[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D115-D116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, February 5, 2019

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in Joint Session to receive a State of the 
      Union Address from the President of the United States.
      Senate passed S. 1, Strengthening America's Security in the 
      Middle East Act, as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S841-S874.
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 329-341, and S. Res. 40-46.    
  Pages S866-67
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 40, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Finance.
  S. Res. 41, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works.
  S. Res. 42, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed 
Services.
  S. Res. 45, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  S. Res. 46, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works.
  S. 94, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to 
facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target 
ranges in certain States.
  S. 163, to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel 
power engines due to emission control devices.
  S. 268, to reauthorize the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and 
certain wildlife conservation funds, to establish prize competitions 
relating to the prevention of wildlife poaching and trafficking, 
wildlife conservation, the management of invasive species, and the 
protection of endangered species, to amend the Marine Turtle 
Conservation Act of 2004 to modify the protections provided by that 
Act.
  S. 310, to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to 
reauthorize the Act.                                          
Page S866
Measures Passed:
  Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation: Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 49, to 
designate the outstation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in North 
Ogden, Utah, as the Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation, and the 
bill was then passed.                                     
  Pages S847-48
  Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act: By 77 yeas 
to 23 nays (Vote No. 16), Senate passed 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, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                              
Pages S843-47
Adopted:
  Menendez (for Risch) Amendment No. 98 (to Amendment No. 97), to 
provide for a classified annex to be submitted with the report on the 
cooperation of the United States and Israel with respect to countering 
unmanned aerial systems.                                      
Page S851
  Risch Amendment No. 97, to clarify the deadline for the reporting 
requirement relating to the establishment of a Jordan Enterprise Fund. 
                                                              Page S852
  National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act: Committee 
on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 439, 
to amend the charter of the Future Farmers of America, and the bill was 
then passed.                                                  
  Page S873
  National Stalking Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 44, 
raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by 
designating January 2019 as ``National Stalking Awareness Month''. 
                                                              Page S874
Measures Considered:
Natural Resources Management Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the motion to

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proceed to consideration of S. 47, to provide for the management of the 
natural resources of the United States.                       
  Page S858
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 17), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                    
Page S858
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 
with all time during recess, adjournment, morning business, and Leader 
remarks counting post-cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration 
of the bill.                                                  
Page S847
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like 
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort the 
President of the United States into the House Chamber for the joint 
session.                                                      
  Page S873
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a 
Joint Session of Congress on February 5, 2019; which was ordered to lie 
on the table. (PM-3)                                      
Pages S862-66
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  5 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Marine Corps.                   
Pages S858, S874
Measures Read the First Time:                                 
  Page S866
Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S866
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S866
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S867-68
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S868-72
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S862
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S872-73
Notices of Intent:                                            
  Page S873
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S873
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--17) 
                                                       Pages S852, S858
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:35 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S847.)