[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 54 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D315-D316]
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                                           Thursday, March 28, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2063-S2104
Measures Introduced: Forty bills and seven resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 921-960, S.J. Res. 16, S. Res. 128-132, and S. Con. Res. 
10.                                                      
  Pages S2087-88
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Report of the Select Committee on 
Intelligence United States Senate Covering the Period January 3, 2017 
to January 3, 2019''. (S. Rept. No. 116-20)
  Special Report entitled ``Report on the Activities of the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary During the 115th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 
116-22)
  Special Report entitled ``Legislative Activities Report of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred 
Fifteenth Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 116-23)
  Special Report entitled ``Legislative Activities Report of the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the United States 
Senate During the 115th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 116-24)
  S. 257, to provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk 
Indian veterans. (S. Rept. No. 116-21)                       
Page S2087
Measures Passed:
  Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act: Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 276, to direct the Secretary of Education to 
establish the Recognizing Inspiring School Employees (RISE) Award 
Program recognizing excellence exhibited by classified school employees 
providing services to students in prekindergarten through high school, 
and the bill was then passed.                                
  Page S2098
  Vietnam Veterans Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 69, designating March 29, 2019, as 
``Vietnam Veterans Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S2098-99
  McConnell (for Burr/Manchin) Amendment No. 225, to amend the 
preamble.                                                
Pages S2098-99
  Recognizing American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian 
Women: Committee on Indian Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 100, recognizing the heritage, culture, and 
contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian 
women in the United States, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                      Pages S2099-S2100
  Military Retiree Appreciation Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 118, recognizing the 
importance of paying tribute to those individuals who have faithfully 
served and retired from the Armed Forces of the United States, 
designating April 18, 2019, as ``Military Retiree Appreciation Day'', 
and encouraging the people of the United States to honor the past and 
continued service of military retirees to their local communities and 
the United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.    
  Page S2100
  Condemning the Terrorist Attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand: 
Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 124, condemning the March 15, 2019, terrorist 
attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, offering sincere condolences to 
all of the victims and their families, and expressing and standing in 
solidarity with the people and the Government of New Zealand, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S2100
Measures Considered:
Supplemental Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration 
of H.R. 268, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and 
taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
                                                         Pages S2064-77
Withdrawn:
  McConnell (for Shelby) Amendment No. 5, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                             Page S2064
  Schumer Amendment No. 6, of a perfecting nature.           
Page S2064

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Pending:
  Shelby Amendment No. 201, in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S2064
  McConnell Amendment No. 213 (to Amendment No. 201), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S2065
  McConnell Amendment No. 214 (to Amendment No. 213), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2065
  McConnell Amendment No. 215 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 201), to change the enactment date.         
Page S2065
  McConnell Amendment No. 216 (to Amendment No. 215), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2065
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Shelby Amendment No. 
201 (listed above), 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, March 28, 2019, a vote on cloture will 
occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, April 1, 2019.            
Pages S2064-65
  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, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Shelby 
Amendment No. 201.                                           
Page S2081
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the filing 
deadline for first-degree amendments with respect to the motions to 
invoke cloture on Thursday, March 28, 2019, relating to the bill be at 
4 p.m., on Monday, April 1, 2019.                            
Page S2100
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, April 1, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill; that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 
XXII, the motions to invoke cloture with respect to the bill filed on 
Thursday, March 28, 2019, ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, April 1, 2019, 
and that if cloture is not invoked with respect to the motions filed on 
the bill, the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. Res. 50, improving procedures for the consideration 
of nominations in the Senate, ripen at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, April 2, 
2019.                                                        
Page S2102
Nominations in the Senate--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration S. Res. 50, improving procedures for 
the consideration of nominations in the Senate.              
  Page S2082
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the resolution, 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 H.R. 268, making supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. 
                                                             Page S2082
Appointments:
  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), appointed the 
following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military 
Academy: Senators Duckworth (At Large) and Manchin (Committee on 
Appropriations).                                             
  Page S2098
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 95 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 54), Nicole R. Nason, of New York, 
to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. 
                                               Pages S2977-79, S2103-04
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  8 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  31 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                               Pages S2082-95, S2103-04
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S2086
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S2086
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S2086-87
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2087
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2088-90
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2090-95
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2085-86
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2095-97
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2097-98
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2098
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--54)   
  Page S2079
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 4:33 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on Page S2102.)