<?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>Thursday, December 1, 2016</date>
<intro_text>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.</intro_text>  

<section type="journal">
<section_title>The Journal</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of yesterday, 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 yesterday,
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 yesterday,
the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.
</content>
</section>
<section type="legislative_business">
<section_title>Legislative Business (Thursday, December  
1)</section_title>
<document>
<docnum>H.R. 34</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. Bonamici</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, 
forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to 
Senate amendment.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 34 made in Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 34 presented in Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
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.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
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.
</document_status_text>

<amendment>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5117</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. McConnell</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To change the enactment date.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum>  Amendment to H.R. 34</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5117 proposed by Senator McConnell.

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5118</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. McConnell</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To change the enactment date.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 5117 to H.R. 34</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5118 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 5117.

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5119</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. McConnell</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To change the enactment date.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum>  Amendment to H.R. 34</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5119 proposed by Senator McConnell.

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5120</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. McConnell</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To change the enactment date.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 5119 to H.R. 34</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5120 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 5119 
(the instructions of the motion to refer).

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5121</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. McConnell</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To change the enactment date.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 5120 to H.R. 34</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5121 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 5120.

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
</amendment>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>H.R. 1561</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. Lucas</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[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
.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by 
Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>

<amendment>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5125</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Thune</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[In the nature of a substitute.]]></document_title>
<amendment_docnum>  Amendment to H.R. 1561</amendment_docnum>

<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5125 proposed by Senator Sullivan for Senator Thune.

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5125 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5126</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Cantwell</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection,
forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.]]></document_title>
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 5125 to H.R. 
1561</amendment_docnum>

<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5126 proposed by Senator Sullivan for Senator Cantwell to 
Amendment SA 5125.

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5126 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
</amendment>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>H.R. 6014</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. Nolan</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To allow the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to enter into reimbursable agreements for certain airport 
projects.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by 
Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>H.R. 6297</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. Royce</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To reauthorize the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote 
Number: 
<vote_number> 155</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 10</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Scott</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To provide for the consideration of a definition of
anti-Semitism for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws 
concerning education programs or activities.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and 
passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 2058</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Burr</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[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.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous 
Consent.
</document_status_text>

<amendment>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5123</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Burr</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[In the nature of a substitute.]]></document_title>
<amendment_docnum>  Amendment to S. 2058</amendment_docnum>

<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5123 proposed by Senator Sullivan for Senator Burr.

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5123 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 5124</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Burr</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To amend the title.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum>  Amendment to S. 2058</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5124 proposed by Senator Sullivan for Senator Burr.

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 5124 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
</amendment>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 2577</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Cornyn</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[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.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous 
Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S. 3492</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Peters</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[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".]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and 
passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S.Res. 606</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Cassidy</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[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
.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by 
Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum>S.Res. 627</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Isakson</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution designating December 3, 2016, as 
"National Phenylketonuria Awareness 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.Res. 628</docnum> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Blunt</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution authorizing the printing of a revised 
edition of the Senate Rules and Manual.]]></document_title>
<document_status_text> 
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by 
Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
</section>

<section type="adjournment">
<section_title>Adjournment</section_title>
<content>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.</content> 
</section>
</daily_senate_floor_activity>