[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 206 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1305-D1306]
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                                        Thursday, December 14, 2023

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5969-S6012
Measures Introduced: Forty bills and eight resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3514-3553, and S. Res. 503-510.           
  Pages S5995-97
Measures Passed:
  Military Personnel Confirmation Restoration Act:  Senate passed S. 
3553, to provide a retroactive effective date for the promotion of 
senior officers of the Armed Forces whose military promotions were 
delayed as a result of the suspension of Senate confirmation of such 
promotions.                                                  
  Page S5989
  Revising Existing Procedures On Reporting via Technology Act:  Senate 
passed S. 474, to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen 
reporting to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of 
children, to modernize liabilities for such reports, to preserve the 
contents of such reports for 1 year, after withdrawing the committee 
reported amendment, and agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S6006-08
  Schumer (for Blackburn/Ossoff) Amendment No. 1377, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6004
  Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act:  Senate 
passed S. 195, to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian 
Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the 
United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian 
Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed 
in 1854.                                                 
  Pages S6008-09
  National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act:  Senate 
passed H.R. 3315, to exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the 
application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, 
qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and 
members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called 
to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less 
than 90 days.                                                
  Page S6009
  Building Chips in America Act:  Committee on Environment and Public 
Works was discharged from further consideration of S. 2228, to amend 
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 to clarify the scope of a major Federal action under 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to certain 
projects relating to the production of semiconductors, and the bill was 
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S6009-10
  Schumer (for Kelly) Amendment No. 1378, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6004
  Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents:  Committee on Rules and 
Administration was discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res. 
62, providing for the reappointment of Michael Govan as a citizen 
regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and the 
resolution was then passed.                              
  Pages S6010-11
  Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents:  Committee on Rules and 
Administration was discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res. 
63, providing for the appointment of Antoinette Bush as a citizen 
regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and the 
resolution was then passed.                              
  Pages S6010-11
  Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents:  Committee on Rules and 
Administration was discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res. 
64, providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen 
regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and the 
resolution was then passed.                              
  Pages S6010-11
  Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act:  Senate 
passed S. 382, to take certain land in the State of Washington into 
trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 
Reservation.                                                 
  Page S6011
  Texas Christian University 150th Anniversary:  Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 453, 
celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Texas Christian 
University, and the resolution was then agreed to.           
  Page S6011

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  National Ataxia Awareness Day:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 507, 
designating September 25, 2023, as ``National Ataxia Awareness Day'', 
and raising awareness of ataxia, ataxia research, and the search for a 
cure.                                                        
  Page S6011
  Interscholastic Athletic Administrators' Day:  Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 508, recognizing Interscholastic Athletic Administrators' Day on 
December 14, 2023.                                           
  Page S6011
  First Commemoration of the Anti-LGBTQ+ Attack at Club Q:  Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 509, recognizing the first commemoration of the anti-
LGBTQ+ attack that occurred on November 19-20, 2022, at Club Q, an 
LGBTQ+ bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.                    
  Page S6011
Appointments:
  United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission:  The 
Chair announced, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to the 
provisions of Public Law 106-398, as amended by Public Law 108-7, and 
in consultation with the Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on 
Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, the re-appointment 
of the following individuals to serve as members of the United States-
China Economic and Security Review Commission: Randall Schriver of 
Virginia and Aaron Friedberg of New Jersey.                  
  Page S6006
Fonzone and O'Malley Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the motions to invoke cloture 
filed during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 
ripen at 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.          
  Page S6011
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, December 18, 2023, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of Martin O'Malley, of Maryland, to be 
Commissioner of Social Security, and that Senate vote on confirmation 
of the nomination at 5:30 p.m.; and that upon disposition of the 
nomination of Martin O'Malley, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination of Christopher Charles Fonzone, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General.                                  
Page S6011
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 66 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. EX. 345), Jerry Edwards, Jr., of 
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Louisiana.                                            
Pages S5970-86
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 66 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. EX. 344), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S5976
  By 64 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. EX. 346), Brandon S. Long, of 
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana.                                            
Pages S5986-88
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination, be withdrawn.           
Page S5986
  Lisa A. Johnson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese 
Republic.
  Todd Gloria, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring 
December 10, 2023.
  Todd Gloria, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring 
December 10, 2029.                                           
Page S5989
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  17 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  6 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army.                                 
Page S6011
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5995
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5995
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5995, S6006
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5995
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5997-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S5999-S6004
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5994-95
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6004-06
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6006
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--346) 
                                                  Pages S5976, S5986-87
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:09 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, December 18, 2023. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6011.)