the Senate ~~ CONGRESS 5/20 ~~ the House

The Senate will not be in session on Friday, May 16^th.

On Monday, May 19^th at 11:00am, the Senate will be in a pro forma session only with no business conducted.

Schedule for Tuesday, May 20, 2014

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the time from 2:30pm until 5:30pm equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.

The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus meetings.

At 5:30pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and there will be at least 2 roll call votes:

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #732, Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit and

– Motion to Invoke cloture on Calendar #768, the nomination of Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Prior to the start of the vote on confirmation of the Costa nomination, the Senate reached an agreement to consider the WRDA conference report this week. The agreement is as follows:

If the Senate receives the papers with respect to the conference report to accompany H.R.3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act by Thursday, May 22^nd, at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader with the concurrence of the Republican Leader, but no later than Thursday, May 22^nd, the Chair lay before the body the conference report to accompany H.R.3080 and the Senate proceed to vote on adoption of the conference report; that the vote on adoption be subject to a 60 affirmative vote threshold; further, that no motions or points of order be in order to the conference report.

We expect to vote to occur in the 2:00pm range Thursday afternoon.

The Hyde, McCue, Green nominations were confirmed by voice votes. At 5:37pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #732, 113th Congress, 2nd Session”

Executive Calendar #732, Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit;

Confirmed: 97-0

Cloture on Executive Calendar #768, Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

6:04pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on cloture on Executive Calendar #768, Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

Invoked: 62-35

This will be the last vote of the day.

WRAP UP

Roll Call Votes

Confirmation of Executive Calendar #732, 113th Congress, 2nd Session”
Executive Calendar #732, Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; Confirmed: 97-0
Cloture on Executive Calendar #768, Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve; Invoked: 62-35

Additional Legislative items

Passed H.R.2939, To award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres

Passed H.R.1209, To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the “Doolittle Tokyo Raiders”, for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo

Passed H.R.3658, Monuments Men Recognition Act of 2013

Passed H.R.685, American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal Act

Adopted S.Res452, a resolution to authorize testimony, documents, and representation in the City of Lafayette v. Bryan Benoit

Began the Rule 14 process to place S.2363, Bipartisan Sportsman’s Act, on the Legislative Calendar of Business.

Removed the injunction of secrecy on the Convention on Taxes with the Republic of Poland (Treaty Document No. 113-5)

Additional Executive items

Confirmed by voice vote Executive Calendar #521 Dana J. Hyde, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Confirmed by voice vote Confirmation of Executive Calendar #622 Susan McCue, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three years

Confirmed by voice vote Confirmation of Executive Calendar #765 Mark Green, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of two years

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Last Floor Action: 5/19
9:16:05 P.M. – The House adjourned.

The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on May 20, 2014.

10:00:17 A.M.		The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
10:00:21 A.M.		The Speaker designated the Honorable Kerry L. Bentivolio to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
10:00:43 A.M.		MORNING-HOUR DEBATE – The House proceeded with Morning-Hour Debate. At the conclusion of Morning-Hour, the House will recess until 12:00 p.m. for the start of legislative business.
10:26:25 A.M.		The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 P.M. today.
12:00:58 P.M.		The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of May 20.
12:01:11 P.M.		Today’s prayer was offered by Reverend Charlie Martin, Bethel Baptist Church, Vilas, North Carolina.
12:02:23 P.M.		The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.
12:02:30 P.M.		PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair designated Mr. Wilson of SC to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
12:02:56 P.M.		ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with one minute speeches which by direction of the Chair, would be limited to 15 per side of the aisle.
12:41:13 P.M.		The House received a communication from the Honorable Luke Messer. Mr. Messer submitted his resignation from the Committees on the Budget and Foreign Affairs. The resignation was accepted without objection.
12:41:42 P.M.	H.R. 3080	Mr. Shuster moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to a conference.
12:41:57 P.M.	H.R. 3080	DEBATE – The House proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the conference report to accompany H.R. 3080.

2:03:02 P.M.	H.R. 3080	On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 412 – 4 (Roll no. 220).
2:03:22 P.M.	H.R. 3080	Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2:04:29 P.M.	H. Res. 585	Considered as privileged matter. H. Res. 585 — “Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4660) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4435) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.”
2:04:30 P.M.	H. Res. 585	DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 585.
2:43:40 P.M.	H. Res. 585	The previous question was ordered without objection.
2:43:45 P.M.	H. Res. 585	On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
2:43:51 P.M.	H. Res. 585	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2:44:11 P.M.		The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until a time to be announced.
2:45:59 P.M.	H.R. 3530	Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 3530 — “To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.”
2:46:14 P.M.	H.R. 3530	Considered under suspension of the rules.
2:46:16 P.M.	H.R. 3530	DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3530.
3:23:48 P.M.	H.R. 3530	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
3:24:24 P.M.	H.R. 3610	Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 3610 — “To stop exploitation through trafficking.”
3:24:40 P.M.	H.R. 3610	Considered under suspension of the rules.
3:24:42 P.M.	H.R. 3610	DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3610.
4:04:42 P.M.	H.R. 3610	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
4:05:04 P.M.	H.R. 4225	Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 4225 — “To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts.”
4:05:15 P.M.	H.R. 4225	Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:05:17 P.M.	H.R. 4225	DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4225.
4:51:16 P.M.	H.R. 4225	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
4:52:23 P.M.	H.R. 4058	Mr. Reichert moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 4058 — “To prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care.”
4:52:35 P.M.	H.R. 4058	Considered under suspension of the rules.
4:52:41 P.M.	H.R. 4058	DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4058.
5:32:08 P.M.	H.R. 4058	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
5:33:09 P.M.	H.R. 4573	Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 4573 — “To protect children from exploitation, especially sex trafficking in tourism, by providing advance notice of intended travel by registered child-sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments to notify the United States when a known child-sex offender is seeking to enter the United States, and for other purposes.”
5:33:38 P.M.	H.R. 4573	Considered under suspension of the rules.
5:33:42 P.M.	H.R. 4573	DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4573.
5:57:45 P.M.	H.R. 4573	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
5:58:35 P.M.		UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on motions to suspend the rules, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
5:59:19 P.M.	H.R. 3530	Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 3530 — “To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.”
6:27:40 P.M.	H.R. 3530	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 – 0 (Roll no. 221).
6:27:49 P.M.	H.R. 4225	Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 4225 — “To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts.”
6:36:21 P.M.	H.R. 4225	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 – 19 (Roll no. 222).
6:38:06 P.M.	H. Res. 573	Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. H. Res. 573 — “Condemning the abduction of female students by armed militants from the terrorist group known as Boko Haram in northeastern provinces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
6:38:27 P.M.	H. Res. 573	Considered under suspension of the rules.
6:38:29 P.M.	H. Res. 573	DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 573.
7:15:09 P.M.		The House received a message from the Senate. The Senate passed H.R. 1209, H.R. 2939, H.R. 3658, and H.R. 685.
7:15:10 P.M.	H. Res. 573	DEBATE – The House continued with debate on H. Res. 573.
7:22:53 P.M.	H. Res. 573	On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
7:24:12 P.M.	H.R. 4435	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 585. H.R. 4435 — “To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.”
7:24:17 P.M.	H.R. 4435	All points of order against the bills are waived. General debate shall not exceed one hour. After general debate the bills shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee of Armed Services for H.R. 4435, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-44 shall be considered as adopted and considered as an original bill for the purposes of amendment.
7:24:30 P.M.	H.R. 4435	House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 585 and Rule XVIII.
7:24:31 P.M.	H.R. 4435	The Speaker designated the Honorable Chris Stewart to act as Chairman of the Committee.
7:24:52 P.M.	H.R. 4435	GENERAL DEBATE – The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 4435.
8:30:18 P.M.	H.R. 4435	An amendment, offered by Mr. Blumenauer, No.1 printed in House Report 113-455 to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to procure not more than 10 AESA radar upgrades for the Air National Guard F-15C/D aircraft, which is offset by cuts to levels authorized beyond the President’s Budget Request, spread across 9 accounts.
8:30:56 P.M.	H.R. 4435	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 585, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Blumenauer amendment No. 1.

8:42:41 P.M.	H.R. 4435	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on the Blumenauer amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Blumenauer demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the Blumenauer amendment until a time to be announced.
8:44:13 P.M.	H.R. 4435	An amendment, offered by Mr. Gohmert, No. 2 printed in House Report 113-455 to require the Secretary of Defense to establish either a security monitoring duty roster program that would authorize certain DoD personnel to openly carry a firearm on a military installation, or procedure to permit qualified military personnel to openly carry a firearm on a military installation for personal protection.
8:44:54 P.M.	H.R. 4435	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 585, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gohmert amendment No. 2.
8:50:54 P.M.	H.R. 4435	By unanimous consent, the Gohmert amendment was withdrawn.
8:51:44 P.M.	H.R. 4435	An amendment, offered by Ms. Sanchez, Loretta, No. 3 printed in House Report 113-455 to allow the transfer of funds to nuclear nonproliferation, not just to weapons activities and naval reactors as is currently allowed for in the bill.
8:52:06 P.M.	H.R. 4435	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 585, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Loretta Sanchez amendment No. 3.
9:00:04 P.M.	H.R. 4435	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on the Loretta Sanchez amendment No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Loretta Sanchez demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
9:01:56 P.M.	H.R. 4435	An amendment, offered by Mr. Lamborn, No. 4 printed in House Report 113-455 to require the Department of Defense to establish a plan with the Afghan government for reimbursing contractors for illegal taxes.
9:02:21 P.M.	H.R. 4435	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 585, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lamborn amendment No. 4.
9:08:46 P.M.	H.R. 4435	On agreeing to the Lamborn amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
9:09:17 P.M.	H.R. 4435	An amendment, offered by Mr. Garamendi, No. 5 printed in House Report 113-455 to direct the President, DoD, and AFRICOM to expand various programs to include combatting wildlife trafficking and poaching.
9:09:47 P.M.	H.R. 4435	Garamendi amendment; modified by unanimous consent. Modification replaces “Afghan Security Forces” with “African Union Standby Force (ASF)”.
9:09:58 P.M.	H.R. 4435	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 585, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garamendi amendment No. 5, as modified.
9:19:42 P.M.	H.R. 4435	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on the Garamendi amendment No. 5, as modified, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Garamendi demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
9:20:10 P.M.	H.R. 4435	An amendment, offered by Mr. Daines, No. 6 printed in House Report 113-455 to strike subsection (c) of Section 1634 of the reported NDAA, which terminates in 2021 the requirement that ICBM silos remain in at least warm status.
9:20:37 P.M.	H.R. 4435	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 585, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Daines amendment No. 6.
9:31:17 P.M.	H.R. 4435	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on the Daines amendment No. 6, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Cooper demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
9:31:42 P.M.	H.R. 4435	An amendment, offered by Mr. Lamborn, No. 7 printed in House Report 113-455 to add a Sense of Congress establishing that national security is the top priority for the federal government and should be the top priority for the use of public lands.
9:32:07 P.M.	H.R. 4435	DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 585, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lamborn amendment No. 7.
9:37:05 P.M.	H.R. 4435	On agreeing to the Lamborn amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
9:38:20 P.M.	H.R. 4435	Mr. Lamborn moved that the Committee rise.
9:38:38 P.M.	H.R. 4435	On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
9:38:49 P.M.	H.R. 4435	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4435 as unfinished business.
9:42:04 P.M.		SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES – The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
10:00:18 P.M.		The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is subject to the call of the Chair.
1:44:00 A.M.		The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of May 20.
1:44:00 A.M.		Mr. Nugent filed a report from the Committee on Rules on H. Res. 590.
1:45:00 A.M.		Mr. Nugent moved that the House do now adjourn.
1:45:04 A.M.		On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
1:45:15 A.M.		The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on May 21, 2014.