[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 136 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D919-D920]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Thursday, August 16, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5671-S5704
Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3350-3354, and S. Res. 607-609.           
  Pages S5692-93
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2019''. (S. Rept. No. 115-323)
  S. 2844, to require the Surface Transportation Board to implement 
certain recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of 
Transportation. (S. Rept. No. 115-322)
  H.R. 4254, to amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act 
of 2002 to strengthen the aerospace workforce pipeline by the promotion 
of Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration internship and fellowship opportunities to 
women, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.      
Page S5692
Measures Passed:
  Free Press: Senate agreed to S. Res. 607, reaffirming the vital and 
indispensable role the free press serves.                    
  Page S5681
  National Airborne Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 608, designating 
August 16, 2018, as ``National Airborne Day''.               
  Page S5701
  Relative to the Death of Former Senator Paul Laxalt: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 609, relative to the death of Paul Laxalt, the former Governor 
and Senator of the State of Nevada.                          
  Page S5701
Measures Considered:
  Department of Defense Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:               
Pages S5685-89
Pending:
  Shelby Amendment No. 3695, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5685-89
  McConnell (for Shelby) Amendment No. 3699 (to Amendment No. 3695), of 
a perfecting nature.                                     
Pages S5685-89
  McConnell (for Menendez/Murkowski) Amendment No. 3705 (to Amendment 
No. 3695), to provide funding for the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act 
of 2018.                                                 
Pages S5688-89
  McConnell (for Fischer) Amendment No. 3706 (to Amendment No. 3695), 
to appropriate an additional $10,000,000 for Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide for POW/MIA identification within the Defense Personnel 
Accounting Agency, and to provide an offset.             
Pages S5688-89
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 5:30 
p.m., on Monday, August 20, 2018, Senate vote on or in relation to 
McConnell (for Menendez/Murkowski) Amendment No. 3705 (to Amendment No. 
3695), and McConnell (for Fischer) Amendment No. 3706 (to Amendment No. 
3695), in the order listed, and that there be no second-degree 
amendments in order to the amendments prior to the votes.    
Page S5688
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, August 20, 2018, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S5701
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 62 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. EX. 183), A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., 
of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit.                                          
Pages S5679-82, S5704
  By 81 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. EX. 185), Julius Ness Richardson, of 
South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit.                                          
Pages S5683-85, S5704
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 80 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 184), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S5682
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

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  William Bookless, of California, to be Principal Deputy 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration.
  Thomas McCaffery, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for 
a term of four years.
  James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 
four years.
  James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
  Mary Elizabeth Taylor, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs).
  Donald Armin Blome, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Tunisia.
  Craig Lewis Cloud, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Botswana.
  Judith Gail Garber, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus.
  Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Mali.
  Simon Henshaw, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guinea.
  Michael S. Klecheski, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Mongolia.
  William H. Moser, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Kazakhstan.
  W. Patrick Murphy, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Cambodia.
  Michael Peter Pelletier, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros.
  Robert K. Scott, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malawi.
  Ronald D. Vitiello, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
  Aditya Bamzai, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board for the remainder of the term expiring 
January 29, 2020.
  Travis LeBlanc, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2022.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S5701-04
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Andrew M. Gellert, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Chile, which was sent to the Senate on January 8, 2018.
  Susan A. Thornton, of Maine, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(East Asian and Pacific Affairs), which was sent to the Senate on 
January 8, 2018.                                             
Page S5704
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5693-94
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5694-96
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5691-92
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S5696-S5700
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5700-01
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--185) 
                                                     Pages S5682, S5685
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator Paul Laxalt, in 
accordance with S. Res. 608, at 4:33 p.m., until 3 p.m. on Monday, 
August 20, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S5701.)