Senate Daily Digest — Friday, 2/9/2024
Senate convened at 12 noon, adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
Friday, 2/9/2024 — Activity – On the Floor – Votes: 1
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Friday, February 9, 2024
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S565-S803
Measures Introduced: Three bills and five resolutions were introduced,
as follows: S. 3793-3795, and S. Res. 554-558.
Page S599
Measures Reported:
S. 1258, to require the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over
budget and behind schedule. (S. Rept. No. 118-157)
Page S599
Measures Passed:
Jenna Quinn Law: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
was discharged from further consideration of S. 1147, to amend the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for grants in
support of training and education to teachers and other school
employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize,
respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and secondary
school students, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the
following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S802-03
Schumer (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 1594, in the nature of a
substitute.
Page S803
National Entrepreneurship Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 555,
designating the week of February 10 through February 17, 2024, as
“National Entrepreneurship Week” to recognize the importance and
contributions of entrepreneurs and startups to the economic prosperity
of the United States and the well-being of every community across the
United States.
Page S803
Printing of the Senate Manual: Senate agreed to S. Res. 556, to
provide for the printing of the Senate Manual for the One Hundred
Eighteenth Congress.
Page S803
Blood Donation Drives: Senate agreed to S. Res. 557, authorizing the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct quarterly
blood donation drives.
Page S803
Congratulating the University of Missouri Tigers: Senate agreed to
S. Res. 558, congratulating the University of Missouri Tigers for
winning the 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic.
Page S803
Measures Considered:
RELIEVE Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.R. 815, to
amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements
relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for
emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care
program, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on
the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S565-94
Pending:
Schumer (for Murray) Amendment No. 1388, in the nature of a
substitute.
Page S593
Schumer Amendment No. 1577 (to Amendment No. 1388), to add an
effective date.
Page S593
Schumer Amendment No. 1578 (to Amendment No. 1577), to add an
effective date.
Page S593
Schumer Amendment No. 1579 (to the language proposed to be stricken
by Amendment No. 1388), to add an effective date.
Page S593
Schumer Amendment No. 1580 (to Amendment No. 1579), to add an
effective date.
Page S593
Schumer motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Veterans
Affairs, with instructions to report back forthwith Schumer Amendment
No. 1581, to add an effective date.
Page S593
Schumer Amendment No. 1582 (the instructions (Amendment No. 1581) of
the motion to commit), to add an effective date.
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Schumer Amendment No. 1583 (to Amendment No. 1582), to add an
effective date.
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A motion was entered to close further debate on Schumer (for Murray)
Amendment No. 1388 (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 Sunday, February 11, 2024.
Page S593
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
(for Murray Amendment No. 1388) (listed above).
Page S594
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During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 64 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate agreed to the motion to
proceed to consideration of the bill.
Pages S592-93
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at approximately 12 noon, on Saturday,
February 10, 2024.
Page S803
Appointments:
Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy: The Chair, on behalf of
the Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), appointed the
following Senator to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy:
Senator Fischer (Committee on Appropriations).
Page S803
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S599-S600
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S600-01
Additional Statements:
Pages S594-99
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S601-S802
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--42)
Page S593
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 8:45 p.m.,
until 12 noon on Saturday, February 10, 2024. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S803.)