[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D858-D859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
      House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 
      4346, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (the legislative 
      vehicle for the CHIPS Act of 2022), with an amendment.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3707-3747
Measures Introduced: Twenty-four bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4626-4649, and S. Res. 724-726. 
                                                         Pages S3743-44
Measures Passed:
  Senator Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta 
Regional Office: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 4359, to designate the regional office of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta as the 
``Senator Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta 
Regional Office'', and the bill was then passed.         
  Pages S3734-36
  Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act: Senate passed 
H.R. 1842, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
commemorative coins in recognition of the Bicentennial of Harriet 
Tubman's birth.                                              
  Page S3736
  National World War II Memorial Commemorative Coin Act: Senate passed 
H.R. 1057, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. 
                                                             Page S3736
  Russian Federation State Sponsor of Terrorism: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 623, calling on the Secretary of State to designate the Russian 
Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism, after agreeing to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.       
  Pages S3736-37
  Authorizing testimony, documents, and representation: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 725, to authorize testimony, documents, and representation 
in State of Ohio v. Huston.                                  
  Page S3737
  Authorizing testimony and represenation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
726, to authorize testimony and representation in United States v. 
Herrera.                                                 
  Pages S3737-38
House Messages:
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act: By 64 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 
271), Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4346, making 
appropriations for Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2022, with Schumer Amendment No. 5135 (to the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment), relating to the CHIPS Act of 2022, 
after taking action on the following amendment and motion proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S3707-15
Withdrawn:
  Schumer Amendment No. 5136 (to Amendment No. 5135), to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S3714
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 64 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 270), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and any other applicable budget points of order for 
purposes of the pending bill. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
measure was in violation of section 4106 of the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2018, H. Con. Res. 71 of the 115th 
Congress, the Senate pay-as-you-go point of order, was not sustained, 
and thus the point of order fell.                            
Page S3714
Protecting our Gold Star Families Education Act: Senate continued 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 
3373, to improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and the 
Children of Fallen Heroes Grant, taking action

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on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S3715-34
Pending:
  Schumer motion to concur in the House amendment to the bill. 
                                                             Page S3715
  Schumer motion to concur in the House amendment to the bill, with 
Schumer Amendment No. 5148 (to the House amendment to the Senate 
amendment), to add an effective date.                        
Page S3715
  Schumer Amendment No. 5149 (to Schumer Amendment No. 5148), to modify 
the effective date.                                          
Page S3715
  Schumer motion to refer the bill to the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, with instructions, Schumer Amendment No. 5150, to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S3715
  Schumer Amendment No. 5151 (to the instructions (Schumer Amendment 
No. 5150) of the motion to refer), to modify the effective date. 
                                                             Page S3715
  Schumer Amendment No. 5152 (to Amendment No. 5151), to modify the 
effective date.                                              
Page S3715
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 55 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 272), 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 House amendment to the bill.                          
Page S3731
  Senator Schumer entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on Schumer motion to concur in the House 
amendment to the bill.                                       
Page S3731
Milstein Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 28, 
2022, Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Constance J. 
Milstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, under 
the previous order of Tuesday, July 19, 2022; and that at 1:45 p.m., 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination, with all other 
provisions of the previous order remaining in effect.        
  Page S3746
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Space Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Army.               
Pages S3746-47
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3742
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3742
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                
  Pages S3742-43
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3743
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3744-45
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3745-46
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3741-42
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3746
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3746
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--272) 
                                                   Pages S3714-15, 3731
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:06 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3746.)