[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D264-D265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Tuesday, March 15, 2022

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed the nomination of Shalanda D. Young, of 
      Louisiana, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1157-S1191
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3836-3845, and S. Res. 546-547.              
  Pages S1177-78
Measures Reported:
  S. 648, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to 
make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 117-93)
  S. 2614, to provide for the modernization of electronic case 
management systems, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S1177
Measures Passed:
  Sunshine Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. 623, to 
make daylight saving time permanent, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S1165-67
  Rubio Amendment No. 5000, in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S1165
  Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at 
Transportation Hubs: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 37, 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention relating to ``Requirement for Persons To Wear 
Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs'', and the joint 
resolution was then passed in a roll call vote of 57 yeas to 40 nays 
(Vote No. 81).                                           
  Pages S1171-75
  Sense of the Senate Condemning the Russian Federation: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 546, expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the 
Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin, members of the Russian 
Security Council, the Russian Armed Forces, and Russian military 
commanders for committing atrocities, including alleged war crimes, 
against the people of Ukraine and others.                
  Pages S1185-86
Appointments:
  Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 
States: 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 individuals to serve as members of the 
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States: 
Jon Kyl of Arizona and Lisa Gordon-Hagerty of Florida.       
  Page S1186
Grundmann Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination 
of Susan Tsui Grundmann, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority, be withdrawn.                     
  Page S1165
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 11:45 a.m., on Wednesday, 
March 16, 2022, Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the 
nominations of Jacqueline Scott Corley, of California, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of California, and Fred 
W. Slaughter, of California, to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California; provided further that at 3 p.m., Senate 
vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Ruth 
Bermudez Montenegro, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California, and Victoria Marie Calvert, of 
Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Georgia; that if cloture is invoked on any of these nominations, 
Senate vote on confirmation thereon at a time to be determined by

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the Majority Leader, or designee, following consultation with the 
Republican Leader; and that the remaining motions to invoke cloture 
ripen at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, or designee, 
following consultation with the Republican Leader.           
  Page S1186
Corley Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senate resume consideration of the nomination of 
Jacqueline Scott Corley, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California, at approximately 10:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.                          
  Page S1186
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 61 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. EX. 80), Shalanda D. Young, of 
Louisiana, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
                                               Pages S1157-65, S1167-71
  Kinan Azmeh, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024.
  Constance Hess Williams, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2026.
  Christopher Kaui Morgan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024.
  Jake Shimabukuro, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024.
  Rachel Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Army.
  Beth Van Schaack, of California, to be Ambassador at Large for Global 
Criminal Justice.
  Kathryn Kahrs Matthew, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 
2026.                                                        
Page S1186
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Rheanne Wirkkala, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Brendan Owens, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  Susie Feliz, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
  Rebecca F. Dye, of North Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2025.
  Carmen G. Cantor, of Puerto Rico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Janet Keller, of California, to be a Member of the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 
2023.
  Shefali Razdan Duggal, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of the Netherlands.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  23 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.            
Pages S1190-91
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S1177
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1178-79
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1179-81
Additional Statements:
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1181-82
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1182
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--81) 
                                                     Pages S1171, S1175
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:54 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1186.)