[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D213-D215]
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                                           Wednesday, March 2, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S921-S959
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3726-3741, and S. Res. 529-530.                
  Page S950
Measures Reported:
  S. 270, to amend the Act entitled ``Act to provide for the 
establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site 
in the State of Kansas'' to provide for inclusion of additional related 
sites in the National Park System, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 
117-87)
  S. 1320, to establish the Chiricahua National Park in the State of 
Arizona as a unit of the National Park System, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-88)
  S. 753, to reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act, to authorize 
States to use funds from that Act for administrative purposes, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 117-89)
  S. 1589, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness 
and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in 
Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, 
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, 
and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral 
leasing and geothermal leasing laws. (S. Rept. No. 117-90)
  S. 2433, to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and 
maintain a cadastre of Federal real property, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-91)
  S. 2490, to establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in 
Marfa, Texas. (S. Rept. No. 117-92)
  S. 2992, to provide that certain discriminatory conduct by covered 
platforms shall be unlawful, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                               
Pages S949-50
Measures Passed:
  Medicare and Medicaid Programs and Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff 
Vaccination: By 49 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 67), Senate passed S. J. 
Res. 32, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to ``Medicare and Medicaid 
Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination''. 
                                                          Pages S924-36
  Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act: Senate passed S. 198, to 
require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on 
maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps.      
  Page S958
  Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act: Senate 
passed S. 3103, to amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate the 
statute of limitations for the filing of a civil claim for any person 
who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, 
1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, 
or 2423 of such title, after agreeing to the committee amendments. 
                                                              Page S958
  National Entrepreneurship Week: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 527, designating the 
week of February 12 through February 19, 2022, as ``National 
Entrepreneurship Week'' to recognize the importance and contributions 
of entrepreneurs and startups to the economic prosperity of the United 
States and the well-being of every community across the United States, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                    
  Pages S958-59
  National Speech and Debate Education Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
530, designating March 4, 2022, as ``National Speech and Debate 
Education Day''.                                              
  Page S959
Measures Considered:
Postal Service Reform Act--Cloture: Senate continued consideration of 
H.R. 3076, to provide stability to and enhance the services of the 
United

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States Postal Service, taking action on the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                   
  Pages S923-24, S947
Pending:
  Schumer (for Peters) Amendment No. 4955, to modify the deadline for 
the initial report on the operations and financial condition of the 
United States Postal Service.                                 
Page S923
  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 on Friday, March 4, 2022. 
                                                              Page S947
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, March 
3, 2022.                                                      
Page S959
Appointments:
  Afghanistan War Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the Chairman of 
the Senate Committee on Armed Services, pursuant to the provisions of 
Public Law 117-81, appointed the following individual to serve as a 
member of the Afghanistan War Commission: Michael D. Lumpkin of 
Virginia.                                                     
  Page S958
  Afghanistan War Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the Senate 
Committee on Foreign Relations, pursuant to the provisions of Public 
Law 117-81, appointed the following individual to serve as a member of 
the Afghanistan War Commission: Laurel Miller of the District of 
Columbia.                                                     
  Page S958
  Afghanistan War Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the Ranking 
Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, pursuant to the 
provisions of Public Law 117-81, appointed the following individual to 
serve as a member of the Afghanistan War Commission: Dr. Colin Jackson 
of Rhode Island.                                              
  Page S958
  Afghanistan War Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the Chairman of 
the Senate Committee on Intelligence, pursuant to the provisions of 
Public Law 117-81, appointed the following individual to serve as a 
member of the Afghanistan War Commission: Lieutenant General Robert P. 
Ashley, Jr. of North Carolina.                                
  Page S958
  Afghanistan War Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the Ranking 
Member of the Senate Committee on Intelligence, pursuant to the 
provisions of Public Law 117-81, appointed the following individual to 
serve as a member of the Afghanistan War Commission: Christopher A. 
Molino of Virginia.                                           
  Page S958
National Emergency Designation--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at 11 a.m., on Thursday, March 3, 
2022, S.J. Res 38, relating to a national emergency declared by the 
President on March 13, 2020, be discharged from the Committee on 
Finance and Senate proceed to its consideration; provided further that 
there be 3 hours for debate only with the time equally divided between 
the Leaders, or their designees, on the joint resolution; and that 
following the use or yielding back of that time, Senate vote on the 
joint resolution, with no intervening action or debate.   
  Pages S946-47
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13660 of March 6, 2014, with respect to Ukraine; which was referred to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-22) 
                                                              Page S949
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Claire A. Pierangelo, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros.
  Virginia E. Palmer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Ghana.
  David John Young, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malawi.                                                       
Page S947
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S949
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S921, S949
Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S949
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S950
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S950-52
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S952-53
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S948-49
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S953-57
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S957-58
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S958
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--67)    
  Page S936
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 7:10 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S959.)

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