[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 166 (Monday, October 21, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1134]
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                                           Monday, October 21, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5907-5929
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2648-2654, S. Res. 366-368, and S. Con. Res. 27. 
                                                             Page S5922
Measures Reported:
  S. 2132, to promote security and provide justice for United States 
victims of international terrorism, with amendments.         
Page S5922
Measures Passed:
  Providing for the Use of the Catafalque: Senate agreed to S. Con. 
Res. 27, providing for the use of the catafalque situated in the 
Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center in connection with 
memorial services to be conducted in the House wing of the Capitol for 
the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, late a Representative from the State 
of Maryland.                                         
  Pages S5909, S5927
  Authorizing the Production of Records by the Permanent Subcommittee 
on Investigations: Senate agreed to S. Res. 368, to authorize the 
production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 
of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
                                                  Pages S5926-27, S5927
  Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 150, to modernize Federal grant reporting, after agreeing 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S5927-28
Treaty on the Republic of North Macedonia--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on 
the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia (Treaty Doc. 116-1), 
taking action on the following motion and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5909-16
Pending:
  McConnell Amendment No. 946, to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S5909
  McConnell Amendment No. 947 (to Amendment No. 946), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5909
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 84 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 326), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the treaty.     
Pages S5915-16
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the treaty, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Tuesday, October 22, 2019, and the time until 12 noon be equally 
divided between the two Leaders, or their designees; and that all post-
cloture time on the treaty expire at 12 noon, and Senate vote on 
ratification of the treaty.                                  
Page S5916
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5917
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5917
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S5909, S5917
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5917-22
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5922-24
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5924-26
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5916-17
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--326) 
                                                             Page S5916
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:19 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S5928-29.)