[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D933-D935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, September 7, 2017

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the House amendment to 
      the Senate amendment to H.R. 601, Reinforcing Education 
      Accountability in Development Act, as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5023-S5083
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1769-1783, S. Res. 250, and S. Con. Res. 24. 
                                                             Page S5056
Measures Reported:
  S. 822, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating 
to grants, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 115-148)
  S. 1395, to revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal 
Barrier Resources System units in Delaware. (S. Rept. No. 115-149)
  S. 1771, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2018. (S. Rept. No. 115-150)
  Report to accompany S. 1761, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. (S. Rept. 
No. 115-151)
  S. 1780, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2018. (S. Rept. No. 115-152)                         
Pages S5055-56
Measures Passed:
  Honoring the Heroism of Joseph Leon George: Committee on Armed 
Services was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 243, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that Joseph Leon George should be 
honored for heroism at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Page S5024
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 24, providing 
for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 601.              
  Page S5077
  Authorizing Use of Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 69, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia 
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.                  
  Page S5077
  Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 597, to increase Federal Pell Grants for the 
children of fallen public safety officers, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                  
  Pages S5077-78
  Hershel ``Woody'' Williams VA Medical Center: Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 1165, to 
designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel ``Woody'' Williams VA Medical 
Center, and the bill was then passed.                        
  Page S5078
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2810, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year.                              
  Page S5038
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the 
unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, September 7, 2017, a vote on 
cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, September 11, 2017. 
                                                             Page S5038

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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, September 11, 2017, Senate resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
with the time until 5:30 p.m. equally divided between the two Leaders, 
or their designees; and that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 
XXII, the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill occur at 5:30 p.m.              
Page S5078
House Messages:
  Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act: By 80 yeas 
to 17 nays (Vote No. 192), Senate concurred in the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment (No. 6) to H.R. 601, to enhance the transparency 
and accelerate the impact of assistance provided under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to promote quality basic education in developing 
countries, to better enable such countries to achieve universal access 
to quality basic education and improved learning outcomes, to eliminate 
duplication and waste, with McConnell Amendment No. 808 (to the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment (No. 6) to the bill), in the nature 
of a substitute, after taking action on the following motions and 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S5031-38
Rejected:
  McConnell motion to refer the House message to accompany the bill to 
the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell (for 
Paul) Amendment No. 816, relating to supplemental appropriations. (By 
87 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 189), Senate tabled the motion.) 
                                                     Pages S5031, S5035
  McConnell motion to refer the House message to accompany the bill to 
the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions. (By 72 yeas to 25 
nays (Vote No. 190), Senate tabled the motion.)          
Pages S5035-36
Withdrawn:
  McConnell Amendment No. 809 (to Amendment No. 808), to change the 
enactment date.                                      
Pages S5031, S5038
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  McConnell Amendment No. 817 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
816), to change the enactment date, fell when McConnell motion to refer 
the House message to accompany the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell (for Paul) Amendment No. 
816 (listed above), was tabled.                          
Pages S5031-32
  McConnell Amendment No. 818 (to Amendment No. 817), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 817 (to (the instructions) 
Amendment No. 816) (listed above), fell.                     
Page S5032
  By 79 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 191), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion to concur in 
the House amendment to the Senate amendment (No. 6) to the bill with 
McConnell Amendment No. 808, (to the House amendment to the Senate 
amendment (No. 6) to the bill), in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5037-38
Moment of Silence for 9/11 Victims--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that following the prayer and pledge on 
Monday, September 11, 2017, Senate observe a moment of silence in 
remembrance of the lives lost in the attacks of September 11, 2001. 
                                                             Page S5078
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.          
Pages S5047, S5083
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  R. Stan Baker, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Georgia.
  Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock, of Alabama, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Alabama.
  Ryan Wesley Bounds, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  John W. Broomes, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Kansas.
  Rebecca Grady Jennings, of Kentucky, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Kentucky.
  Terry Fitzgerald Moorer, of Alabama, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Alabama.
  Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., of Texas, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Texas.
  Karen Gren Scholer, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Texas.
  Brett Joseph Talley, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Alabama.
  William L. Wehrum, of Delaware, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Rainey R. Brandt, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Deborah J. Israel, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Eleventh Circuit.

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  Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, of Texas, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Texas.
  Gregory G. Katsas, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the District of Columbia Circuit.
  Emily Coody Marks, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Alabama.
  Jeffrey Carl Mateer, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Texas.                               
Page S5083
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5052
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                         
  Pages S5052-53
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5053-55
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S5055-56
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5056-58
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5058-62
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5052
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5062-76
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5076-77
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5077
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--192) 
                                              Pages S5035, S5036, S5038
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:15 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5078.)