[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 194 (Monday, November 16, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D981-D983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Monday, November 16, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6687-S7018
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 4897-4901, and S. Res. 774.                  
  Pages S6721-22
Measures Reported:
  S. 1427, to amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act to improve the Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-291)
  S. 2204, to allow the Federal Communications Commission to carry out 
a pilot program under which voice service providers could block certain 
automated calls, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 116-292)
  S. 2346, to improve the Fishery Resource Disaster Relief program of 
the National Marine Fisheries Service, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-293)
  S. 3729, to provide relief for the recipients of financial assistance 
awards from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. (S. Rept. 
No. 116-294)
  S. 2786, to establish a Federal advisory committee to provide policy 
recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation on positioning the 
United States to take advantage of emerging opportunities for Arctic 
maritime transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-295)
  S. 4162, to provide certainty for airport funding. (S. Rept. No. 116-
296)                                                         
Page S6721
Measures Passed:
  William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021: Senate passed H.R. 6395, 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, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S6688
  McConnell (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 2682, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6688
  Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act: Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 3589, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond, in 
recognition of his service to the Nation as an athlete, activist, role 
model, and community leader, and the bill was then passed.   
  Page S6693
  Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act: Senate passed H.R. 835, to impose 
criminal sanctions on certain persons involved in international doping 
fraud conspiracies, to provide restitution for victims of such 
conspiracies, and to require sharing of information with the United 
States Anti-Doping Agency to assist its fight against doping. 
                                                             Page S6693
  Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 4104, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a 
coin in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of 
the Negro Leagues baseball.                                  
  Page S6693
  National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act: Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1830, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S6693-94
  Cornyn (for Schumer) Amendment No. 2687, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6694
  FLOODS Act: Senate passed S. 4462, to establish a national integrated 
flood information system within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.                                         
  Pages S6694-98
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer 
Corps Amendments Act: Senate passed S. 2981, to reauthorize and amend 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned 
Officer Corps Act of 2002, after

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withdrawing the committee amendment, and agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                           
  Pages S6698-S6712
  Cornyn (for Sullivan) Amendment No. 2683, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6712
  Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act: Senate passed S. 
1342, to require the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to 
update periodically the environmental sensitivity index products of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for each coastal area 
of the Great Lakes, after agreeing to the committee amendment. 
                                                         Pages S6712-13
  Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 3312, to 
establish a crisis stabilization and community reentry grant program, 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S6713-14
  Cornyn Amendment No. 2684, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S6713
  Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 2174, to 
expand the grants authorized under Jennifer's Law and Kristen's Act to 
include processing of unidentified remains, resolving missing persons 
cases, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S6714-15
  Cornyn Amendment No. 2685, to strike the provision giving entities in 
southern border States priority in the awarding of grants related to 
the identification and processing of unidentified remains.   
Page S6714
  United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 
4054, to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S6715-16
  Cornyn (for Roberts) Amendment No. 2686, to modify an authorization 
of appropriations.                                           
Page S6715
  Methamphetamine Response Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 4612, to designate 
methamphetamine as an emerging threat, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                         Pages S6716-17
  AMBER Alert Nationwide Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. 732, to amend the PROTECT Act to 
expand the national AMBER Alert system to territories of the United 
States, and the bill was then passed.                    
  Pages S6717-18
Congressional Accountability Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking--
Agreement: A unanimous consent agreement was reached providing that the 
notice of proposed rulemaking for the Congressional Accountability Act 
from the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights be printed in the 
Record.                                               
  Pages S6983-S7017
  Johnson Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Kristi Haskins Johnson, of Mississippi, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi. 
                                               Pages S6690-93, S6718-20
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 229), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S6719-20
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the post-cloture time on 
the nomination expire at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, and 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination; that if cloture is 
invoked on the nomination of Benjamin Joel Beaton, of Kentucky, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, the 
post-cloture time expire at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 
and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination.           
Page S6720
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10:00 
a.m., on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.                         
Page S7017
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Joseph L. Barloon, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of International Trade.
  Thomas L. Kirsch II, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Seventh Circuit.                                     
Page S7018
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6721
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6722-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S6723
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6720-21
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S6723-S6983
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--229) 
                                                         Pages S6719-20
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:41 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7017.)

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