[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1124-D1125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, October 10, 2018

[[Page D1124]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendments of the 
      House of Representatives to S. 3021, America's Water 
      Infrastructure Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6735-S6775
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3563-3571, S.J. Res. 65, and S. Res. 671-672. 
                                                             Page S6770
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 2200, to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.   
Pages S6769-70
Measures Passed:
  MHPAEA 10th Anniversary: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 670, 
recognizing the tenth anniversary of the enactment of the Paul 
Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity 
Act of 2008, and the resolution was then agreed to.          
  Page S6773
  National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 671, 
designating September 29, 2018, as ``National Urban Wildlife Refuge 
Day''.                                                       
  Page S6773
  Energy Co-Ops: Senate agreed to S. Res. 672, expressing the sense of 
Congress that electric cooperative voluntary energy reduction programs 
reduce energy consumption and save participants money.       
  Page S6773
  CBP HiRe Act: Senate passed S. 1305, to provide U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection with adequate flexibility in its employment 
authorities, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.                                            
  Pages S6774-75
Measures Failed:
  Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance: By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote 
No. 226), Senate failed to pass S.J. Res. 63, providing for 
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary 
of Labor, and Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to 
``Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance'', after agreeing to the 
motion to proceed.                                           
  Page S6748
House Messages:
  America's Water Infrastructure Act: By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 
225), Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendments of the 
House of Representatives to S. 3021, to provide for improvements to the 
rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, to provide 
for water pollution control activities, after taking action on the 
following motions and amendments proposed thereto:           
  Page S6747
Withdrawn:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, 
with McConnell Amendment No. 4048 (to the motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House to the bill), to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S6747
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  McConnell Amendment No. 4049 (to Amendment No. 4048), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 4048 (to the motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the bill) (listed above) was 
withdrawn.                                                   
Page S6747
Appointments:
  Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, in accordance with Public Law 99-498, Section 
1505(a)(1)(B)(ii), appointed the following Senator to the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development: Senator Fischer.                       
  Page S6775

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Clark Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General.                                        
  Pages S6748-66
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 227), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S6748
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, all post-cloture time on 
the nomination be considered expired at 12:10 p.m., on Thursday, 
October 11, 2018.                                            
Page S6766
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Thursday, October 11, 2018.                         
Page S6775
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S6769
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6770
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6770-72
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6768-69
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6772-73
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6773
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6773
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--227) 
                                                         Pages S6747-48
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:39 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 11, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6775.)