[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D754-D755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, July 19, 2023

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive His Excellency 
      Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3129-S3435
Measures Introduced: Thirty-seven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2366-2402, and S. Res. 302-304. 
                                                         Pages S3147-48
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2024''. (S. Rept. No. 118-69)
  S. 534, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from 
mineral development. (S. Rept. No. 118-63)
  S. 683, to modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain 
National Monument to include certain Federal land in Lake County, 
California. (S. Rept. No. 118-64)
  S. 706, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby 
Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the 
National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife 
Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the 
mineral leasing laws. (S. Rept. No. 118-65)
  S. 736, to establish the Chiricahua National Park in the State of 
Arizona as a unit of the National Park System. (S. Rept. No. 118-66)
  S. 776, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide 
for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal 
land in the State of New Mexico. (S. Rept. No. 118-67)
  S. 843, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to 
authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects. 
(S. Rept. No. 118-68)                                        
Page S3147
Measures Passed:
  University of Alaska Fairbanks Rifle Team: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
303, congratulating the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team for 
winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship, 
the program's 11th title overall.                            
  Page S3435
  University of Oklahoma Softball Team: Senate agreed to S. Res. 304, 
congratulating the University of Oklahoma softball team for winning the 
2023 Women's College World Series, the seventh national title in 
program history.                                             
  Page S3435
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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, after 
agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S3129-44
Adopted:
  By 96 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 189), Murray Amendment No. 300 (to 
Amendment No. 935), to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 to expand the ways beryllium 
sensitivity can be established for purposes of compensation under that 
Act and to extend the authorization of the Advisory Board on Toxic 
Substances and Worker Health of the Department of Labor. (A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having 
achieved 60 affirmatives votes, be agreed to.)           
Pages S3135-36
  By 65 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. 190), Kaine Amendment No. 429 (to 
Amendment No. 935), to require the advice and consent of the Senate or 
an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States 
from the North Atlantic Treaty

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and authorizing related litigation. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the amendment, having achieved 60 affirmatives 
votes, be agreed to.)                                    
Pages S3136-37
Rejected:
  By 16 yeas to 83 nays (Vote No. 191), Paul Amendment No. 222 (to 
Amendment No. 935), to express the sense of Congress that Article 5 of 
the North Atlantic Treaty does not supersede the constitutional 
requirement that Congress declare war before the United States engages 
in war. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not 
agreed to.)                                              
Pages S3137-38
  By 39 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 192), Vance (for Hawley) Amendment 
No. 838 (to Amendment No. 935), to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 to clarify the meaning of the term ``aggregate value'' for 
purposes of the Presidential drawdown authority. (A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)        
Pages S3138-39
Pending:
  Schumer (for Reed/Wicker) Amendment No. 935, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S3129
  Schumer Amendment No. 936 (to Amendment No. 935), to add an effective 
date.                                                        
Page S3129
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that it be 
in order to call up Cruz/Manchin Amendment No. 926; and with 60-
affirmative votes required for adoption, and that there be two minutes 
equally divided prior to the vote.                           
Page S3130
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the vote on 
Cruz/Manchin Amendment No. 926, be at a time to be determined by the 
Majority Leader following consultation with the Republican Leader, on 
Thursday, July 20, 2023, with all provisions of the previous order 
remaining in effect.                                         
Page S3139
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 20, 2023, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination of David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, to be 
an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; that 
at 12 noon, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination of David M. 
Uhlmann; and that upon disposition of the nomination of David M. 
Uhlmann, Senate resume consideration of S. 2226, and vote on or in 
relation to Cruz/Manchin Amendment No. 926, with the previous 
provisions remaining in effect.                              
Page S3435
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 
13581 of July 24, 2011, with respect to significant transnational 
criminal organizations; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-21)                          
Page S3146
Messages from the House:                                 
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3147
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3148-52
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3152-54
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3144-46
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S3154-S3434
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3434
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3434
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--192) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m. and adjourned at 7:57 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 20, 2023. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3435.)