[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D481-D482]
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                                           Wednesday, June 10, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2839-S2899
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3928-3937, and S. Res. 613.                      
  Page S2878
Measures Reported:
  S. 2638, to amend title 49, United State Code, to require small hub 
airports to construct areas for nursing mothers. (S. Rept. No. 116-232)
                                                             Page S2878
Measures Passed:
  CONFUCIUS Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 939, to establish 
limitations regarding Confucius Institutes, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                  
  Pages S2859-61
  Stop Senior Scams Act: Senate passed S. 149, to establish a Senior 
Scams Prevention Advisory Council, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
  Page S2898
  Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 3637, to amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend lease protections for 
servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, 
national, or global emergency, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                         Pages S2898-99
Measures Considered:
Taxpayer First Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.R. 1957, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the 
Internal Revenue Service, taking action on the following motions and 
amendments proposed thereto:         
  Pages S2841-52, S2852-53, S2861-72
Pending:
  McConnell (for Gardner) Amendment No. 1617, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S2852
  McConnell Amendment No. 1626 (to Amendment No. 1617), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S2852
  McConnell Amendment No. 1627 (to Amendment No. 1626), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2852
  McConnell Amendment No. 1628 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 1617), to change the enactment date.    
Pages S2852-53
  McConnell Amendment No. 1629 (to Amendment No. 1628), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2853
  McConnell motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 1630, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
Page S2853
  McConnell Amendment No. 1631 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
1630), of a perfecting nature.                               
Page S2853
  McConnell Amendment No. 1632 (to Amendment No. 1631), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2853
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell (for 
Gardner) Amendment No. 1617 (listed above), and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Friday, June 12, 2020.                 
Page S2852
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, 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 McConnell 
(for Gardner) Amendment No. 1617 (listed above).             
Page S2853
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 79 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 116), Senate agreed to the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill.                        
Page S2852
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, June 
11, 2020.                                                    
Page S2899
Walker Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Justin Reed Walker, of Kentucky, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.          
  Page S2853
  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. 1957, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code

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of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service. 
                                                             Page S2853
  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 S2853
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                 
Pages S2872-73
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2876-77
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S2877-78
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2878
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2878-79
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2874-76
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2880-97
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2897-98
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--116) 
                                                             Page S2852
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:35 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2020. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2899.)