[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 13, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D599-D600]
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                                             Tuesday, June 13, 2023

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2055-S2078
Measures Introduced: Thirty-two bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1931-1962, S.J. Res. 32, and S. Res. 246-
250.                                                     
  Pages S2070-71
Measures Reported:
  S. 1528, to streamline the sharing of information among Federal 
disaster assistance agencies, to expedite the delivery of life-saving 
assistance to disaster survivors, to speed the recovery of communities 
from disasters, to protect the security and privacy of information 
provided by disaster survivors, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 118-39)
  S. 1549, to provide the Congressional Budget Office with necessary 
authorities to expedite the sharing of data from executive branch 
agencies. (S. Rept. No. 118-40)
  S. Res. 126, recognizing the vital importance of the Mekong River to 
Southeast Asia and the role of the Mekong-United States Partnership in 
supporting the prosperity of the region, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 156, calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to 
release United States citizen Paul Whelan, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 158, condemning the deportation of children from Ukraine to 
the Russian Federation and the forcible transfer of children within 
territories of Ukraine that are temporarily occupied by Russian forces, 
and with an amended preamble.
  S. 308, to end the treatment of the People's Republic of China as a 
developing nation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1074, to require a strategy for countering the People's Republic 
of China, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S2068
Measures Passed:
  Great Outdoors Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 248, designating June 
2023 as ``Great Outdoors Month''.                            
  Page S2071
  National Sarcoma Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 249, 
expressing support for the designation of July 2023 as ``National 
Sarcoma Awareness Month''.                                   
  Page S2071
  National Naloxone Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 250, 
designating June 6, 2023, as National Naloxone Awareness Day. 
                                                             Page S2071
  250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative 
Coin Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 305, to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th 
anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, and to support programs 
at the Marine Corps Heritage Center, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S2076-77
  Durbin (for Blumenthal) Amendment No. 135, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S2076-77
  Oswaldo Paya Way: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 376, to 
designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest 
and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid 
Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Oswaldo 
Paya Way'', and the bill was then passed.                
  Pages S2077-78
Pitts, Ho, and Choudhury Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, June 14, 
2023, notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination of P. Casey Pitts, of California, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of California, until 11:30 
a.m.; that at 11:30 a.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
on the nomination, followed by an immediate vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the nomination of Dale E. Ho, of New York, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; 
that if cloture is invoked on either nomination, all post-cloture time 
be considered

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expired at 2:30 p.m., and Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nominations in the order in which cloture was invoked; and that Senate 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Nusrat Jahan 
Choudhury, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of New York, at 5:15 p.m.                   
  Page S2078
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 66 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. EX. 154), Elizabeth Allen, of New 
York, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy. 
                                                         Pages S2055-58
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 157), Hernan D. Vera, of 
California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of California.                                       
Pages S2058, S2062
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 155), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S2058
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 158), Jared Bernstein, of 
Virginia, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. 
                                                         Pages S2058-62
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 156), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S2058-59
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2066
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S2066
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2066-67
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S2067
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S2068-70
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2071-73
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2073-75
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2065-66
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S2075
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2076
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--158) 
                                                  Pages S2058-59, S2062
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2078.)