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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3467-S3546
Measures Introduced: Forty bills and eight resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1829-1868, and S. Res. 238-245.
Pages S3500-02
Measures Passed:
COVID-19 Origin Act of 2021: Senate passed S. 1867, to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19.
Pages S3488-89
Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 144, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California.
Page S3489
Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children: Senate passed S. 325, to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children.
Page S3489
Grand Ronde Reservation Act: Senate passed S. 559, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act.
Page S3489
Seminole Tribe of Florida: Senate passed S. 108, to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land.
Pages S3490-91
Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act: Senate passed S. 314, to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act.
Pages S3490-91
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Senate passed S. 548, to convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
Pages S3490-91
Tanana Tribal Council Land Transfer Act: Senate passed S. 549, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska.
Pages S3490-91
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Senate passed S. 550, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska.
Pages S3490-91
Amtrak 50 years of service: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 190, recognizing 50 years of service by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, commonly known as Amtrak, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S3491
Older Americans Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 243, designating May 2021 as ``Older Americans Month''.
Page S3491
Joint Committee on Printing and Joint Committee of Congress on the Library: Senate agreed to S. Res. 244, providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.
Page S3491
Honoring former Senator David Henry Gambrell: Senate agreed to S. Res. 245, honoring the life and legacy of the late Senator David Henry Gambrell.
Page S3496
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 S3470-88, S3492-96
Adopted:
By 83 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 210), Coons Amendment No. 1588 (to Amendment No. 1502), to establish the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, May 25, 2021, the amendment having achieved 60 affirmative votes, was agreed to.)
Pages S3492-93
Marshall Modified Amendment No. 1973 (to Amendment No. 1502), to express the sense of the Senate regarding the need to conduct a comprehensive investigation to determine the origins of COVID-19. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the requirement of a 60 affirmative vote threshold, be vitiated.)
Page S3495
By 67 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 213), Sasse Amendment No. 2023 (to Amendment No. 1502), to authorize appropriations for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct research and development in key technology focus areas. (Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, May 25, 2021, the amendment having achieved 60 affirmative votes, was agreed to.)
Pages S3495-96
Rejected:
By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 207), Schumer (for Sullivan) Amendment No. 1911 (to Amendment No. 1502), to require institutions of higher education to submit attestations on freedom of speech.
Pages S3471-77
By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 208), Schumer (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2014 (to Amendment No. 1502), to express the sense of the Senate on the allocation of Special Drawing Rights by the International Monetary Fund to help other countries procure COVID-19 vaccines and protect against the economic instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Pursuant to the order of Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S3470-79
By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 209), Schumer (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 1710 (to Amendment No. 1502), to prohibit allocations of Special Drawing Rights at the International Monetary Fund for perpetrators of genocide and state sponsors of terrorism without congressional authorization. (Pursuant to the order of Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S3470-79
By 48 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 211), Lee Amendment No. 1929 (to Amendment No. 1502), to establish a task force for regulatory oversight and review. (Pursuant to the order of Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S3493-94
By 48 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 212), Braun Amendment No. 1771 (to Amendment No. 1502), to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain types of human-animal chimeras. (Pursuant to the order of Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)
Pages S3494-95
Pending:
Schumer Amendment No. 1502, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S3470
Cantwell Amendment No. 1527 (to Amendment No. 1502), of a perfecting nature.
Page S3470
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 27, 2021; and that the filing-deadline for second-degree amendments be at 10:30 a.m. with respect to the motions to invoke cloture filed on the bill.
Pages S3545-46
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
8 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force.
Pages S3491-92
Executive Communications:
Page S3499
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S3500
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3502-04
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S3504-11
Additional Statements:
Pages S3498-99
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S3511-45
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S3545
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S3545
=========================== NOTE ===========================
On page D574, May 26, 2021, the following appears: Executive Reports of Committees: Page S3500 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S3502-04 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S3504-
11 Additional Statements: Pages S3498-99 Amendments Submitted: Pages S3511-45 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S3545 Privileges of the Floor: Page S3545
The online Record has been corrected to read: Executive Communications: Page S3499 Executive Reports of Committees: Page S3500 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S3502-04 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S3504-11 Additional Statements: Pages S3498-99 Amendments Submitted: Pages S3511-45 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S3545 Privileges of the Floor: Page S3545
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Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--213)30Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned, as a further mark of resnvenepect to the memory of the late former Senator David Henry Gambrell, of Georgia, in accordance with S. Res. 245, at 11:01 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 27, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3545.)
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 92
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