[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 162 (Monday, October 1, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1088-D1089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Monday, October 1, 2018

[[Page D1088]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
            (Legislative Day of Friday, September 28, 2018)
Routine Proceedings, pages S6401-S6416
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3533-3535, and S. Res. 663-664.               
  Page S6413
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 481, calling upon the leadership of the Government of the 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea to dismantle its labor camp 
system, with an amendment.
  S. Res. 602, supporting the agreement between Prime Minister Tsipras 
of Greece and Prime Minister Zaev of Macedonia to resolve longstanding 
bilateral disputes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and 
with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 634, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift 
and honoring the veterans of Operation Vittles, and with an amended 
preamble.                                                    
Page S6413
Measures Passed:
  STB Information Security Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 4921, to require the Surface Transportation Board to implement 
certain recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of 
Transportation, and the bill was then passed.                
  Page S6415
  National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 664, 
designating October 8, 2018, as ``National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell 
Day''.                                                       
  Page S6415
House Messages:
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
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, taking action on the following motions and amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S6408-16
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                     
Pages S6408-16
  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.            
Pages S6408-16
  McConnell Amendment No. 4027 (to Amendment No. 4026), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                  
Pages S6408-16
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 90 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 219), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                             Page S6409
  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, fell when cloture was invoked on McConnell motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                         Pages S6408-09
  McConnell Amendment No. 4029 (the instructions (Amendment No. 4028) 
of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature, fell when 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 (listed above) fell.        
Pages S6408-09
  McConnell Amendment No. 4030 (to Amendment No. 4029), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 4029 (the instructions 
(Amendment No. 4028) of the motion to refer) (listed above) fell. 
                                                         Pages S6408-09
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, all time

[[Page D1089]]

during Leader time and recess count post-cloture on the House message 
to accompany the bill.                                   
Pages S6415-16
Appointments:
  Social Security Advisory Board: The Chair, on behalf of the President 
pro tempore, and in consultation with the Ranking Member of the Senate 
Committee on Finance, pursuant to Public Law 103-296, appointed the 
following individual as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board: 
Robert Charles Joondeph of Oregon vice Bernadette Franks-Ongoy. 
                                                             Page S6415
Kavanaugh Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.                      
  Pages S6401-16
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S6411-12
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6412
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S6412
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6412-13
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6413-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S6414
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6411
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6415
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--219) 
                                                             Page S6409
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and recessed at 6:39 p.m., until 
10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S6415-16.)