[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 53 (Thursday, March 24, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D308-D309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Thursday, March 24, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1757-S1787
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3912-3931, and S. Res. 556-557.               
  Page S1774
Measures Reported:
  S. 3580, to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to 
prohibited acts by ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.             
Page S1772
Measures Passed:
  Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas SERVICE Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 2102, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to direct the Under Secretary for Health of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mammography screening for 
veterans who served in locations associated with toxic exposure, and 
the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S1783-84
  Schumer (for Boozman) Amendment No. 5014, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S1783-84
  Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 253, to 
expand research on the cannabidiol and marihuana, and the bill was then 
passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S1784
  Schumer (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 5015, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1784
  National Poison Prevention Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 557, 
recognizing the week of March 20 through March 26, 2022 as ``National 
Poison Prevention Week'' and encouraging communities across the United 
States to raise awareness of the dangers of poisoning and promote 
poison prevention.                                           
  Page S1787
Measures Considered:
America COMPETES Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
4521, to provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to 
ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology, 
taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
                                                         Pages S1757-60
Pending:
  Schumer Amendment No. 5002, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S1757
  Schumer Amendment No. 5003 (to Amendment No. 5002), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1757
  Schumer Amendment No. 5004 (to Amendment No. 5003), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1757
  Schumer Amendment No. 5005 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 5002), to change the enactment date.        
Page S1757
  Schumer Amendment No. 5006 (to Amendment No. 5005), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1757
  Schumer motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, with instructions to report back 
forthwith, Schumer Amendment No. 5007, to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S1757
  Schumer Amendment No. 5008 (to the instructions of the motion to 
commit (Amendment No. 5007)), to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S1757
  Schumer Amendment No. 5009 (to Amendment No. 5008), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1757
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the motions to invoke cloture on Schumer 
Amendment No. 5002 (listed above) and the bill ripen at 5:30 p.m., on 
Monday, March 28, 2022; that if cloture is invoked on Schumer Amendment 
No. 5002, all post-cloture time be considered expired; the remaining 
pending amendments be withdrawn; no further amendments be in order; 
Schumer Amendment No. 5002 be agreed to; the motion to invoke cloture 
on the bill be withdrawn; and Senate vote on passage of the bill, as 
amended, with 60 affirmative votes required for passage, without 
further intervening action or debate.                        
Page S1787
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, March 28, 2022, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S1787
Coloretti Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Nani A. Coloretti, of

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California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.                                                      
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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 H.R. 4521, 
to provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure 
continued United States leadership in engineering biology.   
Page S1769
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S1769
Kang Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of C.S. Eliot Kang, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (International Security and Non-Proliferation).        
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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 the 
nomination of Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Deputy Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget.                      
Page S1769
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
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  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S1769
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 60 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. EX. 107), Andrew M. Luger, of 
Minnesota, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota 
for the term of four years.                                  
Page S1760
  Chris Saunders, of Vermont, to be Federal Cochairperson of the 
Northern Border Regional Commission.
  Stacey Michelle Brandenburg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 2025.
  Terrence Keith Wright, of Delaware, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term 
expiring May 29, 2025.
  Julieta Valls Noyes, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Population, Refugees, and Migration).
  Jodi Beth Herman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development.
  Erin Elizabeth McKee, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development.
  Douglas T. Hickey, of Idaho, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Finland.
  Alina L. Romanowski, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iraq.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard and Foreign Service.      
Page S1787
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S1772
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S1772
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1772-74
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1774-75
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1775-78
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1772
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1778-83
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--107) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 4:19 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, March 28, 2022. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1787.)