[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D875-D877]
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                                            Thursday, July 26, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5393-S5439
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3278-3295, S.J. Res. 62, and S. Res. 594-
596.                                                     
  Pages S5423-24
Measures Reported:
  S. 1580, to enhance the transparency, improve the coordination, and 
intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and 
secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women 
and girls, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 3248, to restrict the provision by international financial 
institutions of loans and financial and technical assistance to the 
Government of Turkey.                                        
Page S5422
Measures Passed:
  Marine Fish Conservation Statutes: Senate passed H.R. 4528, to make 
technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes. 
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  Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act: 
Senate passed H.R. 5729, to restrict the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating from implementing any rule requiring the use of 
biometric readers for biometric transportation security cards until 
after submission to Congress of the results of an assessment of the 
effectiveness of the transportation security card program.   
  Page S5437
  United States Intelligence Professionals Day: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 595, designating July 26, 2018, as ``United States Intelligence 
Professionals Day''.                                     
  Pages S5437-38
  Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act: Committee on Finance was discharged 
from further consideration of H.R. 4318, to amend the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of 
duty, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
  Page S5438
  McConnell (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3664, of a perfecting nature. 
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Measures Considered:
  Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act--Cloture: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, taking action on the following amendments and motions 
proposed thereto:                                     
Pages S5394-S5411
Pending:
  Shelby Amendment No. 3399, in the nature of a substitute. 
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  Murkowski Amendment No. 3400 (to Amendment No. 3399), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5395
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Shelby Amendment No. 
3399 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur 
upon disposition of the nomination of Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.     
Page S5411
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Shelby 
Amendment No. 3399.                                          
Page S5411
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
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Conference Reports:
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act--Cloture: Senate 
began consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 5515, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year.                
  Pages S5412-17
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
to accompany the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur 
upon disposition of the House message to accompany S. 1182, to require 
the Secretary of the

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Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th 
anniversary of The American Legion.                          
Page S5412
House Messages:
The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act--Cloture: 
Senate began consideration of the House Message to accompany S. 1182, 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in 
recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion, taking 
action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
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Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendments of the House to the 
bill.                                                        
Page S5411
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, 
with McConnell Amendment No. 3628 (to the House Amendment to the bill), 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S5411
  McConnell Amendment No. 3629 (to Amendment No. 3628), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                  
Pages S5411-12
  McConnell motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, with instructions, 
McConnell Amendment No. 3630, to change the enactment date. 
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  McConnell Amendment No. 3631 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
3630), of a perfecting nature.                               
Page S5412
  McConnell Amendment No. 3632 (to Amendment No. 3631), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5412
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell motion to 
concur in the amendments of the House to the bill, and, in accordance 
with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a 
vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of H.R. 6147, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. 
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Appointments:
  Commission on Social Impact Partnerships: The Chair, pursuant to 
Public Law 115-123, on behalf of the Majority Leader of the Senate and 
the Chairman of the Finance Committee, appointed the following 
individual as a member of the Commission on Social Impact Partnerships: 
Jeremy Keele of Utah.                                        
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  Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts: The Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, pursuant to 
Public Law 85-874, as amended, appointed the following individual to 
the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts: Senator Cornyn.                                        
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Cloture Motions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the filing deadline for 
first-degree amendments be at 4 p.m., on Monday, July 30, 2018, for the 
measures upon which cloture was filed during the session on Thursday, 
July 26, 2018.                                               
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the cloture motions filed during the session 
on Thursday, July 26, 2018, ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, July 30, 
2018.                                                        
Page S5439
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of 
the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of 
ratification were agreed to:
  The Treaty with the Federated States of Micronesia on the 
Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary (Treaty Doc. 114-13(A)) as amended;
  The Treaty with the Republic of Kiribati on the Delimitation of 
Maritime Boundaries (Treaty Doc. 114-13(B)) as amended;
  Extradition Treaty with the Republic of Serbia (Treaty Doc. 115-1) as 
amended; and
  Extradition Treaty with the Republic of Kosovo (Treaty Doc. 115-2) as 
amended.                                                 
Pages S5417-18
Grant Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eleventh Circuit.                                        
  Page S5411
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, July 26, 2018, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on 
Monday, July 30, 2018.                                       
Page S5411
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S5411
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, July 30, 2018, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination.                             
Page S5439
Messages from the House:                                 
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
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Petitions and Memorials:                                     
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Executive Reports of Committees:                         
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 4:22 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, July 30, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5439.)