[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 149 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D976-D977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                       Thursday, September 15, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4627-S4808
Measures Introduced: Twenty-two bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4857-4878, and S. Res. 765-770. 
                                                         Pages S4638-39
Measures Reported:
  S. 4553, to extend other transaction authority for the Department of 
Homeland Security. (S. Rept. No. 117-149)
  S. 4428, to support the security of Taiwan and its right of self-
determination, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 4653, to provide for certain authorities of the Department of 
State, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.      
Page S4638
Measures Passed:
  National Day of Service and Remembrance: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 755, recognizing 
September 11, 2022, as a ``National Day of Service and Remembrance'', 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                       
  Page S4804
  National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 767, designating the week beginning September 11, 2022, as 
``National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week''. 
                                                         Pages S4804-05
  National Forensic Science Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 768, 
recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Forensic 
Science Week.                                                
  Page S4805
Solid Start Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to request the 
House of Representatives to return the papers on S. 1198, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve and expand the Solid Start 
program of the Department of Veterans Affairs; provided further that 
upon receipt of the bill from the House, the Senate's actions on 
September 8, 2022 with respect to S. 1198 be vitiated, and Senate then 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1198; the committee-
reported substitute be withdrawn, the Tester substitute amendment at 
the desk be considered and agreed to; and the bill, as amended, be 
considered read a third time and passed, all without intervening action 
or debate.                                                   
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Pan Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Florence Y. Pan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.          
  Page S4634
  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, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, September 15, 2022, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 
p.m., on Monday, September 19, 2022.                         
Page S4634
  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 S4634
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, September 19, 2022, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination; and that the motions to invoke cloture 
filed on Thursday, September 15, 2022, ripen at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, 
September 19, 2022.                                          
Page S4805
Amendment to Montreal Protocol (``Kigali Amendment'')--Cloture: Senate 
began consideration of the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on 
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the ``Montreal Protocol''), 
adopted at Kigali on October 15, 2016, by the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of 
the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the ``Kigali Amendment'') (Treaty 
Doc. 117-1), and a resolution of advice and consent to ratification 
with 1 declaration.                                          
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the treaty and 
resolution of advice and consent to ratification with 1 declaration, 
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 Florence Y.

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Pan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the District of Columbia Circuit.                            
Page S4635
  Prior to the consideration of this treaty, 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 treaty.                                         
Page S4635
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the filing 
deadline for first-degree amendments to treaty be at 4 p.m., on Monday, 
September 19, 2022.                                          
Page S4635
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 337), Sarah A. L. Merriam, of 
Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. 
                                                         Pages S4627-31
  By 77 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. EX. 338), David P. Pekoske, of 
Maryland, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration for a term of five years.                 
Pages S4631-34
  Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Energy Resources).
  Nathaniel Fick, of Maine, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace 
and Digital Policy.
  Rolfe Michael Schiffer, of New York, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development.
  Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  James E. Risch, of Idaho, to be a Representative of the United States 
of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.                                          
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Roger B. Handberg, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Florida for the term of four years.
  Markenzy Lapointe, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Florida for the term of four years.
  McLain J. Schneider, of North Dakota, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of North Dakota for the term of four years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Space Force. 
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                    
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4639-40
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4640-45
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4636-37
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S4645-S4804
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4804
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--338) 
                                                     Pages S4631, S4634
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:57 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, September 19, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4805.)