[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 201 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1306-D1307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, December 20, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7957-S8003
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3800-3803, and S. Res. 739-740.                  
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Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 3561, to support entrepreneurs serving in the 
National Guard and Reserve. (S. Rept. No. 115-448)
  Report to accompany S. 1995, to amend the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 to improve the number of small business investment 
companies in underlicensed States. (S. Rept. No. 115-449)
  Report to accompany S. 1961, to amend the Small Business Act to 
temporarily reauthorize certain pilot programs under the Small Business 
Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer 
Program. (S. Rept. No. 115-450)
  Report to accompany S. 785, to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska 
Native veterans. (S. Rept. No. 115-451)
  Report to accompany S. 526, to amend the Small Business Act to 
provide for expanded participation in the microloan program. (S. Rept. 
No. 115-452)
  Report to accompany S. 3554, to extend the effective date for the 
sunset for collateral requirements for Small Business Administration 
disaster loans. (S. Rept. No. 115-453)                       
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Measures Passed:
  Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act: Senate passed S. 
512, to modernize the regulation of nuclear energy, after withdrawing 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:                
  Pages S7957-62
  Sullivan (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 4175, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
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  Re-refining Used Lubricating Oil: Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1733, to 
direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the 
energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used 
lubricating oil, and the bill was then passed.               
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  Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse: Senate passed S. 3800, to 
designate the United States courthouse located at 351 South West Temple 
in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the ``Orrin G. Hatch United States 
Courthouse''.                                                
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  Space Frontier Act: Senate passed S. 3277, to reduce regulatory 
burdens and streamline processes related to commercial space 
activities, after withdrawing the committee amendment in the nature of 
a substitute, and agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
                                                         Pages S7966-70
  Cruz Amendment No. 4176, in the nature of a substitute.    
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  Global Health Innovation Act: Senate passed H.R. 1660, to direct the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 
to submit to Congress a report on the development and use of global 
health innovations in the programs, projects, and activities of the 
Agency.                                                      
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  9/11 Memorial Act: Senate passed H.R. 6287, to provide competitive 
grants for the operation, security, and maintenance of certain 
memorials to victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
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  McConnell (for Booker) Amendment No. 4177, to modify the definition 
of the term ``covered memorial''.                            
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  National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act: Committee 
on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 2432, 
to amend the charter of the Future Farmers of America, and the bill was 
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                     
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  McConnell (for Young) Amendment No. 4178, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
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  John Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse: Committee on 
Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 3460, to designate the United States courthouse located at

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323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina, as the ``John 
Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse'', and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
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  Congratulating the Maryland Terrapins Men's Soccer Team: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 739, congratulating the Maryland Terrapins men's 
soccer team of the University of Maryland, College Park for winning the 
2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's soccer 
national championship.                                       
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Community Health and Clean Transit Act--Referral: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that S. 3720, to authorize the 
Secretary of Transportation to provide loans for the acquisition of 
electric buses and related infrastructure, be discharged from the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.            
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Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Majority Leader and Senator Young be authorized to 
sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions on Thursday, December 20, 
2018 and Friday, December 21, 2018.                          
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Messages from the House:                                 
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Amendments Submitted:                                 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 11:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:14 p.m., 
until 12 noon on Friday, December 21, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S8002-
03.)