[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D312-D313]
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                                            Tuesday, March 20, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1799-S1848
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2572-2580, and S. Res. 440.                  
  Pages S1844-45
Measures Reported:
  S. 2325, to incentivize the hiring of United States workers in the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-214)
  S. Res. 85, calling on the Government of Iran to fulfill repeated 
promises of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held 
United States civilian in our Nation's history, with an amendment and 
with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 432, congratulating the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and 
Lithuania on the 100th anniversary of their declarations of 
independence, with an amendment.                             
Page S1840
Measures Passed:
  Recognizing contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni: Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 434, recognizing the contributions of 
AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United 
States, and the resolution was then agreed to.               
  Page S1847
  Veterans Health Administration employees: Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 899, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new 
Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities 
are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for 
such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health 
Administration, and the bill was then passed.                
  Page S1848
Measures Considered:
Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act--
Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 1865, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement 
against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal 
and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of 
children or sex trafficking.                   
  Pages S1801-13, S1813-34
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 11 a.m., on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, Senate begin 
consideration of the bill, as under the order of Monday, March 19, 
2018.                                                        
Page S1848
Yemen Joint Resolution: By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 58), Senate 
tabled the motion to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
S.J. Res. 54, to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from 
hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by 
Congress.                                                    
  Page S1827
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to extending trade 
authorities procedures for three years; which was referred to the 
Committee on Finance. (PM-32)                            
Pages S1836-37
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  William M. McSwain, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years.
  Matthew D. Harris, of Utah, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Utah for the term of four years.
  Johnny Lee Kuhlman, of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the 
Western District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
  Joseph D. McClain, of Indiana, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Indiana for the term of four years.
  David A. Weaver, of Colorado, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Colorado for the term of four years.             
Page S1848
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Secretary of State.

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  Stephen Akard, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Foreign 
Missions, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Sharon Fast Gustafson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of four years.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S1848
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Stephen Akard, of Indiana, to be Director General of the Foreign 
Service, which was sent to the Senate on January 8, 2018.
  Johnathan Miller, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, which was sent 
to the Senate on January 18, 2018.                           
Page S1848
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1837
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1837-38
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S1838-39
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1840-44
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1845-46
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
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Additional Statements:                                       
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--58)   
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:26 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1848.)