The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 10 a
.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and the President pro tempore led the
Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United
States of America.
Legislative Business (Tuesday, June 30)
S. 123 (Sen. Ernst):
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to enter into a contract or other agreement with a third party to
review appointees in the Veterans Health Administration who had a license
terminated for cause by a State licensing board for care or services
rendered at a non-Veterans Health Administration facility and to provide
individuals treated by such an appointee with notice if it is determined
that an episode of care or services to which they received was below the
standard of care, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 2864 (Sen. Sinema):
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to carry out a pilot program on information sharing between the
Department of Veterans Affairs and designated relatives and friends of
veterans regarding the assistance and benefits available to the veterans,
and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 3758 (Sen. Merkley):
A bill to amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply
Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections
.
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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous
Consent.
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
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Amendment SA 2388 proposed by Senator Perdue for Senator Merkley.
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Amendment SA 2388 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S. 4049 (Sen. Inhofe):
An original bill to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2021 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.
S.Amdt. 2080 (Sen. Portman):
To require an element in annual reports on cyber
science and technology activities on work with academic consortia on high
priority cybersecurity research activities in Department of Defense
capabilities.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S. 4104 (Sen. Paul):
A bill to amend the Improper Payments Elimination
and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, including making changes to the Do
Not Pay Initiative, for improved detection, prevention, and recovery of
improper payments to deceased individuals, and for other purposes
.
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Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 4116 (Sen. Cardin):
A bill to extend the authority for commitments for
the paycheck protection program and separate amounts authorized for other
loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and for other purposes
.
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Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Executive Business (Tuesday, June 30)
PN1726:
Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the
Office of Management and Budget
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Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination
agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Cloture motion presented in Senate.
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By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII
waived.
