[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D132-D133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Friday, February 9, 2024

[[Page D132]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S565-S803
Measures Introduced: Three bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3793-3795, and S. Res. 554-558.                
  Page S599
Measures Reported:
  S. 1258, to require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over 
budget and behind schedule. (S. Rept. No. 118-157)            
Page S599
Measures Passed:
  Jenna Quinn Law:  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 1147, to amend the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for grants in 
support of training and education to teachers and other school 
employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize, 
respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and secondary 
school students, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                     
  Pages S802-03
  Schumer (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 1594, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                   
Page S803
  National Entrepreneurship Week:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 555, 
designating the week of February 10 through February 17, 2024, as 
``National Entrepreneurship Week'' to recognize the importance and 
contributions of entrepreneurs and startups to the economic prosperity 
of the United States and the well-being of every community across the 
United States.                                                
  Page S803
  Printing of the Senate Manual:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 556, to 
provide for the printing of the Senate Manual for the One Hundred 
Eighteenth Congress.                                          
  Page S803
  Blood Donation Drives:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 557, authorizing the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct quarterly 
blood donation drives.                                        
  Page S803
  Congratulating the University of Missouri Tigers:  Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 558, congratulating the University of Missouri Tigers for 
winning the 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic.                         
  Page S803
Measures Considered:
  RELIEVE Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.R. 815, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements 
relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for 
emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care 
program, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on 
the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:    
Pages S565-94
Pending:
  Schumer (for Murray) Amendment No. 1388, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                   
Page S593
  Schumer Amendment No. 1577 (to Amendment No. 1388), to add an 
effective date.                                               
Page S593
  Schumer Amendment No. 1578 (to Amendment No. 1577), to add an 
effective date.                                               
Page S593
  Schumer Amendment No. 1579 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 1388), to add an effective date.             
Page S593
  Schumer Amendment No. 1580 (to Amendment No. 1579), to add an 
effective date.                                               
Page S593
  Schumer motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Veterans 
Affairs, with instructions to report back forthwith Schumer Amendment 
No. 1581, to add an effective date.                           
Page S593
  Schumer Amendment No. 1582 (the instructions (Amendment No. 1581) of 
the motion to commit), to add an effective date.              
Page S594
  Schumer Amendment No. 1583 (to Amendment No. 1582), to add an 
effective date.                                               
Page S594
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Schumer (for Murray) 
Amendment No. 1388 (listed above), and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Sunday, February 11, 2024.              
Page S593
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Schumer 
(for Murray Amendment No. 1388) (listed above).               
Page S594

[[Page D133]]


  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 64 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate agreed to the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill.                     
Pages S592-93
  The motion to reconsider the failed vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill made on 
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, was rendered moot.               
Page S438
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 12 noon, on Saturday, 
February 10, 2024.                                            
Page S803


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D133, February 9, 2024, the following appears: During 
consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action: By 64 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate 
agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
Pages S592-93 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
for further consideration of the bill at approximately 12 noon, on 
Saturday, February 10, 2024. Page S803
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: During 
consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action: By 64 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate 
agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
Pages S592-93 The motion to reconsider the failed vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration 
of the bill made on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, was rendered 
moot. Page S438 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 
12 noon, on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Page S803


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       Appointments:
     Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy:  The Chair, on 
     behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), 
     appointed the following Senator to the Board of Visitors of 
     the U.S. Naval Academy: Senator Fischer (Committee on 
     Appropriations).                                    
       Page S803
     Additional Cosponsors:                             30Statements on 
     Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                        30Additional 
     Statements:                                          30Amendments 
     Submitted:                                         30Record Votes: 
     One record vote was taken today. (Total--42)
     ent: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 8:45 p.m., 
     unournmtil 12 noon on Saturday, February 10, 2024. (For 
     Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in 
     today's Record on page S803.)