Senate Floor Activity - Wednesday, July 8, 2015

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.

The Journal

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the Journal of the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date.

Certain Procedures Dispensed With

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, 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 yesterday, the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.

Legislative Business (Wednesday, July 8)

H.R. 728 (Rep. Luetkemeyer): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7050 Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the "Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Office" .

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 891 (Rep. Cuellar): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Paloma Drive in Floresville, Texas, as the "Floresville Veterans Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1326 (Rep. Ross): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Mulford Road in Mulberry, Florida, as the "Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1350 (Rep. Serrano): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in Bronx, New York, as the "Herman Badillo Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 1177 (Sen. Alexander): An original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves .

-- Considered by Senate.

S.Amdt. 2078 (Sen. Rounds): To require the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study regarding elementary and secondary education in rural or poverty areas of Indian country .

-- Amendment pending in Senate.

-- Amendment SA 2078 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

S.Amdt. 2079 (Sen. Fischer): To ensure local governance of education .

-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 2085 (Sen. Reed): To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding school librarians and effective school library programs.

-- Amendment pending in Senate.

-- Amendment SA 2085 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record Vote Number: 222

S.Amdt. 2086 (Sen. Warner): To enable the use of certain State and local administrative funds for fiscal support teams.

-- Amendment pending in Senate.

-- Amendment SA 2086 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

S.Amdt. 2089 (Sen. Alexander): In the nature of a substitute.

-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 2094 (Sen. Toomey): To protect our children from convicted pedophiles, child molesters, and other sex offenders infiltrating our schools and from schools "passing the trash"-- helping pedophiles obtain jobs at other schools.

-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 2095 (Sen. Peters): To allow local educational agencies to use parent and family engagement funds for financial literacy activities .

-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 2107 (Sen. Tester): To restore sections of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

-- Amendment SA 2107 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Tester to Amendment SA 2089.

-- Amendment SA 2107 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 41. Record Vote Number: 224

S.Amdt. 2109 (Sen. Hirono): To amend section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) to provide for additional disaggregation for local educational agencies with a total of not less than 1,000 Asian and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students .

-- Amendment SA 2109 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Hirono to Amendment SA 2089.

-- Amendment SA 2109 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 50. Record Vote Number: 223

S.Amdt. 2115 (Sen. Bennet): To provide for a study on increasing the effectiveness of existing services and programs intended to benefit children.

-- Amendment SA 2115 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Bennet to Amendment SA 2089.

-- Amendment SA 2115 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

S.Amdt. 2124 (Sen. Murray): To require schools to collect and report data on interscholastic sports.

-- Amendment SA 2124 proposed by Senator Murray to Amendment SA 2089.

-- Amendment SA 2124 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

S.Amdt. 2139 (Sen. Alexander): To allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to the accredited or otherwise State-approved public school, private school, or supplemental educational services program they attend.

-- Amendment SA 2139 proposed by Senator Alexander to Amendment SA 2089.

-- Amendment SA 2139, under the order of 7/8/15, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 52. Record Vote Number: 225

S.Res. 200 (Sen. Feinstein): A resolution wishing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama a happy 80th birthday on July 6, 2015, and recognizing the outstanding contributions His Holiness has made to the promotion of nonviolence, human rights, interfaith dialogue, environmental awareness, and democracy .

-- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 218 (Sen. Menendez): A resolution congratulating the United States Women's National Team for winning the 2015 FIFA World Cup .

-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Adjournment

Under the authority of the order of today, at 7:18 p.m, the Presiding Officer (Mr. Perdue in the chair) declared the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.