<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><daily_senate_floor_activity>
<congress>113</congress>
<session>2</session>
<title>Today's Senate Floor Activity</title>
<date>Monday, September 15, 2014</date>
<intro_text>The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at  2 p
.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and Mr. Leahy led the Senate in 
reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of 
America.</intro_text>  

<section type="journal">
<section_title>The Journal</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of Thursday, September 11, 2014,  the 
Journal of the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date. 
</content>
</section>
<section type="procedures_dispensed_with">
<section_title>Certain Procedures Dispensed With</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of Thursday, September 11, 2014, 
the morning hour being deemed expired, and the times for the recognition 
of the two leaders being reserved.</content>
</section>
<section type="morning_business">
<section_title>Transaction of Morning Business</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of Thursday, September 11, 2014, 
the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.
</content>
</section>
<section type="legislative_business">
<section_title>Legislative Business (Monday, September 
15)</section_title>
<document>
<docnum>H.R. 5134</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. Foxx</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To extend the National Advisory Committee on 
Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student 
Financial Assistance for one year.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by 
Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 1086</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Mikulski</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To reauthorize and improve the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and for other purposes
.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to 
Senate bill.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 2199</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Mikulski</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment 
of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture on the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 40. Record 
Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 262</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 2432</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Warren</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other 
purposes.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S.Res. 544</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Klobuchar</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution designating the year of 2014 as the 
"International Year of Family Farming".]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and 
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
</section>
<section type="executive_business">
<section_title>Executive Business (Monday, September 15)</section_title>
<document>
<docnum>PN1930</docnum> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member 
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring 
June 30, 2015]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 39. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 263</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>PN1931</docnum> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Stephen G. Burns, of Maryland, to be a Member of 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 
30, 2019]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 37. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 264</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
</document>
</section>

<section type="adjournment">
<section_title>Adjournment</section_title>
<content>By unanimous consent, on the request of Mr. Harry Reid, 
at  7:06 p.m., the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, 
until 10 a.m. tomorrow.</content> 
</section>
</daily_senate_floor_activity>