[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D790-D791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, July 11, 2018

[[Page D790]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate insisted on its amendment to H.R. 5895, Energy and Water, 
      Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans 
      Affairs Appropriations Act, agreed to the request from the House 
      for a conference, and appointed conferees.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, Pages S4881-S4922
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3192-3198, and S. Res. 572.                      
  Page S4916


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  On page D790, July 11, 2018 the following language appears: 
Measures Introduced: Seven bills anone resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3192-3198, and S. Res. 572. Page S4916
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures 
Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3192-3198, and S. Res. 572. Page S4916


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Measures Reported:
  S. 1459, to establish Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park in 
the State of South Carolina, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-295)
  S. 1646, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study of President Station in Baltimore, Maryland. (S. 
Rept. No. 115-296)
  H.R. 2786, to amend the Federal Power Act with respect to the 
criteria and process to qualify as a qualifying conduit hydropower 
facility, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 115-297)
  Report to accompany S. 3153, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
years 2018 and 2019 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the United States Government, the Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System. (S. Rept. No. 115-298)                               
Page S4916
House Messages:
Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act: Senate insisted on its amendment 
to H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
agreed to the request of the House for a conference, and authorized the 
Chair to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate on the disagreeing 
votes of the two Houses on the bill to be instructed to insist on the 
inclusion in the final conference report the following motions proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S4890
Adopted:
  By 94 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 150), Cassidy Motion to Instruct 
Conferees to insist that the final conference report include provisions 
that have the effect of extending the National Flood Insurance Program, 
and the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to issue notes and obligations with respect to that 
program, through January 31, 2019.                       
Pages S4890-91
  By 88 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 151), Corker Motion to Instruct 
Conferees to insist that the conference report include language 
providing a role for Congress in making a determination under section 
232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862). 
                                                         Pages S4890-91
  The Chair appointed the following conferees on the part of the 
Senate: Senators Shelby, Alexander, Boozman, Daines, Lankford, Leahy, 
Feinstein, Schatz, and Murphy.                               
Page S4891
Ney Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Paul C. Ney, Jr., of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of Defense.                            
  Pages S4897-S4909
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 74 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. 153), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                  
Pages S4896-97
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Thursday, July 12, 2018; and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, 
all post-cloture time on the nomination expire at 1:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page S4919
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:

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  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 152), Brian Allen Benczkowski, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                        Pages S4881-90, S4891-96, S4922
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S4910-11
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4911
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S4911
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4911-16
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4916
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4916-17
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4917-18
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4910
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S4918-19
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4919
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--153) 
                                                Page S4890-91, S4896-97
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4919.)


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  On page D791, July 11, 2018 the following language appears: 
Adjournment: Senate convened at 0 a.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2018. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4919.)
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Adjournment: 
Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., until 10 
a.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4919.)


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