Congressional Record — Daily Digest, D1071 (December 10, 2020)
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Page D1071 of the Daily Digest of the Congressional Record for December 10, 2020, covering Senate and House action. The Senate continued consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 6395, the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2021, and adjourned at 7:10 p.m. until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 11. A Commerce subcommittee concluded a hearing on the logistics of transporting a COVID-19 vaccine. In the House, H.R. 5040 would direct a study of the effects of drone incursions on wildfire suppression, and the House agreed to concur in Senate amendments to H.R. 5273, the Securing America's Ports Act.
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December 10, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1071
an inclusive and transparent Drone Advisory Com- Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad-
mittee, after agreeing to the committee amendment journed at 7:10 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, De-
in the nature of a substitute. Pages S7431–32 cember 11, 2020. (For Senate’s program, see the re-
Conference Reports: marks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s
Record on page S7432.)
National Defense Authorization Act—Agree-
ment: Senate continued consideration of the con- Committee Meetings
ference report to accompany H.R. 6395, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military ac- (Committees not listed did not meet)
tivities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Depart- COVID–19 VACCINE
ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub-
strengths for such fiscal year. committee on Transportation and Safety concluded a
Pages S7381–93, S7395–96, S7398–S7416 hearing to examine the logistics of transporting a
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- COVID–19 vaccine, after receiving testimony from
viding for further consideration of the conference re- Rachel L. Levine, Pennsylvania Department of
port to accompany the bill at approximately 9:30 Health Secretary, Harrisburg, on behalf of the Asso-
a.m., on Friday, December 11, 2020. Page S7432 ciation of State and Territorial Health Officials;
House Messages: Richard W. Smith, FedEx Express, Memphis, Ten-
nessee; and Wes Wheeler, UPS Healthcare, Raleigh-
Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Durham, North Carolina.
Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the
House of Representatives to S. 1342, to require the STOP ACT OVERSIGHT
Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to up- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
date periodically the environmental sensitivity index fairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
products of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric concluded a hearing to examine combatting the
Administration for each coastal area of the Great opioid crisis, focusing on oversight of the implemen-
Lakes. Page S7397 tation of the STOP Act, after receiving testimony
Travis W. Atkins Department of Veterans Af- from Eric Green, Director, Office of Specialized and
fairs Clinic: Senate concurred in the amendment of Technical Agencies, Bureau of International Organi-
the House of Representatives to S. 900, to designate zation Affairs, Department of State; Robert Cintron,
the community-based outpatient clinic of the De- Vice President, Logistics, United States Postal Serv-
partment of Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Montana, ice; and Thomas F. Overacker, Executive Director,
as the ‘‘Travis W. Atkins Department of Veterans Cargo and Conveyance Security, Office of Field Op-
Affairs Clinic’’. Page S7431
erations, Customs and Border Protection, Depart-
ment of Homeland Security.
Nomination Received: Senate received the fol-
lowing nomination: BUSINESS MEETING
Mark Van Dyke Holmes, of New York, to be a Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor-
Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of ably reported the nominations of Thomas L. Kirsch
fifteen years. Page S7432 II, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for
Messages from the House: Page S7421
the Seventh Circuit, Charles Edward Atchley, Jr.,
and Katherine A. Crytzer, both to be a United States
Measures Referred: Page S7421 District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee,
Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S7421 Joseph Dawson III, to be United States District
Executive Communications: Pages S7421–22
Judge for the District of South Carolina, and
Zachary N. Somers, of the District of Columbia, to
Petitions and Memorials: Page S7422 be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal
Executive Reports of Committees: Page S7422 Claims.
Additional Cosponsors: Pages S7423–24 PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Com-
Page S7424 mittee concluded a hearing to examine small busi-
Additional Statements: Pages S7419–21
ness in crisis, focusing on the 2020 Paycheck Protec-
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tion Program and its future, including S. 4818, to
Amendments Submitted: Pages S7424–29 provide assistance to small businesses affected by
Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S7429 COVID–19, S. 3814, to establish a loan program for
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D1072 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST December 10, 2020
businesses affected by COVID–19 and to extend the Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, and Dafina
loan forgiveness period for paycheck protection pro- Williams, Opportunity Finance Network, both of
gram loans made to the hardest hit businesses, and Washington, D.C.; Thomas G. Zernick, First Home
S. 4227, to improve access to economic injury dis- Bank, St. Petersburg, Florida; and Iman McFarland,
aster loans and emergency advances under the 21st Century Expo Group, Inc., Capitol Heights,
CARES Act, after receiving testimony from Douglas Maryland.
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House of Representatives
agement to study the effects of drone incursions on
Chamber Action wildfire suppression, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 pub- 382 yeas to 6 nays, Roll No. 243;
lic bills, H.R. 8931–8951; and 5 resolutions, H. Pages H7121–22, H7127–28
Res. 1256–1260, were introduced. Pages H7147–48
Modifying the boundary of the Rocky Mountain
Additional Cosponsors: Pages H7148–49 National Park: H.R. 5458, to modify the boundary
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: of the Rocky Mountain National Park;
H.R. 5001, to amend the Fair Debt Collection Pages H7122–23
Practices Act to clarify that the definition of a debt Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cor-
collector includes, in all cases, a person in a business rect a land ownership error within the boundary
the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of of Rocky Mountain National Park; H.R. 5459, to
security interests, with an amendment (H. Rept. authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a
116–638); and land ownership error within the boundary of Rocky
Supplemental report on H.R. 5828, to support re- Mountain National Park; Pages H7123–24
mediation of illicit cross-border tunnels, and for
other purposes (H. Rept. 116–471, Part 2). Expanding the boundary of Saguaro National
Page H7146
Park, to study additional land for future adjust-
ments to the boundary of the park: H.R. 7098,
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules amended, to expand the boundary of Saguaro Na-
and pass the following measures: tional Park, to study additional land for future ad-
Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction justments to the boundary of the park;
Act: S. 906, to improve the management of driftnet Pages H7124–25
fishing, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 283 yeas to 105 Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To ex-
nays, Roll No. 242; Pages H7115–18, H7126–27 pand the boundary of Saguaro National Park, to au-
Directing the Secretary of the Interior to develop thorize a study of additional land for potential inclu-
a plan for the removal of the monument to Robert sion in the park, and for other purposes.’’; and
E. Lee at the Antietam National Battlefield: H.R. Page H7125
970, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to con-
to develop a plan for the removal of the monument vey to the Commonwealth of Virginia or the Dis-
to Robert E. Lee at the Antietam National Battle- trict of Columbia certain Federal land under the
field; Pages H7118–19 administrative jurisdiction of the National Park
Preserving United States fishing heritage Service for the construction of rail and other infra-
through a national program dedicated to training structure: H.R. 7489, amended, to authorize the
and assisting the next generation of commercial Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Common-
fishermen: H.R. 1240, amended, to preserve United wealth of Virginia or the District of Columbia cer-
States fishing heritage through a national program tain Federal land under the administrative jurisdic-
dedicated to training and assisting the next genera- tion of the National Park Service for the construc-
tion of commercial fishermen; Pages H7119–21 tion of rail and other infrastructure. Pages H7125–26
Directing the Director of the Bureau of Land Securing America’s Ports Act: The House agreed
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Management to study the effects of drone incur- to take from the Speaker’s table and concur in the
sions on wildfire suppression: H.R. 5040, amended, Senate amendments to H.R. 5273, to require the
to direct the Director of the Bureau of Land Man- Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to
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