[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D446-D447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Wednesday, April 25, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2399-S2445
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2744-2759, and S. Res. 483-485. 
                                                         Pages S2439-40
Measures Reported:
  S. 1335, to establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in 
the State of Missouri. (S. Rept. No. 115-233)
  S. 1446, to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Historic Preservation program. (S. Rept. No. 115-234)
  H.R. 648, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the 
Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of 
the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir. (S. Rept. No. 115-235)
  H.R. 1135, to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Historic Preservation program. (S. Rept. No. 115-236)
  H.R. 2888, to establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in 
the State of Missouri. (S. Rept. No. 115-237)
  S. 382, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
develop a voluntary registry to collect data on cancer incidence among 
firefighters, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2597, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate 
medical education programs.                                  
Page S2439
Measures Passed:
  Tibetan Rights Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 429, commemorating the 
59th anniversary of Tibet's 1959 uprising as ``Tibetan Rights Day'', 
and expressing support for the human rights and religious freedom of 
the Tibetan people and the Tibetan Buddhist faith community. 
                                                             Page S2442
  Providing for the Display of the POW/MIA Flag: Senate passed S. 2758, 
to amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for the display of 
the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at the World War I 
Memorials.                                               
  Pages S2442-43
  National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and 
Girls: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 401, designating May 5, 2018 as the ``National 
Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls'', and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Page S2443
  National Senior Corps Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 483, recognizing 
the contributions of senior volunteers and designating the week of 
April 29 through May 5, 2018, as ``National Senior Corps Week''. 
                                                             Page S2443
  Parkinson's Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 484, supporting 
the designation of April 2018 as ``Parkinson's Awareness Month''. 
                                                             Page S2443
  Honoring the Life of Barbara Bush: Senate agreed to S. Res. 485, 
honoring the life of First Lady Barbara Bush.                
  Page S2443
Pompeo Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
nomination of Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Secretary of State. 
                                                         Pages S2400-29
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, at 12 noon, on Thursday, 
April 26, 2018, there be four minutes of debate equally divided, and 
following the use or yielding back of that time, Senate vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the Pompeo nomination, and that if cloture 
is invoked on the Pompeo nomination, all time be considered expired and 
Senate vote on confirmation of the Pompeo nomination, without 
intervening action or debate; and that following disposition of the 
Pompeo nomination, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of 
Richard Grenell, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Germany, with the time until 1:45 p.m., equally divided in 
the usual form, and that at 1:45 p.m., Senate vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the Grenell nomination, and that if cloture is 
invoked on the Grenell nomination, all time be considered expired and 
Senate vote on confirmation of the Grenell nomination, without 
intervening action or debate.                            
Pages S2425-26

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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the Pompeo nomination at approximately 9:30 a.m., on 
Thursday, April 26, 2018, with the time until 12 noon, equally divided 
between the two Leaders or their designees.                  
Page S2443
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2435
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2435
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S2435-39
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2439
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2440-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2441-42
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2433-35
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2442
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:31 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2443.)