[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 96 (Thursday, May 21, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D432-D433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 238, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 712, to provide assistance for United States citizens and 
nationals taken hostage or unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3176, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the United 
States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 to make improvements to 
certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize the 
appropriations of funds to Israel, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 192, to establish an interagency program to assist countries in 
North and West Africa to improve immediate and long-term capabilities 
to counter terrorist threats, H.R. 4331, to modify and reauthorize the 
Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. Res. 567, commending career professionals at the Department of 
State for their extensive efforts to repatriate United States citizens 
and legal permanent residents during the COVID-19 pandemic;
  S. Res. 148, supporting efforts by the Government of Colombia to 
pursue peace and regional stability, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. Res. 392, recognizing the importance of the Young Southeast Asian 
Leaders Initiative to the relationship between the United States and 
the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and to 
advancing the policy of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 406, recognizing that for 50 years, the Association of South 
East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its ten members, Brunei, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, and Vietnam, have worked with the United States toward 
stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia, and expressing the 
sense of the Senate that the United States will continue to remain a 
strong, reliable, and active partner in the ASEAN region, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 454, calling for the immediate release of Cuban democracy 
activist Jose Daniel Ferrer and commending the efforts of Jose Daniel 
Ferrer to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 502, recognizing the 75th anniversary of the amphibious 
landing on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II and the 
raisings of the flag of the United States on Mount Suribachi;
  S. Res. 511, supporting the role of the United States in helping save 
the lives of children and protecting the health of people in developing 
countries with vaccines and immunization through GAVI, the Vaccine 
Alliance, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 523, recognizing the 199th anniversary of the independence of 
Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States;
  S. Res. 525, expressing the sense of the Senate that the United 
States should continue to support the people of Nicaragua in their 
peaceful efforts to promote the restoration of democracy and the 
defense of human rights, and use the tools under United States law to 
increase political and economic pressure on the government of Daniel 
Ortega, with amendments;
  S. Res. 533, supporting the goals of International Women's Day, S. 
Res. 542, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the 
Dachau concentration camp during World War II, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;

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  S. Res. 542, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of 
the Dachau concentration camp during World War II, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Michael Pack, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive 
Officer of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
COVID-19
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
caring for seniors amid the COVID-19 crisis, after receiving testimony 
from Mark J. Mulligan, New York University Langone Vaccine Center, New 
York, New York; R. Tamara Konetzka, University of Chicago Departments 
of Public Health Sciences and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; and Steven 
H. Landers, Visiting Nurses Association Health Group, Holmdel, New 
Jersey.