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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5075-S5114
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2475-2492, and S. Res. 321-324.
Pages S5103-04
Measures Reported:
S. 1275, to amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make improvements, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S5102
Measures Passed:
Colonel Carlyle `Smitty' Harris Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 208, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the
``Colonel Carlyle `Smitty' Harris Post Office''.
Page S5110
Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 264, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South Carolina, as the
``Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building''.
Page S5110
Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office: Senate passed S. 566, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the ``Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office''.
Page S5110
Jim Ramstad Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 772, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the ``Jim Ramstad Post Office''.
Page S5110
PARENTS Act: Committee on Finance was discharged from further consideration of S. 503, to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States to use incentive payments available under the child support enforcement program to improve parent-child relationships, increase child support collections, and improve outcomes for children by supporting parenting time agreements for noncustodial parents in uncontested agreements, and the bill was then passed.
Page S5110
Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 452, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational opportunity, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S5110-11
Whitehouse (for Stabenow) Amendment No. 2122, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S5111
DEBAR Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1002, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and the bill was then passed.
Page S5111
Congratulating the Milwaukee Bucks: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 317, congratulating the Milwaukee Bucks, and the fans of the Milwaukee Bucks around the world, on winning the 2021 National Basketball Association championship, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S5111
National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 323, recognizing the 75th anniversary and the importance of the Lanham Act by designating the month of July as ``National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness Month''.
Pages S5111-12
National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 324, designating July 30, 2021, as ``National Whistleblower Appreciation Day''.
Page S5112
Appointments:
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 110-315, announced the appointment of the following individual to be a member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: Michael Poliakoff of Virginia vice Anne Neal of Wisconsin.
Page S5112 Motion To Discharge Stone-Manning Nomination: Pursuant to S. Res. 27, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources being tied on the question of reporting, the Majority Leader made the motion to discharge the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from further consideration of the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning, of Montana, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
Page S5080
By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 280), Senate agreed to the motion to discharge the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning, of Montana, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subsequently, the nomination was placed on the Executive Calendar pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 27, relative to Senate procedure in the 117th Congress.
Pages S5080-94
Jaddou Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Ur Mendoza Jaddou, of California, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
Pages S5094-96
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 David M. Prouty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board.
Page S5094
Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.
Page S5094
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
Page S5094
Rodriguez Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the nomination of James D. Rodriguez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, be jointly referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Page S5096
Wilcox Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Gwynne A. Wilcox, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board.
Page S5112
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 279), Todd Sunhwae Kim, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Pages S5075-80
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination was discharged from further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
Tracy Stone-Manning, of Montana, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, which was sent to the Senate on April 27, 2021, from the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Page S5080
Messages from the House:
Page S5097
Measures Referred:
Page S5097
Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S5097-S5102
Executive Reports of Committees:
Pages S5102-03
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S5104-06
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S5106-09
Additional Statements:
Pages S5096-97
Amendments Submitted:
Page S5109
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S5109-10
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--280)
Page S5080, S5094
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:51 p.m., until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5112.)
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 131
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