<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><daily_senate_floor_activity><congress>117</congress><session>1</session><title>Today's Senate Floor Activity</title><date>Tuesday, May 25, 2021</date><date_iso_8601>2021-05-25</date_iso_8601><intro_text>Mr. Raphael G. Warnock, from the State of Georgia, called the 
Senate to order at 10 a.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and Mr. 
Warnock led the Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag 
of the United States of America.</intro_text><section type="journal">
<section_title>The Journal</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the Journal of the 
proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date. </content>

</section><section type="procedures_dispensed_with">
<section_title>Certain Procedures Dispensed With</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of yesterday, 
the morning hour being deemed expired, and the times for the recognition 
of the two leaders being reserved.</content>
</section><section type="morning_business">
<section_title>Transaction of Morning Business</section_title>
<content>The following transactions of morning business occurred on today.</content>
</section><section type="legislative_business">
<section_title>Legislative Business (Tuesday, May 25)</section_title>
<document>
<docnum> H.R. 3233</docnum> 
<document_prefix>HR</document_prefix> 
<document_num>3233</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. Thompson</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A bill to establish the National Commission to 
Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex, and 
for other purposes.]]></document_title> 

<document_status_text> 
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> S. 1260</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1260</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Schumer</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A bill to establish a new Directorate for 
Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish 
a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on 
economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job 
creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for 
other purposes.]]></document_title> 
<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate.
</document_status_text>

<amendment>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 1502</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SA</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1502</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Schumer</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[In the nature of a substitute.]]></document_title>
<amendment_docnum>  Amendment to S. 1260</amendment_docnum>


<amendment_status_text>
Amendment pending in Senate. 

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Cloture motion on amendment SA 1502 presented in Senate. 

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 1507</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SA</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1507</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Ernst</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To prohibit any Federal funding for the Wuhan 
Institute of Virology.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 1502 to S. 1260</amendment_docnum>

<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1507 proposed by Senator Cantwell for Senator Ernst to 
Amendment SA 1502. 

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1507 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. 

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 1527</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SA</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1527</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Cantwell</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To improve the bill.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 1502 to S. 1260</amendment_docnum>


<amendment_status_text>
Amendment pending in Senate. 

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 1565</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SA</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1565</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Crapo</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To provide limitations on the authority of the 
President to modify trade agreements.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 1502 to S. 1260</amendment_docnum>

<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1565 proposed by Senator Cantwell for Senator Crapo to 
Amendment SA 1502. 

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1565, under the order of 5/25/21, not having achieved 60 
votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 
53 - 46. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 205</vote_number>
</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 1787</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SA</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1787</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Daines</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To direct the President to enforce the 
intellectual property provisions of the Economic and Trade Agreement 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government 
of China.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 1502 to S. 1260</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1787 proposed by Senator Cantwell for Senator Daines to 
Amendment SA 1502. 

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1787 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. 

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 1891</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SA</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1891</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Lee</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To impose limitations on research.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 1502 to S. 1260</amendment_docnum>

<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1891 proposed by Senator Cantwell for Senator Lee to 
Amendment SA 1502. 

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1891, under the order of 5/25/21, not having achieved 60 
votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 
48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 206</vote_number>
</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 1975</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SA</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1975</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Wyden</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To set forth trade policy, negotiating objectives, 
and congressional oversight requirements relating to the response to the 
COVID-19 pandemic.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 1502 to S. 1260</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1975 proposed by Senator Cantwell for Senator Wyden to 
Amendment SA 1502. 

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 1975, under the order of 5/25/21, not having achieved 60 
votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 
50 - 49. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 204</vote_number>
</amendment_status_text>
</document>
<document type="amendment_to_docnum">
<docnum> S.Amdt. 2003</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SA</document_prefix> 
<document_num>2003</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Paul</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To prohibit the National Institutes of Health and 
any other Federal agency from funding gain-of-function research conducted 
in China.]]></document_title> 
<amendment_docnum> Amendment to S.Amdt. 1502 to S. 1260</amendment_docnum>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 2003 proposed by Senator Cantwell for Senator Paul to 
Amendment SA 1502. 

</amendment_status_text>
<amendment_status_text>
Amendment SA 2003 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. 

</amendment_status_text>
</document>
</amendment>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> S.Res. 234</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SE</document_prefix> 
<document_num>234</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Lankford</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution recognizing the 100th Anniversary of 
the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and 
with a preamble by Voice Vote.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> S.Res. 235</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SE</document_prefix> 
<document_num>235</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Bennet</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution designating May 15, 2021, as 
"National MPS Awareness Day".]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and 
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> S.Res. 236</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SE</document_prefix> 
<document_num>236</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Schumer</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution to authorize testimony, documents, 
and representation in United States v. Wornick.]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and 
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
</section><section type="executive_business">
<section_title>Executive Business (Tuesday, May 25)</section_title>
<document>
<docnum> PN78-12</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>78-12</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Eric S. Lander, of Massachusetts, to be Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination 
agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture motion presented in Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII 
waived.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN79-2</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>79-2</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Kristen M. Clarke, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Attorney General]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 202</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 203</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN124</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>124</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be 
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services]]></document_title> 

<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 44. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 201</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN243</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>243</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Anton George Hajjar, of Maryland, to be a Governor 
of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 
2023]]></document_title> 

<document_status_text> 
Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination 
agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture motion presented in Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII 
waived.
</document_status_text>
</document>
</section><section type="adjournment">
<section_title>Adjournment</section_title>
<content>By unanimous consent, on the request of Mr. Schumer, at  
8:22 p.m., the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 
10:30 a.m. tomorrow.</content> 
</section><last_updated>2023-08-17T11:49-05:00</last_updated></daily_senate_floor_activity>