[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D726-D728]
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                                            Thursday, July 11, 2024

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4529-S5152
  Legislative Day of Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
Measures Introduced: Fifty-nine bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4670-4728, S.J. Res. 102, and S. Res. 763-
767.                                                     
  Pages S4551-53
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget 
Totals for Fiscal Year 2025''. (S. Rept. No. 118-190)
  S. 4677, making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2025. (S. Rept. No. 118-191)
  S. 4678, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. (S. Rept. No. 118-192)
  S. 4690, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2025. (S. Rept. No. 118-193)            
Page S4551
Measures Passed:
  Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act:  Senate passed S. 150, to 
amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit product hopping, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S4537-38
  Cornyn Amendment No. 2399, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S4537-38
  Honoring Former Senator James Mountain Inhofe:  Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 765, relating to the death of the Honorable James Mountain Inhofe, 
former Senator for the State of Oklahoma.                    
  Page S5146
  National Voter Registration Day:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 766, 
recognizing September 17, 2024, as ``National Voter Registration Day''.
                                                             Page S5147
  Debbie Smith Act:  Senate passed H.R. 1105, to amend the DNA Analysis 
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA 
Backlog Grant Program.                                       
  Page S5147
  Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act:  Committee on Finance was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 159, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from gross income for 
mandatory restitution or civil damages as recompense for trafficking in 
persons, and the bill was then passed.                       
  Page S5147
  VA Home Loan Awareness Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 3068, to 
require each enterprise to include on the Uniform Residential Loan 
Application a disclaimer to increase awareness of the direct and 
guaranteed home loan programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and the bill was then passed.                                
  Page S5147
  Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act:  Senate passed S. 4351, 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain poison 
control programs.                                        
  Pages S5147-50
Measures Considered:
Reproductive Freedom for Women Act: Senate continued 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.                       
  Pages S4529-33
Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore Pier: By 48 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 
212), Senate agreed to the point of order that S.J. Res. 89, to direct 
the termination of the use of United States Armed Forces for the 
construction, maintenance, and operation of the Joint Logistics Over-
the-Shore pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip that has not been 
authorized by Congress, was not entitled to privilege under 50 U.S.C. 
1546(a) due to United States troops not being engaged in hostilities. 
Subsequently, the point of order was well taken and the motion to 
discharge the joint resolution from the Committee on Foreign Relations 
falls.                                                   
  Pages S4533-36
Appointments:
  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom:  The 
Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, upon the recommendation 
of the

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Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-292, as amended by Public 
Law 106-55, Public Law 107-228, and Public Law 112-75, appointed the 
following individual to the United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom: Dr. Meir Soloveichik of New York.         
  Page S5146
  Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State:  
The Chair, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 
117-263, announced the appointment of the following individual to serve 
as member of the Commission on Reform and Modernization of the 
Department of State: Mr. Walter Russell Mead of Washington, D.C. 
                                                             Page S5146
Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Senate adjourn, to then convene for pro 
forma sessions only, with no business being conducted on the following 
dates and times, and that following each pro forma session, the Senate 
adjourn until the next pro forma session: Monday, July 15, 2024, at 
11:15 a.m.; Thursday, July 18, 2024, at 10 a.m.; and Monday, July 22, 
2024, at 11:30 a.m.; and that when the Senate adjourns on Monday, July 
22, 2024, it next convene at 3 p.m., on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. 
                                                             Page S5151
Way Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Kashi Way, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court.                                                       
  Page S5150
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, July 11, 2024, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, 
July 24, 2024.                                               
Page S5150
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S5150
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination at approximately 3 p.m., on 
Tuesday, July 23, 2024; and that the motions to invoke cloture filed 
during the session of Thursday, July 11, 2024 ripen on Wednesday, July 
24, 2024.                                                    
Page S5151
Landy Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Adam B. Landy, of South Carolina, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court.                                                   
  Page S5150
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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 Kashi Way, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United 
States Tax Court.                                            
Page S5150
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S5150
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S5150
Taylor Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of 
the Department of State.                                 
  Pages S5150-51
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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 Adam B. Landy, of South Carolina, to be a Judge of the 
United States Tax Court.                                     
Page S5150
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S5150
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S5150
Kiko Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the vote on confirmation of the nomination of Colleen 
Duffy Kiko, of North Dakota, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, be at 5:30 p.m., on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. 
                                                             Page S5151
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 52 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 213), Robin Michelle Meriweather, 
of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims 
for a term of fifteen years.               
Pages S4536, S4538-43, S5152
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Julie Brinn Siegel, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 
13, 2029.
  L. E. Sola, of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for a 
term expiring June 30, 2028.
  Carl Whitney Bentzel, of Maryland, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
  William Patrick J. Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United 
States International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 
2029.
  Deva A. Kyle, of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation for a term of five years.
  Keith D. Hanigan, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Solomon 
Islands.

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  Douglas D. Jones, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
  Melanie Anne Zimmerman, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Guinea.
  Kali C. Jones, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Benin.
  Stephanie A. Miley, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of The Gambia.
  Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years 
expiring August 30, 2030.
  Deborah Lynn Halvorson Bush, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2027.
  April M. Perry, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois.
  72 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  18 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.                  
Pages S5151-52
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  April M. Perry, of Illinois, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Illinois for the term of four years, which was 
sent to the Senate on January 11, 2024.
  Erik John Woodhouse, of Virginia, to be Head of the Office of 
Sanctions Coordination, with the rank of Ambassador, which was sent to 
the Senate on January 08, 2024.                              
Page S5152
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S4549-50
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S4550
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S4550
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S4550-51
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4551
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4553-56
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4556-66
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4546-49
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S4566-S5146
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5146
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--213) 
                                                  Pages S4535-36, S5453
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late former Senator James Mountain 
Inhofe, in accordance with S. Res. 765, at 4:49 p.m., until 11:15 a.m. 
on Monday, July 15, 2024. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5151.)