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.
Legislative Business (Tuesday, July 12)
H.R. 636 (Rep. Tiberi):
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize
appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2016
through 2017, and for other purposes.
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Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to
Senate amendments.
H.R. 4875 (Rep. Meehan):
To establish the United States Semiquincentennial
Commission, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 524 (Sen. Whitehouse):
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.
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Conference report considered in Senate.
S. 2012 (Sen. Murkowski):
An original bill to provide for the modernization
of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes
.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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Motion to disagree to the House amendment to the Senate bill, agree to
request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoints the following
conferees: Murkowski, Barrasso, Risch, Cornyn, Cantwell, Wyden, and Sanders
made in Senate.
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Cloture motion on the motion to disagree to the House amendment to the
Senate bill, agree to request for conference, and the Presiding Officer
appoints the following conferees: Murkowski, Barrasso, Risch, Cornyn,
Cantwell, Wyden, and Sanders presented in Senate.
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Cloture on the motion to disagree to the House amendment to the Senate bill
, agree to request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoints the
following conferees: Murkowski, Barrasso, Risch, Cornyn, Cantwell, Wyden,
and Sanders invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 3. Record Vote Number:
125
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Motion to disagree to the House amendment to the Senate bill, agree to
request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoints the following
conferees: Murkowski, Barrasso, Risch, Cornyn, Cantwell, Wyden, and Sanders
agreed to by Voice Vote.
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Senate disagrees to the House amendment to the Senate bill, agrees to
request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoints the following
conferees: Murkowski, Barrasso, Risch, Cornyn, Cantwell, Wyden, and Sanders
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
S. 2650 (Sen. Thune):
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the
Olympic Games or the Paralympic Games.
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Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Ordered held at desk.
S.Res. 513 (Sen. King):
A resolution designating September 25, 2016, as
"National Lobster Day".
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by
Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 528 (Sen. Alexander):
A resolution commending the Tennessee Valley
Authority on the 80th anniversary of the unified development of the
Tennessee River system.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
