<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><daily_senate_floor_activity>
<congress>114</congress>
<session>2</session>
<title>Today's Senate Floor Activity</title>
<date>Monday, July 11, 2016</date>
<intro_text>The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at  4 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.</intro_text>  

<section type="journal">
<section_title>The Journal</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of Thursday, July 7, 2016,  the Journal of
the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date. </content>

</section>
<section type="procedures_dispensed_with">
<section_title>Certain Procedures Dispensed With</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of Thursday, July 7, 2016, 
the morning hour being deemed expired, and the times for the recognition 
of the two leaders being reserved.</content>
</section>
<section type="morning_business">
<section_title>Transaction of Morning Business</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of Thursday, July 7, 2016, 
the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.
</content>
</section>
<section type="legislative_business">
<section_title>Legislative Business (Monday, July 11)</section_title>
<document>
<docnum>H.R. 5293</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. Frelinghuysen</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[Making appropriations for the Department of Defense
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes
.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 524</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Whitehouse</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to award grants to address the national epidemics 
of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, and to provide for the 
establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update 
best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for 
other purposes.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on 
House action held at the desk in Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Conference report considered in Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture motion on the conference report to accompany S. 524 presented in 
Senate.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 2943</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. McCain</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[An original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 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.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to 
Senate bill and House requests a conference.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S.Res. 525</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Murkowski</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution designating August 16, 2016, as 
"National Airborne Day".]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and 
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S.Con.Res. 44</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Burr</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A concurrent resolution recognizing the sunflower 
as the flower for military caregivers.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and 
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
</section>

<section type="adjournment">
<section_title>Adjournment</section_title>
<content>Under the authority of the order of today, at  7:35 p.m, 
the Presiding Officer (Mrs. Ernst in the chair) declared the 
Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 10 a.m. tomorrow
.</content>
</section>
</daily_senate_floor_activity>