[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 192 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1206-D1207]
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                                          Monday, December 12, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7089-S7105
Measures Introduced: Nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 5231-
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  Pages S7100-01
Measures Reported:
  S. 3531, to require the Federal Government to produce a national 
climate adaptation and resilience strategy, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-237)
  S. 4528, to establish a Government-wide approach to improving digital 
identity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 117-238)
  S. 4902, to address the preference for United States industry with 
respect to patent rights in inventions made with Department of Homeland 
Security research assistance. (S. Rept. No. 117-239)
  Report to accompany S. 4399, to require the purchase of domestically 
made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal 
Government. (S. Rept. No. 117-240)
  S. 1538, to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to 
include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, 
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild 
rivers in the State of Oregon. (S. Rept. No. 117-241)
  S. 2708, to provide for greater consultation between the Federal 
Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-
mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the 
historic-traditional uses of land grant-mercedes. (S. Rept. No. 117-
242)
  S. 3240, to waive the application fee for applications for special 
use permits for veterans' special events at war memorials on land 
administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia 
and its environs. (S. Rept. No. 117-243)
  S. 3667, to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within 
the National Park Service the United States African-American Burial 
Grounds Preservation Program. (S. Rept. No. 117-244)
  S. 4080, to modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain 
National Monument to include certain Federal land in Lake County, 
California. (S. Rept. No. 117-245)
  S. 4121, to designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in 
Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial. (S. Rept. No. 117-246)
  S. 2510, to reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the 
National Integrated Heat Health Information System Program within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National 
Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to 
improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a 
study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat 
effects, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 3262, to improve the efficient movement of freight at ports in the 
United States, with an amendment.
  S. 3296, to require the TSA to develop a plan to ensure that TSA 
material disseminated in major airports can be better understood by 
more people accessing such airports, with amendments.
  S. 3434, to commission a study relating to the manufacturing programs 
of the Department of Commerce, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 3664, to assist in the conservation of the North Atlantic right 
whale by supporting and providing financial resources for North 
Atlantic right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with 
expertise required for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 3817, to improve the forecasting and understanding of tornadoes 
and other hazardous weather, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 4109, to authorize the development of a national strategy for the 
research and development of distributed ledger technologies and their 
applications, to authorize awards to support research on distributed 
ledger technologies and their applications, and to authorize an applied 
research project on distributed ledger technologies in commerce, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.                  
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Measures Passed:
  Don Young Recognition Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 5066, to designate 
Mount Young in the State of Alaska, and the bill was then passed. 
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Yemen War Powers Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at 3:30 p.m., on Tuesday, December 
13, 2022, Senate proceed to Legislative Session; that the time until 7 
p.m. be for debate equally divided between the two Leaders or their 
designees on the motion to discharge S.J. Res. 56, directing the 
removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic 
of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress, from the Committee 
on Foreign Relations; with 30 minutes under the control of Senator 
Sanders and 10 minutes under the control of Senator Menendez; and that 
upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on the motion to 
discharge the joint resolution.                              
  Page S7104
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
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 
13818 of December 20, 2017, with respect to serious human rights abuse 
and corruption; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-39)                          
Page S7099
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
14059 of December 15, 2021, with respect to global illicit drug 
trafficking; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-40)                                   
Page S7099
Douglas and Shambaugh Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Tuesday, December 13, 2022, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination of Dana M. Douglas, of Louisiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, with the time until 12 noon, for 
debate on the nomination of Dana M. Douglas; that at 12 noon, Senate 
vote on confirmation of the nomination of Dana M. Douglas; and that at 
2:15 p.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination of Jay Curtis 
Shambaugh, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, with 
two minutes prior to the vote equally divided in the usual form. 
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Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 53 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. EX. 387), Tamika R. Montgomery-
Reeves, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit.                                          
Pages S7089-98, S7105
Executive Communications:                             
  Pages S7099-S7100
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S7101
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7101-04
Additional Statements:
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7104
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--387) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7 p.m., until 
10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7105.)