[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 26, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D760-D761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, June 26, 2019

[[Page D760]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 3401, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
      for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border 
      Act, as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4525-S4585
Measures Introduced: Twenty-five bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1974-1998, and S. Res. 265-266. 
                                                         Pages S4565-66
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Legislative and Oversight Activities During 
the 115th Congress by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs''. (S. 
Rept. No. 116-51)
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals For Fiscal Year 2019''. (S. Rept. No. 116-52) 
                                                             Page S4565
Measures Passed:
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and 
Security at the Southern Border Act: By 84 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 
185), Senate passed H.R. 3401, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, a 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 60 Senators 
having voted in the affirmative, and after taking action on the 
following amendments and motions proposed thereto:       
Pages S4531-43
Adopted:
  By 84 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 184), Shelby Amendment No. 901, in the 
nature of a substitute. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the amendment, having achieved 60 affirmatives votes, be 
agreed to.)                                          
Pages S4541, S4542
Rejected:
  Paul Amendment No. 902 (to Amendment No. 901), to rescind 
$4,586,000,000 from foreign assistance and exchange programs. (By 77 
yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 183), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S4541-42
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 37 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 182), Senate failed to pass the bill. 
(A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the bill, 
having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not passed.) 
                                                             Page S4541
  Congratulating the St. Louis Blues: Senate agreed to S. Res. 266, 
congratulating the St. Louis Blues for winning the 2019 Stanley Cup 
Final.                                                       
  Page S4584
  Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act: Committee on Environment and 
Public Works was discharged from further consideration of S. 528, to 
amend title 40, United States Code, to provide a lactation room in 
public buildings, and the bill was then passed.          
  Pages S4584-85
  Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act: Committee on Environment and 
Public Works was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 866, to 
provide a lactation room in public buildings, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S4585
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, taking 
action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S4525-31, S4543-57
Pending:
  McConnell (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 764, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4525
  McConnell (for Romney) Amendment No. 861 (to Amendment No. 764), to 
provide that funds authorized by the Act are available for the defense 
of the Armed Forces and United States citizens against attack by 
foreign hostile forces.                                      
Page S4525

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  McConnell Amendment No. 862 (to Amendment No. 861), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S4525
  McConnell Amendment No. 863 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 764), to change the enactment date.         
Page S4525
  McConnell Amendment No. 864 (to Amendment No. 863), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S4525
  McConnell motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed 
Services, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 865, to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S4525
  McConnell Amendment No. 866 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
865), of a perfecting nature.                                
Page S4525
  McConnell Amendment No. 867 (to Amendment No. 866), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S4525
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the motions to invoke cloture filed on 
McConnell (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 764 (listed above) and on 
the bill occur at 12:00 noon, on Thursday, June 27, 2019.    
Page S4543
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
McConnell (for Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 764, occur at 12 noon, on 
Thursday, June 27, 2019; that if cloture is invoked, McConnell 
Amendment No. 862 (to Amendment No. 861) (listed above), McConnell 
Amendment No. 863 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment 
No. 764) (listed above), and McConnell Amendment No. 864 (to Amendment 
No. 863) (listed above), be withdrawn, and the post-cloture time be 
considered expired and Senate vote on McConnell (for Romney) Amendment 
No. 861 (to Amendment No. 764) (listed above); with no further 
amendments in order; that the time until 1:45 p.m. be equally divided; 
that at 1:45 p.m., Senate vote on or in relation to McConnell (for 
Inhofe) Modified Amendment No. 764, as amended, if amended, the motion 
to invoke cloture with respect to the bill then be withdrawn, and 
Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended, if amended, with no 
further intervening action or debate; and that at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic 
Leader, on Friday, June 28, 2019, Senate vote on Udall Amendment No. 
883, notwithstanding the passage of the bill, and that it require 60 
affirmative votes for adoption.                              
Page S4557
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 
27, 2019.                                                    
Page S4585
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Dana S. Deasy, of Virginia, to be Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Defense.
  E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the National 
Indian Gaming Commission for the term of three years.        
Page S4585
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Michael S. Bogren, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Michigan, which was sent to the Senate on 
March 11, 2019.                                              
Page S4585
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4564
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4564-65
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4566-69
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S4569
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4563-64
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4580-84
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4584
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4584
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--185) 
                                                         Pages S4541-43
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 27, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4585.)