[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D208-D209]
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                                           Wednesday, March 6, 2024

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2219-S2248
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3875-3889, S.J. Res. 63, and S. Res. 574-
579.                                                     
  Pages S2238-39
Measures Reported:
  S. 1274, to permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.            
Page S2238
Measures Passed:
  Airport and Airway Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 7454, to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport 
improvement program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund.                                              
  Pages S2245-46
  Providing for a Joint Session of Congress:  Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 93, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message 
from the President.                                          
  Page S2246
  Burnsville, Minnesota, Law Enforcement and First Responders:  Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 577, recognizing and honoring Burnsville, Minnesota, 
law enforcement and first responders for their heroic actions. 
                                                             Page S2243
  Congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 578, 
congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs on their victory in Super Bowl 
LVIII in the successful 104th season of the National Football League. 
                                                         Pages S2243-44
  Authorize Testimony and Representation:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 
579, to authorize testimony and representation in United States v. 
Kenyon.                                                      
  Page S2244
House Messages:
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: Senate began consideration of 
the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024, taking action on the following motions 
and amendments proposed thereto:
Pending:
  Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                     
Pages S2233-36
  Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 1618 
(to the House Amendment to the Senate amendment), to add an effective 
date.                                                        
Page S2234
  Schumer Amendment No. 1619 (to Amendment No. 1618), to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S2234
  Schumer motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Schumer Amendment No. 
1620, to add an effective date.                              
Page S2234
  Schumer Amendment No. 1621 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
1620), to add an effective date.                             
Page S2234
  Schumer Amendment No. 1622 (to Amendment No. 1621), to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S2234
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 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 the nomination of Adrienne Jennings Noti, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia.                                
Pages S2233-36
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session to 
consider the message of the House on the bill.               
Page S2233
Appointments:
  Senate National Security Working Group:  The Chair, on behalf of the 
Republican Leader, pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 64, adopted 
March 5, 2013, appointed the following Senators as members of the 
Senate National Security Working Group for the 118th Congress: Senators 
Cornyn (Administrative Co-Chair), Fischer (Co-Chair), Lankford (Co-

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Chair), Rubio, Graham, Wicker, Risch, Romney, and Ricketts. 
                                                             Page S2246
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like 
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort the 
President of the United States into the House Chamber for the joint 
session to be held at 9 p.m., on Thursday, March 7, 2024.    
  Page S2246
Noti Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, March 7, 2024, 
Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Adrienne Jennings 
Noti, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia; that the motion to invoke 
cloture with respect to the nomination ripen at 11:45 a.m.; that if 
cloture is invoked on the nomination, and notwithstanding Rule XXII, 
Senate execute the order of February 29, 2024, with respect to S. 3853, 
to extend the period for filing claims under the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act and to provide for compensation under such Act for 
claims relating to Manhattan Project waste, and to improve compensation 
for workers involved in uranium mining, and that Senate vote on passage 
of the bill at 2:15 p.m.; and that upon disposition of S. 3853, all 
time on the nomination of Adrienne Jennings Noti be considered expired.
                                                             Page S2246
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 69 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. EX. 69), Ronald T. Keohane, of New 
York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.           
Pages S2219-22
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 71), Moshe Z. Marvit, of 
Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2028. 
                                                         Pages S2223-25
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 70), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S2222
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 73), Cathy Ann Harris, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
                                                         Pages S2225-33
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 72), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S2225
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2237
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2237
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S2237
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2237-38
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2238
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2239-40
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2240-44
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2236-37
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2244-45
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2245
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--73) 
                                              Pages S2220, S2225, S2233
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S2246 and S2248.)