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“Senate” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D851-D852 on July 21, 2015.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5179-S5429
Measures Introduced: Twenty-one bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1804-1824, and S. Res. 224-227.
Pages S5210-11
Measures Reported:
S. 546, to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council to provide recommendations on emergency responder training and resources relating to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads. (S. Rept. No. 114-85)
S. 614, to provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments. (S. Rept. No. 114-86)
S. 1495, to curtail the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund to inflate spending. (S. Rept. No. 114-87)
Page S5210
Measures Passed:
Condemning the Attacks in Chattanooga, Tennessee: Senate agreed to S. Res. 227, condemning the attacks of July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, honoring the members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives, and expressing support and prayers for all those affected.
Page S5429
Measures Considered:
Hire More Heroes Act--Cloture: By 41 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 250), 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 H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Page S5188
Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S5188
Measures Discharged:
Expression of the Disfavor of Congress: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2159(i) and Section 601(b)(4) of Public Law 94-329, S.J. Res. 19, to express the disfavor of Congress regarding the proposed agreement for cooperation between the United States and the People's Republic of China transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 21, 2015, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, was discharged and placed on the calendar, 45 days of the review period having elapsed, not including time spent in adjournment pursuant to S. Con. Res. 19, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.
Page S5180
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation of the national emergency with respect to significant transnational criminal organizations that was established in Executive Order 13581 on July 24, 2011; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-21)
Pages S5207-08
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Kathryn M. Dominguez, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2004.
Leonard Terry Strand, of South Dakota, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.
1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Page S5429
Messages from the House:
Page S5208
Measures Referred:
Page S5208 Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S5180-81, S5208
Executive Communications:
Pages S5208-09
Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S5209-10
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S5211-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S5212-14
Additional Statements:
Page S5207
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S5214-S5326
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S5326
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S5326
Text of S. 1177 as Previously Passed:
Page S5326-S5428
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--250)
Page S5188
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:21 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5429.)
