Senate Floor Activity - Thursday, December 1, 2016

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.

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 (Thursday, December 1)

H.R. 34 (Rep. Bonamici): To authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

-- Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 34 made in Senate.

-- Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 34 presented in Senate.

-- Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 34 with an amendment (SA 5117) made in Senate.

-- Motion by Senator McConnell to refer to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions the House message to accompany H.R. 34 with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 5119) made in Senate.

S.Amdt. 5117 (Sen. McConnell): To change the enactment date.

-- Amendment SA 5117 proposed by Senator McConnell.

S.Amdt. 5118 (Sen. McConnell): To change the enactment date.

-- Amendment SA 5118 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 5117.

S.Amdt. 5119 (Sen. McConnell): To change the enactment date.

-- Amendment SA 5119 proposed by Senator McConnell.

S.Amdt. 5120 (Sen. McConnell): To change the enactment date.

-- Amendment SA 5120 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 5119 (the instructions of the motion to refer).

S.Amdt. 5121 (Sen. McConnell): To change the enactment date.

-- Amendment SA 5121 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 5120.

H.R. 1561 (Rep. Lucas): To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather research through a focused program of investment on affordable and attainable advances in observational, computing, and modeling capabilities to support substantial improvement in weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events, to expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes .

-- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 5125 (Sen. Thune): In the nature of a substitute.

-- Amendment SA 5125 proposed by Senator Sullivan for Senator Thune.

-- Amendment SA 5125 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 5126 (Sen. Cantwell): To authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

-- Amendment SA 5126 proposed by Senator Sullivan for Senator Cantwell to Amendment SA 5125.

-- Amendment SA 5126 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6014 (Rep. Nolan): To allow the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into reimbursable agreements for certain airport projects.

-- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6297 (Rep. Royce): To reauthorize the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 .

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 155

-- Message on Senate action sent to the House.

S. 10 (Sen. Scott): To provide for the consideration of a definition of anti-Semitism for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities.

-- Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 2058 (Sen. Burr): To require the Secretary of Commerce to study the coverage gaps of the Next Generation Weather Radar of the National Weather Service and to develop a plan for improving radar coverage and hazardous weather detection and forecasting.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 5123 (Sen. Burr): In the nature of a substitute.

-- Amendment SA 5123 proposed by Senator Sullivan for Senator Burr.

-- Amendment SA 5123 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 5124 (Sen. Burr): To amend the title.

-- Amendment SA 5124 proposed by Senator Sullivan for Senator Burr.

-- Amendment SA 5124 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S. 2577 (Sen. Cornyn): To protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic science testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training and equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.

-- Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.

S. 3492 (Sen. Peters): To designate the Traverse City VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, as the "Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic".

-- Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 606 (Sen. Cassidy): A resolution honoring the memories and legacies of the 3 law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the attack on July 17 , 2016, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, condemning that attack, and recognizing the heroism of law enforcement personnel and first responders .

-- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 627 (Sen. Isakson): A resolution designating December 3, 2016, as "National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day".

-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 628 (Sen. Blunt): A resolution authorizing the printing of a revised edition of the Senate Rules and Manual.

-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Adjournment

By unanimous consent, on the request of Mr. Sullivan, at 6:07 p.m., the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 3 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2016.