[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D715]
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                                          Wednesday, August 5, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4883-S5228
Measures Introduced: Twenty-four bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4438-4461, and S. Res. 667.       
  Page S4940
Measures Passed:
  Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement 
Act: Senate passed S. 785, to improve mental health care provided by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, after withdrawing the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S4921-35
  Moran/Tester Amendment No. 2594, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4921-35
  Presidential Election in Belarus: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 658, calling for a 
free, fair, and transparent presidential election in Belarus taking 
place on August 9, 2020, including the unimpeded participation of all 
presidential candidates, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5228
  Cronan Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, August 
6, 2020, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of John Peter 
Cronan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York; that notwithstanding the provisions of 
Rule XXII, the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination ripen at 
11:30 a.m., on Thursday, August 6, 2020; and that if cloture is 
invoked, the post-cloture time on the nomination expire at 1:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page S5228
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S4939
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S4939-40
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Page S4940-42
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4942-45
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4938-39
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S4945-S5328
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:49 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2020. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5228.)