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.
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Considered by Senate.
S.Amdt. 1456 (Sen. McCain):
To require additional information supporting
long-range plans for construction of naval vessels.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1463 (Sen. McCain):
In the nature of a substitute.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1473 (Sen. Vitter):
To limit the retirement of Army combat units
.
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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.
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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.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1543 (Sen. Paul):
To strengthen employee cost savings suggestions
programs within the Federal Government.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1559 (Sen. Durbin):
To prohibit the award of Department of Defense
contracts to inverted domestic corporations.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 1564 (Sen. Blumenthal):
To increase civil penalties for violations of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
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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.
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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
.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
