[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D531-D532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Thursday, June 25, 2020

[[Page D531]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity for May 2020.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3277-S3626
Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
4068-4090.                                               
  Pages S3311-12
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 3675, to require a review of Department of Homeland Security 
trusted traveler programs. (S. Rept. No. 116-237)            
Page S3311
Measures Passed:
  Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act: Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 2163, to establish the Commission on the Social 
Status of Black Men and Boys, to study and make recommendations to 
address social problems affecting Black men and boys, and the bill was 
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S3281-82
  Hawley (for Lankford) Amendment No. 1809, to require an equal number 
of Republicans and Democrats to serve on the Commission on the Social 
Status of Black Men and Boys.                                
Page S3281
  COVID-19: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 579, encouraging the international community 
to remain committed to collaboration and coordination to mitigate and 
prevent the further spread of COVID-19 and urging renewed United States 
leadership and participation in global efforts on therapeutics and 
vaccine development and delivery to address COVID-19 and prevent 
further deaths, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing 
to the following amendments proposed thereto:            
  Pages S3282-83
  Toomey (for Lee/Durbin) Amendment No. 1810, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S3282
  Toomey (for Lee/Durbin) Amendment No. 1811, to amend the preamble. 
                                                         Pages S3282-83
  Toomey (for Lee/Durbin) Amendment No. 1812, to amend the title. 
                                                             Page S3283
  Hong Kong: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 596, expressing the sense of the Senate that 
the Hong Kong national security law proposed by the Government of the 
People's Republic of China would violate the obligations of that 
government under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Hong 
Kong Basic Law and calling upon all free nations of the world to stand 
with the people of Hong Kong, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S3283-89
  Hong Kong Autonomy Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 3798, to impose 
sanctions with respect to foreign persons involved in the erosion of 
certain obligations of China with respect to Hong Kong, and the bill 
was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S3283-99
  Van Hollen (for Toomey/Van Hollen) Amendment No. 1821, in the nature 
of a substitute.                                         
Pages S3285-89
  National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 618, 
designating June 2020 as ``National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness 
Month'' and June 27, 2020, as ``National Post-Traumatic Stress 
Awareness Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to.      
  Page S3625
  Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension 
Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 3377, to amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty 
Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to repeal the sunset provision, and 
the bill was then passed.                                
  Pages S3625-26

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Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
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 S3278-81, S3290-S3303
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 90 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 127), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S3296
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3:00 p.m., on Monday, June 29, 2020, Senate resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
post-cloture; and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, all post-cloture time 
on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill expire at 5:30 
p.m.                                                         
Page S3626
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.                 
Pages S3303, S3626
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Deven J. Parekh, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States International Development Finance 
Corporation for a term of three years.
  John P. Howard III, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Vijay Shanker, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen 
years.
  Routine lists in the Army.                                 
Page S3626
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3308-09
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3309-11
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3311
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3312-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3314-19
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3308
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S3319-S3625
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3625
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--127) 
                                                             Page S3296
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:14 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, June 29, 2020. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3626.)