[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D766-D767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive His Excellency 
      Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5325-S5488
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4756-4769, S. Res. 768-770, and S. Con. Res. 
38.                                                      
  Pages S5343-44
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2025''. (S. Rept. No. 118-197) 
                                                             Page S5343
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating the Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame 
Men's Lacrosse Team:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 768, congratulating the 
Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame men's lacrosse team for 
winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I 
Men's Lacrosse National Championship.         
  Pages S5331, S5344, S5346
  Recognizing the Importance of Mental Health for Youth:  Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 769, recognizing the importance of mental health for youth 
in the United States, and expressing the pressing need for awareness 
and support for mental health care for children and adolescents. 
                                           Pages S5344, S5346-47, S5487
  Disability Pride Month:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 770, expressing 
support for the designation of July 2024 as ``Disability Pride Month''.
                                              Pages S5344, S5347, S5487
Way Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
nomination of Kashi Way, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United 
States Tax Court.                              
  Pages S5325-30, S5331-36
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 78 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. EX. 215), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S5331-32
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 25, 2024, Senate resume 
consideration of the House message to accompany 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, and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the motion to 
invoke cloture with respect to the House message to accompany the bill 
ripen at 2:15 p.m.; and that at 11:30 a.m., Senate vote on confirmation 
of the nomination of Kashi Way, pursuant to the order of Tuesday, July 
23, 2024.                                                
Pages S5487-88
Landy Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Adam B. Landy, of South Carolina, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court.                                                   
  Page S5336
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 85 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. EX. 216), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S5336
Taylor Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department 
of State.                                                
  Pages S5336-41
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 217), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S5337
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5343
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5344-46
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5346-47
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5343
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S5347-S5487
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5487

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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5487
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--217) 
                                               Pages S5331-32, S5336-37
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:42 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S5487-88.)