[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1289]
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                                        Thursday, November 18, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8407-S8541
Measures Introduced: Thirty-seven bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3231-3267, S.J. Res. 31, and S. Res. 456-
458.                                                     
  Pages S8446-48
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 4350, 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.      
  Pages S8407-30, S8430-36
  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 Friday, November 19, 2021; 
and that all time during adjournment, morning business, recess, and 
Leader time count post-cloture.                          
Pages S8540-41
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the issuance of an 
Executive Order that terminates the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13712 of November 22, 2015, with respect to Burundi, 
and revokes that Executive Order; which was referred to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-18)          
Pages S8445-46
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Julianne Smith, of Michigan, to be United States Permanent 
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador.        
Page S8430
  Charles F. Sams III, of Oregon, to be Director of the National Park 
Service.                                                     
Page S8436
  Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Educational and Cultural Affairs).
  Jeffrey M. Hovenier, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Kosovo.                                                   
Page S8540
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Andre B. Mathis, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit.
  Alison J. Nathan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit.                                          
Page S8541
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S8446
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8446
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S8446
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S8446
Notice of a Tie Vote Under S. Res. 27:                   
  Pages S8436-37
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8448-53
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8453-55
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8441-45
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S8455-S8540
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S8540
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S8540
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:14 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, November 19, 2021. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S8540-
41.)