[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 142 (Saturday, August 7, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D910]
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                                           Saturday, August 7, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5993-S6030
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2672-2675, and S. Res. 341-343.               
  Page S6012
Measures Reported:
  S. 2401, to reauthorize the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S6012
Measures Passed:
  Death of former Senator Maurice Robert Gravel: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 343, relative to the death of the Honorable Maurice Robert Gravel, 
former Senator from the State of Alaska.                     
  Page S6010
Measures Considered:
Invest in America Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S5995-S6009, S6010
Pending:
  Schumer (for Sinema) Amendment No. 2137, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                    
Pages S5995-S6009, S6010
  Carper/Capito Amendment No. 2131 (to Amendment No. 2137), to strike a 
definition.                                                  
Page S5995
  Carper Amendment No. 2633, to change the enactment date. 
                                                      Pages S5997-S6009
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 67 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. 309), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Schumer (for Sinema) Amendment 
No. 2137 (listed above).                                     
Page S5997
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that time during 
any recess, adjournment, or period of morning business count post-
cloture.                                                     
Page S6010
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 12 noon, on Sunday, August 
8, 2021.                                                     
Page S6029
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 310), Eunice C. Lee, of New York, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. 
                                                         Pages S6009-10
  Bryan Todd Newland, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Christopher Paul Maier, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Defense.
  Carlos Del Toro, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy. 
                                                             Page S6010
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S6012
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S6012
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6012-14
Additional Statements:
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6014-29
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--310) 
                                                  Pages S5997, S6009-10
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Maurice Robert Gravel, former 
Senator from the State of Alaska, in accordance with S. Res. 343, at 
7:25 p.m., until 12 noon on Sunday, August 8, 2021. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S6029.)