[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 171 (Tuesday, October 24, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1115-D1116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, October 24, 2017

[[Page D1115]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
      House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2266, Additional 
      Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6719-S6775
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1995-2002, and S. Res. 301-302.           
  Pages S6768-69
Measures Passed:
  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rule: By 51 yeas to 50 nays, 
Vice President voting yea (Vote No. 249), Senate passed H.J. Res. 111, 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection relating to ``Arbitration Agreements'', after 
agreeing to the motion to proceed.                           
  Page S6760
  External power supplies: Senate passed S. 226, to exclude power 
supply circuits, drivers, and devices to be connected to, and power, 
light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing 
illumination or ceiling fans using direct current motors from energy 
conservation standards for external power supplies.      
  Pages S6772-73
  Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act: Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 304, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with 
regard to the provision of emergency medical services, and the bill was 
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S6773
  McConnell (for Cassidy) Amendment No. 1577, in the nature of 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6773
  50th Anniversary of USS Forrestal Fire: Committee on Armed Services 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 234, recognizing 
the Sailors and Marines who sacrificed their lives for ship and 
shipmates while fighting the devastating 1967 fire onboard USS 
Forrestal and, during the week of the 50th anniversary of the tragic 
event, commemorating the efforts of those who survived, and the 
resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
  Page S6773
  McConnell (for Ernst) Amendment No. 1578, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S6773
  National Chemistry Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 301, designating 
the week beginning on October 22, 2017, as ``National Chemistry Week''.
                                                         Pages S6773-74
  Authorizing photography of Senate Wing of U.S. Capitol: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 302, authorizing limited still photography of the Senate 
Wing of the United States Capitol and authorizing the release of 
preexisting photographs of the Senate Chamber and Senate Wing of the 
United States Capitol for a book on the history of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S6774
House Messages:
  Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 
Requirements Act: By 82 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. 248), Senate agreed 
to the motion to concur in 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, after 
taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
                                               Pages S6721-30, S6730-38
Withdrawn:
  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 S6737
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  McConnell Amendment No. 1569 (to Amendment No. 1568), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to the

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bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 1568 (listed above), was withdrawn. 
                                                             Page S6737
  By 80 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 247), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and applicable budget resolutions for the purposes 
of McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill. Subsequently, the point of order 
that sections 304, 306, 308, and 309 of McConnell motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
were in violation of section 314(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, was not sustained.                                     
Page S6737
Appointments:
  Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Democratic Leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 114-
323, appointed the following individuals to serve as members of the 
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission: Juan S. Gonzalez of the 
District of Columbia, and Douglas M. Fraser of Florida.      
  Page S6772
Palk Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 25, 
2017, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Scott L. Palk, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, 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 S6774
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Leonard Wolfson, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  William Beach, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, 
Department of Labor, for a term of four years.
  Tara Sweeney, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Robert M. Weaver, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four 
years.                                                       
Page S6775
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6766
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6767
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S6767
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6767-68
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S6768
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6768
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6770-71
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6769-70
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6764-66
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6771-72
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6772


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  

  
  On page D1116, Tuesday, October 24, 2017, the following language 
appears: Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6769-70 Additional 
Statements: Pages S6764-66 Amendments Submitted: Pages S6771-72 
Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S6772
  
  The online and Record has been corrected to read: Statements on 
Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S6770-71 Additional 
Cosponsors: Pages S6769-70 Additional Statements: Pages S6764-66 
Amendments Submitted: Pages S6771-72 Authorities for Committees to 
Meet: Page S6772


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--249) 
                                                  Pages S6767-38, S6760
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:28 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6774.)