[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 155 (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1015]
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                                      Wednesday, September 27, 2017

[[Page D1015]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6159-S6192
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1869-1880, and S. Res. 269.               
  Pages S6186-87
Measures Passed:
  Veterans Affairs: Senate passed H.R. 3819, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.                        
  Page S6191
  Bankruptcy Judgeship Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 of the 
United States Code to authorize the appointment of additional 
bankruptcy judges, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                        
  Page S6191
  Inhofe (for Grassley) Amendment No. 1106, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6191
  National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
269, designating September 2017 as ``National Prostate Cancer Awareness 
Month''.                                                     
  Page S6192
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: 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 S6159-75
Erickson Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
nomination of Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.                    
  Pages S6179-84
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 9:30 a.m., on 
Thursday, September 28, 2017, with the time until the vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the nomination equally divided between the 
two Leaders or their designees.                              
Page S6192
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 87 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. EX. 204), Heath P. Tarbert, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. 
                                                  Pages S6175-79, S6192
  By 73 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. EX. 205), Makan Delrahim, of 
California, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                  Pages S6175-79, S6192
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.          
Page S6192
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6185
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S6185
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6185-86
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6187-88
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6188-89
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6185
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6189-90
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S6190-91
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6191
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--205) 
                                                             Page S6179
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:23 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 28, 2017. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6192.)