[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D708-D709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                              Tuesday, July 9, 2024

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4251-S4313
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and six resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 4640-4649, S. Res. 753-757, and S. Con. Res. 37. 
                                                         Pages S4266-67
Measures Passed:
  Never Again Education Reauthorization Act:  Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 3448, 
to reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum to support Holocaust education programs, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S4308
  National Cybersecurity Education Month:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 
755, designating June 2024 as National Cybersecurity Education Month. 
                                                             Page S4308
  Juneteenth Independence Day:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 756, 
designating June 19, 2024, as ``Juneteenth Independence Day'' in 
recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of 
slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.       
  Page S4308
  Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 757, 
designating the week of May 5, 2024, through May 11, 2024, as ``Tardive 
Dyskinesia Awareness Week''.                                 
  Page S4308
Meriweather Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Robin Michelle Meriweather, of Virginia, to be a Judge of 
the United States Court of Federal Claims.               
  Pages S4260-63
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. EX. 206), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S4259-60
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if cloture 
is invoked on the nomination, the vote on confirmation of the 
nomination be at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in 
consultation with the Republican Leader.                     
Page S4259
Willoughby, Jr. Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of 
the nomination of Charles J. Willoughby, Jr., of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia.                                        
  Page S4264
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 207), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4264
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Wednesday, July 10, 2024; that all time be considered expired 
at 11:30 a.m., and that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Anne 
Marie Wagner, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2029, all 
time be considered expired at 2:15 p.m.; that upon disposition of the 
nomination of Anne Marie Wagner, notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
4554, to express support for protecting access to reproductive health 
care after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision on June 24, 2022; and that the 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 4554 occur at 4:15 p.m.                  
Page S4308
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 54 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 205), Patricia L. Lee, of South 
Carolina, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
for a term expiring October 18, 2027.             
Pages S4251-59, S4313
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:

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  By 55 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 204), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4259
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Space Force. 
                                                         Pages S4309-13
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4266
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4266
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4267-69
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4269-72
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4265-66
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S4272-S4308
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4308
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-207) 
                                                  Pages S4259-60, S4264
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4309.)