[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 192 (Wednesday, December 5, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1242-D1243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, December 5, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7299-S7322
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3704-3713, and S. Res. 714-715.              
  Pages S7318-19
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 2679, to provide access to and manage the 
distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small 
businesses. (S. Rept. No. 115-414)
  S. 1965, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect 
the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native 
handicrafts and traditional mammoth ivory products, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-415)
  H.R. 857, to provide for conservation and enhanced recreation 
activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-416)
  Report to accompany H.R. 2075, to adjust the eastern boundary of the 
Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study 
Areas in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response 
activities to protect private property. (S. Rept. No. 115-417)
  S. 3050, to improve executive agency digital services, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-418)
  H.R. 6439, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in 
the Department of Homeland Security the Biometric Identification 
Transnational Migration Alert Program, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
115-419)
  S. 441, to designate the Organ Mountains and other public land as 
components of the National Wilderness Preservation System in the State 
of New Mexico, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2160, to establish a pilot program under the Chief of the Forest 
Service may use alternative dispute resolution in lieu of judicial 
review of certain projects, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 2809, to establish the San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and 
Historic Mining National Conservation Area in the State of Utah, to 
designate wilderness areas in the State, to provide for certain land 
conveyances, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S7318
Measures Passed:
  Honoring President George Herbert Walker Bush: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 715, honoring the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush. 
                                                             Page S7322
McNamee Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Bernard L. McNamee, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.                    
  Pages S7300-14
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 253), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7304
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, all post-cloture time on the nomination 
expire at 12 noon, on Thursday, December 6, 2018; and that following 
disposition of the nomination, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination of Kathleen Laura Kraninger, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection, post-cloture, and the time be equally 
divided until 1:45 p.m.; and that following the use or yielding back of 
that time, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination of Kathleen 
Laura Kraninger as under the order of Wednesday, November 28, 2018. 
                                                         Pages S7313-14
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination of Bernard L. McNamee, post-cloture, at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, December 6, 2018, with the time 
until 12 noon equally divided between the two Leaders, or their 
designees.                                                   
Page S7322
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7316
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7316-17
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S7317-18
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7318

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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7319-20
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S7320
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7315-16
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7322
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7322
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--253) 
                                                             Page S7304
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:30 p.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late President George Herbert 
Walker Bush, in accordance with S. Res. 715, at 6:47 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7322.)