[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 150 (Monday, September 19, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D984-D985]
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                                         Monday, September 19, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4809-S4828
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 4879-4885, and S. Res. 771-774.           
  Pages S4821-22
Measures Passed:
  Solid Start Act: Senate passed S. 1198, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to improve and expand the Solid Start program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, after withdrawing the committee 
reported amendment, and agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto, pursuant to the order of September 15, 2022, previous actions 
vitiated:                                                    
  Page S4812
  Schumer (for Tester) Amendment No. 5505, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4812
Measures Considered:
Disclose Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 4822, to amend the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements 
for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities. 
                                                         Pages S4815-16
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, 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 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. 
                                                             Page S4816
  Prior to the consideration of this measure, Senate took the following 
action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session to 
consider the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                             Page S4815
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13224 of September 23, 2001, with respect to who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-38)                 
Page S4820
Pan Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed 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. 
                                               Pages S4809-15, S4817-18
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 339), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S4817-18
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, September 20, 2022; that all post-cloture time on the 
nomination be considered expired at 11:30 a.m.; and that at 2:30 p.m., 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 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.                                          
Page S4828
Bennett Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Amanda Bennett, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief 
Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media. 
                                                             Page S4816
  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 S. 4822, 
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor 
organizations, Super PACs and other entities.                
Page S4816
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:

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  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S4816
Prabhakar Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Arati Prabhakar, of California, to be Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.                 
  Pages S4816-17
  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 nomination of Amanda Bennett, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for 
Global Media.                                                
Page S4816
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S4816
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S4816
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  B. Bix Aliu, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Montenegro.
  Martina Anna Tkadlec Strong, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the United 
Arab Emirates.
  Kathleen Cunningham Matthews, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
International Broadcasting Advisory Board for a term expiring January 
1, 2023.
  Jeffrey Gedmin, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
International Broadcasting Advisory Board for a term expiring January 
1, 2025.
  Joseph Lee Falk, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years.
  Roger Israel Zakheim, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four 
years.
  Lindsay C. Jenkins, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
  Charnelle Bjelkengren, of Washington, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.                
Page S4828
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4820
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4820-21
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4822-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4823-26
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4819
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4826-28
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--339) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3:01 p.m. and adjourned at 6:39 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4828.)