[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D414-D415]
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                                          Wednesday, April 18, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2227-S2288
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2692-2709, S. Res. 473-476, and S. Con. Res. 
36-37.                                                   
  Pages S2261-62
Measures Reported:
  S. 2113, to amend title 41, United States Code, to improve the manner 
in which Federal contracts for design and construction services are 
awarded, to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and 
construction services procurements. (S. Rept. No. 115-231)
  S. 2413, to provide for the appropriate use of bridge contracts in 
Federal procurement, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 115-232) 
                                                             Page S2261
Measures Passed:
  Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit 
Opportunity Act: By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 76), Senate passed S. 
J. Res. 57, 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 ``Indirect Auto Lending and 
Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act''.      
  Pages S2227-40
  International Women's Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 426, supporting 
the goals of International Women's Day.                  
  Pages S2280-83
  Authorizing Senators to bring young children onto the Senate floor: 
Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 463, authorizing a Senator to bring a young 
son or daughter of the Senator onto the floor of the Senate during 
votes, and the resolution was then agreed to.                
  Page S2283
  Death of former Senator John Melcher: Senate agreed to S. Res. 474, 
relative to the death of the Honorable John Melcher, Senator from the 
State of Montana.                                            
  Page S2283
  North American Aerospace Defense Command 60th Anniversary: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 475, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the North 
American Aerospace Defense Command.                          
  Page S2283
  National 9-1-1 Education Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 476, 
designating April 2018 as ``National 9-1-1 Education Month''. 
                                                             Page S2283
House Messages:
Amending the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification 
Act: By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 77), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, 
Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion 
to concur in the amendment of the House to S. 140, to amend the White 
Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to 
clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund, with McConnell 
Amendment No. 2232 (to the amendment of the House to the bill). 
                                                         Pages S2240-41
  Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 2232 (to the amendment 
of the House to the bill).                                   
Page S2241
Bridenstine Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of James Bridenstine, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.           
  Page S2241
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 78), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S2241
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, 
April 19, 2018; and that all post-cloture time on the nomination expire 
at 1:45 p.m., and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination, with 
no intervening action or debate.                             
Page S2283
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:

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  By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 79), Carlos G. Muniz, of Florida, 
to be General Counsel, Department of Education.          
Pages S2241-48
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2260
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2260
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2260-61
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2261
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2262-63
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2263-66
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2259-60
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2279-80
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2280
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--79) 
                                 Pages S2239-40, S2240-41, S2241, S2248
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator John Melcher, in 
accordance with S. Res. 474, at 7:35 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, 
April 19, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S2283.)