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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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Daily Digest

Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6511-S6559
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were
introduced, as follows: S. 2750-2766, and S. Res. 382-383.
Pages S6537-38
Measures Passed:
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act:
Senate passed S. 93, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia
Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, after
agreeing to the committee-reported title amendment.
Pages S6547-49
Fire Ready Nation Act: Senate passed S. 306, to establish and
maintain a coordinated program within the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire
risk, and wildfire smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling,
observations, and service delivery.
Pages S6549-55
Enhancing Fire Response Act: Senate passed S. 725, to direct the
Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of
the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to
network outage reporting, to categorize public safety telecommunicators
as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational
Classification system, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute.
Pages S6555-56
Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act: Senate passed S. 759,
to provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility of data
relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways, after
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S6556-57
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II:
Senate agreed to S. Res. 383, commemorating the 80th anniversary of
the conclusion of World War II with the surrender of Imperial Japan and
honoring veterans of both the Pacific and European theaters.
Page S6557
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate resumed
consideration of S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, taking
action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
Pages S6512-32
Pending:
Wicker/Reed Amendment Modified No. 3748, in the nature of a
substitute.
Page S6512
Wicker (for Ernst) Amendment No. 3427 (to Amendment No. 3748), to
require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study
on casualty assistance and long-term care programs.
Page S6512
Thune Amendment No. 3863 (to Amendment No. 3427), relating to the
enactment date.
Page S6532
Thune Amendment No. 3864 (to the language proposed to be stricken by
Amendment No. 3748), relating to the enactment date.
Page S6532
Thune Amendment No. 3865 (to Amendment No. 3864), relating to the
enactment date.
Page S6532
Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed Services, with
instructions, Thune Amendment No. 3866, relating to the enactment date.
Page S6532
Thune Amendment No. 3867 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 3866),
relating to the enactment date.
Page S6532
Thune Amendment No. 3868 (to Amendment No. 3867), relating to the
enactment date.
Page S6532
Rejected:
Schumer Amendment No. 3849 (to the language proposed to be stricken
by Amendment No. 3748), to direct the Attorney General to make publicly
available documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. (By 51 yeas to 49 nays
(Vote No. 512), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S6514-15, S6532
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:

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A motion was entered to close further debate on Schumer Amendment No.
3849 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 3748)
(listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of
the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon
disposition of S. Res. 377, authorizing the en bloc consideration in
Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar,
which was rendered moot when Schumer Amendment No. 3849 (to the
language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 3748) was tabled.
Page S6514
Schatz Amendment No. 3854 (to Amendment No. 3849), to add an
effective date, fell when Schumer Amendment No. 3849 (to the language
proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 3748) was tabled.
Pages S6519, S6532
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday,
September 11, 2025.
Page S6557
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation
Safety Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 31, 2026.
Jeffrey Kaufman, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Farm Credit
Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring
October 13, 2030.
Richard Kloster, of West Virginia, to be a Member of the Surface
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2028.
Bryce McFerran, of California, to be First Vice President of the
Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20,
2029.
Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Surface
Transportation Board for a term expiring November 30, 2030.
Page S6559
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the
following nomination:
Landon Heid, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce,
which was sent to the Senate on February 11, 2025
Page S6559
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S6512, S6536
Executive Communications:
Pages S6536-37
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S6537
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S6538-39
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S6539-40
Additional Statements:
Pages S6534-36
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S6540-46
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S6546-47
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--512)
Page S6532
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:37 p.m.,
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2025. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S6559.)