Wrap Up for Friday, December 9, 2016
- Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2028, CR; agreed to: 61-38
- Motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.2028, CR; agreed to: 63-36
- Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S.612, WRDA; agreed to: 69-30
- Motion to concur in the House amendment to S.612, WRDA; agreed to: 78 -21
Legislative Business
Agreed to H.Con.Res. 179 - Enrollment Correction to S. 2943
Passed S.3336 - Arsenal Installation with an Ernst amendment and a title amendment
Passed by voice vote H.R. 5602 - A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to include all funds when issuing certain geographic targeting orders, and for other purposes, with Shelby-Brown substitute amendment
Passed the following Postal Naming Bills en bloc:
Calendar #675, H.R. 3218 - Designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1221 State Street, Suite 12, Santa Barbara, California, as the "Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis 'Lou' J. Langlais Post Office Building".
Calendar #676, H.R. 4887- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23323 Shelby Road in Shelby, Indiana, as the "Richard Allen Cable Post Office".
Calendar #677, H.R. 5150 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, as the "Leonard Montalto Post Office Building".
Calendar #678, H.R. 5309 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 McElroy Drive in Oxford, Mississippi, as the "Army First Lieutenant Donald C. Carwile Post Office Building".
Calendar #679, H.R. 5356 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14231 TX-150 in Coldspring, Texas, as the "E. Marie Youngblood Post Office".
Calendar #680, H.R. 5591- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 N US Highway 83 in Zapata, Texas, as the "Zapata Veterans Post Office".
Calendar #681, H.R. 5676 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6300 N. Northwest Highway in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Officer Joseph P. Cali Post Office Building".
Calendar #682, H.R. 5798 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the "Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building".
Calendar #683, H.R. 5889 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Chalan Kanoa VLG in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, as the "Segundo T. Sablan and CNMI Fallen Military Heroes Post Office Building"
Passed Calendar #704, S. 8 - Kingdom of Norway / Peaceful Uses of Energy
Concurred in the House amendment to S. 546, RESPONSE Act of 2016
Passed S. 1831 - Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act with Toomey substitute amendment
Passed by voice vote H.R. 3842 & S. 2781 - Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers and Improvement Act with Perdue amendments
Passed Calendar #639, H.R. 5687 - GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016
Passed Calendar #691, S. 3086 - Marine Debris Act with a Sullivan amendment and a committee reported substitute amendment
Passed S. 3112 - Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act of 2016
Passed H.R. 960 - To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, as the Daniel L. Kinnard VA Clinic
Passed by voice vote H.R. 2726 - Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
Passed H.R. 3784 - SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016
Passed H.R. 4618 - To designate the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in Gainesville, Georgia, as the "Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse"
Passed H.R. 5065 - Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act
Passed H.R. 5877 - United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016
Adopted S.Res.335 - National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day
Passed S.290 - Increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability to Veterans Act with a Moran substitute amendment
Passed by voice vote H.R.6416 - Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016
Passed H.R.5015 - Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act
Adopted the following Senate Resolutions en bloc:
S.Res.635 - Recognizing and commemorating the bicentennial of the State of Indiana
S.Res.636 - Designating the week of December 4 through December 10, 2016 as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week"
S.Res.637 - Honoring the individuals who lost their lives in the tragic fire in Oakland, California, on December 2, 2016.
S.Res.638 - Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the lasting significance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
S.Res.639 - Designating December 17, 2016, as "Wreaths Across America Day".
Adopted S.Res.640 - Recognizing the death of John Glenn, former Senator for the State of Ohio and the first individual from the United States to orbit the Earth.
Agreed to Calendar #710, S.Con.Res.57 - King Adulyadej of Thailand, with Hatch amendment.
Passed Calendar #705, H.R.1150 - International Religious Freedom Act with Corker substitute amendment.
Agreed to Calendar #711, H.Con.Res.40 - encouraging reunions of divided Korean American families.
Passed Calendar #713, H.R.4939 - United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016, with Corker amendment and committee-reported amendment.
Agreed to H.Con.Res.181 - enrollment correction re:S.1635.
Agreed to the following bills, en bloc:
H.R.4352 - Veterans Faster Care
H.R.5099 - CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016
H.R.5790 - FBI Whistleblower Enhancement
H.R.6130 - HEAR Act
H.R.6323 - Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center
H.R.6400 - John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System
H.R.6431 - Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016
H.R.6450 - Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016
H.R.6451 - Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016
H.R.6452 - Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
H.R.6477 - Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
Passed H.R.6302 - Overtime Pay for Secret Service Agents Act of 2016 with Johnson substitute amendment and title amendment.
Passed H.R.5612 - Marine Lance Corporal Squire 'Skip' Wells Post Office Building.
Passed Calendar #718, S.2852 - OPEN Government Data Act with committee-reported substitute amendment.
Passed Calendar #562, H.R.4465 - Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016.
Concurred in the House amendment to S.2854 - Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016.
Concurred in the House amendment to S.2971 - National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.
Passed Calendar #696, S.3346 - NASA Authorization Act of 2016, with Cruz-Nelson substitute amendment.
Agreed to S.Res.641 - 200th anniversary of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
Passed postal naming bills, en bloc:
Passed S.1168 - Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2016, with Kirk-Durbin amendment.
Passed S.3021 - Post-9/11 Education.
Passed Calendar #436, H.R.710 - Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act, with Thune amendment.
Passed Calendar #378, S.1776 - TIRES Act, with Barrasso substitute amendment.
Passed H.R.875 - Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act.
Passed H.R.4245 - Exempt importation and exportation of sea urchins and sea cucumbers, with King amendment.
Adopted S.Res.642 - Pictures and Filming in Senate.
Passed Calendar #695, S.3084 - American Innovation and Competitiveness Act with Gardner-Peters substitute amendment.
Passed S.1635 - State Department Authorization.
Passed H.R.4680 - National Park Centennial.
Passed S.1168 - Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers, with Kirk-Durbin substitute amendment.
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
COAST GUARD
PN1899 (Sixty-eight nominations beginning with John F. Barresi and ending with Mark B. Walsh)
PN1898 (Thirteen nominations beginning with Mark E. Ames and ending with Matthew D. Wadleigh)
PN1897 (Six nominations beginning with David C. Clippinger and ending with Matthew B. Williams)
PN1896 (Two nominations beginning with Daryl P. Schaffer and ending with Lisa H. Schulz)
PN1895 (One hundred and eighty nominations, beginning with Jennifer L. Adams, and ending with Peter J. Zauner)
PN1894 (Two hundred and eighty nominations, beginning with Stephen J. Albert, and ending with Matthew W. Zinn)
PN1831 (Five nominations, beginning with Capt. Melvin W. Bouboulis, and ending with Capt. Michael P. Ryan)
NAVY
Executive Calendar #658 Rear Adm. (lh) William J. Galinis - to be Rear Admiral
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Executive Calendar #7 - Adri Davin Jayaratne, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Executive Calendar #591 - Jay Neal Lerner, of Illinois, to be Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Executive Calendar #653 - Andrew Mayock, of Illinois, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Executive Calendar #699 - Peggy E. Gustafson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Commerce
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Executive Calendar #773 - Ann Begeman, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2020
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
Executive Calendar #739 - John D. Minton, Jr., of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2019
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
Executive Calendar #740 - Mark D. Acton, of Kentucky, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2022 (Reappointment)
Executive Calendar #741 - Robert G. Taub, of New York, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2022 (Reappointment)
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #772 - Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, of Connecticut, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Malaysia