[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 110 (Friday, June 28, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D778]
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                                              Friday, June 28, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4669-S4678
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2048-
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  Pages S4676-77
Measures Reported:
  S. 440, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide that a 
patent owner may not assert sovereign immunity as a defense in certain 
actions before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1224, to enable the Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of 
sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval 
of a competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and 
facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to 
raise legitimate public health concerns, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 1227, to require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of 
intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress 
with appropriate policy recommendations, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 1416, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit 
anticompetitive behaviors by drug product manufacturers, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
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Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: By 50 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 
189), Senate rejected Udall Amendment No. 883 (to S. 1790, National 
Defense Authorization Act, previously amended and passed on Thursday, 
June 27, 2019), to prescribe military personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year. (Pursuant to the order of Thursday, June 27, 2019, the 
amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed 
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Executive Communications:                                    
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Petitions and Memorials:                                     
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
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Additional Statements:
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--189) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 5 a.m. and adjourned at 3:11 p.m., 
until 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in the Thursday, June 27, 2019 
Record on page S4665.)