.                                         
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Measures Held Over/Under Rule:                                 
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                    
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Additional Statements:
Quorum Calls:
  One quorum call was taken today. (Total--1)                   
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:02 p.m. and adjourned at 2:09 p.m., 
until 12:00 noon on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S28.)