The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 10 a.m., the Reverend Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, in New
York, New York offered a prayer, and Mr. Grassley led the Senate in
reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of
America.
Legislative Business (Wednesday, September
10)
S. 93 (Sen. Sullivan):
A bill to amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and
Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms,
and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous
Consent.
S. 306 (Sen. Cantwell):
A bill to establish and maintain a coordinated
program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that
improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and wildfire smoke related
forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery, and
for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 725 (Sen. Klobuchar):
A bill to direct the Federal Communications
Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information
Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting, to
categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service
occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification system, and for
other purposes.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 759 (Sen. Cruz):
A bill to provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of
Federal waterways, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 2296 (Sen. Wicker):
An original bill to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and
for other purposes.
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Considered by Senate.
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Motion by Senator Thune to recommit to Senate Committee on Armed Services
with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA
3866) made in Senate.
S.Amdt. 3427 (Sen. Ernst):
To require the Comptroller General of the United
States to conduct a study on casualty assistance and long-term care
programs.
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Considered by Senate.
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Considered by Senate.
S.Amdt. 3849 (Sen. Schumer):
To direct the Attorney General to make publicly
available documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Amendment SA 3849 proposed by Senator Schumer to language proposed to be
stricken by amendment no. 3748.
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Cloture motion on SA 3849 presented in Senate.
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Motion to table amendment SA 3849 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote.
51 - 49. Record Vote Number:
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Cloture motion on SA 3849 rendered moot in Senate.
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Amendment SA 3854 proposed by Senator Schatz to Amendment SA 3849.
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SA 3854 fell when SA 3849 tabled.
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Amendment SA 3863 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 3427.
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Amendment SA 3864 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 3748 to
language proposed to be stricken by amendment no. 3748.
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Amendment SA 3865 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 3864.
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Amendment SA 3866 proposed by Senator Thune.
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Amendment SA 3867 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 3866 (the
instructions of the motion to recommit).
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Amendment SA 3868 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 3867.
S.Res. 383 (Sen. Blumenthal):
A resolution commemorating the 80th anniversary of
the conclusion of World War II with the surrender of Imperial Japan and
honoring veterans of both the Pacific and European theaters.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
