[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 138 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D925]
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                                            Monday, August 20, 2018

[[Page D925]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5705-S5731
Measures Reported:
  S. 3273, to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the 
movement of goods through ports and intermodal connections to ports, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-324)
                                                             Page S5719
Measures Considered:
Department of Defense Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
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 S5707-13
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 85 yeas (Vote No. 186), McConnell (for 
Menendez/Murkowski) Amendment No. 3705 (to Amendment No. 3695), to 
provide funding for the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018. 
                                                         Pages S5711-12
  By a unanimous vote of 85 yeas (Vote No. 187), 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 S5712-13
Pending:
  Shelby Amendment No. 3695, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S5707
  McConnell (for Shelby) Amendment No. 3699 (to Amendment No. 3695), of 
a perfecting nature.                                         
Page S5707
  McConnell (for Nelson/Capito) Amendment No. 3773 (to Amendment No. 
3695), to require a Comptroller General of the United States report on 
the implementation of the Military Health System Genesis electronic 
health record.                                               
Page S5713
  McConnell (for Kennedy/Reed) Amendment No. 3703 (to Amendment No. 
3695), to increase funding for the National Suicide Prevention 
Lifeline.                                                    
Page S5713
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 12:10 
p.m., on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, Senate vote on or in relation to 
McConnell (for Nelson/Capito) Amendment No. 3773 (to Amendment No. 
3695), and McConnell (for Kennedy/Reed) Amendment No. 3703 (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 S5713
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, August 
21, 2018.                                                    
Page S5731
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  4 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.         
Pages S5713, S5731
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S5718
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5719-20
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5718
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5720-31
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--187) 
                                                     Pages S5712, S5713
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:34 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5731.)