[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 198 (Monday, December 17, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1286-D1287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Monday, December 17, 2018

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senator-elect Cindy Hyde-Smith, of Mississippi, was administered 
      the oath of office by the President pro tempore.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7627-S7735
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3760-3762, and S. Res. 732.                  
  Pages S7656-57
Measures Passed:
  Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 
1862, to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify 
the criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the minimum 
standards for the elimination of human trafficking, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S7628-31
  McConnell (for Menendez) Amendment No. 4106, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                         Pages S7629-31


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  On page D1286, December 17, 2018, the following language 
appears: McConnell (for Menendez) Amendment No. 4106, in the 
nature of a substitute. Pages S7629-31
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: McConnell (for 
Menendez) Amendment No. 4106, of a perfecting nature. Pages S7629-
31


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     Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and 
     Protection Reauthorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 2200, to 
     reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, 
     after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                    Pages S7631-36
  McConnell (for Murray) Amendment No. 4107, to strike the section of 
the bill establishing preferred places of accommodation for Federal 
employees.                                                   
Page S7636
     Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act: Senate 
     passed S. 1520, to expand recreational fishing opportunities 
     through enhanced marine fishery conservation and management, 
     after withdrawing the committee amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute, and agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
     thereto:                                       
       Pages S7636-39
  McConnell (for Wicker/Manchin) Amendment No. 4115, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S7638-39
     Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act: Senate passed 
     S. 3191, to provide for the expeditious disclosure of records 
     related to civil rights cold cases, after withdrawing the 
     committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
     agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                    Pages S7727-31
  Crapo (for Jones) Amendment No. 4153, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S7731-34
     READI Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     was discharged from further consideration of S. 3238, to 
     improve oversight by the Federal Communications Commission of 
     the wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems, and the 
     bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
     amendment proposed thereto:                    
       Pages S7734-35
  Crapo (for Schatz) Amendment No. 4154, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                             Page S7735
       House Messages:
     Save Our Seas Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of 
     the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 756, to 
     reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote 
     international action to reduce marine debris, taking action 
     on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S7639
       Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, 
with McConnell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 4108, to provide for 
programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon 
release from prison.                                         
Page S7639
  Division I of McConnell (for Kennedy/Cotton) Amendment No. 4109 (to 
Amendment No. 4108), to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
to notify each victim of the offense for which the prisoner is 
imprisoned the date on which the prisoner will be released. 
                                                             Page S7639
  Division II of McConnell (for Kennedy/Cotton) Amendment No. 4109 (to 
Amendment No. 4108),

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to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to notify each victim 
of the offense for which the prisoner is imprisoned the date on which 
the prisoner will be released.                               
Page S7639
  Division III of McConnell (for Kennedy/Cotton) Amendment No. 4109 (to 
Amendment No. 4108), to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
to notify each victim of the offense for which the prisoner is 
imprisoned the date on which the prisoner will be released. 
                                                             Page S7639
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 82 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 267), 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 bill, with McConnell (for Grassley) 
Amendment No. 4108 (listed above).                           
Page S7650
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the House Message to accompany the bill, post-cloture, 
at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, December 18, 2018; and that all 
time during recess, adjournment, Morning Business, and Leader remarks 
count post-cloture on the motion to concur.                  
Page S7635
     Abolish Human Trafficking Act: Senate concurred in the 
     amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 1311, to 
     provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the 
     United States.                                     
       Page S7628
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Senate concurred in the 
     amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 1312, to 
     prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the United 
     States.                                            
       Page S7628
     CENOTE Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House of 
     Representatives to S. 2511, to require the Under Secretary of 
     Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to carry out a program on 
     coordinating the assessment and acquisition by the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of unmanned maritime 
     systems, to make available to the public data collected by 
     the Administration using such systems.             
       Page S7727
       Appointments
     Syria Study Group: The Chair, pursuant to the provisions of 
     section 1501 of Public Law 115-254, on behalf of the Majority 
     Leader of the Senate and the Chairman of the Senate Committee 
     on Armed Services, appointed the following individual as a 
     member of the Syria Study Group: Lieutenant General Charles 
     T. Cleveland (US Army, retired), of Virginia.      
       Page S7727
     Swearing in of Senator Hyde-Smith: The Chair laid before the 
     Senate the certificate of election for Senator-elect Cindy 
     Hyde-Smith, of the State of Mississippi, and the oath of 
     office was then administered as required by the U.S. 
     Constitution and prescribed by law.                     30Maguire 
     Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
     nominatire Nion of Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director 
     of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the 
     Director of National Intelligence.                      90[D17DE8-
     16]{D1287}A motion w
  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, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the House 
Message to accompany S. 756, to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris 
Act to promote international action to reduce marine debris. 
                                                             Page S7648
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S7648
     Messages from the House:
     l Cosponsors:
     s on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  30Additional 
     Statements:                                         30Amendments 
     Submitted:                                       30Record Votes: 
     One record vote was taken today. (Total--267)
     nt: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:36 p.m., 
     untiurnmel 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. (For 
     Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
     Leader in today's Record on page S7735.)