[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 146 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D914-D915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                       Thursday, September 19, 2024

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 9468, Veterans Benefits Continuity and 
      Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6191-S6322
Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 5103-5133, S.J. Res. 110, and S. Res. 830-
835.                                                     
  Pages S6210-11
Measures Reported:
  S. 4716, to amend section 7504 of title 31, United States Code, to 
improve the single audit requirements, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 118-226)                      
Page S6210
Measures Passed:
  Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental 
Appropriations Act: Senate passed H.R. 9468, making supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, after 
taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S6192-99
Rejected:
  By 47 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 247), Paul Amendment No. 3289, to 
rescind funds from the Department of Energy loan programs office. (A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, 
having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.) 
                                                         Pages S6198-99
  Purdue University Engineering 150th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 830, recognizing the 150th anniversary of Purdue University 
Engineering.                                             
  Pages S6203-04
  Purple Martin Conservation Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 803, recognizing the 
importance of purple martins to United States ecosystems, tourism, and 
history by designating August 10, 2024, as ``Purple Martin Conservation 
Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to.                
  Page S6204
  End Tuberculosis Now Act: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 288, to prevent, treat, and 
cure tuberculosis globally, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:        
  Page S6318
  Murray (for Cardin) Amendment No. 3291, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S6315-17
  DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act: Senate passed S. 4698, to 
authorize the Joint Task Forces of the Department of Homeland Security, 
after withdrawing the committee amendment, and agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                        
  Page S6318
  Murray (for Peters) Amendment No. 3292, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S6317-18
Measures Considered:
Corporal Michael D. Anderson Jr. Post Office Building--Cloture: Senate 
began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 
1555, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2300 Sylvan Avenue in Modesto, California, as the ``Corporal 
Michael D. Anderson Jr. Post Office Building''.          
  Pages S6202-03
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, 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 Michael Sfraga, of Alaska, 
to be Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs.            
Pages S6202-03
  Prior to the consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration 
of the bill, Senate took the following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                         Pages S6202-03
Ensuring Nationwide Access to a Better Life Experience Act--Agreement: 
A unanimous-consent

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agreement was reached providing that if Senate receives H.R. 9614, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain provisions with 
respect to qualified ABLE programs permanent, from the House of 
Representatives, the text of which is identical to S. 4539, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain provisions with 
respect to qualified ABLE programs permanent, Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration, and the bill be passed.            
  Pages S6319
Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 4693, to provide that the Federal Reports 
Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 does not apply to certain reports 
required to be submitted by the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the 
bill be referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
                                                             Page S6319
Jenkins Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Rose E. Jenkins, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Judge of the United States Tax Court.                        
  Page S6191
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 248), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S6204
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 
3 p.m., on Monday, September 23, 2024; and that all post-cloture time 
be considered expired at 5:30 p.m.                           
Page S6204
Sfraga Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Michael Sfraga, of Alaska, to be Ambassador at Large for 
Arctic Affairs.                                              
  Page S6202
  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 Rose E. Jenkins, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Judge of the United States Tax Court.                        
Page S6204
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S6202
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S6202
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S6209-10
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6210
Measures Discharged:                                         
  Page S6210
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6210
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6211-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6212-22
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6209
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6227
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6318
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6318
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--248) 
                                                     Pages S6199, S6204
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:53 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, September 23, 2024. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6322.)