Wednesday, November 20 in the United States Senate

• Agreed to (41-26) On Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms to Request the Presence of Absentee Senators 
• Agreed to (51-43) Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon.
• Confirmed (51-44) the Nomination of Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon.
• Agreed to (50-45) Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Sarah French Russell to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
• Confirmed (50-44) the Nomination of Sarah French Russell to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
• Agreed to (50-42) Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Rebecca L. Pennell to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.

H.R. 599 (Rep. Gomez): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3500 West 6th Street, Suite 103 in Los Angeles, California, as the "Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 807 (Rep. McHenry): A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury tomint coins in commemoration of the invaluable service that working dogs provide to society.

-- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1060 (Rep. Aguilar): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, California, as the "Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1098 (Rep. Pappas): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 50 East Derry Road in East Derry, New Hampshire, as the "Chief Edward B. Garone Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 1505 (Rep. Issa): A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition byUnited States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.

-- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 3608 (Rep. Kim): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 28081 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo,California, as the "Major Megan McClung Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 3728 (Rep. Pressley): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 Dorchester Avenue, Room 1, in Boston, Massachusetts, as the "Caroline Chang Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 5476 (Rep. Fitzpatrick): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1077 River Road, Suite 1, in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, as the "Susan C. Barnhart Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 5490 (Rep. Kiggans): A bill to amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System, and for other purposes.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

H.R. 5640 (Rep. Joyce): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12804 Chillicothe Road in Chesterland, Ohio, as the "Sgt. Wolfgang Kyle Weninger Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 5712 (Rep. Grothman): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 Fremont Street in Kiel, Wisconsin, as the "Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 5985 (Rep. Levin): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 517 Seagaze Drive in Oceanside, California, as the "Charlesetta Reece Allen Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6073 (Rep. Boyle): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9925 Bustleton Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Christopher David Fitzgerald Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6249 (Rep. Molinaro): A bill to provide for a review and report on the assistance and resources that the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency provides to individuals with disabilities and the families of such individuals that are impacted by major disasters, and for other purposes.

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 6651 (Rep. Tiffany): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 603 West 3rd Street in Necedah, Wisconsin,as the "Sergeant Kenneth E. Murphy Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 7192 (Rep. Correa): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 333 West Broadway in Anaheim, California, as the "Dr. William I. 'Bill' Kott Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 7199 (Rep. Fitzgerald): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the "Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

H.R. 7423 (Rep. Scalise): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Benedette Street in Rayville, Louisiana, as the "Luke Letlow Post Office Building".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 2181 (Sen. Peters): A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the sunset on entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals and to repeal the sunset on authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.

-- Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.

S. 2546 (Sen. Sinema): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Memorial Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 3946 (Sen. Cruz): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1106 Main Street in Bastrop, Texas, as the"Sergeant Major Billy D. Waugh Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 4077 (Sen. Padilla): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the "Dianne Feinstein Post Office".

-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 861 (Sen. Scott, of SC): A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2024 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.

-- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 872 (Sen. Murray): A resolution recognizing the life and the death of Daniel J. Evans, former Senator for the State of Washington.

-- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

     S.Amdt. 3303 (Sen. Murray): To amend the preamble.
    -- Amendment SA 3303 proposed by Senator Schumer for Senator Murray.
    -- Amendment SA 3303 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 875 (Sen. Kaine): A resolution designating September 21, 2024, through September 29, 2024, as "Blue Star Welcome Week".

-- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 896 (Sen. Padilla): A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on November 11, 2024, as "National School Psychology Week".

-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 897 (Sen. Schatz): A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.

-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 898 (Sen. Blackburn): A resolution recognizing the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on its 40th anniversary.

-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 899 (Sen. Shaheen): A resolution designating November 2024 as "American Diabetes Month".

-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 900 (Sen. Schumer): A resolution to authorize testimony and representation in United States v. Baez.

-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

• S. 5342, A bill to provide for the disposition of proceeds from sales of Bureau of Land Management land and National Forest System land in Washoe County, Nevada, and for other purposes [Sen. Jackie Rosen (D-NV)]
• S. 5343, A bill to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes [Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)]
• S. 5344, A bill to provide for international protection of digital freedom, and for other purposes [Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)]

• S.J.Res.117, A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the Presidential report with respect to the indebtedness of the Government of Ukraine [Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)]
  •  11/19/2024 - Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Pursuant to PL 118-50(e)(1), Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 566. 
• H.R. 825, Banning Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian Regime Act or the BOLIVAR Act, as amended [Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL)], This bill temporarily prohibits an executive agency from entering into a contract for the procurement of goods or services with any person that it determines, with the concurrence of the Department of State, knowingly engages in significant business operations with the Maduro regime in Venezuela. The bill lists exceptions, including where vital to U.S. national security or as necessary for purposes of providing humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and other urgent lifesaving measures, or to carry out noncombatant evacuations. The prohibition shall not apply to contracts that support U.S. government activities in Venezuela or to contracts with international organizations. The State Department may waive the requirements of this bill upon determining that to do so is in the national interest. 
  • 11/19/2024 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564. 
• H.R. 5536, Grant Transparency Act of 2023, as amended [Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC)], This bill establishes transparency requirements for notices of funding opportunity in applications for competitive grants awarded by federal agencies, excluding the Government Accountability Office. Specifically, each notice of funding opportunity issued by an agency for a competitive grant must include (1) a description of any rating system and evaluation and selection criteria the agency uses to assess applications for the grant; (2) a statement of whether the agency uses a weighted scoring method and a description of any such method that it uses for the grant, including the amount by which the agency weighs each criterion; and (3) any other qualitative or quantitative merit-based approach the agency uses to evaluate an application for the grant. 
  •  11/19/2024 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.