[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D281-D282]
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                                           Thursday, March 12, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1713-S1746
Measures Introduced: Fifty bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3451-3500, and S. Res. 542-543.           
  Pages S1740-41
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 1833, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 35 Tulip Avenue in Floral Park, New York, as the 
``Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3207, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3317, to permit the Scipio A. Jones Post Office in Little Rock, 
Arkansas, to accept and display a portrait of Scipio A. Jones.
  H.R. 3329, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5186 Benito Street in Montclair, California, as the 
``Paul Eaton Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4794, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the 
``Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 4981, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2505 Derita Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, as 
the ``Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office''.
  H.R. 5037, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3703 North Main Street in Farmville, North Carolina, 
as the ``Walter B. Jones, Jr. Post Office''.
  S. 2847, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the 
``Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office''.
  S. 2945, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the 
Ernest ``Ernie'' T. Pyle Post Office.
  S. 3257, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, as 
the ``Einar `Sarge' H. Ingman, Jr. Post Office Building''.
  S. 3365, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Crosby Street in Mansfield, Louisiana, as the 
``Dr. C.O. Simpkins, Sr., Post Office''.                     
Page S1738
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing the Use of Emancipation Hall: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 87, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony as 
part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the 
Holocaust.                                               
  Pages S1745-46
  Department of Veterans Affairs Contracting Preference Consistency 
Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 4920, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide for an exception to certain small business contracting 
requirements applicable to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
procurement of certain goods and services covered under the Ability One 
program, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
  Page S1746
  Murkowski (for Tester) Amendment No. 1555, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1746
Measures Considered:
USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6172, to amend the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the 
production of certain business records.                      
  Page S1735
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, March 12, 
2020, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, March 16, 
2020.                                                        
Page S1735
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, March 16, 2020, Senate resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill; 
and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the cloture motion filed during the 
Thursday, March 12, 2020, session

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of the Senate ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, March 16, 2020. 
                                                             Page S1746
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 12957 of 
March 15, 1995, with respect to Iran; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-52)    
Page S1738
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 52 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 72), James P. Danly, of 
Tennessee, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2023. 
                                                  Pages S1714-22, S1746
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 71), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S1717
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Mark Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy. 
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S1738
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S1738
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1738-40
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1741-42
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1742-45
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1737
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S1745
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1745
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--72) 
                                                     Pages S1717, S1722
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:53 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1746.)