[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 24 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D129-D130]
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                                         Thursday, February 7, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1031-S1149
Measures Introduced: Sixty-three bills and eight resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 367-429, and S. Res. 54-61.   
  Pages S1131-33
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 54, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry.
  S. Res. 55, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs.
  S. Res. 56, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign 
Relations.
  S. Res. 57, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
  S. Res. 58, authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on 
Aging.
  S. Res. 60, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget. 
                                                             Page S1130
Measures Considered:
Natural Resources Management Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration 
of S. 47, to provide for the management of the natural resources of the 
United States, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S1031-S1117
Pending:
  Murkowski/Manchin Modified Amendment No. 111, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1031
  Murkowski Amendment No. 112 (to Amendment No. 111), to modify the 
authorization period for the Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Historic Preservation program.                  
Page S1109
Rejected:
  Grassley (for Lankford) Amendment No. 158 (to Amendment No. 111), to 
modify the provision relating to the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
to impose certain requirements on the Federal acquisition of land and 
to require an allocation of funds for the deferred maintenance backlog. 
(By 66 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 18), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S1101-08
  Lee Amendment No. 162 (to Amendment No. 111), to modify the 
authorization period of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. (By 68 
yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 19), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                             Page S1109
  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, February 7, 2019, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., 
on Monday, February 11, 2019.                                
Page S1117
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, February 11, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill; and that notwithstanding the provisions of 
Rule XXII, the cloture motion filed during the session of Thursday, 
February 7, 2019, ripen at 5:30 p.m., and the filing deadline for 
first-degree amendments be at 4 p.m., on Monday, February 11, 2019. 
                                                             Page S1148
Barr Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of William Pelham Barr, of Virginia, to be Attorney General, Department 
of Justice.                                                  
  Page S1117
  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 S. 47, to 
provide for the management of the natural resources of the United 
States.                                                      
Page S1117
  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 S1117
Vitiello Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the nomination of Ronald D. Vitiello, of 
Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, be 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, and upon reporting out be referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days, after which the 
nomination, if still in committee, be discharged and placed on the 
Executive Calendar.                                          
  Page S1148
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1129

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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1129
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1129-30
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1130-31
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1133-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1135-43
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1127-29
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S1143
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1147-48
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--19) 
                                                     Pages S1108, S1109
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 5:09 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, February 11, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1148.)