[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D220-D221]
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                                             Tuesday, March 3, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1273-S1447
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3374-3384, and S. Res. 526.                   
  Page S1297
Measures Passed:
  Secure Federal Leases from Espionage and Suspicious Entanglements 
Act: Senate passed S. 1869, to require the disclosure of ownership of 
high-security space leased to accommodate a Federal agency, after 
withdrawing the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S1443-44
  Murkowski (for Peters/Portman) Amendment No. 1459, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1444
  Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act: Senate passed H.R. 5214, 
to amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent fraud by 
representative payees.                                       
  Page S1444
  Commemorating the life of Dr. Li Wenliang: Committee on Foreign 
Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 497, 
commemorating the life of Dr. Li Wenliang and calling for transparency 
and cooperation from the Government of the People's Republic of China 
and the Communist Party of China, and the resolution was then agreed 
to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S1444-45
  Murkowski (for Cotton) Amendment No. 1460, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S1445
  Supporting Older Americans Act: Senate passed H.R. 4334, to amend the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                            
  Page S1445
  Murkowski (for Collins) Amendment No. 1461, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1445
Measures Considered:
Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act--Agreement: Senate 
continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
2657, to support innovation in advanced geothermal research and 
development.                                   
  Pages S1274-80, S1280-92
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 
and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, all post-cloture time on the motion 
to proceed to consideration of the bill be considered expired at 10:30 
a.m.                                                         
Page S1445
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  J. Philip Calabrese, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio.
  James Ray Knepp II, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio.
  Brett H. Ludwig, of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
  Michael Jay Newman, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Ohio.
  5 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S1445-47
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1295-97
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1297
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1297-99
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1294-95
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S1300-S1443
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1443
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1445.)

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