[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 85 (Monday, May 17, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D524]
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                                               Monday, May 17, 2021

[[Page D524]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2533-S2552
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1652-1663, and S. Res. 217-218.               
  Page S2544
Measures Passed:
  TRANSPLANT Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 941, to reauthorize 
the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and the bill was 
then passed.                                                 
  Page S2550
  Good Friday Agreement: Senate agreed to S. Res. 117, expressing 
support for the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, or 
the Belfast Agreement, and subsequent agreements and arrangements for 
implementation to support peace on the island of Ireland, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendments proposed thereto:               
  Pages S2550-51
  Whitehouse (for Lee) Amendment No. 1496, of a perfecting nature. 
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  Whitehouse (for Lee) Amendment No. 1497, to amend the preamble. 
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  National Public Works Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 217, designating 
the week of May 16 through May 22, 2021, as ``National Public Works 
Week''.                                                      
  Page S2552
  National Foster Care Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 218, recognizing 
National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about 
the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging 
Congress to implement policies to improve the lives of children in the 
foster care system.                                          
  Page S2552
Measures Considered:
Endless Frontier Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1260, to establish a new 
Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science 
Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require 
a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, 
innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical 
supply chain resiliency program.                         
  Pages S2535-41
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 86 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 192), 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 S2541
  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 Tuesday, May 18, 2021; that 
all time during recess, adjournment, and morning business count post-
cloture on the motion to proceed.                            
Page S2552
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S2543-44
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2544-45
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2545-46
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S2543
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2546-50
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2550
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--192) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:27 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2552.)