Senate Schedule for Thursday, February 6, 2014

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, February 6, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.1845, the Unemployment Insurance Extension act with the time until 11:00am equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.

 The filing deadline for all first degree amendments to S.1845 is 9:45am on Thursday and the filing deadline for 2^nd degree amendments to the Reed amendment #2714 and S.1845 is 10:45am on Thursday.

 At 11:00am, there will be up to 2 roll call votes:

–        Motion to invoke cloture on the Reed amendment #2714 and

–        if cloture is not invoked on the Reed amendment, motion to invoke cloture on S.1845.

 We also expect to consider the nomination of Senator Baucus to be Ambassador to China during Thursday’s session.

The previously scheduled cloture vote on the Reed amendment #2714 (3 month extension of unemployment insurance benefits paid for with pension smoothing/no UI for millionaires) to S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, will now occur at 2:00pm today. If cloture is invoked, there would be up to 30 hours for post-cloture debate on the amendment. If cloture is not invoked, there would be an immediate cloture vote on the underlying UI bill, S.1845. We also expect to vote on confirmation of Senator Baucus’s nomination today. Senators will be notified when the debate (up to 60 minutes) and vote on the Baucus nomination are scheduled.

2:00pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Reed amendment #2714 (3 month extension of unemployment insurance benefits paid for with pension smoothing/no UI for millionaires) to S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act.

Not Invoked by 58-40.

For procedural reasons, Senator Reid changed his vote to no and entered a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote at a later time.

2:27pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act;

Not Invoked: 55-43

For procedural reasons, Senator Reid changed his vote to no and entered a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote at a later time.

2:47pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #629, the nomination of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People’s Republic of China;

Confirmed: 96-0 (1-voting present)

3:46pm The Senate is in Legislative Session and has resumed consideration of S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension.

There will be no further roll call votes in the Senate this week.

 

WRAP UP

Roll Call Votes

1)     Motion to invoke cloture on the Reed amendment #2714 (3 month extension of unemployment insurance benefits paid for with pension smoothing/no UI for millionaires) to S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. Not Invoked by 58-40

2)     Motion to invoke cloture on S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act; Not Invoked: 55-43

3)     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #629, the nomination of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People’s Republic of China; Confirmed: 96-0 (1-voting present)

 

Legislative Items

Adopted S.Res.270, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World Polio Day.

Adopted S.Res.333, a resolution recommending that the U.S. renegotiate the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq.

Adopted S.Res.352, Commemorating the success of Team USA in the past 22 Olympic Winter Games and supporting Team USA in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter games.

Discharged the Commerce committee and adopted S.Res.289, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that ambush marketing adversely affects the United States Olympic and Paralympic teams with Rockefeller-Begich amendments to the resolution, preamble and title.

Began the Rule 14 process of the following items in order to place them on the Legislative Calendar:

–        H.R.3590, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act and

–        H.R.3964, the Sacramento –San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act.

No additional Executive Items

This evening, Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1963, a bill to repeal section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (military retirement pay).

By consent, the cloture vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, February 10.

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Last Floor Action:
7:50:56 P.M. – The House adjourned pursuant to a previous special order.

The next meeting is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on February 6, 2014.

9:00:54 A.M.		The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
9:04:05 A.M.		The Speaker designated the Honorable Doc Hastings to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
9:04:26 A.M.		Today’s prayer was offered by Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, St. Luke Institute, Washington DC.
9:05:46 A.M.		POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS ON APPROVAL OF JOURNAL – The Speaker announced that he had examined the Journal of the last day’s proceedings and had approved it. Mr. Blumenauer demanded that the question be put on agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of the Journal and by voice vote, the Speaker announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Blumenauer objected to the voice vote based upon the absence of a quorum and the Speaker postponed further proceedings on the question of agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of the Journal until a time to be announced.
9:06:30 A.M.		PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair designated Mr. Neal to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
9:06:42 A.M.		ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with one minute speeches which by direction of the Chair, would be limited to 5 per side of the aisle.
9:12:39 A.M.	H.R. 2954	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 472. H.R. 2954 — “To authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance.”
9:12:44 A.M.	H.R. 2954	The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2954 and H.R. 3964. The resolution provides one hour of general debate for each bill. In each instance, the resolution makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee Report 113-340. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9:13:06 A.M.	H.R. 2954	House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 472 and Rule XVIII.
9:13:06 A.M.	H.R. 2954	The Speaker designated the Honorable Jeff Denham to act as Chairman of the Committee.
9:13:16 A.M.	H.R. 2954	GENERAL DEBATE – The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2954.
10:10:09 A.M.	H.R. 2954	An amendment, offered by Mr. Grijalva,  numbered 1 printed in Part A of House Report 113-340 to strike the restriction on federal land acquisition.
10:10:26 A.M.	H.R. 2954	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Grijalva Part A amendment No. 1.
10:20:11 A.M.	H.R. 2954	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on the Grijalva Part A amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Grijalva demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
10:20:36 A.M.	H.R. 2954	An amendment, offered by Mrs. Lummis,  numbered 2 printed in Part A of House Report 113-340 to conform with Senate changes to FLPMA, allow the Secretary to consolidate environmental reviews, clarify the definition of current grazing management, and ensure a timely response for temporary trailing and crossing applications.
10:20:38 A.M.	H.R. 2954	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lummis Part A amendment No. 2.
10:28:45 A.M.	H.R. 2954	On agreeing to the Lummis amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
10:29:13 A.M.	H.R. 2954	An amendment, offered by Mr. Labrador,  numbered 3 printed in Part A of House Report 113-340 to require the non-prevailing, not directly affected party in a challenge to the Secretary’s final grazing decision to pay the directly affected prevailing party incurred fees and expenses, and clarify the definition of a directly affected party.
10:29:15 A.M.	H.R. 2954	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Labrador Part A amendment No. 3.
10:34:34 A.M.	H.R. 2954	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on the Labrador Part A amendment No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hastings (WA) demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
10:34:59 A.M.	H.R. 2954	An amendment, offered by Mr. McClintock,  numbered 4 printed in Part A of House Report 113-340 to amend Title IX of the bill to allow the Forest Service added flexibility to implement a salvage logging plan on lands affected by the Rim Fire while protecting sensitive areas and maximizing revenue to fund reforestation.
10:35:22 A.M.	H.R. 2954	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McClintock Part A amendment No. 4.
10:44:43 A.M.	H.R. 2954	On agreeing to the McClintock amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
10:44:55 A.M.	H.R. 2954	An amendment, offered by Mr. Young (AK),  numbered 5 printed in Part A of House Report 113-340 to approve an Alaska Native Veterans land allotment application and convey the land associated with the application.
10:45:01 A.M.	H.R. 2954	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Young (AK) Part A amendment No. 5.
10:50:20 A.M.	H.R. 2954	On agreeing to the Young (AK) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
10:50:33 A.M.	H.R. 2954	Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to rise.
10:50:46 A.M.	H.R. 2954	On motion to rise Agreed to by voice vote.
10:51:19 A.M.	H.R. 2954	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2954 as unfinished business.
10:51:32 A.M.		The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for approximately 11:15 a.m. today.
11:15:18 A.M.		The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of February 6.
11:15:32 A.M.	H.R. 2954	Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 2954 — “To authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance.”
11:15:46 A.M.	H.R. 2954	The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
11:15:49 A.M.	H.R. 2954	UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on adoption of amendments, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
11:44:05 A.M.	H.R. 2954	On agreeing to the Grijalva amendment; Failed by recorded vote: 190 – 224 (Roll no. 51).
11:51:02 A.M.	H.R. 2954	On agreeing to the Labrador amendment; Agreed to by recorded vote: 218 – 198 (Roll no. 52).
11:51:37 A.M.	H.R. 2954	The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2954.
11:52:18 A.M.	H.R. 2954	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
11:52:29 A.M.	H.R. 2954	The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
11:53:06 A.M.	H.R. 2954	Mr. Barber moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources.
11:53:49 A.M.	H.R. 2954	DEBATE – The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Barber motion to recommit with instructions. Pending the reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to authorize payments to counties pursuant to the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program for fiscal years 2015 through 2020. The amendment would also authorize $50,000,000 to the FLAME Fund for wildfire suppression on public lands and $50,000,000 for hazardous fuels reduction on public lands. The reservation of a point of order was subsequently withdrawn.
12:04:18 P.M.	H.R. 2954	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
12:12:38 P.M.	H.R. 2954	On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 194 – 222 (Roll no. 53).
12:18:53 P.M.	H.R. 2954	On passage Passed by recorded vote: 220 – 194 (Roll no. 54).
12:18:54 P.M.	H.R. 2954	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
12:18:57 P.M.		UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on the Speaker’s approval of the Journal.
12:19:12 P.M.		On approving the Journal Agreed to by voice vote.
12:19:13 P.M.	H.R. 2954	The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2954.
12:28:20 P.M.		COLLOQUY ON HOUSE SCHEDULE – The Chair recognized Mr. Hoyer for the purpose of engaging in a colloquy with Mr. Cantor on the expectations regarding the legislative schedule for the House during the upcoming week.
12:51:55 P.M.		Mr. Cantor asked unanimous consent That when the House adjourns on Thursday, February 6, 2014, it adjourn to meet on Monday, February 10, 2014 at noon for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business. Agreed to without objection.
12:52:27 P.M.		ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
12:58:36 P.M.		Mr. Thompson (PA) moved that the House do now adjourn.
12:58:37 P.M.		On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
12:58:40 P.M.		The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on February 10, 2014.

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