[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D830-D831]
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                                             Tuesday, July 27, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5075-S5114
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2475-2492, and S. Res. 321-324. 
                                                         Pages S5103-04
Measures Reported:
  S. 1275, to amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to 
make improvements, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S5102
Measures Passed:
  Colonel Carlyle `Smitty' Harris Post Office: Senate passed 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''.             
  Page S5110
  Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building: Senate passed 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''.       
  Page S5110
  Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office: Senate passed 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''.                           
  Page S5110
  Jim Ramstad Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 772, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka 
Avenue South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the ``Jim Ramstad Post Office''.
                                                             Page S5110
  PARENTS Act: Committee on Finance was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 503, to amend part D of title IV of the Social 
Security Act to allow States to use incentive payments available under 
the child support enforcement program to improve parent-child 
relationships, increase child support collections, and improve outcomes 
for children by supporting parenting time agreements for noncustodial 
parents in uncontested agreements, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S5110
  Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act: Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
S. 452, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in 
recognition of his extraordinary contributions and commitment to 
hockey, inclusion, and recreational opportunity, and the bill was then 
passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5110-11
  Whitehouse (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 2122, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S5111
  DEBAR Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1002, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S5111
  Congratulating the Milwaukee Bucks: Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
317, congratulating the Milwaukee Bucks, and the fans of the Milwaukee 
Bucks around the world, on winning the 2021 National Basketball 
Association championship, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5111
  National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness 
Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 323, recognizing the 75th anniversary 
and the importance of the Lanham Act by designating the month of July 
as ``National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness 
Month''.                                                 
  Pages S5111-12
  National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
324, designating July 30, 2021, as ``National Whistleblower 
Appreciation Day''.                                          
  Page S5112
Appointments:
  National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: 
The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public 
Law 110-315, announced the appointment of the following individual to 
be a member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality 
and Integrity: Michael Poliakoff of Virginia vice Anne Neal of 
Wisconsin.                                                   
  Page S5112

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Motion To Discharge Stone-Manning Nomination: Pursuant to S. Res. 27, 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources being tied on the question of 
reporting, the Majority Leader made the motion to discharge the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from further consideration of 
the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning, of Montana, to be Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management.                               
  Page S5080
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 280), Senate agreed to the motion 
to discharge the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning, of Montana, to be 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, from the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources. Subsequently, the nomination was placed on the 
Executive Calendar pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 27, relative 
to Senate procedure in the 117th Congress.               
Pages S5080-94
Jaddou Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Ur Mendoza Jaddou, of California, to be Director of the 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security.                                       
  Pages S5094-96
  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 David M. Prouty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board.                              
Page S5094
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S5094
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S5094
Rodriguez Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the nomination of James D. Rodriguez, of Texas, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and 
Training, be jointly referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 
                                                             Page S5096
Wilcox Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination of Gwynne A. Wilcox, of New 
York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. 
                                                             Page S5112
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 279), Todd Sunhwae Kim, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                         Pages S5075-80
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination was discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Tracy Stone-Manning, of Montana, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, which was sent to the Senate on April 27, 2021, from the 
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.            
Page S5080
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5097
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5097
Petitions and Memorials:                              
  Pages S5097-S5102
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S5102-03
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5104-06
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5106-09
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5096-97
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5109
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5109-10
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--280) 
                                                      Page S5080, S5094
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:51 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5112.)