[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 11 (Thursday, January 18, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D55-D56]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, January 18, 2018

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
      House to S. 139, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S265-S313
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2319-2324, and S. Res. 374-375.                   
  Page S300
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 2070, to amend the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994, to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's 
Disease Patient Alert Program, and to promote initiatives that will 
reduce the risk of injury and death relating to the wandering 
characteristics of some children with autism. (S. Rept. No. 115-200) 
                                                              Page S298
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 98, directing 
the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of 
the bill S. 139.                                              
  Page S270
  Congratulating the University of Alabama Crimson Tide: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 375, congratulating the University of Alabama Crimson Tide 
football team for winning the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic 
Association College Football Playoff National Championship.   
  Page S277
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate began 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.                               
  Page S270
House Messages:
  FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act: By 65 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 
12), Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to S. 139, to implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to 
inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their 
conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to 
exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlogs, after taking 
action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                          Pages S268-70
Rejected:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, 
with McConnell Amendment No. 1870 (to the House Amendment to the bill), 
to change the enactment date. (Senate tabled the motion to concur.) 
                                                          Pages S268-70
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  McConnell Amendment No. 1871 (to Amendment No. 1870), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 1870 (to the House 
Amendment to the bill) (listed above) was tabled.         
Pages S268-70
Further Continuing Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 195, to amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict 
the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to 
Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United 
States, taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                  
  Pages S305-08
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                          
Page S305
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 1903 
(to the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to the bill), to change 
the enactment date.                                           
Page S305

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  McConnell Amendment No. 1904 (to Amendment No. 1903), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page S305
  McConnell motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 
1905, to change the enactment date.                           
Page S305
  McConnell Amendment No. 1906 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
1905), of a perfecting nature.                                
Page S305
  McConnell Amendment No. 1907 (to Amendment No. 1906), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page S305
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Saturday, 
January 20, 2018.                                             
Page S305
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 13), Senate agreed to the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the House message to accompany the bill. 
                                                          Pages S304-05
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill at approximately 11 
a.m., on Friday, January 19, 2018.                            
Page S308
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kenneth Steven Barbic, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
  Thomas E. Ayres, of Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Air Force.
  James N. Stewart, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  John F. Ring, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring 
December 16, 2022.
  Michael Stoker, of California, to be Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Director.
  Francis R. Fannon, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Energy Resources).
  Johnathan Miller, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development.
  Jackie Wolcott, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
  Jackie Wolcott, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
  29 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  4 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                          Pages S308-13
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S298
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S298
Executive Reports of Committees:                        
  Pages S298-S300
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S300-01
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S301-02
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S298
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S302-03
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S303
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--13) 
                                                    Pages S270, S304-05
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 10:15 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S308.)