[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1070-D1071]
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                                        Thursday, December 10, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7379-S7432
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 4997-5010, and S. Res. 799.               
  Pages S7422-23
Measures Reported:
  S. 2610, to reauthorize certain programs under the Office of Indian 
Energy Policy and Programs of the Department of Energy, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-310) 
                                                             Page S7422
Measures Passed:
  Duck Boat Safety Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. 1031, to 
implement recommendations related to the safety of amphibious passenger 
vessels, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S7393-95
  Hawley Amendment No. 2698, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S7394-95
  Purple Book Continuity Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1520, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the publication of a 
list of licensed biological products, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7396-97
  Cornyn (for Alexander) Amendment No. 2699, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S7396-97
  Organization of American States Legislative Engagement Act: Senate 
passed S. 1310, to strengthen participation of elected national 
legislators in the activities of the Organization of American States 
and reaffirm United States support for Organization of American States 
human rights and anti-corruption initiatives, after withdrawing the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S7397-98
  Cornyn (for Wicker/Cardin) Amendment No. 2700, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S7397-98
  National Impaired Driving Prevention Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
799, designating December 2020 as ``National Impaired Driving 
Prevention Month''.                                          
  Page S7430
  ``Six Triple Eight'' Congressional Gold Medal Act: Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 633, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 
members of the Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th 
Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the ``Six Triple Eight'', 
and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S7430-31
  Murkowski (for Moran) Amendment No. 2702, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S7430-31
  Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System: Senate passed H.R. 1925, to designate the Manhattan Campus of 
the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs as the ``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor 
Health Care System'', after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                            
  Page S7431
  Murkowski (for Gillibrand) Amendment No. 2703, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7431
  Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care 
Clinic: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 4983, to designate the Department of Veterans 
Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care 
Clinic'', and the bill was then passed.                      
  Page S7431
  Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 7347, to designate the medical center of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the 
``Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center'', and the bill was then passed.              
  Page S7431
  Drone Advisory Committee for the 21st Century Act: Senate passed S. 
2730, to establish and ensure

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an inclusive and transparent Drone Advisory Committee, after agreeing 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S7431-32
Conference Reports:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
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. 
                                  Pages S7381-93, S7395-96, S7398-S7416
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Friday, December 11, 2020.       
Page S7432
House Messages:
  Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act: Senate concurred in 
the amendment of the House of Representatives to 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.                                                       
  Page S7397
  Travis W. Atkins Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic: Senate 
concurred in the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 900, 
to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Montana, as the ``Travis W. Atkins 
Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''.                     
  Page S7431
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Mark Van Dyke Holmes, of New York, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.                       
Page S7432
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7421
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7421
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S7421
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7421-22
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S7422
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7422
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7423-24
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S7424
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7419-21
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7424-29
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7429
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:10 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 11, 2020. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7432.)