[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D746-D747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                             Tuesday, July 23, 2024

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5159-S5323
Measures Introduced: Twenty-seven bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4729-4755, and S.J. Res. 103. 
                                                         Pages S5194-95
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 5473, to amend certain laws relating to disaster recovery and 
relief with respect to the implementation of building codes, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 118-194)
  H.R. 6249, to provide for a review and report on the assistance and 
resources that the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency provides to individuals with disabilities and the families of 
such individuals that are impacted by major disasters. (S. Rept. No. 
118-195)
  S. 3033, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area 
of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry. (S. Rept. No. 118-196) 
                                                             Page S5194
Measures Passed:
  Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act:  
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. 3696, to improve rights to relief for individuals affected by non-
consensual activities involving intimate digital forgeries, and the 
bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S5318-19
  Schumer (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3049, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S5318-19
  Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act:  Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1076, to require the Comptroller General of the 
United States to carry out a study on the trafficking into the United 
States of synthetic drugs, and related illicit finance, and the bill 
was then passed.                                             
  Page S5319
House Messages:
  Eliminate Useless Reports Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of 
the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 2073, to amend 
title 31, United States Code, to require agencies to include a list of 
outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in annual budget 
justifications, taking action on the following motions and amendments 
proposed thereto:
Pending:
  Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, 
with Schumer Amendment No. 3021 (to the House amendment to the bill), 
in the nature of a substitute.                               
Page S5174
  Schumer Amendment No. 3022 (to Amendment No. 3021), to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S5174
  Schumer motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, with 
instructions, Schumer Amendment No. 3023, to add an effective date. 
                                                             Page S5174
  Schumer Amendment No. 3024 (the instructions (Amendment No. 3023) of 
the motion to refer), to add an effective date.              
Page S5174
  Schumer Amendment No. 3025 (to Amendment No. 3024), to add an 
effective date.                                          
Pages S5174-75
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 
3021, 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 Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be 
Legal Adviser of the Department of State.                    
Page S5174
  Prior to the consideration of this measure, Senate took the following 
action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S5174
Resignation of Senator Menendez: The Chair laid before the Senate a 
communication regarding the resignation of Senator Robert Menendez. 
                                                             Page S5159
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senator Ossoff be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills 
or joint resolutions from July 23, 2024, to July 24, 2024.   
  Page S5162
Way Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Kashi Way, of

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Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court. 
                                                  Pages S5162, S5162-73
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, 
July 24, 2024; that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the vote on the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination occur at 3:15 p.m.; that the votes 
on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Adam B. Landy, 
of South Carolina, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, and 
Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department 
of State, occur at 5 p.m. in the order in which cloture was filed; and 
that if cloture is invoked on any of the nominations, the votes on 
confirmation of the nominations occur at times to be determined by the 
Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader. 
                                                             Page S5319
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 82 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. EX. 214), Colleen Duffy Kiko, of North 
Dakota, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a 
term of five years expiring July 29, 2027.               
Pages S5173-74
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Lisa T. Ballance, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Marine Mammal 
Commission for a term expiring May 13, 2027.
  Matthew James Marzano, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 
2028.
  David Samuel Johnson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, Department of the Treasury.
  Gabriel Escobar, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Paraguay.
  Patrice H. Kunesh, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the National 
Indian Gaming Commission for the term of three years.
  7 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  1 Space Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Foreign Service, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S5321-23
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination was discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  James R. Ives, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of 
the Treasury., which was sent to the Senate on January 11, 2024, from 
the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
                                                             Page S5323
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S5181-82
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S5182
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5182-88
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S5188-94
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5195-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S5199-S5201
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5177-81
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S5201-S5318
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5318
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--214) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:37 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5319.)