[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 108 (Thursday, June 11, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D485-D486]
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                                            Thursday, June 11, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2901-S2948
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3938-3956, and S. Res. 614-616.   
  Page S2932
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Pulse nightclub victims: Senate agreed to S. Res. 614, 
honoring the memory of the victims of the heinous attack at the Pulse 
nightclub on June 12, 2016.                              
  Pages S2910-11
  Activist Jose Daniel Ferrer: Senate agreed to 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, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.       
  Pages S2921-22
  Greece Independence 199th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 523, 
recognizing the 199th anniversary of the independence of Greece and 
celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.       
  Page S2922
  Commending Department of State Career Professionals: Senate agreed to 
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.      
  Page S2922
Measures Considered:
Taxpayer First Act--Agreement: Senate continued 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 
amendments proposed thereto:         
  Pages S2903-10, S2911-21, S2922-28
Pending:
  McConnell (for Gardner) Amendment No. 1617, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S2903
  McConnell Amendment No. 1626 (to Amendment No. 1617), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S2903
  McConnell Amendment No. 1627 (to Amendment No. 1626), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2903
  McConnell Amendment No. 1628 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 1617), to change the enactment date.        
Page S2903
  McConnell Amendment No. 1629 (to Amendment No. 1628), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2903
  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 S2903
  McConnell Amendment No. 1631 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
1630), of a perfecting nature.                               
Page S2903
  McConnell Amendment No. 1632 (to Amendment No. 1631), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2903
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 12:01 a.m., on Friday, June 
12, 2020.                                                    
Page S2948
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Anthony J. Tata, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for 
Policy.                                                      
Page S2948
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2931-32
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2932
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2932-34
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2934-36
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2930-31
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2937-48
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9 p.m., until 
12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 12, 2020. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2948.)

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