Senate Floor Activity - Friday, January 1, 2021

The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 12 noon, 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.

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

The following transactions of morning business occurred on today .

Legislative Business (Friday, January 1)

H.R. 2444 (Rep. McCaul): A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to make direct loans under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.

-- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 4508 (Rep. Jeffries): A bill to expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program.

-- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

H.R. 6395 (Rep. Smith): 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.

-- Veto Message considered in Senate.

-- Cloture on the veto message invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 12. Record Vote Number: 291

-- Passed Senate over veto by Yea-Nay Vote. 81 - 13. Record Vote Number: 292

S. 906 (Sen. Feinstein): A bill to improve the management of driftnet fishing.

-- Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk.

S. 3985 (Sen. Scott, of SC): A bill to improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency.

-- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.

S. 5086 (Sen. Klobuchar): A bill to allow Senators, Senators-elect, committees of the Senate, leadership offices, and other offices of the Senate to share employees, and for other purposes.

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

S.Res. 406 (Sen. Menendez): A resolution recognizing that for 50 years, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its ten members, Brunei , Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, have worked with the United States toward stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia, and expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States will continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner in the ASEAN region.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- The committee substitute agreed to by Unanimous Consent.

-- The committee amendment to the preamble as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 2735 (Sen. Menendez): To make a technical correction to the preamble .

-- Amendment SA 2735 proposed by Senator Boozman for Senator Menendez.

-- Amendment SA 2735 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 684 (Sen. Risch): A resolution calling on the Government of Cameroon and separatist armed groups from the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions to end all violence, respect the human rights of all Cameroonians, and pursue a genuinely inclusive dialogue toward resolving the ongoing civil conflict in Anglophone Cameroon.

-- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 2736 (Sen. Risch): In the nature of a substitute.

-- Amendment SA 2736 proposed by Senator Boozman for Senator Risch.

-- Amendment SA 2736 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S.Amdt. 2737 (Sen. Risch): To amend the preamble.

-- Amendment SA 2737 proposed by Senator Boozman for Senator Risch.

-- Amendment SA 2737 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Adjournment

By unanimous consent, on the request of Mr. Boozman, at 4:12 p.m., the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, January 3, 2021.