[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D632-D633]
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                                           Wednesday, July 22, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4363-S4431
Measures Introduced: Thirty-two bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4258-4289, and S. Res. 655-656. 
                                                         Pages S4421-22
Measures Reported:
  S. 2525, to require the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to conduct a study of personal protective 
equipment worn by firefighters to determine the prevalence and 
concentration of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.                               
Page S4421
Measures Passed:
  Reinforcing American-Made Products Act: Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration 
of S. 4065, to make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government 
to regulate the labeling of products made in the United States and 
introduced in interstate or foreign commerce, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                  
  Pages S4397-99
  Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act: Senate passed S. 
906, to improve the management of driftnet fishing, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment.                                 
  Pages S4398-99
  Glioblastoma Awareness Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 617, designating July 22, 2020, 
as ``Glioblastoma Awareness Day'', and the resolution was then agreed 
to.                                                          
  Page S4431
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
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, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                            Pages S4365-97, S4399-S4414
Adopted:
  By 94 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 136), Tester Modified Amendment No. 
1972 (to Amendment No. 2301), to expand the list of diseases associated 
with exposure to certain herbicide agents for which there is a 
presumption of service connection for veterans who served in the 
Republic of Vietnam. (Pursuant to the order of Thursday, July 2, 2020, 
the amendment having achieved 60 affirmative votes, was agreed to.) 
                                                  Pages S4370-71, S4375
Rejected:
  By 23 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 135), Sanders/Markey Amendment No. 
1788 (to Amendment No. 2301), to reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 
10 percent and invest that money in jobs, education, health care, and 
housing in communities in the United State in which the poverty rate is 
not less than 25 percent. (Pursuant to the order of Thursday, July 2, 
2020, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was 
not agreed to.)                                          
Pages S4371-75
Pending:
  Inhofe Amendment No. 2301, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S4365
  McConnell (for Portman) Amendment No. 2080 (to Amendment No. 2301), 
to require an element in annual reports on cyber science and technology 
activities on work with academic consortia on high priority 
cybersecurity research activities in Department of Defense 
capabilities.                                                
Page S4365
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 87 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 137), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Inhofe Amendment No. 2301 
(listed above).                                          
Pages S4375-76
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 
23, 2020; and that all time during recess, adjournment, morning 
business, and Leader remarks count post-cloture on Inhofe Amendment No. 
2301, as amended.                                            
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Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the national emergency with respect to transnational criminal 
organizations that was established in Executive Order 13581 on July 24, 
2011; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-55)                                       
Page S4419
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4419
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S4419
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4419-21
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4421
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4422-25
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4425-27
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4416-19
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4429-31
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4431
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--137) 
                                                         Pages S4375-76
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:55 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2020. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4431.)