WASHINGTON — The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved 14 bills and the nomination of Jay Lerner to be inspector general of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Bills and nominations were passed by voice vote unless otherwise noted.
Nomination
1. Jay N. Lerner to be inspector general, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Legislation
1. S. 2976, DHS Accountability Act of 2016 passed 14 -0;
- Lankford Amendment 2, as amended by Tester/Lankford 2nd degree Amendment
- Lankford Amendment 3 as modified
- Lankford Amendment 4 as modified
- Ayotte/Ernst Amendment 1
- Ayotte/Ernst Amendment 2
- McCaskill Amendment 1, as twice modified
- Heitkamp Amendment 1
- Heitkamp Amendment 2
- Heitkamp/Ayotte Amendment 3
2. S. 2967, Biodefense Strategy Act of 2016;
- As amended by Johnson Amendment 1, Johnson Amendment 2, and McCaskill Amendment 1 as modified
3. S. 2968, Office of Special Counsel Reauthorization Act of 2016;
4. S. 2964, GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016;
5. S. 2834, Getting Results through Enhanced Accountability and Transparency Act of 2016;
- As amended by a Carper/Johnson Substitute Amendment
6. S. 2966, District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency and Courts Improvement Act;
- As amended by Lankford Amendment 1
7. S. 2971, National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016;
8. S. 1378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2015 passed 9-5;
- As amended by the Paul substitute amendment
9. S. 2972, Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2016 passed 12-2;
- As amended by the Lankford substitute amendment as modified
10. S. 2975, Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2016;
- As amended by Ernst Amendment 1 as amended by Ernst/Carper 2nd degree amendment
11. S. 2849, GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2016;
12. S. 461, Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2015;
- As amended by the Johnson/Carper modified substitute Amendment and Carper Amendment 1
13. S. 2852, OPEN Government Data Act;
- As amended by Sasse/Johnson substitute amendment
14. S. 2970, to amend title 5, United States Code, to expand law enforcement availability pay to employees of U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations.
Postal Naming Bills
1. H.R. 433, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 523 East Railroad Street in Knox, Pennsylvania, as the “Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office”
2. S. 2465, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 Rochester Street in Bergen, New York, as the “Barry G. Miller Post Office”
3. S. 2891, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 525 North Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the “Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building”
4. H.R. 136, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the “Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office”
5. H.R. 1132, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1048 West Robinhood Drive in Stockton, California, as the “W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building”
6. H.R. 2458, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5351 Lapalco Boulevard in Marrero, Louisiana, as the “Lionel R. Collins, Sr. Post Office Building”
7. H.R. 2928, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 B Street in Perryville, Arkansas, as the “Harold George Bennett Post Office”
8. H.R. 3082, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5919 Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the “Daryle Holloway Post Office Building”
9. H.R. 3274, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4567 Rockbridge Road in Pine Lake, Georgia, as the “Francis Manuel Ortega Post Office”
10. H.R. 3601, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7715 Post Road, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, as the “Melvoid J. Benson Post Office Building”
11. H.R. 3735, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the “Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office”
12. H.R. 3866, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1265 Hurffville Road in Deptford Township, New Jersey, as the “First Lieutenant Salvatore S. Corma II Post Office Building”
13. H.R. 4046, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wisconsin, as the “Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office”
14. H.R. 4605, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the “Sgt. 1st Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building”.
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