[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 202 (Friday, November 19, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1295-D1296]
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                                          Friday, November 19, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8543-S8761
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3268-3269, and S. Res. 459.                      
  Page S8760
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate began 
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, after 
agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                
  Pages S8543-S8756, S8756-57
Pending:
  Reed/Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 3867, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                           
Pages S8543-S8756
  Reed Amendment No. 4775 (to Amendment No. 3867), to modify effective 
dates relating to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space 
Acquisition and Integration and the Service Acquisition Executive of 
the Department of the Air Force for Space Systems and Programs. 
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on Reed/Inhofe Modified 
Amendment No. 3867 (listed above), and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, November 19, 
2021, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, November 
29, 2021.                                                    
Page S8757
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, 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 Reed/
Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 3867.                          
Page S8757
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, November 29, 2021, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill; that the motions to invoke cloture filed 
during the session of Friday, November 19, 2021, ripen at 5:30 p.m., on 
Monday, November 29, 2021; and that the filing deadline for first-
degree amendments to Reed/Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 3867, and to 
the bill, be at 3:30 p.m., on Monday, November 29, 2021.     
Page S8761
Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Senate adjourn, to then convene for pro 
forma sessions only, with no business being conducted on the following 
dates and times, and that following each pro forma session, the Senate 
adjourn until the next pro forma session: Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 
at 8:15 a.m.; Friday, November 26, 2021, at 10 a.m.; and that when the 
Senate adjourns on Friday, November 26, 2021, it next convene on 
Monday, November 29, 2021, at 3 p.m.                         
  Page S8761
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Jonathan Eric Kaplan, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Singapore.
  Michael F. Easley, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the term of 
four years.
  Cole Finegan, of Colorado, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Colorado for the term of four years.
  Sandra J. Hairston, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney 
for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
  Dena J. King, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
  Kenneth L. Parker, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Ohio for the term of four years.
  Cindy K. Chung, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years.
  Gary M. Restaino, of Arizona, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Arizona for the term of four years.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard, and Foreign Service.     
Page S8758
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

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  Derek Kan, of California, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2028.
  Daniel Mark Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring 
December 8, 2027.
  Kurt D. DelBene, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology).               
Page S8761
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S8759-60
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8760
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S8760
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8760-61
Additional Statements:
Amendments Submitted:                                        
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:20 p.m., 
until 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8761.)