[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 26, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1008-D1009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Tuesday, September 26, 2017

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6097-S6158
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1857-1868, and S. Res. 268.                   
  Page S6134
Measures Reported:
  S. 607, to establish a business incubators program within the 
Department of the Interior to promote economic development in Indian 
reservation communities. (S. Rept. No. 115-163)              
Page S6133
Measures Passed:
  Secretary of Education Waiver Authority: Senate passed S. 1866, to 
provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for the 
reallocation rules and authority to extend the deadline by which funds 
have to be reallocated in the campus-based aid programs under the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 due to Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, 
and Hurricane Maria, to provide equitable services to children and 
teachers in private schools.                             
  Pages S6142-43
  RAISE Family Caregivers Act: Senate passed S. 1028, to provide for 
the establishment and maintenance of a Family Caregiving Strategy, 
after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S6143
  Cornyn (for Collins) Amendment No. 1101, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6143
  Cornyn (for Collins) Amendment No. 1102, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S6143
  Humanitarian Crises in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 114, expressing the sense of the Senate on 
humanitarian crises in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen, after 
withdrawing the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S6143-44
  Cornyn (for Lee) Amendment No. 1103, to recognize that charities, 
non-profit organizations, religious organizations, and businesses of 
the United States have an important role in addressing humanitarian 
crises.                                                  
Pages S6143-44
  APEC Business Travel Cards Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 504, 
to permanently authorize the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business 
Travel Card Program, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S6144-45
  Cornyn (for Hirono) Amendment No. 1104, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S6144-45
  Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act: 
Senate passed S. 1057, to amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia 
Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendment proposed thereto:                
  Pages S6145-47
  Cornyn (for Lee) Amendment No. 1105, relating to hypoxia or harmful 
algal bloom of national significance.                    
Pages S6146-47
  Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve 
Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act: Senate passed S. 870, to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to implement Medicare payment policies 
designed to improve management of chronic disease, streamline care 
coordination, and improve quality outcomes without adding to the 
deficit, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
  Pages S6147-53
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1519, 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 S6097-S6108, S6108-21, S6122-27
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.     
Page S6153
Erickson Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Ralph R. Erickson,

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of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth 
Circuit.                                                     
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, September 28, 
2017.                                                        
Page S6121
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S6121
Pai Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission.                                   
  Page S6121
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.                        
Page S6121
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S6121
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S6121
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6131
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S6131, S6153
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6131-33
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6133-34
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6134-36
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6136-39
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6130-31
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6139-41
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S6141-42
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:08 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6153.)