[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D342-D343]
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                                          Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1907-S1950
Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1108-1130, and S. Res. 155-156. 
                                                         Pages S1939-40
Measures Reported:
  S. 108, to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or 
transfer certain land. (S. Rept. No. 117-10)
  S. 314, to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act. (S. Rept. No. 
117-11)
  S. 325, to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff 
Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report 
by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native 
Children. (S. Rept. No. 117-12)
  S. 548, to convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native 
Tribal Health Consortium. (S. Rept. No. 117-13)
  S. 549, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska. (S. Rept. No. 117-14)
  S. 550, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska. 
(S. Rept. No. 117-15)
  H.R. 208, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, 
Mississippi, as the ``Colonel Carlyle `Smitty' Harris Post Office''.
  H.R. 264, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South Carolina, 
as the ``Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building''.
  S. 566, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the 
``Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office''.
  S. 914, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under those Acts, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S1939
Measures Passed:
  Military Retiree Appreciation Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 148, recognizing the 
importance of paying tribute to those individuals who have faithfully 
served and retired from the Armed Forces of the United States, 
designating April 18, 2021, as ``Military Retiree Appreciation Day'', 
and encouraging the people of the United States to honor the past and 
continued service of military retirees to their local communities and 
the United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.    
  Page S1950
  William T. Coleman, Jr., Department of Transportation Headquarters 
Act: Senate passed S. 400, to designate the headquarters building of 
the Department of Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, 
in Washington, DC, as the ``William T. Coleman, Jr., Federal 
Building''.                                                  
  Page S1950
Measures Considered:
COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 937, to facilitate the 
expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes.                    
  Page S1923
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 92 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 151), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S1923
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, April 15, 2021; 
and that at 12 noon, all post-cloture time on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill be considered expired, and the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill be agreed to.           
Page S1950
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 148), Gary Gensler, of Maryland, 
to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the 
remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2021.      
Pages S1909-12, S1950
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 150), Brenda Mallory, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality. 
                                                  Pages S1912-23, S1950
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 149), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S1912
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S1937-38
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1938-39
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1939
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1940-42
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1942-44
Additional Statements:
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1944-49
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1949-50
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--151) 
                                                  Pages S1911-12, S1923
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:27 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1950.)