[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 208 (Wednesday, December 9, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1063-D1064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7289-S7377
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 4983-4996, and S. Res. 798.                   
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Measures Reported:
  S. 2891, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish Tribal 
Wildlife Corridors. (S. Rept. No. 116-305)
  S. 4556, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire 
private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness 
Center in Hemet, California. (S. Rept. No. 116-306)
  S. 790, to clarify certain provisions of Public Law 103-116, the 
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 
1993, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
116-307)
  S. 2165, to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural 
heritage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 116-308)
  S. 3044, to amend the American's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to 
expand the Indian reservation drinking water program, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-309)        
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Measures Passed:
  Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act: 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 3451, to improve the health and safety of 
Americans living with food allergies and related disorders, including 
potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis, food protein-induced 
enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, and 
the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
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  Thune (for Scott (SC)/Murphy) Amendment No. 2695, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7292
  DELIVER Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 7105, to provide flexibility for the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs in caring for homeless veterans during a 
covered public health emergency, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed 
veterans, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
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  Inhofe (for Moran/Tester) Amendment No. 2696, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7372
  Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 4996, to 
ensure funding of the United States trustees, extend temporary 
bankruptcy judgeships.                                   
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  Whistleblower Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 2315, to amend 
section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, to clarify the inclusion 
of subcontractors and subgrantees for whistleblower protection, and the 
bill was then passed.                                        
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  STORM Act: Senate passed S. 3418, to amend the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow the Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide capitalization 
grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide hazard 
mitigation assistance to reduce risks from disasters and natural 
hazards, and other related environmental harm, after withdrawing the 
committee amendments, and agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
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  Inhofe (for Peters) Amendment No. 2697, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7377
Measures Considered:
  Foreign Military Sales Joint Resolutions: By 46 yeas to 50 nays (Vote 
No. 261), Senate rejected the motion to discharge the Committee on 
Foreign Relations from further consideration of S.J. Res. 77, providing 
for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to 
the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services. 
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  By 47 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 262), Senate rejected the motion to 
discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further consideration 
of S.J. Res. 78, providing for congressional disapproval of

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the proposed foreign military sale to the United Arab Emirates of 
certain defense articles and services.                   
Pages S7313-17
Conference Reports:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report to accompany 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.                    
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
to accompany the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur 
on Friday, December 11, 2020.                                
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, December 10, 2020.       
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 49 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 258), Allen Dickerson, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission 
for a term expiring April 30, 2025.     
Pages S7291-92, S7293-94, S7377
  By 92 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. EX. 259), Shana M. Broussard, of 
Louisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term 
expiring April 30, 2023.                             
Pages S7294, S7377
  By 50 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 260), Sean J. Cooksey, of 
Missouri, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term 
expiring April 30, 2021.                          
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Messages from the House:                                 
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Communications:                                    
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Petitions and Memorials:                                 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--262) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 10, 2020. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7377.)