[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D55-D56]
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                                        Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S277-S355
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3517-3527, S.J. Res. 34, and S. Res. 492-
493.                                                      
  Pages S351-52
Measures Reported:
  S. 569, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain 
National Forest System land to the State of South Dakota, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 117-55)
  S. 1964, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention 
Account, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
117-56)
  H.R. 297, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study 
on the establishment of, and the potential land that could be included 
in, a unit of the National Forest System in the State of Hawaii. (S. 
Rept. No. 117-57)
  H.R. 2497, To establish the Amache National Historic Site in the 
State of Colorado as a Unit of the National Park System, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 117-58)                             
Page S351
House Messages:
Freedom To Vote: John R. Lewis Act: Senate continued consideration of 
the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 5746, to amend title 51, United States Code, to extend 
the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to 
enter into leases of non-excess property of the Administration, taking 
action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
Pending:
  Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                          
Page S277
  Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 4903 
(to the House Amendment to the Senate amendment), to add an 
effective date.                                               
                               Page S277
  Schumer Amendment No. 4904 (to Amendment No. 4903), to modify the 
effective date.                                               
                               Page S277
  Schumer motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to 
the Committee on Rules and Administration, with instructions, 
Schumer Amendment No. 4905, to add an effective date.         
                               Page S277
  Schumer Amendment No. 4906 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
4905), to modify the effective date.                          
Page S277
  Schumer Amendment No. 4907 (to Amendment No. 4906), to modify the 
effective date.                                               
Page S277
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 9), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Schumer motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the 
bill.                                                         
Page S340
  Senator Schumer entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of 
the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.     
Pages S340-47
  Schumer motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on the motion to concur in the amendment 
of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.      
Page S347
  By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 10), Senate upheld the ruling of the 
Chair that the Schumer point of order that for this message of the 
House on the bill, the only debate in order during consideration of the 
message be on the question of adoption of the motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House; and that no further amendments, motions, or 
points of order be in order, and that any appeals be determined without 
debate, was not sustained as it is a compound motion and would require 
consent. Subsequently, the motion to appeal the ruling of the Chair was 
rejected.                                                     
Page S347
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the 
vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, was 
withdrawn.                                                    
Page S347

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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the message 
of the House on the bill no longer be the pending business.   
Page S347
Appointments:
  Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 
States: The Chair, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to the 
provisions of Public Law 117-81, appointed the following individual to 
serve as a member of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic 
Posture of the United States: Frank Miller of Pennsylvania.   
  Page S354
Venkataraman Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the nomination of Arun Venkataraman, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, 
be jointly referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
                                                              Page S354
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Tiffany M. Cartwright, of Washington, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Washington.
  Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, of New York, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
  Ana Isabel de Alba, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of California.
  Arianna J. Freeman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Third Circuit.
  Robert Steven Huie, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California.
  Natasha C. Merle, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of New York.
  Jennifer H. Rearden, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York.
  Nina Nin-Yuen Wang, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Colorado.
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Page S355
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S350
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S350-51
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S351
Notice of a Tie Vote Under S. Res. 27:                        
  Page S348
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S352
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S349-50
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Page S353
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S354
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S354
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--10) 
                                                       Pages S340, S347
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:51 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S354.)