Volume 161, No. 15 covering the 1st Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D80-D81 on Jan. 29, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate passed S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline, as amended.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S611-S665
Measures Introduced: Twenty-five bills and six resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 299-323, and S. Res. 53-58.
Page S653
Measures Reported:
S. Res. 53, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed Services.
S. Res. 54, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
S. Res. 55, authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence.
S. Res. 57, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget.
Pages S652-53
Measures Passed:
Keystone XL Pipeline: By 62 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 49), Senate passed S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, after taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
Pages S620-45
Adopted:
Murkowski (for Barrasso) Modified Amendment No. 245, to clarify that certain consultation requirements with respect to Indian tribes remain in effect. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the requirement of a 60 affirmative vote threshold, be vitiated.)
Pages S621, S624
Rejected:
By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 42), Daines Amendment No. 246, to express the sense of Congress that reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund should be a priority. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, January 28, 2015, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S621-23
By 59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 43), Burr Modified Amendment No. 92, to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
(Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, January 28, 2015, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S621, S623-24
By 45 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 44), Udall Amendment No. 77, to establish a renewable electricity standard. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, January 28, 2015, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S621, S624
By 41 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 46), Booker Amendment No. 155, to allow permitting agencies to consider new circumstances and new information.
Pages S621, S635-36
Boxer Amendment No. 130, to preserve existing permits and the authority of the agencies issuing the permits to modify the permits if necessary.
Pages S621, S636
By 36 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 47), Markey Amendment No. 141, to delay the effective date until the President determines that the pipeline will not have certain negative impacts.
Page S636
By 44 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 48), Markey Amendment No. 178, to ensure that products derived from tar sands are treated as crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum.
Pages S621, S637
Withdrawn:
Vitter/Cassidy Further Modified Amendment No. 80, to provide for the distribution of revenues from certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf.
Pages S621-22
Cardin Amendment No. 124, to clarify that treaties with Indian tribes remain in effect.
Pages S621, S624-26
Murkowski (for Sullivan) Amendment No. 67, to restrict the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to arm agency personnel.
Pages S621, S626
Murkowski Amendment No. 98, to express the sense of Congress relating to adaptation projects in the United States Arctic region and rural communities.
Pages S621, S626
Flake Amendment No. 103, to require the evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs.
Pages S621, S626
Merkley Amendment No. 174, to express the sense of Congress that the United States should prioritize and fund adaptation projects in communities in the United States while also helping to fund climate change adaptation in developing countries.
Pages S621, S626
Tillis/Burr Amendment No. 102, to provide for leasing on the outer Continental Shelf and the distribution of certain qualified revenues from such leasing.
Pages S621, S626
Cantwell (for Peters/Stabenow) Amendment No. 55, to require a study of the potential environmental impact of by-products of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Pages S621, S626
Cantwell/Boxer Amendment No. 131, to ensure that if the Keystone XL Pipeline is built, it will be built safely and in compliance with United States environmental laws.
Pages S621, S637-45
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
Pursuant to the order of January 28, 2015, the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on January 26, 2015, was agreed to.
Page S626
Pursuant to the order of January 28, 2015, the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on January 26, 2015, was agreed to.
Page S626
By 62 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 45), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate upon reconsideration agreed to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
Page S626
National Mentoring Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 58, recognizing January 2015 as ``National Mentoring Month''.
Page S662
Clay Hunt SAV Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 4:30 p.m., on Monday, February 2, 2015, Senate begin consideration of H.R. 203, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; that the time until 5:30 p.m. be equally divided in the usual form, and that following the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on passage of the bill, without any intervening action or debate.
Page S633
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
31 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
Routine lists in the Air Force and Marine Corps.
Pages S664-65
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Manson K. Brown, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
William P. Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2018.
Gentry O. Smith, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service.
Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be United States Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund for a term of five years.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
Pages S663-64
Messages from the House:
Page S651
Measures Referred:
Page S651
Executive Communications:
Pages S651-52
Petitions and Memorials:
Page S652
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S654
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S654-61
Additional Statements:
Pages S650-51
Amendments Submitted:
Page S661
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S661
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--49)
Pages S623-24, S626, S636-37
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:54 p.m., until 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 30, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S662.)
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