[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 20 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D103-D104]
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                                         Thursday, January 31, 2019

[[Page D103]]

                              Daily Digest 

                                 Senate


 Chamber Action
  Routine Proceedings, pages S775-S816
 Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 285-315, and S. Res. 35-39. 
                                                        Pages S779-S801
 Measures Passed:
   National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 37, designating the week beginning February 3, 2019, as ``National 
Tribal Colleges and Universities Week''.                      
  Page S815
   National School Counseling Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 38, 
designating the week of February 4 through 8, 2019, as ``National 
School Counseling Week''.                                     
  Page S815
   American Farm Bureau Federation 100th Anniversary: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 39, recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Farm 
Bureau Federation and celebrating the long history of the American Farm 
Bureau Federation representing the farmers of the United States. 
                                                              Page S815
 Measures Considered:
 Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act--Agreement: 
Senate continued consideration of S. 1, to make improvements to certain 
defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize the 
appropriation of funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-
Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale 
slaughter of the Syrian people, taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                      
  Pages S776-77, S777-94
 Pending:
   McConnell Amendment No. 65, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the United States faces continuing threats from terrorist groups 
operating in Syria and Afghanistan and that the precipitous withdrawal 
of United States forces from either country could put at risk hard-won 
gains and United States national security.                    
Page S776
   Menendez Amendment No. 96 (to McConnell Amendment No. 65), to 
clarify that the amendment shall not be construed as a declaration of 
war or an authorization of the use of military force.         
Page S789
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, January 31, 2019, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., 
on Monday, February 4, 2019.                              
Pages S776-77
   During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 68 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 13), 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 Amendment No. 65 
(listed above).                                               
Page S789
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, February 4, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill; that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 
XXII, the post-cloture time on McConnell Amendment No. 65 expire, and 
the cloture motions filed on Thursday, January 31, 2019, ripen at 5:30 
p.m., on Monday, February 4, 2019; and that the filing deadline for the 
cloture motion with respect to the bill be at 4:00 p.m., on Monday, 
February 4, 2019, for first-degree amendments.                
Page S815
 Natural Resources Management Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 47, to provide for the 
management of the natural resources of the United States.     
  Page S777
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, 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 S. 1, to make improvements to 
certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize the 
appropriation of funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-
Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale 
slaughter of the Syrian people.                               
Page S777
 Appointments:
   British-American Interparliamentary Group Conference: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the

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Democratic Leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, appointed the following 
Senator as Vice Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the British-
American Interparliamentary Group Conference during the 116th Congress: 
Senator Leahy.                                                
  Page S815
   British-American Interparliamentary Group Conference: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, appointed the following 
Senator as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the British-American 
Interparliamentary Group Conference during the 116th Congress: Senator 
Boozman.                                                      
  Page S815
 Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S798
 Measures Read the First Time:                         
  Pages S794, S798
 Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S798-99
 Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S801-02
 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S802-12
 Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S794-98
 Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S812-15
 Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--13)   
  Page S789
 Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:36 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S815-16.)