[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 128 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D883-D884]
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                                              Monday, July 30, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5441-S5462
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3296-3299, and S. Res. 597-599.               
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Measures Reported:
  H.R. 4567, to require a Department of Homeland Security overseas 
personnel enhancement plan. (S. Rept. No. 115-308)
  H.R. 497, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal lands in San Bernardino County, California, to the San 
Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, and to accept in return 
certain non-Federal lands.
  H.R. 2582, to authorize the State of Utah to select certain lands 
that are available for disposal under the Pony Express Resource 
Management Plan to be used for the support and benefit of State 
institutions.
  H.R. 2768, to designate certain mountain peaks in the State of 
Colorado as ``Fowler Peak'' and ``Boskoff Peak''.
  H.R. 2897, to authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the 
Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative 
management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of 
units of the National Park System in the District of Columbia, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  H.R. 4609, to provide for the conveyance of a Forest Service site in 
Dolores County, Colorado, to be used for a fire station.
  S. Res. 501, recognizing threats to freedom of the press and 
expression around the world and reaffirming freedom of the press as a 
priority in efforts of the Government of the United States to promote 
democracy and good governance, and with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 541, expressing the sense of the Senate that any United 
States-Saudi Arabia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement must 
prohibit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or 
separating plutonium on its own territory, in keeping with the 
strongest possible nonproliferation ``gold standard'', with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 571, condemning the ongoing illegal occupation of Crimea by 
the Russian Federation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
and with an amended preamble.
  S. 436, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal 
preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an 
affirmative commercial quantities determination, to substitute certain 
land selections of the Navajo Nation, to designate certain wilderness 
areas, with amendments.
  S. 440, to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain 
Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North 
Dakota, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 930, to require the Administrator of the Western Area Power 
Administration to establish a pilot project to provide increased 
transparency for customers, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 1023, to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 
through fiscal year 2021, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 1030, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
submit to Congress a report on certain hydropower projects, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1142, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of 
certain hydroelectric projects, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 2074, to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain 
Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North 
Dakota, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2102, to clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                 
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Measures Passed:
  National Lobster Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 599, designating 
September 25, 2018, as ``National Lobster Day''.             
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House Messages:
The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the cloture motion with respect to 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, be withdrawn, and the motion to refer and the 
motion to concur with amendment be withdrawn, and Senate vote on the 
motion to concur without further intervening action or debate at 12:15 
p.m., on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.                             
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Grant Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.                  
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  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 172), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
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  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the vote on confirmation 
of the nomination occur at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, July 31, 2018; and 
that following disposition of the nomination, there be up to five 
minutes of debate, equally divided in the usual form, and following the 
use or yielding back of that time, Senate vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on Shelby Amendment No. 3399, to 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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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.                             
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Executive Communications:                                
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Petitions and Memorials:                                     
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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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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--172) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:52 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5462.)