[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 22 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D112-D113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Monday, February 5, 2018

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S595-S615
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2366-2376, and S. Res. 391.                
  Pages S612-13
Measures Reported:
  S. 118, to make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to 
regulate the labeling of products made in the United States and 
introduced in interstate or foreign commerce, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-203)
  S. 701, to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing 
by designating and supporting manufacturing communities, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-204)
  S. 1887, to grant expedited hiring authority to the head of an agency 
to appoint college graduates and post-secondary students, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 115-205)                            
Page S612
Measures Passed:
  Kari's Law Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 582, to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to 
have a configuration that permits users to directly initiate a call to 
9-1-1 without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                             
  Page S615
  McConnell (for Klobuchar) Amendment No. 1921, to modify the effective 
date.                                                         
Page S615
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. EX. 28), Andrei Iancu, of 
California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property 
and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 
                                                    Pages S601-02, S615
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John E. Whitley, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  Seth Daniel Appleton, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Alan E. Cobb, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring 
November 22, 2023.
  Joseph Ryan Gruters, of Florida, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board 
of Directors for a term of five years.
  John L. Ryder, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2021.
  Kirsten Dawn Madison, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs).
  Eliot Pedrosa, of Florida, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank.
  Charles E. Cook III, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security.
  Kelly Higashi, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Shana Frost Matini, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  William R. Evanina, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National 
Counterintelligence and Security Center.
  Patrick Hovakimian, of California, to be a Member of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring 
September 30, 2020.
  27 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.

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  7 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Kathleen Hartnett White, of Texas, to be a Member of the Council on 
Environmental Quality, which was sent to the Senate on January 8, 2018.
  Kathleen Troia McFarland, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Singapore, which was sent to the Senate on January 8, 2018.
                                                              Page S615
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S608
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S608
Measures Read the First Time:                                 
  Page S608
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S608-12
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S613-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Page S614
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S604-08
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S614-15
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--28)    
  Page S602
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:34 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S615.)