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Thursday, June 11, 2020
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2901-S2948
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3938-3956, and S. Res. 614-616.
Page S2932
Measures Passed:
Honoring Pulse nightclub victims: Senate agreed to S. Res. 614, honoring the memory of the victims of the heinous attack at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016.
Pages S2910-11
Activist Jose Daniel Ferrer: Senate agreed to S. Res. 454, calling for the immediate release of Cuban democracy activist Jose Daniel Ferrer and commending the efforts of Jose Daniel Ferrer to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S2921-22
Greece Independence 199th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 523, recognizing the 199th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.
Page S2922
Commending Department of State Career Professionals: Senate agreed to S. Res. 567, commending career professionals at the Department of State for their extensive efforts to repatriate United States citizens and legal permanent residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Page S2922
Measures Considered:
Taxpayer First Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 1957, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S2903-10, S2911-21, S2922-28
Pending:
McConnell (for Gardner) Amendment No. 1617, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S2903
McConnell Amendment No. 1626 (to Amendment No. 1617), to change the enactment date.
Page S2903
McConnell Amendment No. 1627 (to Amendment No. 1626), of a perfecting nature.
Page S2903
McConnell Amendment No. 1628 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 1617), to change the enactment date.
Page S2903
McConnell Amendment No. 1629 (to Amendment No. 1628), of a perfecting nature.
Page S2903
McConnell motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 1630, to change the enactment date.
Page S2903
McConnell Amendment No. 1631 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 1630), of a perfecting nature.
Page S2903
McConnell Amendment No. 1632 (to Amendment No. 1631), of a perfecting nature.
Page S2903
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 12:01 a.m., on Friday, June 12, 2020.
Page S2948
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
Anthony J. Tata, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
Page S2948
Messages from the House:
Page S2931
Measures Referred:
Page S2931
Executive Communications:
Pages S2931-32
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S2932
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S2932-34
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S2934-36
Additional Statements:
Pages S2930-31
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S2937-48
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S2948
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9 p.m., until 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 12, 2020. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2948.)
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