[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 193 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1246-D1248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, December 6, 2018

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.J. Res. 143, Further Continuing Appropriations.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7323-S7372
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3714-3731, S. Res. 716-717, and S. Con. Res. 
58.                                                      
  Pages S7356-57
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1403, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 
1993 to establish the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps to place 
youth and veterans in national service positions to conserve, restore, 
and enhance the great outdoors of the United States. (S. Rept. No. 115-
420)
  S. 32, to provide for conservation, enhanced recreation 
opportunities, and development of renewable energy in the California 
Desert Conservation Area, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-421)
  Report to accompany S. 1857, to establish a compliance deadline of 
May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood 
heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces. (S. 
Rept. No. 115-422)
  Report to accompany S. 3172, to amend title 54, United States Code, 
to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National 
Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog 
of the National Park Service. (S. Rept. No. 115-423)
  S. 1548, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness 
and national recreation areas and to make additional wild and scenic 
river designations in the State of Oregon, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                      
Page S7356
Measures Passed:
  Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office: Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 5238, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1234 Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn, New York, as the 
``Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office'', and the bill was then passed.
                                                             Page S7332
  Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act: Senate passed H.R. 1861, to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Lawrence Eugene ``Larry'' 
Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American 
major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World 
War II.                                                      
  Page S7332
  National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1417, to 
amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to allow the Museum to 
acquire, receive, possess, collect, ship, transport, import, and 
display firearms, and the bill was then passed.              
  Page S7332
  REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act: Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 3398, to amend the Real ID Act of 2005 to 
permit Freely Associated States to meet identification requirements 
under such Act, and the bill was then passed.            
  Pages S7332-33
  Small Business Runway Extension Act: Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
6330, to amend the Small Business Act to modify the method for 
prescribing size standards for business concerns, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S7333

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  National Guard and Reserve Entrepreneurship Support Act: Senate 
passed S. 3561, to support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard 
and Reserve, after agreeing to the committee amendments. 
                                                         Pages S7333-34
  Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act: Senate passed S. 2679, to 
provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus 
property to veteran-owned small businesses, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.           
  Page S7334
  Spurring Business in Communities Act: Senate passed H.R. 4111, to 
amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the number 
of small business investment companies in underlicensed States. 
                                                         Pages S7334-35
  Further Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 143, 
making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019. 
                                                             Page S7337
  Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 
2597, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program 
of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical 
education programs.                                          
  Page S7365
  Savanna's Act: Senate passed S. 1942, to direct the Attorney General 
to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols 
appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.   
  Pages S7365-66
  Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act: Senate passed S. 2343, to 
require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a task force 
for meeting the connectivity and technology needs of precision 
agriculture in the United States, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                 
  Pages S7367-68
  Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act: Senate passed S. 3119, to 
allow for the taking of sea lions on the Columbia River and its 
tributaries to protect endangered and threatened species of salmon and 
other nonlisted fish species, after withdrawing the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S7368-70
  Cornyn (for Risch) Amendment No. 4069, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                         Pages S7369-70
  GAO-IG Act: Senate passed S. 2276, to require agencies to submit 
reports on outstanding recommendations in the annual budget 
justification submitted to Congress, after withdrawing the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S7370-71
  Cornyn (for Young) Amendment No. 4070, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                         Pages S7370-71
  Department of Homeland Security Data Framework Act: Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 2454, to direct the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to establish a data framework to provide access for 
appropriate personnel to law enforcement and other information of the 
Department, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                        
  Page S7371
  Cornyn (for Johnson) Amendment No. 4071, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7371
  NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act: Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration 
of S. 7, to amend title 51, United States Code, to extend the authority 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter into 
leases of non-excess property of the Administration, and the bill was 
then passed.                                             
  Pages S7371-72
  Ashanti Alert Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 5075, to encourage, enhance, and 
integrate Ashanti Alert plans throughout the United States, and the 
bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                            
  Page S7372
  Cornyn (for Warner/Blumenthal) Amendment No. 4072, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7372
  Improving Access to Maternity Care Act: Senate passed H.R. 315, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to distribute maternity care health 
professionals to health professional shortage areas identified as in 
need of maternity care health services.                      
  Page S7372
Appointments:
  Cyberspace Solarium Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
Armed Services, pursuant to Public Law 115-232, appointed the following 
individuals to serve as members of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission: 
Tom Fanning of Georgia and Chris Inglis of Maryland.         
  Page S7372
Muzinich Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Justin George Muzinich, of New York, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Treasury.                               
  Pages S7341-51
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent

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agreement of Thursday, December 6, 2018, a vote on cloture will occur 
at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, December 10, 2018.                   
Page S7341
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S7341
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S7341
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 4 p.m., on Monday, 
December 10, 2018; and that the cloture motion on the nomination ripen 
at 5:30 p.m.                                                 
Page S7372
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 254), Bernard L. McNamee, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2020. 
                                        Pages S7329-32, S7335-37, S7372
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 255), Kathleen Laura Kraninger, 
of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection for a 
term of five years.                               
Pages S7337-41, S7372
   1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.         
Pages S7351, S7372
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7355
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S7355
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7355-56
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S7356
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7357-58
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7358-59
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7354-55
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7361-64
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S7364-65
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7365
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--255) 
                                                     Pages S7337, S7341
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:14 p.m., 
until 4 p.m. on Monday, December 10, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7372.)