Senate Daily Digest — Thursday, 12/14/2023
Senate convened at 10 a.m., adjourned at 6:09 p.m.
Thursday, 12/14/2023 — Activity – On the Floor – Votes: 3 – Confirmed: 5
Legislation: New: 48, Passed: 13
Amendments: Agreed to: 2
Committee — Meetings: 4 • Legislation: Markup: 19
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Thursday, December 14, 2023
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5969-S6012
Measures Introduced: Forty bills and eight resolutions were introduced,
as follows: S. 3514-3553, and S. Res. 503-510.
Pages S5995-97
Measures Passed:
Military Personnel Confirmation Restoration Act: Senate passed S.
3553, to provide a retroactive effective date for the promotion of
senior officers of the Armed Forces whose military promotions were
delayed as a result of the suspension of Senate confirmation of such
promotions.
Page S5989
Revising Existing Procedures On Reporting via Technology Act: Senate
passed S. 474, to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen
reporting to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of
children, to modernize liabilities for such reports, to preserve the
contents of such reports for 1 year, after withdrawing the committee
reported amendment, and agreeing to the following amendment proposed
thereto:
Pages S6006-08
Schumer (for Blackburn/Ossoff) Amendment No. 1377, in the nature of a
substitute.
Page S6004
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act: Senate
passed S. 195, to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the
United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian
Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed
in 1854.
Pages S6008-09
National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act: Senate
passed H.R. 3315, to exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the
application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7,
qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and
members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called
to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less
than 90 days.
Page S6009
Building Chips in America Act: Committee on Environment and Public
Works was discharged from further consideration of S. 2228, to amend
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 to clarify the scope of a major Federal action under
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to certain
projects relating to the production of semiconductors, and the bill was
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed
thereto:
Pages S6009-10
Schumer (for Kelly) Amendment No. 1378, in the nature of a
substitute.
Page S6004
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents: Committee on Rules and
Administration was discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res.
62, providing for the reappointment of Michael Govan as a citizen
regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and the
resolution was then passed.
Pages S6010-11
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents: Committee on Rules and
Administration was discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res.
63, providing for the appointment of Antoinette Bush as a citizen
regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and the
resolution was then passed.
Pages S6010-11
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents: Committee on Rules and
Administration was discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res.
64, providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen
regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and the
resolution was then passed.
Pages S6010-11
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act: Senate
passed S. 382, to take certain land in the State of Washington into
trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup
Reservation.
Page S6011
Texas Christian University 150th Anniversary: Committee on the
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 453,
celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Texas Christian
University, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S6011
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National Ataxia Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 507,
designating September 25, 2023, as “National Ataxia Awareness Day”,
and raising awareness of ataxia, ataxia research, and the search for a
cure.
Page S6011
Interscholastic Athletic Administrators' Day: Senate agreed to S.
Res. 508, recognizing Interscholastic Athletic Administrators' Day on
December 14, 2023.
Page S6011
First Commemoration of the Anti-LGBTQ+ Attack at Club Q: Senate
agreed to S. Res. 509, recognizing the first commemoration of the anti-
LGBTQ+ attack that occurred on November 19-20, 2022, at Club Q, an
LGBTQ+ bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Page S6011
Appointments:
United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission: The
Chair announced, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to the
provisions of Public Law 106-398, as amended by Public Law 108-7, and
in consultation with the Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on
Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, the re-appointment
of the following individuals to serve as members of the United States-
China Economic and Security Review Commission: Randall Schriver of
Virginia and Aaron Friedberg of New Jersey.
Page S6006
Fonzone and O'Malley Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent
agreement was reached providing that the motions to invoke cloture
filed during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, December 13, 2023,
ripen at 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
Page S6011
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, December 18, 2023, Senate begin
consideration of the nomination of Martin O'Malley, of Maryland, to be
Commissioner of Social Security, and that Senate vote on confirmation
of the nomination at 5:30 p.m.; and that upon disposition of the
nomination of Martin O'Malley, Senate resume consideration of the
nomination of Christopher Charles Fonzone, of Pennsylvania, to be an
Assistant Attorney General.
Page S6011
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 66 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. EX. 345), Jerry Edwards, Jr., of
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District
of Louisiana.
Pages S5970-86
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 66 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. EX. 344), Senate agreed to the motion
to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S5976
By 64 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. EX. 346), Brandon S. Long, of
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District
of Louisiana.
Pages S5986-88
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion
to invoke cloture on the nomination, be withdrawn.
Page S5986
Lisa A. Johnson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese
Republic.
Todd Gloria, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring
December 10, 2023.
Todd Gloria, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring
December 10, 2029.
Page S5989
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
17 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
6 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
Routine lists in the Army.
Page S6011
Messages from the House:
Page S5995
Measures Referred:
Page S5995
Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S5995, S6006
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S5995
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S5997-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S5999-S6004
Additional Statements:
Pages S5994-95
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S6004-06
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S6006
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--346)
Pages S5976, S5986-87
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:09 p.m.,
until 3 p.m. on Monday, December 18, 2023. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6011.)