[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D818-D819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, July 20, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3503-S3579
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4560-4576, and S. Res. 713-714. 
                                                         Pages S3541-42
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 4503, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2023 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System. (S. Rept. No. 117-132)                               
Page S3541
Measures Passed:
  Global food security and famine: Senate agreed to S. Res. 669, 
condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the 
effect of conflict on global food security and famine, after agreeing 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.    
  Page S3528
  National Day of the American Cowboy: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 686, designating July 
23, 2022, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Pages S3528-29
  National Sarcoma Awareness Month: Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. 
Res. 694, expressing support for the designation of July 2022 as 
``National Sarcoma Awareness Month'', and the resolution was then 
agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S3529
  Schumer (for Johnson) Amendment No. 5143, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S3529
  Remembering former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe: Committee on 
Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
706, remembering former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S3529
  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 
Appropriations: Senate passed S. 3895, to extend and authorize annual 
appropriations for the United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2024, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.           
  Page S3535
Measures Considered:
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget: By 34 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 
265), Senate failed to agree to the motion to proceed to consideration 
of S. Con. Res. 43, setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2023 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2024 through 2032. 
                                                             Page S3527
House Messages:
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act--Cloture: Senate continued 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4346, making appropriations for 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 
taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
                                                             Page S3527
Pending:
  Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 5135 
(to the House amendment to the Senate amendment), relating to the CHIPS 
Act of 2022.                                                 
Page S3527
  Schumer Amendment No. 5136 (to Amendment No. 5135), to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S3527
  Schumer motion to refer the bill to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, with instructions, Schumer Amendment No. 
5137, to add an effective date.                              
Page S3527
  Schumer Amendment No. 5138 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
5137), to modify the effective date.                         
Page S3527
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the Schumer motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 5135 (to the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment) (listed

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above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Friday, 
July 22, 2022.                                               
Page S3527
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the House message to accompany the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 21, 2022; and that at 11:30 
a.m., Senate execute the previous order of Tuesday, July 19, 2022, with 
respect to the nomination of Reuben E. Brigety II, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, and Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination.                              
Page S3579
Water Resources Development Act--Agreement: a unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at a time to be determined by the 
Majority Leader, following consultation with the Republican Leader, 
Senate begin consideration of H.R. 7776 , to provide for improvements 
to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources; that the 
Carper/Capito/Cardin/Cramer substitute Amendment No. 5140 be considered 
and agreed to; that there be up to 1 hour for debate, equally divided 
in the usual form; that upon the use or yielding back of time, if a 
budget point of order is made and a motion to waive made, Senate vote 
on the motion to waive; and if the point of order is waived, Senate 
vote on passage of the bill, as amended, with 60-affirmative votes 
required for passage.                                        
  Page S3527
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Report to accompany Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on 
the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden 
(Treaty Doc. 117-3) (Ex. Rept. 117-5).                       
Page S3541
Merle Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Natasha C. Merle, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of New York, be withdrawn.              
  Page S3519
Elnahal Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of Shereef M. Elnahal, of New Jersey, 
to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
that there be 10 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form; 
that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote, without 
intervening action of debate, on confirmation of the nomination; and 
that no further motions be in order.                         
  Page S3528
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 263), Gregory Brian Williams, of 
Delaware, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Delaware.                                              
Pages S3503-3521
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 262), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S3509-10
  By 51 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 264), Bernadette M. Meehan, of 
New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile.         
Page S3521
  Carmen G. Cantor, of Puerto Rico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.                                                
Pages S3527-28
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3539
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3539
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S3529, S3539
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3539-41
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3542-44
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3544-46
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3538-39
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3546-79
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3579
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3579
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--265) 
                                              Pages S3510, S3521, S3527
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:47 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3579.)