The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 9:30
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 (Thursday, July 14)
H.R. 1462 (Rep. Clark):
To combat the rise of prenatal opioid abuse and
neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 2577 (Rep. Diaz-Balart):
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes
.
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Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by
which cloture on the conference report was not invoked (Record Vote No.
112) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the
conference report was not invoked (Record Vote No. 112) agreed to in Senate
by Voice Vote.
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Upon reconsideration, cloture on the conference report to accompany H.R.
2577 not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number:
134
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Conference report considered in Senate.
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Second cloture motion on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2577
presented in Senate.
H.R. 2607 (Rep. Crowley):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, New York, as
the "Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building".
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 3700 (Rep. Luetkemeyer):
To provide housing opportunities in the United
States through modernization of various housing programs, and for other
purposes.
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by
Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 3931 (Rep. Westerman):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 620 Central Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs
National Park, Arkansas, as the "Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown United
States Post Office".
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 3953 (Rep. Bilirakis):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 4122 Madison Street, Elfers, Florida, as the
"Private First Class Felton Roger Fussell Memorial Post Office"
.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4010 (Rep. Gallego):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as
the "Ed Pastor Post Office".
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4425 (Rep. Emmer):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 110 East Powerhouse Road in Collegeville,
Minnesota, as the "Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office".
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4747 (Rep. Scott):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 6691 Church Street in Riverdale, Georgia, as the
"Major Gregory E. Barney Post Office Building".
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4761 (Rep. Chu):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 61 South Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre,
California, as the "Louis Van Iersel Post Office".
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4777 (Rep. Sewell):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 1301 Alabama Avenue in Selma, Alabama as the
"Amelia Boynton Robinson Post Office Building".
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4877 (Rep. Olson):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 3130 Grants Lake Boulevard in Sugar Land, Texas,
as the "LCpl Garrett W. Gamble, USMC Post Office Building"
.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4904 (Rep. Cartwright):
To require the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and
for other purposes.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4925 (Rep. Latta):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 229 West Main Cross Street, in Findlay, Ohio, as
the "Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building"
.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4975 (Rep. Ashford):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 5720 South 142nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the
"Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb A. Nelson Post Office Building"
.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4987 (Rep. Miller):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 3957 2nd Avenue in Laurel Hill, Florida, as the
"Sergeant First Class William 'Kelly' Lacey Post Office"
.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 5028 (Rep. Lawrence):
To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 10721 E Jefferson Ave in Detroit, Michigan, as the
"Mary E. McCoy Post Office Building".
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 5293 (Rep. Frelinghuysen):
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes
.
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Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by
which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure
(Record Vote No.124 ) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the
motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 124)
agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not
invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 42. Record Vote Number:
133
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Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
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Second cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate.
H.R. 5722 (Rep. Kennedy):
To establish the John F. Kennedy Centennial
Commission.
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Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.Con.Res. 142 (Rep. Becerra):
A concurrent resolution supporting the bid of Los
Angeles, California to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic Games back to the
United States and pledging the cooperation of Congress with respect to that
bid.
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by
Unanimous Consent.
S. 304 (Sen. Thune):
To improve motor vehicle safety by encouraging the
sharing of certain information.
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Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to
Senate bill.
S. 817 (Sen. Wyden):
To provide for the addition of certain real
property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon
.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 818 (Sen. Wyden):
To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make
technical corrections, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 1443 (Sen. Murkowski):
To amend the Indian Employment, Training and
Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate the ability of
Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services
from diverse Federal sources, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
S. 1935 (Sen. Baldwin):
To require the Secretary of Commerce to undertake
certain activities to support waterfront community revitalization and
resiliency.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
S. 2614 (Sen. Schumer):
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994, to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease
Patient Alert Program, and to promote initiatives that will reduce the risk
of injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some
children with autism.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
S.Amdt. 4976 (Sen. Grassley):
In the nature of a substitute.
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Amendment SA 4976 proposed by Senator Murkowski for Senator Grassley.
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Amendment SA 4976 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S. 2854 (Sen. Burr):
To reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil
Rights Crime Act of 2007.
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
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Amendment SA 4975 proposed by Senator Murkowski for Senator Burr.
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Amendment SA 4975 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S. 2943 (Sen. McCain):
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.
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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 appoint the following conferees: McCain, Inhofe
, Sessions, Wicker, Ayotte, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Tillis,
Sullivan, Lee, Graham, Cruz, Reed, Nelson, McCaskill, Manchin, Shaheen,
Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Donnelly, Hirono, Kaine, King, and Heinrich 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 appoint the following
conferees: McCain, Inhofe, Sessions, Wicker, Ayotte, Fischer, Cotton,
Rounds, Ernst, Tillis, Sullivan, Lee, Graham, Cruz, Reed, Nelson, McCaskill
, Manchin, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Donnelly, Hirono, Kaine, King,
and Heinrich 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 appoint the following conferees:
McCain, Inhofe, Sessions, Wicker, Ayotte, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst,
Tillis, Sullivan, Lee, Graham, Cruz, Reed, Nelson, McCaskill, Manchin,
Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Donnelly, Hirono, Kaine, King, and
Heinrich invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 7. Record Vote Number:
130
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Senate disagrees to the House amendment to the Senate bill, agrees to
request for conference, appoints the following conferees: McCain, Inhofe,
Sessions, Wicker, Ayotte, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Tillis, Sullivan,
Lee, Graham, Cruz, Reed, Nelson, McCaskill, Manchin, Shaheen, Gillibrand,
Blumenthal, Donnelly, Hirono, Kaine, King, and Heinrich by Unanimous
Consent.
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Motion by Senator Shaheen to instruct Senate conferees (Afghan Special
Immigrant Visa program) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 12.
Record Vote Number:
131
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Motion by Senator Sullivan to instruct Senate conferees (military
operations) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 12. Record Vote
Number:
132
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
S. 3028 (Sen. Cantwell):
To redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the Daniel
J. Evans Wilderness.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski
without amendment. Without written report.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No.
571.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 3282 (Sen. Wicker):
To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant
College Program Act, and for other purposes.
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Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
S. 3283 (Sen. Gardner):
To designate the community-based outpatient clinic
of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, Colorado, as the "PFC James
Dunn VA Clinic".
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Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 349 (Sen. Roberts):
A resolution congratulating the Farm Credit System
on the celebration of its 100th anniversary.
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Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by
Unanimous Consent.
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Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by
Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 486 (Sen. Rubio):
A resolution commemorating "Cruise Travel
Professional Month" in October 2016.
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by
Unanimous Consent.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by
Unanimous Consent.
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Amendment SA 4977 proposed by Senator Murkowski for Senator Rubio.
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Amendment SA 4977 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 515 (Sen. Cardin):
A resolution welcoming Prime Minister Lee
Hsien-Loong to the United States and reaffirming Singapore's strategic
partnership with the United States, encompassing broad and robust economic,
military-to-military, law enforcement, and counterterrorism cooperation
.
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Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without
amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No.
565.
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by
Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 521 (Sen. Ayotte):
A resolution expressing support for the designation
of September 2016 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
.
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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. 538 (Sen. Rubio):
A resolution designating September 2016 as
"National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 539 (Sen. Cornyn):
A resolution condemning the horrific acts of
violence and hatred in Dallas, Texas, on July 7, 2016, and expressing
support and prayers for all those impacted by the tragedy
.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 540 (Sen. Coons):
A resolution commending the officers of the
Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service for their work in fighting
Ebola.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 541 (Sen. Hirono):
A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of
the establishment of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National
Park in the State of Hawaii, and designating August 1, 2016, as "Hawaii
Volcanoes and Haleakala National Parks Day".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 542 (Sen. Grassley):
A resolution recognizing the 70th anniversary and
the importance of the Lanham Act by designating July 2016 as "National
Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month"
.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 543 (Sen. Klobuchar):
A resolution commemorating the past success of the
United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams and supporting the United States
Olympic and Paralympic Teams in the 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 544 (Sen. Cotton):
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate
regarding compliance enforcement of Russian violations of the Open Skies
Treaty.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 545 (Sen. Stabenow):
A resolution supporting the designation of July 15,
2016, as "Leiomyosarcoma Awareness Day".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 546 (Sen. Roberts):
A resolution honoring the centennial of the United
States Grain Standards Act.
--
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 547 (Sen. Boozman):
A resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of
the American Tree Farm System.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 548 (Sen. Nelson):
A resolution celebrating the 40th anniversary of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Viking Mission Landing
on the surface of Mars.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Con.Res. 41 (Sen. Ernst):
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of
Congress on the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
.
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Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with amendments.
Without written report.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No.
566.
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Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
S.Con.Res. 46 (Sen. Nelson):
A concurrent resolution expressing support for the
goal of ensuring that all Holocaust victims live with dignity, comfort, and
security in their remaining years, and urging the Federal Republic of
Germany to continue to reaffirm its commitment to comprehensively address
the unique health and welfare needs of vulnerable Holocaust victims,
including home care and other medically prescribed needs
.
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Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without
amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No.
568.
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by
Unanimous Consent.
S.Con.Res. 50 (Sen. McConnell):
A concurrent resolution providing for an
adjournment of the House of Representatives.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by
Unanimous Consent.
Executive Business (Thursday, July 14)
PN468:
Julius Lloyd Horwich, of Illinois, to be Assistant
Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of
Education
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN761:
Thomas F. Scott Darling, III, of Massachusetts, to
be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN1264:
Anne Hall, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Lithuania
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Reported by Senator Corker, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed
report.
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Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 679. Subject to nominee's
commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN1374:
Lawrence Robert Silverman, of Massachusetts, to be
Ambassador to the State of Kuwait
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Reported by Senator Corker, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed
report.
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Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 680. Subject to nominee's
commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN1422:
Blair Anderson, of California, to be Under
Secretary of Transportation for Policy
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN1423:
Carol Z. Perez, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Chile
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Reported by Senator Corker, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed
report.
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Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 681. Subject to nominee's
commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN1491:
Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be Ambassador
to Greece
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Reported by Senator Corker, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed
report.
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Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 682. Subject to nominee's
commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN1492:
Douglas Alan Silliman, of Texas, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Iraq
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Reported by Senator Corker, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed
report.
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Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 683. Subject to nominee's
commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN1493:
Marie L. Yovanovitch, of Connecticut, to be
Ambassador to Ukraine
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Reported by Senator Corker, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed
report.
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Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 684. Subject to nominee's
commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
Treaty Doc. 113-6:
Extradition Treaty between the Government of the
United States of America and the Republic of Chile
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Considered by Senate. By Unanimous Consent.
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Treaty moved through its parliamentary stages up to and including
presentation of the resolution of advice and consent to ratification.
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Resolution of advice and consent to ratification agreed to in Senate by
Division Vote.
Treaty Doc. 114-10:
Extradition Treaty between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of the Dominican Republic (the
"Treaty"), signed at Santo Domingo on January 12, 2015
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Considered by Senate. By Unanimous Consent.
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Treaty moved through its parliamentary stages up to and including
presentation of the resolution of advice and consent to ratification.
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Resolution of advice and consent to ratification agreed to in Senate by
Division Vote.
