[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 170 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1107-D1108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Monday, October 23, 2017

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6703-S6718
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1536, to designate a human trafficking 
prevention coordinator and to expand the scope of activities authorized 
under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's outreach and 
education program to include human trafficking prevention activities. 
(S. Rept. No. 115-177)                                       
Page S6715
Measures Passed:
  SAFER Act: Senate passed S. 1766, to reauthorize the SAFER Act of 
2013, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
  Page S6717
House Messages:
Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements 
Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the amendment of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 of 
the United States Code to authorize the appointment of additional 
bankruptcy judges, taking action on the following motions and 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S6703-10
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                         
Page S6703
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 1568, 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S6703
  McConnell Amendment No. 1569 (to Amendment No. 1568), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6703
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 79 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 246), 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 amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                  Pages S6703, S6709-10
  McConnell motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 
1570, to change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on 
McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.              
Pages S6703, S6709-10
  McConnell Amendment No. 1571 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
1570), of a perfecting nature, fell when McConnell motion to refer the 
message of the House on the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, 
with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 1570 (listed above), fell. 
                                                  Pages S6703, S6709-10
  McConnell Amendment No. 1572 (to Amendment No. 1571), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 1571 (to (the instructions) 
Amendment No. 1570) (listed above), fell.         
Pages S6703, S6709-10
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the House message to accompany the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, October 24, 2017; and that all time 
during morning business, recess, adjournment, and Leader remarks count 
post-cloture on McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.            
Page S6717
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency originally declared in Executive Order 13413 of 
October 27, 2006, with respect to the situation in, or in relation to, 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-17) 
                                                         Pages S6713-14
Palk Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Scott L. Palk, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Oklahoma.                                        
  Page S6707
  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

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Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the House 
message to accompany H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 of the United States 
Code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges. 
                                                             Page S6707
  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 S6707
McFadden Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Trevor N. McFadden, of Virginia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia.                 
  Page S6707
  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 Scott L. Palk, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Oklahoma.                                
Page S6707
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S6707
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S6707
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Christopher Caldwell, of Arkansas, to be Federal Cochairperson, Delta 
Regional Authority.
  Kenneth J. Braithwaite, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador of the 
United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway.
  9 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.          
Page S6718
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Tom Marino, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National Drug Control 
Policy, which was sent to the Senate on September 5, 2017.   
Page S6718
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6714
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6714-15
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S6716
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6713
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6716-17
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--246) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:47 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6717.)