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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D322-D323 on March 21, 2018.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate passed H.R. 1865, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online
Sex
Trafficking Act.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1849-S1883
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2581-
2588.
Page S1875
Measures Reported:
S. 2213, to authorize Pacific Historic Parks to establish a commemorative display to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. (S. Rept. No. 115-215)
H.R. 4300, to authorize Pacific Historic Parks to establish a commemorative display to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. (S. Rept. No. 115-216)
S. Res. 224, recognizing the 5th anniversary of the death of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, and commemorating his legacy and commitment to democratic values and principles, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble.
S. Res. 376, urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble.
Pages S1874-75
Measures Passed:
Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act: By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 60), Senate passed H.R. 1865, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S1849-72
Withdrawn:
Wyden Amendment No. 2212, to clarify that efforts of a provider or user of an interactive computer service to identify, restrict access to, or remove objectionable material shall not be considered in determining the criminal or civil liability of the provider or user for other material.
Pages S1865-70, S1871
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 21 yeas to 78 nays (Vote No. 59), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and applicable budget resolutions, with respect to Wyden Amendment No. 2213, to provide additional funding to the Department of Justice to combat the online facilitation of sex trafficking. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment violates the Senate PAYGO Rule was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S1865, S1870-71
University of California 150th Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 438, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the University of California, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S1880
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
David J. Ryder, of New Jersey, to be Director of the Mint for a term of five years.
Thomas E. Workman, of New York, to be a Member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council for a term of six years.
Pages S1872, S1883
Messages from the House:
Page S1874
Measures Referred:
Page S1874
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S1875
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S1876-79 Additional Statements:
Page S1874
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S1879-80
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--60)
Pages S1871-72
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 5:01 p.m., until 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 22, 2018. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1880.)
