Senate Floor Activity - Monday, September 11, 2017

The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 3 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.

The Journal

Pursuant to the order of Thursday, September 7, 2017, the Journal of the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date.

Certain Procedures Dispensed With

Pursuant to the order of Thursday, September 7, 2017, 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 Thursday, September 7, 2017, the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.

Legislative Business (Monday, September 11)

H.R. 2810 (Rep. Thornberry): To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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.

-- Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.

-- Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 3. Record Vote Number: 193

H.R. 3732 (Rep. Reichert): To amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority for increased fiscal year 2017 and 2018 payments for temporary assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign countries.

-- Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.

-- Message on Senate action sent to the House.

S. 102 (Sen. Cantwell): To direct the Federal Communications Commission to commence proceedings related to the resiliency of critical communications networks during times of emergency, and for other purposes .

-- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 327 (Sen. Heller): To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide a safe harbor related to certain investment fund research reports, and for other purposes.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- The committee amendments as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 935 (Sen. Warren): To improve the bill.

-- Amendment SA 935 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Warren.

-- Amendment SA 935 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S. 416 (Sen. Donnelly): To amend the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 to require an annual review by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the annual government-business forum on capital formation .

-- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 444 (Sen. Heitkamp): To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to expand the investor limitation for qualifying venture capital funds under an exemption from the definition of an investment company.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 462 (Sen. Heller): To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to refund or credit certain excess payments made to the Commission .

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 484 (Sen. Menendez): To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to terminate an exemption for companies located in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and any other possession of the United States.

-- Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.

S. 488 (Sen. Toomey): To increase the threshold for disclosures required by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to compensatory benefit plans, and for other purposes.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 1311 (Sen. Cornyn): To provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the United States.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 936 (Sen. Cornyn): To improve the bill.

-- Amendment SA 936 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Cornyn.

-- Amendment SA 936 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S. 1312 (Sen. Grassley): To prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the United States.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 937 (Sen. Grassley): to improve the bill.

-- Amendment SA 937 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Grassley.

-- Amendment SA 937 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S.J.Res. 49 (Sen. Warner): A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.

-- Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Adjournment

By unanimous consent, on the request of Mr. McConnell, at 7:44 p.m., the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 10 a.m. tomorrow.