[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 161 (Friday, September 28, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1078-D1080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Friday, September 28, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6367-S6400
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3525-3532, S. Res. 660-662, and S. Con. Res. 49. 
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Measures Reported:
  H.R. 606, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1025 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the 
``Harold D. McCraw, Sr., Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 1209, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the 
``Mission Veterans Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 2979, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, 
as the ``Jack H. Brown Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3230, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the ``Harmon 
Killebrew Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4407, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3s101 Rockwell Street in Warrenville, Illinois, as 
the ``Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams Post Office Building'', with 
amendments.
  H.R. 4890, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as 
the ``Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4913, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 816 East Salisbury Parkway in Salisbury, Maryland, 
as the ``Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4946, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as 
the ``Specialist Trevor A. Win'E Post Office''.
  H.R. 4960, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 511 East Walnut Street in Columbia, Missouri, as the 
``Spc. Sterling William Wyatt Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5349, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1325 Autumn Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, as the 
``Judge Russell B. Sugarmon Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5504, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, 
Washington, as the ``Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office 
Building''.
  H.R. 5737, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 108 West D Street in Alpha, Illinois, as the 
``Captain Joshua E. Steele Post Office''.
  H.R. 5784, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2650 North Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the ``Vel R. 
Phillips Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5868, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 530 Claremont Avenue in Ashland, Ohio, as the ``Bill 
Harris Post Office''.
  H.R. 5935, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1355 North Meridian Road in Harristown, Illinois, as 
the ``Logan S. Palmer Post Office''.
  H.R. 6116, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 362 North Ross Street in Beaverton, Michigan, as the 
``Colonel Alfred Asch Post Office''.
  S. 3209, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 413 Washington Avenue in Belleville, New Jersey, as 
the ``Private Henry Svehla Post Office Building''.
  S. 3237, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 120 12th Street Lobby in Columbus, Georgia, as the 
``Richard W. Williams Chapter of the Triple Nickles (555th P.I.A.) Post 
Office'', with amendments.
  S. 3414, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 20 Ferry Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the 
``Captain Matthew J. August Post Office''.
  S. 3442, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 105 Duff Street in

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Macon, Missouri, as the ``Arla W. Harrell Post Office''.     
Page S6387
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 49, providing 
for a correction in the enrollment of S. 2553.               
  Page S6375
  Short Term FAA Extension: Senate passed H.R. 6897, to extend the 
authorizations of Federal aviation programs, to extend the funding and 
expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
                                                         Pages S6390-91
  PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act: Senate passed S. 2515, to amend the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide 
further self-governance by Indian Tribes.                
  Pages S6391-97
  National Workforce Development Month: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 632, designating 
September 2018 as ``National Workforce Development Month'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Pages S6397-98
  Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 661, 
expressing support for the designation of September 2018 as ``Sickle 
Cell Disease Awareness Month'' in order to educate communities across 
the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, 
early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care 
programs with respect to sickle cell disease, complications from sickle 
cell disease, and conditions related to sickle cell disease. 
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  Campus Fire Safety Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 662, designating 
September 2018 as ``Campus Fire Safety Month''.              
  Page S6398
House Messages:
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 302, to provide protections for certain 
sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a 
secondary State, after agreeing to the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the House message to accompany the bill, and taking 
action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S6398-99
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                     
Pages S6398-99
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 4026 
(to the motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate), to change the enactment date.                
Page S6399
  McConnell Amendment No. 4027 (to Amendment No. 4026), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6399
  McConnell motion to refer the House message to accompany the bill to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with 
instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 4028, to change the enactment 
date.                                                        
Page S6399
  McConnell Amendment No. 4029 (the instructions (Amendment No. 4028) 
of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature.             
Page S6399
  McConnell Amendment No. 4030 (to Amendment No. 4029), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6399
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent 
agreement of Friday, September 28, 2018, a vote on cloture will occur 
at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, October 1, 2018.                    
Page S6399
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 5 p.m., on Monday, October 1, 2018, 
Senate resume consideration of the House message to accompany the bill, 
as if in Legislative Session; that at 5:30 p.m., Senate vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on McConnell motion to concur in the amendment 
of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill; and that if 
cloture is invoked, Senate remain in Executive Session and the post-
cloture time continue to run as otherwise under the Rule, and that upon 
the use or yielding back of post-cloture time, Senate vote, as if in 
Legislative Session, on McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of 
the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.        
Page S6399
Support for Patients and Communities Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent-time agreement was reached providing that at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic 
Leader, Senate begin consideration of the House Message to accompany 
H.R. 6, to provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and 
treatment; that the Majority Leader, or his designee, be recognized to 
make a motion to concur, that there be up to four hours of debate on 
the motion, equally divided in the usual form, and that following the 
use or yielding back of that time, Senate vote on the motion to concur, 
with no intervening action or debate.                        
  Page S6398
Signing Authorities--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Majority Leader and Senator Boozman be 
authorized

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to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions during the upcoming 
recess of the Senate.                                        
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Kavanaugh Nomination: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.                          
  Page S6399
  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 S6399
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jean Nellie Liang, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 
fourteen years from February 1, 2010.
  Darrell E. Issa, of California, to be Director of the Trade and 
Development Agency.
  Andrew P. Bremberg, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other 
International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Jeffrey L. Eberhardt, of Wisconsin, to be Special Representative of 
the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the rank of 
Ambassador.
  Christopher Paul Henzel, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Yemen.
  Lynne M. Tracy, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia.
  Virgil Madden, of Indiana, to be a Commissioner of the United States 
Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  Monica David Morris, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the United 
States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  A routine list in the Army.                                
Page S6400
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Anthony Kurta, of Montana, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
of Defense, which was sent to the Senate on July 25, 2017.   
Page S6400
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S6383, S6390
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6383-87
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6387-88
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6388-89
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6389-90
Additional Statements:                                       
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Amendments Submitted:                                        
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and recessed at 6:21 p.m., until 
3 p.m. on Monday, October 1, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6399.)