[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 132 (Monday, July 27, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D658-D659]
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                                              Monday, July 27, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4491-S4514
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 4317-4332, and S. Res. 658.               
  Pages S4505-06
Measures Reported:
  S. 785, to improve mental health care provided by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S4505
Measures Passed:
  PROSWIFT Act: Senate passed S. 881, to improve understanding and 
forecasting of space weather events, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S4512-13
  McConnell (for Peters) Amendment No. 2498, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4513
  John Lewis to Lie in State: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 105, 
permitting the remains of the Honorable John Lewis, late a 
Representative from the State of Georgia, to lie in state in the 
rotunda of the Capitol.                                      
  Page S4513
  Catafalque for Use in Services Conducted for John Lewis: Senate 
agreed to H. Con. Res. 106, directing the Architect of the Capitol to 
transfer the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol 
Visitor Center to the rotunda of the Capitol for use in connection with 
services conducted for the Honorable John Lewis, late a Representative 
from the State of Georgia.                                   
  Page S4513
Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that S. 4187, to establish the 
Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund to ensure a safe, sustainable, 
convenient transportation option for the people of the United States, 
be discharged from the Committee on Environment and Public Works and be 
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
                                                             Page S4512
Kan Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Derek Kan, of California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.                                       
  Page S4502
  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 the 
nomination of Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, to 
be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board.           
Page S4502
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S4502
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S4502
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, Senate vote on the motions 
to invoke cloture on the nominations of David Cleveland Joseph, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, and 
Dana T. Wade, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 
2020, in the order listed; and that if cloture is invoked on the 
nominations, the post-cloture time expire at 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, 
July 28, 2020, and Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations in 
that order; provided further that the cloture motions with respect to 
the nominations of Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board, and Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations 
Board, ripen following disposition of the nomination of Dana T. Wade. 
                                                             Page S4502
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination of David Cleveland Joseph, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.            
Page S4513
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 65 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. EX. 142), William Scott Hardy, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania.                             
Pages S4492-S4500

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Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4505
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4506-07
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4507-09
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4503-05
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4509-12
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--142) 
                                                             Page S4500
Adjournment: Senate convened at 4 p.m. and adjourned at 7:12 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4513.)