[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D549-D550]
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                                             Thursday, May 20, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3173-S3316
Measures Introduced: Sixty-three bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1723-1785, S.J. Res. 19, and S. Res. 227-
228.                                                     
  Pages S3191-93
Measures Reported:
  S. 921, to amend title 18, United States Code, to further protect 
officers and employees of the United States, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                      
Page S3191
Measures Passed:
  Alaska Tourism Recovery Act: Senate passed H.R. 1318, to restrict the 
imposition by the Secretary of Homeland Security of fines, penalties, 
duties, or tariffs applicable only to coastwise voyages, or prohibit 
otherwise qualified non-United States citizens from serving as crew, on 
specified vessels transporting passengers between the State of 
Washington and the State of Alaska, to address a Canadian cruise ship 
ban and the extraordinary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Alaskan 
communities, pursuant to the order of May 19, 2021.      
  Pages S3186-87
  Kids to Parks Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 228, designating May 15, 
2021, as ``Kids to Parks Day''.                              
  Page S3314
  Arbor Day 149th Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 194, celebrating the 
149th anniversary of Arbor Day, and the resolution was then agreed to, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S3314
  Cortez Masto (for King) Amendment No. 1875, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S3314
Measures Considered:
Endless Frontier Act--Agreement: Senate continued 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, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:    
  Pages S3175-82, S3182-86, S3187-89
Rejected:
  By 44 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 198), Inhofe Amendment No. 1523 (to 
Amendment No. 1502), to express the sense of the Senate and establish 
points of order to ensure the United States adequately funds national 
defense with a whole-of-government investment plan for strategic 
competition with the People's Republic of China. (Pursuant to the order 
of Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the amendment having failed to achieve 60-
affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)                   
Pages S3175-80
  By 46 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 199), Johnson Amendment No. 1518 (to 
Amendment No. 1502), to prohibit the cancellation of contracts for 
physical barriers and other border security measures for which funds 
already have been obligated and for which penalties will be incurred in 
the case of such cancellation and prohibiting the use of funds for 
payment of such penalties. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, May 19, 
2021, the amendment having failed to achieve 60-affirmative votes, was 
not agreed to.)                                
Pages S3176-82, S3182-83
Pending:
  Schumer Amendment No. 1502, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S3175
  Cantwell Amendment No. 1527 (to Amendment No. 1502), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S3175
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, May 24, 2021, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S3316
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senators Cortez Masto and Kaine be authorized to sign 
duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions from Thursday, May 20, 2021, 
through Monday, May 24, 2021.                                
  Page S3316
Brooks-LaSure Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator 
of

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the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health 
and Human Services.                                          
  Page S3182
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, May 20, 2021, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m. on 
Monday, May 24, 2021.                                        
Page S3182
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S3182
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 5:30 
p.m., on Monday, May 24, 2021, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination; and that the motions to invoke cloture filed on Thursday, 
May 20, 2021, ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, May 24, 2021.   
Page S3316
Clarke Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Kristen M. Clarke, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.           
  Page S3182
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator 
of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health 
and Human Services.                                          
Page S3182
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S3182
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S3182
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jennifer L. Homendy, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term of three years.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
Page S3316
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3191
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3191
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S3191
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S3191
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3191
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3193-96
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3196-98
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3190
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S3198-S3313
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3313
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--199) 
                                                     Pages S3180, S3183
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 4:40 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, May 24, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3316.)