Senate Legislative Activity

The Senate will convene today, Monday, June 16, at 2:00 pm. After any leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30 pm, with senators allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each.

At 5:30 pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session for a series of three roll call votes:

  • Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #740 – Salvador Mendoza, Jr. to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington;
  • Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #741 – Staci Yandle to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois; and
  • Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #778 – Darrin Gayles to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.

If cloture is invoked on any of these nominations, tomorrow, Tuesday, at 11:00 am, all post-cloture time will be considered expired, and the Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations listed above. These will be followed by a cloture vote on Executive Calendar #572 – Peter Kadzik to be an Assistant Attorney General.

House Legislative Activity

Today, the House is not scheduled to be in session.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17, the House will meet at 12:00 pm for morning hour and 2:00 pm for legislative business, with votes being postponed until 6:30 pm. The following legislation is to be considered under suspension of the rules:

  1. H.R. 1458 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the “Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building”;
  2. H.R. 43 – Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office;
  3. H.R. 1391 – The Lance Corporal Joshua B. McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, as amended;
  4. H.R. 3765 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 198 Baker Street in Corning, New York, as the “Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building”;
  5. H.R. 1707 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the “James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building”;
  6. H.R. 3472 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the “Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office”;
  7. H.R. 1865 – designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park Street in Danville, Vermont, as the “Thaddeus Stevens Post Office”;
  8. H.R. 2112 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the “National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office”;
  9. H.R. 1671 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6937 Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the “James ‘Jim’ Kohnen Post Office”;
  10. H.R. 3786 – To direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, to convey certain Federal property located in the State of Alaska to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska;
  11. H.R. 3998 – Albuquerque, New Mexico, Federal Land Conveyance Act of 2014;
  12. H.R. 3375 – To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be constructed at 3141 Centennial Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic”;
  13. H.R. 1216 – To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center;
  14. H.R. 4199 – To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Texas, as the Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center;
  15. H.R. 3682 – To designate the community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 1961 Premier Drive in Mankato, Minnesota, as the Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient Clinic;
  16. H.R. 4360 – To designate the facility of the United States Forest Service for the Grandfather Ranger District located at 109 Lawing Drive in Nebo, North Carolina, as the “Jason Crisp Forest Service Building”; and
  17. S. Con. Res. 37 – Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Commemoration of the award of the Shimon Peres Congressional Gold Medal.

On Wednesday, June 18, and Thursday, June 19, the House will meet at 10:00 am for morning hour and 12:00 pm for legislative business. On Friday, the House will meet at 9:00 am for legislative business, with last votes expected no later than 3:00 pm. The following legislation is also on the House calendar for the balance of the week:

  • H.R. 4870 – Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 (Subject to a Rule);
  • H.R. 4413 – Customer Protection and End User Relief Act, Rules Committee Print (Subject to a Rule);
  • Motion to go to Conference on Senate Amendments to H.R. 3230 – Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014; and
  • Motion to Instruct Conferees on Senate Amendments to H.R. 3230.