[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D567-D568]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                              Tuesday, May 22, 2018

[[Page D567]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2801-S2841
Measures Introduced: Thirty-six bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2891-2926, and S. Res. 519.   
  Pages S2834-36
Measures Reported:
  S. 1337, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make certain 
strategic energy infrastructure projects eligible for certain loan 
guarantees, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 115-254)
  S. 1563, to authorize the Office of Fossil Energy to develop advanced 
separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth 
elements and minerals from coal and coal byproducts. (S. Rept. No. 115-
255)
  S. 2200, to reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information 
System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
115-256)
  S. 2098, to modernize and strengthen the Committee on Foreign 
Investment in the United States to more effectively guard against the 
risk to the national security of the United States posed by certain 
types of foreign investment, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 2269, to reauthorize the Global Food Security Act of 2016 for 5 
additional years.
  S. 2800, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S.J. Res. 58, to require certifications regarding actions by Saudi 
Arabia in Yemen, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S2834
Measures Passed:
  Trauma-Informed Care: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 346, 
recognizing the importance and effectiveness of trauma-informed care, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                   
  Pages S2838-39
  Authorizing Representation by Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 519, to authorize testimony and representation in Colorado v. 
Willenberg.                                                  
  Page S2839
House Messages:
Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the amendment of the House to S. 2372, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains 
buried in National Parks, taking action on the following motions and 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S2815-27
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill.
                                                             Page S2815
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, 
with McConnell Amendment No. 2246 (to the House Amendment to the bill), 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S2815
  McConnell Amendment No. 2247 (to Amendment No. 2246), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2815
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 91 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 104), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the bill.                      
Page S2815
  McConnell motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, with instructions, McConnell Amendment 
No. 2248, to change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked 
on McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
bill.                                                        
Page S2815
  McConnell Amendment No. 2249 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
2248), of a perfecting nature, fell when McConnell motion to refer the 
message of the House on the bill to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 2248 (listed above) fell. 
                                                             Page S2815
  McConnell Amendment No. 2250 (to Amendment No. 2249), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when

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McConnell Amendment No. 2249 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2248) 
(listed above) fell.                                         
Page S2815
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, at approximately 11 a.m., on Wednesday, May 
23, 2018, Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Brian D. 
Montgomery, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, as under the order of Thursday, May 17, 2018, and Senate 
vote on confirmation of the nomination at 3:15 p.m.; that following 
disposition of the nomination, all post-cloture time on McConnell 
motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill be 
considered expired; and that following disposition of the McConnell 
motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, Senate vote 
on the motions to invoke cloture in relation to the nominations of 
Jelena McWilliams, of Ohio, to be Chairperson, and to be Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the 
order filed, and that if cloture is invoked, the post-cloture time run 
concurrently.                                                
Page S2838
Small Business 7(A) Lending Oversight Reform Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that action with 
respect to H.R. 4743, to amend the Small Business Act to strengthen the 
Office of Credit Risk Management within the Small Business 
Administration, be vitiated and Senate agree to the House request to 
return the papers on the bill, and authorize the Secretary of the 
Senate to return the papers on the bill to the House of 
Representatives.                                             
  Page S2838
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 50 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 103), Dana Baiocco, of Ohio, to 
be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term 
of seven years from October 27, 2017.             
Pages S2802-15, S2841
  Cheryl A. Lydon, of South Carolina, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of South Carolina for the term of four years.
  Sonya K. Chavez, of New Mexico, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of New Mexico for the term of four years.
  Scott E. Kracl, of Nebraska, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Nebraska for the term of four years.
  J.C. Raffety, of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of West Virginia for the term of four years. 
                                                        Page S2841-2827
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2833
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S2833-34
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2834
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2836-37
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S2837
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2828-33
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2837-38
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3838


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D568, May 22, 2018 the following language appears: 
Messages from the House: Page S2833 Measures Referred: Pages 
S2833-34 Executive Reports of Committees: Page S2834 Additional 
Cosponsors: Pages S2836-37 Additional Statements: Pages S2828-33 
Amendments Submitted: Pages S2837-38 Authorities for Committees to 
Meet: Page S3838
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Messages from the 
House: Page S2833 Measures Referred: Pages S2833-34 Executive 
Reports of Committees: Page S2834 Additional Cosponsors: Pages 
S2836-37 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S2837 
Additional Statements: Pages S2828-33 Amendments Submitted: Pages 
S2837-38 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S3838


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--104) 
                                                             Page S2815
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:29 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2839.)