[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D539-D540]
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                                            Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3819-S3859
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 4385-4394, and S. Res. 701.                      
  Page S3855
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 4688, to direct the Administrator of General Services to sell 
the property known as the Webster School, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 3564, to amend title 40, United States Code, to include Indian 
Tribes among entities that may receive Federal surplus real property 
for certain purposes.
  S. 3880, to amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to 
make improvements to that Act, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 4359, to amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize 
that Act.
  S. 4367, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the 
United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water 
and related resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
                                                         Pages S3854-55
Measures Passed:
  National Public Works Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 701, designating 
the week of May 19 through May 25, 2024, as ``National Public Works 
Week''.                                                      
  Page S3858
Measures Considered:
Border Act: Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 4361, making emergency supplemental appropriations 
for border security and combatting fentanyl for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024.                                          
  Page S3819
Dalton Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Melissa Griffin Dalton, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of the Air Force.                              
  Pages S3838-48
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 56 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 180), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S3838
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
confirmation vote on the nomination occur at 11 a.m., on Thursday, May 
23, 2024; and that the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 4361, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, ripen at 2 p.m., on Thursday, 
May 23, 2024.                                                
Page S3858
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Thursday, May 23, 2024.                             
Page S3858
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 66 yeas to 28 nays (Vote No. EX. 177), Angela M. Martinez, of 
Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona.                                          
Pages S3822-25, S3859
  By 50 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 179), Dena M. Coggins, of 
California, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of California.                                    
Pages S3826-38, S3859
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 178), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S3825-26
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3849
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3849
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S3819, S3849
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3849-54
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3855-57
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S3857
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3848-49
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S3857-58

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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3858
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--180) 
                                               Pages S3825-26, S3837-38
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:47 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3859.)