[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1234-D1237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, December 15, 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. 
      7776, James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act.
      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
      House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 
      1437, Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7207-S7269
Measures Introduced: Twenty-nine bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 5264-5292, and S.J. Res. 67-69. 
                                                         Pages S7251-52
Measures Reported:
  S. 419, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a full 
annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers. (S. Rept. No. 
117-260)
  S. 1350, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a 
national risk management cycle, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-261)
  S. 3897, to require the reduction of the reliance and expenditures of 
the Federal Government on legacy information technology systems, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 117-262)
  S. 4328, to modify the fire management assistance cost share, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 117-263)
  S. 4477, to amend title 31, United States Code, to require agencies 
to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in 
annual budget justifications, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-264)
  S. 4816, to require the Archivist of the United States to submit to 
Congress a comprehensive plan for reducing the backlog of requests for 
records from the National Personnel Records Center, with an amendment. 
(S. Rept. No. 117-265)
  S. 4930, to prohibit Federal procurement from companies operating in 
the Russian Federation, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-266)
  S. 1541, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the 
Federal Communications Commission to ensure just and reasonable charges 
for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and 
detention facilities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1628, to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 
1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, 
and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 3405, to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue a 
rule providing that certain low power television stations may be 
accorded primary status as Class A television licensees, with an 
amendment.
  S. 3663, to protect the safety of children on the internet, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 4101, to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and 
guidance relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses 
perpetrated against the Uyghur population by the Government of the 
People's Republic of China.
  S. 4237, to establish and maintain a coordinated program within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, 
fire weather, fire risk, and smoke related forecasting, detection, 
modeling, observations, and service delivery, and to address growing 
needs in the wildland-urban interface, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  S. 4321, to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the 
administration of the Marine Debris

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Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the 
administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, with an amendment.
  S. 4802, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S7251
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 121, directing 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the 
enrollment of the bill H.R. 7776.                            
  Page S7237
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 123, providing 
for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1437.             
  Page S7242
  BOLIVAR Act: Senate passed S. 688, to prohibit contracting with 
persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:        
  Page S7265
  King (for Scott (FL)) Amendment No. 6543, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7265
  Enhanced Use Lease Pilot Program: Senate passed S. 2793, to authorize 
the Administrator of General Services to establish an enhanced use 
lease pilot program, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.                                  
  Pages S7265-66
  30th Anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort: Senate agreed to S. 
Con. Res. 16, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide 
Comfort, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, and the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
to the preamble.                                         
  Pages S7266-67
  Rebecca Trimble: Senate passed H.R. 681, for the relief of Rebecca 
Trimble.                                                     
  Page S7267
  Immigration and Nationality Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 5168, to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in transit 
through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien will 
perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class of 
nonimmigrant aliens, and the bill was then passed.           
  Page S7267
  Congratulating the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks: Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 865, commending and congratulating the 
Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks men's cross country team for 
winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association Cross Country 
National Championship, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S7267
  War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act: Senate passed H.R. 4250, to amend 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for 
rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who 
have committed genocide or war crimes.                       
  Page S7267
  Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
7181, to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct 
the Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of 
contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the 
restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, 
passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the 
United States, and the bill was then passed.             
  Pages S7267-68
  STREAM Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was discharged 
from further consideration of S. 3957, to amend the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act to make certain activities eligible for grants 
from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S7268
  King (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 6542, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7268
  VA Peer Support Enhancement for MST Survivors Act: Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
2724, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists for claimants 
who are survivors of military sexual trauma, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S7268
House Messages:
  Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act: By 71 yeas to 
19 nays (Vote No. 399), Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 1437, making further continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, by the order of the Senate of 
Thursday, December 15, 2022, 60 Senators having voted in the 
affirmative, and after taking action on the following motions and 
amendments proposed thereto:
Rejected:
  By 45 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 397), Scott (FL) motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, 
with Scott (FL) Amendment No. 6540, to rescind certain funding provided 
to the Internal Revenue Service

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under section 10301 of Public Law 117-169 and to protect American small 
businesses, gig workers, and freelancers by repealing the burdensome 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 transactions reporting threshold. (A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion, 
having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                               Pages S7219-26, S7237-42
  By 35 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 398), Lee motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with 
Lee Modified Amendment No. 6541, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S7241
Withdrawn:
  Schumer motion to refer the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, 
with instructions, Schumer Amendment No. 6536, to add an effective 
date.                                                        
Page S7220
  Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 6534, 
to add an effective date.                                    
Page S7220
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 75 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 393), Senate agreed to the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the House message to accompany the bill. 
                                                         Pages S7219-20
  Schumer Amendment No. 6537 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
6536), to modify the effective date, fell when Schumer motion to refer 
the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Schumer 
Amendment No. 6536 (listed above) was withdrawn.
  Schumer Amendment No. 6538 (to Amendment No. 6537), to modify the 
effective date, fell when Schumer Amendment No. 6537 (to (the 
instructions) Amendment No. 6536) (listed above), fell.      
Page S7220
  Schumer Amendment No. 6535 (to Amendment No. 6534), to modify the 
effective date, fell when Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of 
the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Schumer 
Amendment No. 6534 (listed above) was withdrawn.             
Page S7220
  James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act: By 83 yeas to 11 
nays (Vote No. 396), Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 7776, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, by the 
order of the Senate of Thursday, December 15, 2022, 60 Senators having 
voted in the affirmative, and taking action on the following motions 
and amendments proposed thereto:
Rejected:
  By 40 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 395), Johnson motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with 
Johnson Amendment No. 6526 (to the House amendment to the Senate 
amendment), to provide remedies to members of the Armed Forces 
discharged or subject to punishment under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. 
(A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion, 
having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                               Pages S7213-19, S7226-37
Withdrawn:
  Sullivan motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Sullivan Amendment No. 
6522 (to the House amendment to the Senate amendment), to amend the 
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 to appropriately limit attorney's 
fees.                                                        
                               Page S7227
  Schumer motion to refer the bill to the Committee on Armed 
Services, with instructions, Schumer Amendment No. 6516, to add an 
effective date.                                              
                               Page S7232
  Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Schumer (for Manchin) 
Amendment No. 6513 (to the House amendment to the Senate amendment), 
to provide for American energy security by improving the permitting 
process.                                                     
                               Page S7233
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Schumer Amendment No. 6517 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
6516), to modify the effective date, fell when Schumer motion to refer 
the bill to the Committee on Armed Services, with instructions, Schumer 
Amendment No. 6516 (listed above), was withdrawn.            
Page S7232
  Schumer Amendment No. 6518 (to Amendment No. 6517), to modify the 
effective date, fell when Schumer Amendment No. 6517 (to (the 
instructions) Amendment No. 6516), fell.                     
Page S7232
  By 47 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 394), 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 amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill, with Schumer (for Manchin) Amendment No. 6513 
(to the House amendment to the Senate amendment) (listed above). 
                                                         Pages S7232-33
  Schumer Amendment No. 6515 (to Amendment No. 6513), to add an 
effective date, fell when Schumer motion to concur in the amendment 
of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with 
Schumer (for Manchin) Amendment No. 6513 (to the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment), was withdrawn.                        
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Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, December 19, 2022, 
Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Martin J. Gruenberg, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of six years; that at a time 
to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the 
Republican Leader, Senate vote, without intervening action or debate, 
on confirmation of the nomination; that if the nomination is confirmed, 
Senate consider the following nominations, en bloc: Travis Hill, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of six years, and to be Vice 
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation; Jonathan McKernan, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Martin 
J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Kimberly Ann McClain, 
of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; and that Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations, 
en bloc, without intervening action or debate.               
  Page S7268
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 76 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. EX. 392), Musetta Tia Johnson, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Armed Forces for a term of fifteen years to expire on the date 
prescribed by law.                                       
Pages S7207-13
  Kendra Davis Briggs, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Errol Rajesh Arthur, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Leslie A. Meek, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Carl Ezekiel Ross, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Laura E. Crane, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Veronica M. Sanchez, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Vijay Shanker, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen 
years.
  Kathleen Ann Kavalec, of California, to be Ambassador to Romania.
  Jessica Davis Ba, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire.
  Henry C. Leventis, of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Tennessee for the term of four years.
  Michael D. Black, of Ohio, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Ohio for the term of four years.
  Catrina A. Thompson, of North Carolina, to be United States Marshal 
for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
  7 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  9 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space 
Force.                                                   
Pages S7268-69
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S7248-49
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7249-51
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7252-53
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7253-60
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7247-48
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S7260
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S7264-65
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7265
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--399) 
                          Pages S7213, S7219, S7233-34, S7236, S7240-42
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:02 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, December 19, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7268.)