Mr. Mitch McConnell, from the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
called the Senate to order at 9:30 a.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer,
and Mr. McConnell led the Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag of the United States of America.
Legislative Business (Thursday, July 9)
H.R. 1735 (Rep. Thornberry):
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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Motion to insist on Senate amendment, agree to request for conference, and
authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees made in Senate.
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Cloture motion on the motion to insist on Senate amendment, agree to
request for conference, and authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint
conferees presented in Senate.
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Cloture on the motion to insist on Senate amendment, agree to request for
conference, and authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees
invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 81 - 15. Record Vote Number:
229
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Motion to insist on Senate amendment, agree to request for conference, and
authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees agreed to in Senate by
Voice Vote.
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Senate insists on its amendment, agrees to request for conference, and
authorizes the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees.
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Motion by Senator Reed to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
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Motion by Senator Reed to instruct Senate conferees (OCO) rejected in
Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 52. Record Vote Number:
230
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Senate appointed conferees McCain, Inhofe, Sessions, Wicker, Ayotte,
Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Graham, Reed, Nelson, Manchin, Gillibrand,
Donnelly, Hirono, Kaine.
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
H.R. 2620 (Rep. Scott):
To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to
exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 143 (Sen. Wicker):
To allow for improvements to the United States
Merchant Marine Academy and for other purposes.
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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
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Considered by Senate.
S.Amdt. 2079 (Sen. Fischer):
To ensure local governance of education
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Amendment pending in Senate.
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Amendment SA 2079 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
S.Amdt. 2080 (Sen. Hatch):
To establish a committee on student privacy policy
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Amendment SA 2080 proposed by Senator Alexander for Senator Hatch to
Amendment SA 2089.
S.Amdt. 2083 (Sen. Gardner):
To enable local educational agencies to use funds
under part A of title I for dual or concurrent enrollment programs at
eligible schools.
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Amendment SA 2083 proposed by Senator Alexander for Senator Gardner to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2083 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S.Amdt. 2087 (Sen. Feinstein):
To provide for additional means of certifying
children, youth, parents, and families as homeless.
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Amendment SA 2087 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Feinstein to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2087 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
S.Amdt. 2089 (Sen. Alexander):
In the nature of a substitute.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 2092 (Sen. McCaskill):
Enabling States, as a consortium, to use certain
grant funds to voluntarily develop a process that allows teachers who are
licensed or certified in a participating State to teach in other
participating States.
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Amendment SA 2092 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator McCaskill to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2092 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S.Amdt. 2093 (Sen. Franken):
To end discrimination based on actual or perceived
sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools
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Amendment SA 2093 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Franken to
Amendment SA 2089.
S.Amdt. 2094 (Sen. Toomey):
To ensure that States have policies or procedures
that prohibit aiding or abetting of sexual abuse, and for other purposes
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Amendment pending in Senate.
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Amendment SA 2094 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 -
0. Record Vote Number:
228
S.Amdt. 2095 (Sen. Peters):
To allow local educational agencies to use parent
and family engagement funds for financial literacy activities
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 2096 (Sen. Kaine):
To add career and technical education as a core
academic subject.
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Amendment SA 2096 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Kaine to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2096 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
S.Amdt. 2099 (Sen. Brown):
To amend part A of title IV of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow funds provided under such part to
be used for a site resource coordinator.
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Amendment SA 2099 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Brown to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2099 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record
Vote Number:
227
S.Amdt. 2103 (Sen. Manchin):
To enable local educational agencies to use funds
under part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 for programs and activities that promote volunteerism and community
service.
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Amendment SA 2103 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Manchin to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2103 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
S.Amdt. 2108 (Sen. Gillibrand):
To amend the program under part E of title II to
ensure increased access to science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics subject fields for underrepresented students, and for other
purposes.
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Amendment SA 2108 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Gillibrand to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2108 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S.Amdt. 2110 (Sen. Daines):
To allow a State to submit a declaration of intent
to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the
academic achievement of students.
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Amendment SA 2110 proposed by Senator Daines to Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2110, under the order of 7/9/15, not having achieved 60
votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote.
44 - 54. Record Vote Number:
226
S.Amdt. 2118 (Sen. Kaine):
To amend the State accountability system under
section 1113(b)(3) regarding the measures used to ensure that students are
ready to enter postsecondary education or the workforce without the need
for postsecondary remediation.
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Amendment SA 2118 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Kaine to
Amendment SA 2089.
S.Amdt. 2119 (Sen. Gardner):
To include charter school representatives in the
list of entities with whom a State and local educational agency shall
consult in the development of plans under title I.
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Amendment SA 2119 proposed by Senator Alexander for Senator Gardner to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2119 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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Notwithstanding the adoption of amendment SA 2119, the amendment is
modified by Unanimous Consent.
S.Amdt. 2120 (Sen. Warren):
To amend section 1111(d) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding the cross-tabulation of student
data.
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Amendment SA 2120 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Warren to
Amendment SA 2089.
S.Amdt. 2121 (Sen. Heller):
To ensure timely and meaningful consultation
between State educational agencies and Governors in the development of
State plans under titles I and II and section 9302.
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Amendment SA 2121 proposed by Senator Alexander for Senator Heller to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2121 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
S.Amdt. 2131 (Sen. Casey):
To improve the bill relating to appropriate
accommodations for children with disabilities.
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Amendment SA 2131 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Casey to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2131 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S.Amdt. 2132 (Sen. Scott):
To expand opportunity by allowing Title I funds to
follow low-income children.
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Amendment SA 2132 proposed by Senator Alexander for Senator Scott to
Amendment SA 2089.
S.Amdt. 2138 (Sen. Klobuchar):
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 relating to improving student academic achievement in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Amendment SA 2138 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Klobuchar to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2138 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S.Amdt. 2147 (Sen. Portman):
To promote recovery support services for students
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Amendment SA 2147 proposed by Senator Alexander for Senator Portman to
Amendment SA 2089.
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Amendment SA 2147 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
S.Amdt. 2161 (Sen. Kirk):
To ensure that States measure and report on
indicators of student access to critical educational resources and identify
disparities in such resources, and for other purposes,
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Amendment SA 2161 proposed by Senator Alexander for Senator Kirk to
Amendment SA 2089.
S. 1180 (Sen. Johnson):
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to
direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to
modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the United
States, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
S. 1359 (Sen. Fischer):
To allow manufacturers to meet warranty and
labeling requirements for consumer products by displaying the terms of
warranties on Internet websites, and for other purposes.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
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Amendment SA 2214 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Fischer.
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Amendment SA 2214 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 219 (Sen. Enzi):
A resolution designating July 25, 2015, as
"National Day of the American Cowboy".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 220 (Sen. Heitkamp):
A resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of
the Medora Musical.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 221 (Sen. Gardner):
A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of
Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
