[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D523-D524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity for April 2020.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3161-S3276
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
4052-4067.                                                   
  Page S3206
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. 
(S. Rept. No. 116-236)
  S. 4054, to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act. 
                                                             Page S3204
Measures Passed:
  Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility Act: Senate passed S. 2472, to 
redesignate the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum Brook 
Station, Ohio, as the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. 
Armstrong Test Facility.                                     
  Page S3273
Measures Considered:
Justice Act--Cloture: By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 126), three-
fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3985, to improve and reform 
policing practices, accountability, and transparency.        
  Page S3170
  Subsequently, Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the 
vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S3170
National Defense Authorization Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 4049, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year.                       
  Pages S3170-S3201
   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 Wednesday, June 24, 
2020, a vote on cloture will occur at 1:30 p.m., on Thursday, June 25, 
2020.                                                    
Pages S3170-71
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill ripen at 
1:30 p.m., on Thursday, June 25, 2020.                       
Page S3273
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, June 25, 2020.           
Page S3273
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 125), Cory T. Wilson, of 
Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit. 
                                                  Pages S3162-70, S3276
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  18 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S3273-76
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3203-04
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S3204
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S3204-06
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3206-07
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3207-10
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3203
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3210-73
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3273

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Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-126) 
                                                             Page S3170
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:45 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2020. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3273.)