[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D774-D775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Thursday, July 25, 2024

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5489-S5527
Measures Introduced: Forty-nine bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4770-4818, and S. Res. 771-774. 
                                                         Pages S5510-12
Measures Reported:
  S. 4795, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2025. (S. Rept. No. 118-198)
  S. 4796, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2025. (S. Rept. No. 118-199)
  S. 4797, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2025. (S. Rept. No. 118-200)
  S. 4802, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2025. (S. Rept. No. 118-201)                             
Page S5510
Measures Passed:
  World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and Month:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 
774, designating June 15, 2024, as ``World Elder Abuse Awareness Day'' 
and the month of June 2024 as ``Elder Abuse Awareness Month''. 
                                                             Page S5525
House Messages:
Eliminate Useless Reports Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 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outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in annual budget 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:                 
  Pages S5489-97, S5497-S5504, S5504-05
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 S5489
  Schumer Amendment No. 3022 (to Amendment No. 3021), to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S5489
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 86 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 219), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Schumer motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 3021 
(listed above).                                              
Page S5505
  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, 
fell when cloture was invoked on Schumer motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House to the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 3021. 
                                                             Page S5489
  Schumer Amendment No. 3024 (the instructions (Amendment No. 3023) of 
the motion to refer), to add an effective date, fell when 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 (listed above), fell.             
Page S5489
  Schumer Amendment No. 3025 (to Amendment No. 3024), to add an 
effective date, fell when Schumer Amendment No. 3024 (the instructions 
(Amendment No. 3023) of the motion to refer) (listed above), fell. 
                                                             Page S5489
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all post-
cloture time be deemed expired; that if cloture is invoked on the 
nomination of Stacey D. Neumann, of Maine, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Maine, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, that upon 
disposition of the nomination, Senate vote on Schumer motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to the bill, with Schumer Amendment No. 
3021; and that if cloture is not invoked on the nomination, the vote on 
Schumer motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, 
with Schumer Amendment No. 3021 occur at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, July 
30, 2024.                                                    
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Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senator Brown be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills 
or joint resolutions from July 25, 2024 through July 26, 2024. 
                                                             Page S5497
Neumann Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Stacey D. Neumann, of Maine, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Maine.                             
  Page S5504
  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 25, 2024, a vote on cloture will occur on Tuesday, July 
30, 2024.                                                    
Page S5504
  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 S5504
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, July 29, 2024, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination; and that at 5:30 p.m., Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination of Adam B. Landy, of South Carolina, to 
be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, as provided under the order 
of Tuesday, July 23, 2024.                                   
Page S5525
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 79 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. EX. 218), Kashi Way, of Maryland, to 
be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years. 
                                                     Pages S5497, S5527
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Val Butler Demings, of Florida, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2030.
  William Zollars, of Kansas, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2029.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.             
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Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5509-10
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5510
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5510
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5512-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5514-17
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5509
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5517-24
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5524-25
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5525
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--219) 
                                                     Pages S5497, S5505
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:52 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, July 29, 2024. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5525.)