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“Senate” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D654-D655 on June 8, 2015.
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Monday, June 8, 2015
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3849-S3887
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 1522-1527, and S. Res. 194.
Pages S3860-61
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S3850-55
Pending:
McCain Amendment No. 1463, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S3850
McCain Amendment No. 1456 (to Amendment No. 1463), to require additional information supporting long-range plans for construction of naval vessels.
Page S3850
Reed Amendment No. 1521 (to Amendment No. 1463), to limit the availability of amounts authorized to be appropriated for overseas contingency operations pending relief from the spending limits under the Budget Control Act of 2011.
Page S3850
Cornyn Amendment No. 1486 (to Amendment No. 1463), to require reporting on energy security issues involving Europe and the Russian Federation, and to express the sense of Congress regarding ways the United States could help vulnerable allies and partners with energy security.
Page S3850
Vitter Amendment No. 1473 (to Amendment No. 1463), to limit the retirement of Army combat units.
Page S3850
Markey Amendment No. 1645 (to Amendment No. 1463), to express the sense of Congress that exports of crude oil to United States allies and partners should not be determined to be consistent with the national interest if those exports would increase energy prices in the United States for American consumers or businesses or increase the reliance of the United States on imported oil.
Page S3850
Reed (for Blumenthal) Amendment No. 1564 (to Amendment No. 1463), to increase civil penalties for violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
Page S3850
McCain (for Paul) Modified Amendment No. 1543 (to Amendment No. 1463), to strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs within the Federal Government.
Page S3850
Reed (for Durbin) Modified Amendment No. 1559 (to Amendment No. 1463), to prohibit the award of Department of Defense contracts to inverted domestic corporations.
Pages S3850, S3854-55
McCain (for Burr) Amendment No. 1569 (to Amendment No. 1463), to ensure criminal background checks of employees of the military child care system and providers of child care services and youth program services for military dependents.
Page S3855
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, June 9, 2015; that the time until 3 p.m. be equally divided between the managers, or their designees; that following the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to Reed Amendment No. 1521 (to Amendment No. 1463) (listed above); and that there be no second-degree amendment in order to the amendment prior to the vote.
Page S3855
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Mary L. Kendall, of Minnesota, to be Inspector General, Department of the Interior.
Scott Allen, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Page S3887
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the following nomination:
Ericka M. Miller, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, which was sent to the Senate on March 4, 2015.
Page S3887
Messages from the House:
Page S3857
Measures Referred:
Pages S3857-58
Executive Communications:
Pages S3858-59 Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S3859-60
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S3860
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3861-64
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Page S3864
Additional Statements:
Pages S3856-57
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S3864-85
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S3885
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3885.)
