[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 23, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D890-D891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                             Tuesday, July 23, 2019

[[Page D890]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed the nomination of Mark T. Esper, of Virginia, to 
      be Secretary of Defense.
      Senate passed H.R. 1327, Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, 
      Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the 
      September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4983-S5025
Measures Introduced: Forty bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2203-2242, and S. Res. 280-282.           
  Pages S5011-13
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 349, to require the Secretary of 
Transportation to request nominations for, and make determinations 
regarding, roads to be designated under the national scenic byways 
program. (S. Rept. No. 116-61)
  Report to accompany S. 1014, to establish the Route 66 Centennial 
Commission. (S. Rept. No. 116-62)
  Report to accompany S. 1689, to permit States to transfer certain 
funds from the clean water revolving fund of a State to the drinking 
water revolving fund of the State in certain circumstances. (S. Rept. 
No. 116-63)
  Report to accompany S. 1833, to transfer a bridge over the Wabash 
River to the New Harmony River Bridge Authority and the New Harmony and 
Wabash River Bridge Authority. (S. Rept. No. 116-64)
  S. 1883, to improve the prohibitions on money laundering, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S5011
Measures Passed:
  Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez 
Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 
Act: By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 224), Senate passed H.R. 1327, to 
extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 
2001 through fiscal year 2092, after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S4986-93, S4994-98
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 222), Lee Amendment No. 928, to limit 
the amount available for the Victims Compensation Fund. (Pursuant to 
the order of Thursday, July 18, 2019, the amendment having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)        
Pages S4997-98
  By 22 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 223), Paul Amendment No. 929, to 
require a sequestration of certain direct spending. (Pursuant to the 
order of Thursday, July 18, 2019, the amendment having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)        
Pages S4996-98
  Honoring former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 282, honoring former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.                      
  Pages S5000-01
  National Day of the American Cowboy: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 265, designating July 
27, 2019, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S5018
  National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 194, designating 
July 30, 2019, as ``National Whistleblower Appreciation Day'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Pages S5018-19
Dickson Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Stephen M. Dickson, of Georgia, to be Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration.                         
  Page S4993

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  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 221), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4993
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the post-cloture time on the nomination 
expire at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, July 24, 2019; that following 
disposition of the nomination, Senate vote on the motions to invoke 
cloture on the nominations of Wendy Williams Berger, of Florida, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, and 
Brian C. Buescher, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nebraska; and that if cloture is invoked, Senate vote 
on confirmation of the nominations in the order listed at 3 p.m. 
                                                             Page S5009
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 9:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.                           
Page S5019
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 90 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. EX. 220), Mark T. Esper, of Virginia, 
to be Secretary of Defense.                          
Pages S4993, S5025
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. 
                                                             Page S5025
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5011
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5013-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5015-16
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5010-11
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5018
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--224) 
                                                     Pages S4993, S4998
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:51 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5019.)