The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 10 a
.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and the President pro tempore led the
Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United
States of America.
Legislative Business (Tuesday, May 19)
H.R. 1314 (Rep. Meehan):
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse
determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations
.
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Considered by Senate.
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Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
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Cloture motion on amendment SA 1221 presented in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1226 (Sen. McCain):
To repeal a duplicative inspection and grading
program.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1227 (Sen. Shaheen):
To make trade agreements work for small businesses
.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1243 (Sen. Flake):
To strike the extension of the trade adjustment
assistance program.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1251 (Sen. Brown):
To require the approval of Congress before
additional countries may join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1299 (Sen. Portman):
To make it a principal negotiating objective of
the United States to address currency manipulation in trade agreements
.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1312 (Sen. Inhofe):
To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to
require the development of a plan for each sub-Saharan African country for
negotiating and entering into free trade agreements.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1327 (Sen. Warren):
To prohibit the application of the trade
authorities procedures to an implementing bill submitted with respect to a
trade agreement that includes investor-state dispute settlement
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Amendment pending in Senate.
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Amendment SA 1411 proposed by Senator Hatch to language proposed to be
stricken by amendment no. 1299.
H.R. 2252 (Rep. Hurd):
To clarify the effective date of certain provisions
of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014, and for other purposes
.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
S.Res. 181 (Sen. Hoeven):
A resolution designating May 19, 2015, as "National
Schizencephaly Awareness Day".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 182 (Sen. Daines):
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate
that Defense laboratories have been, and continue to be, on the cutting edge
of scientific and technological advancement and supporting the designation
of May 14, 2015, as the "Department of Defense Laboratory Day"
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
