[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 214 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1367-D1368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Monday, December 13, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9101-S9126
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3376-3378, and S. Res. 477.                      
  Page S9123
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 1192, to impose requirements on the payment of compensation to 
professional persons employed in voluntary cases commenced under title 
III of the Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act 
(commonly known as ``PROMESA''), with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-48)
  S. 2502, to provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple 
possession offenders an opportunity to expunge that conviction after 
successful completion of court-imposed probation.            
Page S9123
Measures Passed:
  Methamphetamine Response Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 854, to designate 
methamphetamine as an emerging threat, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S9125
  Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 2959, to provide that, due to disruptions caused by 
COVID-19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2023 may 
use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2022 application, and the 
bill was then passed.                                        
  Page S9125
  Capitol Police Emergency Assistance Act: Senate passed S. 3377, to 
empower the Chief of the United States Capitol Police to unilaterally 
request the assistance of the DC National Guard or Federal law 
enforcement agencies in emergencies without prior approval of the 
Capitol Police Board.                                    
  Pages S9125-26
  Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 477, 
expressing support for the designation of September 2021 as ``Sickle 
Cell Disease Awareness Month'' in order to educate communities across 
the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, 
early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care 
programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and 
conditions related to sickle cell disease.                   
  Page S9126
Elliott Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Samantha D. Elliott, of New Hampshire, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of New Hampshire. 
                                                         Pages S9101-15
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, 
December 14, 2021; provided further that the motion to invoke cloture 
on the nomination ripen at 11 a.m., and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, 
if cloture is invoked, all post-cloture time be considered expired and 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader following consultation with the 
Republican Leader; and that following the vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
on the motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to S. 1605, to designate the National Pulse Memorial 
located at 1912 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida.     
Page S9126
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 50 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 494), Lucy Haeran Koh, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be Vice Chairman of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four 
years.
  Alina L. Romanowski, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iraq.
  Constance J. Milstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Malta.
  Margaret C. Whitman, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kenya.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.

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  3 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army.                                 
Page S9126
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S9122-23
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                    
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9124-25
Additional Statements:                                       
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S9125
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--494) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:31 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9126.)