Mr. John W. Hickenlooper, from the State of Colorado, called
the Senate to order at 10 a.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and Mr.
Hickenlooper led the Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag of the United States of America.
Legislative Business (Tuesday, September
20)
H.R. 91 (Rep. Duncan):
A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley,
South Carolina, as the "Private First Class Barrett Lyle Austin Post Office
Building".
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 92 (Rep. Duncan):
A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South
Carolina, as the "Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post Office".
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 2142 (Rep. Higgins):
A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York,
as the "Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building".
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 3508 (Rep. Jacobs):
A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 39 West Main Street, in Honeoye Falls, New
York, as the "CW4 Christian J. Koch Memorial Post Office".
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 3539 (Rep. San Nicolas):
A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 223 West Chalan Santo Papa in Hagatna,
Guam, as the "Atanasio Taitano Perez Post Office".
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 4693 (Rep. McCaul):
A bill to advance targeted and evidence-based
interventions for the prevention and treatment of global malnutrition and
to improve the coordination of such programs, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
H.R. 5577 (Rep. Williams):
A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta,
Georgia, as the "John R. Lewis Post Office Building".
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 5641 (Rep. Graves):
A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to increase the threshold for
eligibility for assistance under sections 403, 406, 407, and 502 of such
Act, and for other purposes.
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Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
H.R. 5809 (Rep. Calvert):
A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 1801 Town and Country Drive in Norco,
California, as the "Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui Memorial Post Office
Building".
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 3884 (Sen. Peters):
A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. Highway 41 North in Baraga,
Michigan, as the "Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office".
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 4552 (Sen. Peters):
A bill to extend the program for authority to
acquire innovative commercial items using general solicitation procedures.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged
by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 4553 (Sen. Peters):
A bill to extend other transaction authority for
the Department of Homeland Security.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
S. 4899 (Sen. Portman):
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
Act to Remedy election revocations relating to administration of COVID-19
vaccines.
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Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
S. 4900 (Sen. Cardin):
A bill to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs
and pilot programs, 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.Res. 775 (Sen. Durbin):
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate
that violence and threats of violence against the employees of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation are unacceptable and should be condemned.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 776 (Sen. Menendez):
A resolution designating September 2022 as
"National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month."
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Voice Vote.
S.Res. 777 (Sen. Duckworth):
A resolution expressing the support of the Senate
for the contributions and achievements of student parents and recognizing
September 2022 as National Student Parent Month.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 778 (Sen. King):
A resolution supporting the designation of
September 2022 as "National Recovery Month".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 779 (Sen. Whitehouse):
A resolution designating the week of September 17
through September 24, 2022, as "National Estuaries Week".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 780 (Sen. Feinstein):
A resolution designating September 2022 as
"National Workforce Development Month".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 781 (Sen. Warren):
A resolution recognizing the seriousness of
polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the designation
of September 2022 as "PCOS Awareness Month."
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 782 (Sen. Menendez):
A resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month
and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States
and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United States.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 783 (Sen. Boozman):
A resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of
the establishment of the Department of the Air Force and celebrating the
United States Air Force for 75 years of serving and defending the United
States.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.Res. 784 (Sen. Menendez):
A resolution designating the week beginning on
September 12, 2022, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institution Week".
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Executive Business (Tuesday, September 20)
PN1663:
Robert A. Wood, of New York, to be Alternate
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political
Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of
Ambassador
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
PN2193:
Florence Y. Pan, of the District of Columbia, to
be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia
Circuit
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 42. Record Vote Number:
340
PN2269:
Randy W. Berry, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Namibia
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Considered by Senate.
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Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
Treaty Doc. 117-1:
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances
that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the "Montreal Protocol"), adopted at Kigali
on October 15, 2016, by the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the
Montreal Protocol (the "Kigali Amendment")
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By unanimous consent agreement, vote 9/20/2022.
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Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64 - 30. Record Vote Number:
341
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Considered by Senate.
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By unanimous consent agreement, debate 9/21/2022.
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Amendment SA 5503 proposed by Senator Schumer.
