[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 135 (Wednesday, August 15, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D915-D916]
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                                         Wednesday, August 15, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5599-S5669
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3348-3349, and S. Res. 606.                  
  Pages S5618-19
Measures Reported:
  S. 2896, to require disclosure by lobbyists of convictions for 
bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, 
fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or 
money laundering. (S. Rept. No. 115-317)
  Report to accompany 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. (S. Rept. No. 115-318)
  Report to accompany S. 2102, to clarify the boundary of Acadia 
National Park. (S. Rept. No. 115-319)
  Report to accompany 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. (S. Rept. No. 115-320)
  Report to accompany H.R. 2768, to designate certain mountain peaks in 
the State of Colorado as ``Fowler Peak'' and ``Boskoff Peak''. (S. 
Rept. No. 115-321)
  H.R. 1222, to amend the Public Health Service Act to coordinate 
Federal congenital heart disease research efforts and to improve public 
education and awareness of congenital heart disease, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2465, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a 
sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and 
to provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, 
and treatment, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 3016, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve essential 
oral health care for low-income and other underserved individuals by 
breaking down barriers to care, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5618
House Messages:
  POWER Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House to S. 717, 
to promote pro bono legal services as a critical way in which to 
empower survivors of domestic violence.                      
  Page S5669
Department of Defense Appropriations Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that following disposition of 
the nomination of Julius Ness Richardson, of South Carolina, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Senate begin 
consideration of H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and that for the 
purpose of Rule XIV, in relation to the substitute, Amendment No. 3695, 
the text of H.R. 6157 serve as the basis for defense of germaneness for 
Division A of the amendment, and the text of H.R. 6470, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, as reported by the House Appropriations Committee, 
serve as the basis for defense of germaneness for Division B of the 
amendment.                                                   
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Quattlebaum Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., of South Carolina, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.   
  Pages S5599-S5611
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 61 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 182), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                  
Pages S5610-11
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 9:30 
a.m., on Thursday, August 16, 2018, and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, 
all post-cloture time be considered expired at 12 noon.      
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert H. McMahon, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5616-18
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5619-20
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S5621
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5615-16
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5621-59
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--182) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 6:34 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 16, 2018. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5669.)