[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D949-D951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Monday, September 11, 2017

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5085-S5190
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1784-
1789.                                                        
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Measures Reported:
  S. 770, to require the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to disseminate resources to help reduce small 
business cybersecurity risks, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-153)
  S. 705, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to 
establish a national criminal history background check system and 
criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to 
their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals 
with disabilities, with amendments.                          
Page S5114
Measures Passed:
  Social Security Payments: Senate passed H.R. 3732, to amend section 
1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority for increased 
fiscal year 2017 and 2018 payments for temporary assistance to United 
States Citizens returned from foreign countries.             
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  Condemning the Violence and Domestic Terrorist Attack in 
Charlottesville, Virginia: Senate passed S.J. Res. 49, condemning the 
violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events 
between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, 
recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring 
the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of 
those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to 
those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support 
for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White 
supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and 
urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available 
resources to address the threats posed by those groups.      
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  Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act: Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 416, to amend the Small Business Investment 
Incentive Act of 1980 to require an annual review by the Securities and 
Exchange Commission of the annual government-business forum on capital 
formation, and the bill was then passed.                     
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  Fair Access to Investment Research Act: Senate passed S. 327, to 
direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide a safe harbor 
related to certain investment fund research reports, after agreeing to 
the committee amendments, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
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  McConnell (for Warren/Heller) Amendment No. 935, of a perfecting 
nature.                                                  
Pages S5167-68
  Supporting America's Innovators Act: Senate passed S. 444, to amend 
the Investment Company Act of 1940 to expand the investor limitation 
for qualifying venture capital funds under an exemption from the 
definition of an investment company.                         
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  Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act: Senate 
passed S. 462, to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to 
refund or credit certain excess payments made to the Commission. 
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  U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act: Senate passed S. 484, to 
amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to terminate an exemption for 
companies located in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and any other 
possession of the United States, after agreeing to the committee 
amendments.                                                  
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  Encouraging Employee Ownership Act: Senate passed S. 488, to increase 
the threshold for disclosures required by the Securities and Exchange 
Commission relating to compensatory benefit plans.           
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  Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act: Senate passed S. 102, 
to direct the Federal Communications Commission to commence proceedings 
related to the resiliency of critical communications networks during 
times of emergency, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                  
  Pages S5169-70

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  Abolish Human Trafficking Act: Senate passed S. 1311, to provide 
assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the United States, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:                
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  McConnell (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 936, relating to the effects of 
trafficking in persons.                                  
Pages S5175-79
  Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Senate passed S. 1312, to 
prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the United States, 
after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
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  McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 937, of a perfecting nature. 
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Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
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.       
  Pages S5086-92
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 89 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 193), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senator Paul be given up to 4 hours of post-
cloture debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, September 12, 2017; 
and that all time during morning business, Leader remarks, recess, and 
adjournment count post-cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S5189
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senator Daines be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills 
or joint resolutions on Monday, September 11, 2017.          
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Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the national emergency with respect to the terrorist attacks on the 
United States of September 11, 2001; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-16) 
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Hassett Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 
Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Kevin Allen Hassett, of 
Massachusetts, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; that 
there be 20 minutes of debate on the nomination equally divided in the 
usual form, and that following the use or yielding back of time, Senate 
vote on confirmation of the nomination, with no intervening action or 
debate.                                                      
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Scott W. Brady, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years.
  Bobby L. Christine, of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Georgia for the term of four years.
  David J. Freed, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years.
  Andrew E. Lelling, of Massachusetts, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years.
  Stephen R. McAllister, of Kansas, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Kansas for the term of four years.
  Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., of South Dakota, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years.
  James F. Geurts, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy.
  Howard R. Elliott, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Pipeline 
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation.
  Paul Trombino III, of Wisconsin, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Highway Administration.
  Rebecca Eliza Gonzales, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Lesotho.
  Carla Sands, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Denmark.
  Manisha Singh, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Economic and Business Affairs).
  John F. Bash, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Texas for the term of four years.

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  Walter David Counts III, of Texas, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Texas.
  R. Andrew Murray, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
  Matthew Spencer Petersen, of Virginia, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Columbia.                      
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Petitions and Memorials:                                 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--193) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5190.)