[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 153 (Monday, September 23, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1047-D1048]
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                                         Monday, September 23, 2019

[[Page D1047]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5617-S5634
Measures Introduced: Two bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2529-2530, and S. Res. 322-323.              
Pages S5628-29
Measures Reported:
  S. 734, to leverage Federal Government procurement power to encourage 
increased cybersecurity for Internet of Things devices, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-112)
  S. 2183, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to 
analyze certain legislation in order to prevent duplication of and 
overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initiatives, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 116-113)                           
Page S5628
Measures Passed:
  Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 4285, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and 
modify certain authorities and requirements relating to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs.                                         
  Page S5632
  Ebola Eradication Act: (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that notwithstanding the order of August 1, 2019) Senate 
passed S. 1340, to authorize activities to combat the Ebola outbreak in 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S5632-33
  Rubio (for Menendez/Lee) Amendment No. 940, to modify the authority 
to provide assistance.                                       
Page S5633
  National Kinship Care Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 323, 
designating September 2019 as ``National Kinship Care Month''. 
                                                             Page S5633
McGuire Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Brian McGuire, of New York, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Treasury.                               
  Pages S5620-23
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 82 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. EX. 294), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S5622-23
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the motions to invoke cloture on the 
nominations of Joseph Cella, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of 
Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu, Department of State, Daniel 
Habib Jorjani, of Kentucky, to be Solicitor of the Department of the 
Interior, and David Fabian Black, of North Dakota, to be Deputy 
Commissioner of Social Security, ripen at 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, 
September 24, 2019; that notwithstanding Rule XXII, following the vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of David Fabian 
Black, Senate continue consideration of the nomination of Brian 
McGuire, of New York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, 
and that at 3:30 p.m., all post-cloture time on the nominations be 
considered expired.                                          
Page S5626
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 10 a.m., Senate resume consideration of the nomination of 
Joseph Cella.                                                
Page S5634
Messages from the House:                          
  Pages S5627-28, S5628
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5628
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S5628
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5628
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5629-31
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5627
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5632
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--294) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:53 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5634.)