[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1204-D1205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Tuesday, November 27, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7103-S7146
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 7-10, 3658-3661, and S. Res. 707-709.     
  Pages S7132-33
Measures Reported:
  S. 793, to prohibit sale of shark fins, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-388)
  S. 3143, to provide for a coordinated Federal program to accelerate 
quantum research and development for the economic and national security 
of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 115-389)
  S. 3367, to amend certain transportation-related reporting 
requirements to improve congressional oversight, reduce reporting 
burdens, and promote transparency, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-390)
  H.R. 3279, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide that 
extraction of helium from gas produced under a Federal mineral lease 
shall maintain the lease as if the helium were oil and gas. (S. Rept. 
No. 115-391)                                             
Pages S7131-32
Measures Passed:
  Remove the Prohibition on Certain Alcohol Manufacturing: Senate 
passed H.R. 5317, to repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to 
remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian 
lands.                                                       
  Page S7141
  Sac and Fox Indian Reservation: Committee on Indian Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1074, to repeal the Act 
entitled ``An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over 
offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian 
Reservation'', and the bill was then passed.                 
  Page S7141
  Ray Hendrix Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic: Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
3946, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic in Statesboro, Georgia, the Ray Hendrix Department of 
Veterans Affairs Clinic, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing 
to the following amendments proposed thereto:                
  Page S7141
  McConnell (for Isakson) Amendment No. 4063, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7141
  McConnell (for Isakson) Amendment No. 4064, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S7141
  National Principals Month: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 674, 
recognizing the month of October 2018 as ``National Principals Month'', 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                       
  Page S7141
  25th Anniversary of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program: 
Committee on Armed Services was discharged from further consideration 
of S. Res. 424, honoring the 25th anniversary of the National Guard 
Youth Challenge Program, and the resolution was then agreed to, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:        
  Page S7142
  McConnell (for Baldwin) Amendment No. 4065, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S7142
  75th Anniversary of World War II: Senate passed S. 3661, to provide 
for a program of the Department of Defense to commemorate the 75th 
anniversary of World War II.                             
  Pages S7142-43
  Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA): Committee on Foreign 
Relations was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1918, to 
oppose loans at international financial institutions for the Government 
of Nicaragua unless the Government of Nicaragua is taking effective 
steps to hold free, fair, and transparent elections, and the bill was 
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S7143-44
  McConnell (for Menendez) Amendment No. 4066, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S7143-44
House Messages:
  Jamestown Reservoir: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House 
to S. 2074, to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain 
Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North 
Dakota.                                                      
  Page S7141

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  Dickinson Reservoir: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House 
to S. 440, to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain 
Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North 
Dakota.                                                      
  Page S7141
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of 
an Executive Order declaring a national emergency related to the 
situation in Nicaragua; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM--48)                         
Page S7131
Kelley Nomination-Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Karen Dunn Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Commerce.                               
  Pages S7112, S7146
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 62 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. EX. 247), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7112
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the post-cloture time on the nomination 
expire at 12:15 p.m., on Wednesday, November 28, 2018.   
Pages S7144-45
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 9:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, with the time until 11 a.m. 
equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees; and that 
Senate recess from 11 a.m. until 12 noon.                    
Page S7145
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 246), Stephen Alexander Vaden, of 
Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture. 
                                                         Pages S7103-12
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7131
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S7131
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7132
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7133-34
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7134-38
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7130-31
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7138-40
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S7140-41
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--247) 
                                                         Pages S7111-12
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 6:51 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7145.)