[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D256-D257]
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                                          Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1577-S1621
Measures Introduced: Thirty-four bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1, 784-816, and S. Res. 119-121. 
                                                         Pages S1613-14
Measures Passed:
  George Daniel Crowe: Senate agreed to S. Res. 121, honoring the 100th 
anniversary of the birth of George Daniel Crowe.             
  Page S1620
  SAVE LIVES Act: Senate passed H.R. 1276, to authorize the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to furnish COVID-19 vaccines to certain 
individuals, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S1620
  Padilla (for Tester/Moran) Amendment No. 1400, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1620
Major Richard Star Act--Referral: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged 
from further consideration of S. 344, to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability 
compensation and retirement pay for disability retirees with fewer than 
20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and that the bill 
be referred to the Committee on Armed Services.              
  Page S1620
Becerra Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Xavier Becerra, of California, to be Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.                                   
  Pages S1582-S1609
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 124), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S1582-83
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Thursday, March 18, 2021; and that the post-cloture debate 
time on the nomination expire at 12 noon; provided further that 
following the disposition of the nomination of Xavier Becerra, Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh, of 
Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Labor; and that the motion to invoke 
cloture with respect to the nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh ripen at 
1:30 p.m., on Thursday, March 18, 2021.                      
Page S1620
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 123), Katherine C. Tai, 
of the District of Columbia, to be United States Trade Representative, 
with the rank of Ambassador.                      
Pages S1580-82, S1621
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the 
Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years.
  Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
  Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment).              
Page S1621
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S1612-13
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1620
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S1577
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S1613
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1613
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1614-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1615-19
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1611-12
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S1619
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1619-20
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--124) 
                                                         Pages S1582-83
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:22 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday,

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March 18, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1620.)