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Senate Floor Activity - Tuesday, October 20, 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 (Tuesday, October 20)

H.R. 322 (Rep. Wagner): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16105 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office".
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 323 (Rep. Wagner): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office".
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 324 (Rep. Wagner): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office".
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 558 (Rep. Chabot): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 South Pioneer Boulevard in Springboro, Ohio, as the "Richard 'Dick' Chenault Post Office Building".
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1442 (Rep. Gibson): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 Cornell Street in Kingston, New York, as the "Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building".
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1884 (Rep. Slaughter): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 206 West Commercial Street in East Rochester, New York, as the "Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office Building" .
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 3059 (Rep. Russell): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4500 SE 28th Street, Del City, Oklahoma, as the James Robert Kalsu Post Office Building.
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 754 (Sen. Burr): An original bill to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes.
-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
-- Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate.
S.Amdt. 2548 (Sen. Heller): To protect information that is reasonably believed to be personal information or information that identifies a specific person .
-- Amendment SA 2548 proposed by Senator Burr for Senator Heller to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2552 (Sen. Coons): To modify section 5 to require DHS to review all cyber threat indicators and countermeasures in order to remove certain personal information.
-- Amendment SA 2552 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Coons to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2557 (Sen. Mikulski): To provide amounts necessary for accelerated cybersecurity in response to data breaches.
-- Amendment SA 2557 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Mikulski to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2564 (Sen. Paul): To prohibit liability immunity to applying to private entities that break user or privacy agreements with customers .
-- Amendment SA 2564 proposed by Senator Burr for Senator Paul to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2581 (Sen. Cotton): To exempt from the capability and process within the Department of Homeland Security communication between a private entity and the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the United States Secret Service regarding cybersecurity threats.
-- Amendment SA 2581 proposed by Senator Burr for Senator Cotton to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2582 (Sen. Flake): To terminate the provisions of the Act after six years.
-- Amendment SA 2582 proposed by Senator Burr for Senator Flake to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2587 (Sen. Leahy): To strike the FOIA exemption.
-- Amendment SA 2587 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Leahy to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2612 (Sen. Franken): To improve the definitions of cybersecurity threat and cyber threat indicator.
-- Amendment SA 2612 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Franken to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2621 (Sen. Wyden): To improve the requirements relating to removal of personal information from cyber threat indicators before sharing .
-- Amendment SA 2621 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Wyden to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2626 (Sen. Whitehouse): To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect Americans from cybercrime.
-- Amendment SA 2626 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Whitehouse to Amendment SA 2716.

S.Amdt. 2716 (Sen. Burr): In the nature of a substitute.
-- Amendment SA 2716 proposed by Senator Burr.
-- Cloture motion on amendment SA 2716 presented in Senate.


S. 2146 (Sen. Vitter): To hold sanctuary jurisdictions accountable for defying Federal law, to increase penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed, and to provide liability protection for State and local law enforcement who cooperate with Federal law enforcement and for other purposes.
-- Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
-- Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 280

S.Res. 261 (Sen. Boozman): A resolution designating the week of October 11 through October 17, 2015, as "National Case Management Week" to recognize the role of case management in improving health care outcomes for patients .
-- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Executive Business (Tuesday, October 20)

PN13: Ann Donnelly, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
-- Considered by Senate.
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 2. Record Vote Number: 279

Adjournment

By unanimous consent, on the request of Mr. McConnell, at 6:19 p.m., the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.