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“Senate” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D315-D316 on March 21, 2017.
The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1857-S1898
Measures Introduced: Twenty-four bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 669-692, S. Res. 90-91, and S. Con. Res. 10.
Pages S1890-91
Measures Reported:
S. 19, to provide opportunities for broadband investment, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-4)
S. 89, to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 115-5)
S. 96, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such communications. (S. Rept. No. 115-6)
S. 140, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund. (S. Rept. No. 115-7)
Measures Passed:
Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska Rule: By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 92), Senate passed H.J. Res. 69, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to
``Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska'', after agreeing to the motion to proceed.
Pages S1864-84
Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance: Senate passed H.R. 1228, to provide for the appointment of members of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to replace members whose terms expire during 2017.
Page S1897
Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 244, to encourage effective, voluntary investments to recruit, employ, and retain men and women who have served in the United States military with annual Federal awards to employers recognizing such efforts, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Page S1897
Sullivan (for Blunt) Amendment No. 192, to improve the HIRE Vets Medallion Program.
Page S1897
Independence of Greece 196th Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 81, recognizing the 196th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S1897
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 91), Danny C. Reeves, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2019.
By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. 91), Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2021.
Pages S1862-64
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Heather Wilson, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of the Air Force.
Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
David Malpass, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury.
Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
21 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
37 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Page S1898
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the following nomination:
Vincent Viola, of New York, to be Secretary of the Army, which was sent to the Senate on January 20, 2017.
Page S1898
Messages from the House:
Page S1889
Measures Referred:
Pages S1889-90
Measures Read the First Time:
Page S1897
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S1890
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S1891-93
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S1893-96
Additional Statements:
Pages S1887-89
Amendments Submitted:
Page S1896
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S1896-97
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--92)
Pages S1863, S1884
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S1897-98.)
