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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3385-S3465
Measures Introduced: Thirty-three bills and six resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1796-1828, and S. Res. 232-237.
Pages S3420-21
Measures Passed:
Tulsa Race Massacre 100th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 234, recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Pages S3410-13
National MPS Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 235, designating May 15, 2021, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''.
Page S3460
Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 236, to authorize testimony, documents, and representation in United States v. Wornick.
Page S3460
Measures Considered:
Endless Frontier Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S3401-10, S3413-16
Adopted:
Cantwell (for Paul) Amendment No. 2003 (to Amendment No. 1502), to prohibit the National Institutes of Health and any other Federal agency from funding gain-of-function research conducted in China.
Pages S3402, S3403-09
Cantwell (for Ernst) Amendment No. 1507 (to Amendment No. 1502), to prohibit any Federal funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Pages S3402, S3403-08, S3409
Cantwell (for Daines/Cortez Masto) Amendment No. 1787 (to Amendment No. 1502), to direct the President to enforce the intellectual property provisions of the Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of China.
Pages S3402-03, S3409
Rejected:
By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 204), Cantwell (for Wyden) Amendment No. 1975 (to Amendment No. 1502), to set forth trade policy, negotiating objectives, and congressional oversight requirements relating to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S3401-02, S3403-08
By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 205), Cantwell (for Crapo) Amendment No. 1565 (to Amendment No. 1502), to provide limitations on the authority of the President to modify trade agreements. (A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S3402, S3403-08
By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 206), Cantwell (for Lee) Amendment No. 1891 (to Amendment No. 1502), to impose limitations on research. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S3403-08, S3409-10
Pending:
Schumer Amendment No. 1502, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S3401
Cantwell Amendment No. 1527 (to Amendment No. 1502), of a perfecting nature.
Page S3401
A motion was entered to close further debate on Schumer Amendment No. 1502 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, May 27, 2021.
Page S3416
A motion was entered to close further debate on 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 Schumer Amendment No. 1502.
Page S3416
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, the following amendments be called up reported by number: Durbin Amendment No. 2014, Kennedy Amendment No. 1710, and Sullivan Amendment No. 1911; that at 12 noon, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, Senate vote on or in relation to Sullivan Amendment No. 1710, and at 2:30 p.m., on or in relation to Durbin Amendment No. 2014, and Kennedy Amendment No. 1710, with no amendments in order to these amendments prior to a vote on or in relation to the amendments, with 60 affirmative votes required for the adoption with the exception of Sullivan Amendment No. 1911, and two minutes of debate equally divided prior to each vote.
Page S3416
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the filing deadline for first-degree amendments to the bill be at 2:30 p.m., on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
Page S3417
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
Page S3461
National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3233, to establish the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex.
Pages S3416-17
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 S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program.
Page S3417
Hajjar Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Anton George Hajjar, of Maryland, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service.
Page S3417
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 motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3233, to establish the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex.
Page S3417
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 S3417
Lander Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Eric S. Lander, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Page S3417
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 Anton George Hajjar, of Maryland, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service.
Page S3417
Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.
Page S3417
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
Page S3417
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 201), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Pages S3387-94
By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 203), Kristen M. Clarke, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Pages S3394-97
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 202), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S3394
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Daryl W. Baldwin, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2024.
Genine Macks Fidler, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2022.
Beverly Gage, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2024.
Lynnette Young Overby, of Delaware, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for the remainder of the term expiring January 26, 2022.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force.
Pages S3461-65
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the following nominations:
Lynette Young Overby, of Delaware, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026, Phyllis Kaminsky, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on April 29, 2021.
Daryl W. Baldwin, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026, which was sent to the Senate on April 29, 2021.
Genine Macks Fidler, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026, which was sent to the Senate on April 29, 2021.
Beverly Gage, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026, which was sent to the Senate on April 29, 2021.
A routine list in the Space Force.
Page S3465
Executive Reports of Committees:
Pages S3419-20
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3421-25
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S3425-28
Additional Statements:
Pages S3418-19
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S3428-60
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S3460
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S3460
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--206)
Pages S3393-94, S3397, S3408, S3410
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:22 p.m., until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3461.)
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 91
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