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Senate Floor Activity - Monday, June 8, 2015

The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 3 p .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.

The Journal

Pursuant to the order of Thursday, June 4, 2015, the Journal of the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date.

Certain Procedures Dispensed With

Pursuant to the order of Thursday, June 4, 2015, the morning hour being deemed expired, and the times for the recognition of the two leaders being reserved.

Transaction of Morning Business

Pursuant to the order of Thursday, June 4, 2015, the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.

Legislative Business (Monday, June 8)

H.R. 1735 (Rep. Thornberry): To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year , and for other purposes.
-- Considered by Senate.
S.Amdt. 1456 (Sen. McCain): To require additional information supporting long-range plans for construction of naval vessels.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 1463 (Sen. McCain): In the nature of a substitute.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 1473 (Sen. Vitter): To limit the retirement of Army combat units .
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 1486 (Sen. Cornyn): 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.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 1521 (Sen. Reed): 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.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 1543 (Sen. Paul): To strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs within the Federal Government.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 1559 (Sen. Durbin): To prohibit the award of Department of Defense contracts to inverted domestic corporations.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 1564 (Sen. Blumenthal): To increase civil penalties for violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 1569 (Sen. Burr): 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.
-- Amendment SA 1569 proposed by Senator McCain for Senator Burr to Amendment SA 1463.

S.Amdt. 1645 (Sen. Markey): 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 .
-- Amendment pending in Senate.


Adjournment

Under the authority of the order of today, at 6:44 p.m, the Presiding Officer (Mr. McCain in the chair) declared the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 10 a.m. tomorrow .