[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D334-D335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1149-S1218
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1172-1188, and S. Res. 159-163. 
                                                         Pages S1210-11
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Report on the Activities of the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate 
During the 117th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 118-10)
  S. 385, to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor 
Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal 
organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations. (S. Rept. No. 118-9) 
                                                             Page S1210
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating University of Connecticut men's basketball team:  
Senate agreed to S. Res. 160, commending and congratulating the 
University of Connecticut men's basketball team for winning the 2023 
National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Championship.
                                                             Page S1161
  National Park Week:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 161, designating the 
week of April 22 through April 30, 2023, as ``National Park Week''. 
                                                             Page S1161
  National Osteopathic Medicine Week:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 162, 
designating the week of April 17 through April 23, 2023, as ``National 
Osteopathic Medicine Week''.                                 
  Page S1161
Measures Considered:
Fire Grants and Safety Act--Agreement:  Senate resumed consideration of 
S. 870, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to 
authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and 
firefighter assistance grant programs, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S1154-61
Pending:
  Schumer Amendment No. 58, to add an effective date.        
Page S1154
Rejected:
  By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 87), Lee Amendment No. 80, to make 
categorical exclusion available for use on certain land by States and 
Indian Tribes through a project delivery program. (A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)        
Pages S1157-59
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  The motion to invoke cloture on the bill was withdrawn.    
Page S1154
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that the 
only amendments in order to the bill be the following: Scott (FL) 
Amendment No. 81, Hagerty Modified Amendment No. 72, Van Hollen 
Amendment No. 85, Sullivan Amendment No. 83, and Paul Amendment No. 79; 
that if offered, Senate vote on or in relation to the amendments listed 
at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, following 
consultation with the Republican Leader; that following disposition of 
the above amendments, Schumer Amendment No. 58 (listed above) be 
withdrawn, and Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended, if 
amended; that 60-affirmative votes be required for adoption of these 
amendments and on passage of the bill, with the exception of Sullivan 
Amendment No. 83 and Paul Amendment No. 79; and that there be 2 minutes 
for debate equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees, 
prior to each vote, all without intervening action or debate. 
                                                             Page S1154
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, April 
19, 2023; that at 11:30 a.m., Senate vote on or in relation to Paul 
Amendment No. 79, and Hagerty Modified Amendment No. 72, as provided 
under the previous order; that following disposition of Hagerty 
Modified Amendment No. 72; Senator Tuberville, or his designee, be 
recognized to make a motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res 10, 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs relating to ``Reproductive Health Services''; that the time 
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p.m., be equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees, 
and with the final 15 minutes equally divided in the same form; and 
that Senate recess from 3 p.m., to 4 p.m., to allow for the all-
Senators briefing, with the time counting equally to both sides. 
                                                             Page S1217
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 Proclamation 10371 
of April 21, 2022, with respect to the Russian Federation and the 
emergency authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and 
movement of Russian-affiliated vessels to United States ports; which 
was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
(PM-8)                                                       
Page S1207
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 68 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. EX. 84), Radha Iyengar Plumb, of New 
York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.         
Pages S1149-53
  By 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 86), Amy Lefkowitz Solomon, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                         Pages S1153-54
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 85), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S1153
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1207
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1207
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1207-10
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1211-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1212-15
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1205-07
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1215-16
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1216-17
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1217
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--87) 
                                                  Pages S1153-54, S1159
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:20 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1217.)