Senate Floor Activity - Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Mr. Rand Paul, from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, called the Senate to order at 9:30 a.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and Mr. Paul led the Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

The Journal

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the Journal of the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date.

Certain Procedures Dispensed With

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the morning hour being deemed expired, and the times for the recognition of the two leaders being reserved.

Transaction of Morning Business

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.

Legislative Business (Wednesday, December 12)

H.R. 1210 (Rep. Cuellar): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, Pleasanton, Texas, as the "Pleasanton Veterans Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1211 (Rep. Cuellar): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the "Encinal Veterans Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1222 (Rep. Bilirakis): To amend the Public Health Service Act to coordinate Federal congenital heart disease research efforts and to improve public education and awareness of congenital heart disease, and for other purposes.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 4103 (Sen. Durbin): In the nature of a substitute.

-- Amendment SA 4103 proposed by Senator Gardner for Senator Durbin.

-- Amendment SA 4103 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 3184 (Rep. Garrett): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 McCormick Road in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the "Captain Humayun Khan Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 4326 (Rep. LaHood): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 West North Street in Normal, Illinois, as the "Sgt. Josh Rodgers Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 5395 (Rep. Collins): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 116 Main Street in Dansville, New York, as the "Staff Sergeant Alexandria Gleason-Morrow Post Office Building" .

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 5412 (Rep. King): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 2nd Avenue in Brentwood, New York, as the "Army Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 5791 (Rep. Coffman): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9609 South University Boulevard in Highlands Ranch , Colorado, as the "Deputy Sheriff Zackari Spurlock Parrish, III, Post Office Building".

-- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 5792 (Rep. Coffman): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 North 4th Avenue in Brighton, Colorado, as the "Detective Heath McDonald Gumm Post Office".

-- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6020 (Rep. Bishop): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 325 South Michigan Avenue in Howell, Michigan, as the "Sergeant Donald Burgett Post Office Building".

-- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6216 (Rep. Tipton): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3025 Woodgate Road in Montrose, Colorado, as the "Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6217 (Rep. Tipton): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 241 N 4th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, as the "Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6405 (Rep. Denham): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2801 Mitchell Road in Ceres, California, as the "Lance Corporal Juana Navarro Arellano Post Office Building" .

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6428 (Rep. Gottheimer): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 332 Ramapo Valley Road in Oakland, New Jersey, as the "Frank Leone Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6513 (Rep. Brooks): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1110 West Market Street in Athens, Alabama, as the "Judge James E. Horton, Jr. Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6591 (Rep. Demings): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 South Kirkman Road in Orlando, Florida, as the "Napoleon 'Nap' Ford Post Office Building".

-- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6621 (Rep. Roe): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 530 East Main Street in Johnson City, Tennessee, as the "Major Homer L. Pease Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6628 (Rep. Smith): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4301 Northeast 4th Street in Renton, Washington, as the "James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix Post Office Building" .

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6655 (Rep. LaMalfa): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 44160 State Highway 299 East Suite 1 in McArthur, California, as the "Janet Lucille Oilar Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6780 (Rep. Castor): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7521 Paula Drive in Tampa, Florida, as the "Major Andreas O'Keeffe Post Office Building".

-- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6831 (Rep. Polis): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 West Main Street in Frisco, Colorado, as the "Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 7120 (Rep. Harper): To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend through 2023 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 943 (Sen. Heitkamp): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an accurate comprehensive student count for the purposes of calculating formula allocations for programs under the Johnson-O'Malley Act, and for other purposes.

-- Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.

S. 1158 (Sen. Cardin): To help prevent acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, which threaten national and international security, by enhancing United States Government capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such crises.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 4102 (Sen. Cardin): To make technical corrections.

-- Amendment SA 4102 proposed by Senator Gardner for Senator Cardin.

-- Amendment SA 4102 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S. 1580 (Sen. Rubio): To enhance the transparency, improve the coordination, and intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women and girls, and for other purposes.

-- Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

S. 2076 (Sen. Collins): To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the expansion of activities related to Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, and brain health under the Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Program, and for other purposes.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

S.Amdt. 4104 (Sen. Collins): To clarify provisions relating to waivers .

-- Amendment SA 4104 proposed by Senator Gardner for Senator Collins.

-- Amendment SA 4104 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S. 3031 (Sen. Peters): To amend chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, to improve the management of Federal personal property.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 3748 (Sen. Blunt): To amend the removal and transfer procedures for the Inspectors General of the Library of Congress, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and the Government Publishing Office .

-- Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S.J.Res. 54 (Sen. Sanders): A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.

-- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 - 39. Record Vote Number: 261

-- Measure laid before Senate by motion.

-- Point of order that amendments offered under 50 U.S.C. 1546a be germane to the underlying joint resolution to which they are offered raised in Senate.

-- By a decision of the Senate the point of order that amendments offered under 50 U.S.C. 1546a be germane to the underlying joint resolution to which they are offered was well taken by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 3. Record Vote Number: 262

S.Amdt. 4080 (Sen. Young): To clarify that this resolution prohibits United States Armed Forces from refueling non-United States aircraft conducting missions as part of the ongoing civil war in Yemen.

-- Amendment SA 4080 proposed by Senator Young.

S.J.Res. 64 (Sen. Tester): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Returns by Exempt Organizations and Returns by Certain Non-Exempt Organizations" .

-- Considered by Senate.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 49. Record Vote Number: 260

-- Message on Senate action sent to the House.

S.Res. 444 (Sen. Murkowski): A resolution recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.

-- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

S.Res. 596 (Sen. Cantwell): A resolution recognizing the 29th anniversary of the Tribal Canoe Journey of the Tribal Nations of the Pacific Northwest and congratulating the Puyallup Tribe of Indians for hosting the 2018 Power Paddle to Puyallup.

-- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Executive Business (Wednesday, December 12)

PN2155: 19 nominations in the Air Force beginning with Lisa M. Bader and ending with Ilaina M. Wingler