[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1141-D1143]
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                                          Tuesday, October 22, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5931-S6050
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2655-2668, S.J. Res. 59, and S. Res. 369-
373.                                                     
  Pages S5965-66
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Falls Prevention: National, State, and 
Local Solutions to Better Support Seniors''. (S. Rept. No. 116-138)
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocations to 
Subcommittees of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2020''. (S. Rept. No. 
116-139)
  S. 1317, to facilitate the availability, development, and 
environmentally responsible production of domestic resources to meet 
national material or critical mineral needs, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-131)
  S. 2071, to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians. (S. 
Rept. No. 116-132)
  S. 334, to authorize the construction of the Musselshell-Judith Rural 
Water System and study of the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority 
System in the States of Montana and North Dakota. (S. Rept. No. 116-
133)
  S. 607, to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to address 
insufficient compensation of employees and other personnel of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 
116-134)
  S. 1602, to amend the United States Energy Storage Competitiveness 
Act of 2007 to establish a research, development, and demonstration 
program for grid-scale energy storage systems, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-135)
  S. 2094, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide 
Federal financial assistance to States to implement State energy 
security plans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 116-136)
  H.R. 2114, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide 
Federal financial assistance to States to implement, review, and revise 
State energy security plans, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-137)                           
Page S5965
Measures Passed:
  RAWR Act: Senate passed S. 1590, to amend the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife 
trafficking linked to transnational organized crime.         
  Page S6047
  Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 373, 
expressing support for the designation of September 2019 as ``Sickle 
Cell Disease Awareness Month'' in order to educate communities across 
the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, 
early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care 
programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and 
conditions related to sickle cell disease.                   
  Page S6047
Measures Considered:
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: 
Senate began consideration of H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:            
  Pages S5944-46, S5951
Pending:
  Shelby Amendment No. 948, in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S5951
  McConnell (for Shelby) Amendment No. 950, to make a technical 
correction.                                                  
Page S5951
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 92 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 330), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                               
Pages S5946-47
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                             Page S5947
Contributions in Exchange for State or Local Tax Credits--Agreement: 
Senate began consideration of S.J. Res. 50, providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of

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the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 
Treasury, relating to ``Contributions in Exchange for State or Local 
Tax Credits'', after agreeing to the motion to proceed. 
                                                         Pages S5952-60
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the joint resolution at approximately 9:30 a.m., on 
Wednesday, October 23, 2019; that the debate time on the joint 
resolution expire at 2:45 p.m., and Senate vote on passage of the joint 
resolution; and that following disposition of the joint resolution, 
Senate resume consideration of H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.                   
Page S6048
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to H.R. 2740, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, ripen 
at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader in concurrence with 
the Democratic Leader.                                       
  Page S5951
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency originally declared in Executive Order 13413 of 
October 27, 2006, with respect to the situation in or in relation to 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-33)    
Page S5961
Treaty Approved: The following treaty having passed through its various 
parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of the 
resolution of ratification, two-thirds of the Senators present having 
voted in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification was agreed to 
by a vote of 91 yeas to 2 nays, (Vote No. 327): Protocol to the North 
Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of North 
Macedonia (Treaty Doc. 116-1), after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S5932-43
Withdrawn:
  McConnell Amendment No. 946, to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S5941
  McConnell Amendment No. 947 (to Amendment No. 946), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5941
Walker Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Justin Reed Walker, of Kentucky, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky.         
  Page S5951
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of H.R. 2740, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2020.                                   
Page S5951
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S5951
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 50 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 329), Andrew P. Bremberg, of 
Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the 
Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in 
Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador.       
Pages S5941, S5943-44, S5945
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 328), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S5943-44
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5961-62
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5962
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S5962
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5962
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5962-64
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S5964-65
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5966-68
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5968-74
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5961
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S5977-S6046
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6047
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6047
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--330) 
                                                  Pages S5943-45, S5947
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:11 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6050.)

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