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Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 No. 217 House of Representatives The House met at noon and was 967, the Journal of the last day’s pro- RECESS called to order by the Speaker pro tem- ceedings is approved. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- pore (Mr. BUTTERFIELD). f ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair f PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE declares the House in recess subject to the call of the Chair. DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the PRO TEMPORE Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 3 min- gentleman from Arizona (Mr. BIGGS) utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid become forward and lead the House in the fore the House the following commu- Pledge of Allegiance. f nication from the Speaker: Mr. BIGGS led the Pledge of Alle- WASHINGTON, DC, giance as follows: b 1835 December 20, 2020. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the AFTER RECESS I hereby appoint the Honorable G.K. United States of America, and to the Repub- BUTTERFIELD to act as Speaker pro lic for which it stands, one nation under God, The recess having expired, the House tempore on this day. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. was called to order by the Speaker pro NANCY PELOSI, f tempore (Mr. BUTTERFIELD) at 6 o’clock Speaker of the House of Representatives. and 35 minutes p.m. f COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE f PRAYER The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick EXTENSION OF CONTINUING fore the House the following commu- J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 nication from the Clerk of the House of Lord of all creation, thank You for Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I move to Representatives: giving us another day. suspend the rules and pass the joint Americans can see on television OFFICE OF THE CLERK, resolution (H.J. Res. 110) making fur- trucks carrying the first rollout of vac- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. ther continuing appropriations for fis- cinations in our country. For many Hon. NANCY PELOSI, cal year 2021, and for other purposes. this is a great sign of hope, for others The Speaker, House of Representatives, The Clerk read the title of the joint a moment of concern. Give Your people Washington, DC. resolution. hope, and courage where needed, to DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the The text of the joint resolution is as take advantage of this tremendous permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II follows: of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- breakthrough. H.J. RES. 110 tives, the Clerk received the following mes- We praise Your holy name that You Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- have gifted so many men and women sage from the Secretary of the Senate on De- cember 18, 2020, at 7:10 p.m.: resentatives of the United States of America in who have labored to bring this day to That the Senate agreed to without amend- Congress assembled, That the Continuing Ap- fruition: Brilliant medical scientists, ment H.J. Res. 107. propriations Act, 2021 (division A of Public down to logistical professionals, to de- With best wishes, I am, Law 116–159) is further amended by striking livery personnel. We are all served so Sincerely, the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting ‘‘December 21, 2020’’. well by these generous brothers and CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. This joint resolution may be cited as the sisters. ‘‘Extension of Continuing Appropriations Continue to strengthen the resolve of f Act, 2021’’. legislators here in the Capitol in their ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- efforts to provide an economic relief PRO TEMPORE ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from bill and funding the government. May all that is done be for Your The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- New York (Mrs. LOWEY) and the gentle- greater honor and glory. ant to clause 4 of rule I, the following woman from Texas (Ms. GRANGER) each Amen. enrolled joint resolution was signed by will control 20 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentle- f the Speaker on Friday, December 18, 2020: woman from New York. THE JOURNAL H.J. Res. 107, making further con- GENERAL LEAVE The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tinuing appropriations for fiscal year Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask ant to section 4(a) of House Resolution 2021, and for other purposes. unanimous consent that all Members

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:04 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20DE7.000 H20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H7282 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 20, 2020 have 5 legislative days in which to re- exceptional staff, but I must thank my Connolly Joyce (OH) Raskin vise and extend their remarks and in- chief of staff for the last 16 years, Eliz- Cooper Joyce (PA) Reed Correa Kaptur Reschenthaler clude extraneous material on H.J. Res. abeth Stanley, and my unequaled dis- Costa Katko Rice (NY) 110, currently under consideration. trict director, Pat Keegan, who, for Courtney Keating Richmond The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there more than 26 years, has led my out- Cox (CA) Kelly (IL) Riggleman objection to the request of the gentle- standing district staff in solving thou- Craig Kelly (PA) Roby Crawford Kennedy Rodgers (WA) woman from New York? sands of cases for constituents who Crenshaw Khanna Roe, David P. There was no objection. needed help. Crist Kildee Rogers (KY) Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield Our successes are often overlooked Crow Kilmer Rose (NY) Cuellar Kim myself such time as I may consume. amid partisan rancor and the notion Rouda Cunningham Kind Rouzer Mr. Speaker, on Friday, I informed that institutions of government are ir- Davids (KS) King (NY) Roybal-Allard the House that we were very close to revocably broken. I do not believe they Davis (CA) Kinzinger Ruiz agreement on a year-end funding pack- are. Davis, Danny K. Kirkpatrick Ruppersberger Davis, Rodney Krishnamoorthi Rush age. To my colleagues from both sides of Dean Kuster (NH) Rutherford DeFazio Kustoff (TN) I am pleased to say that we have now the aisle, across the country, and the Ryan DeGette LaHood reached agreement, but logistics of as- political spectrum, our work together Sa´ nchez DeLauro Lamb Sarbanes sembling such a comprehensive bill re- is a testament to the enduring values DelBene Langevin Scalise quire additional time. This continuing of public service and of a collective Delgado Larsen (WA) Demings Larson (CT) Scanlon resolution provides that additional commitment to better the world. You Schakowsky time and will allow this Congress to DeSaulnier Lawrence inspired me to be a better legislator, Deutch Lawson (FL) Schiff complete our work on government and I am grateful. While I leave Con- Diaz-Balart Lee (CA) Schneider funding and coronavirus relief. I urge gress as the first chairwoman of the Dingell Lee (NV) Schrader Schrier my colleagues to join me in support of House Appropriations Committee, the Doggett Lesko Doyle, Michael Levin (CA) Scott (VA) this clean extension of funding. title I still cherish most is United F. Levin (MI) Scott, Austin Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of States Representative from New York. Emmer Lieu, Ted Scott, David my time. To those I have represented: Thank Engel Lipinski Serrano Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield Escobar Loebsack Sewell (AL) you for your trust and confidence. Eshoo Lofgren Shalala myself such time as I may consume. To my family, my wonderful hus- Espaillat Lowenthal Sherman I rise today in support of this short- band, Steve; my children and their Evans Lowey Sherrill term continuing resolution. spouses, Dana and David, Doug and Ferguson Lucas Shimkus As I said last week, we have been ne- Finkenauer Luetkemeyer Simpson Ellen, and Jackie and David; and my Fitzpatrick Luja´ n Sires gotiating night and day for weeks to grandchildren, Jillian, Daniel, Ilan, Fleischmann Luria Slotkin reach agreement on full-year appro- Jesse, Jonah, Rebecca, Jonathan, and Fletcher Lynch Smith (NE) priations bills and a coronavirus relief Solene, your endless support has made Fortenberry Malinowski Smith (NJ) package. I am proud that we have Foster Maloney, Smith (WA) my career possible. I hope you are Frankel Carolyn B. Smucker reached agreement that will fully fund ready for a lot more of me. Fudge Maloney, Sean Soto the government for the rest of the fis- Mr. Speaker, with gratitude for hav- Gabbard Matsui Spanberger cal year and provide more desperately Gallego McAdams Speier ing had the honor and privilege to Garamendi McBath needed relief for the American people Stanton serve, I reserve the balance of my time. Garcia (CA) McCarthy Stauber ´ and businesses impacted by the Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield Garcıa (IL) McCaul Stefanik coronavirus. back the balance of my time. Garcia (TX) McCollum Steil Gianforte McEachin Stevens Passing this CR is simply a stopgap Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield Gibbs McGovern Stivers measure to give the House and the Sen- Golden McKinley back the balance of my time. Suozzi Gomez McNerney ate time to pass this bipartisan agree- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Swalwell (CA) Gonzalez (OH) Meeks ment and get it to the President’s desk Takano question is on the motion offered by Gonzalez (TX) Meng Thompson (CA) for a signature. I urge my colleagues to Gottheimer Meuser the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Thompson (MS) join me in voting in favor of this con- Granger Mfume LOWEY) that the House suspend the Thompson (PA) Graves (LA) Miller tinuing resolution. rules and pass the joint resolution, H.J. Tiffany Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Graves (MO) Moolenaar Res. 110. Green, Al (TX) Moore Titus my time. The question was taken. Griffith Morelle Tlaib Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield Grijalva Moulton Tonko The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the Torres (CA) myself such time as I may consume. Grothman Mucarsel-Powell opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being Haaland Murphy (FL) Torres Small I want to thank my colleagues for in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Hagedorn Nadler (NM) Trahan supporting this stopgap measure to Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Speaker, on that I Hall Napolitano avoid a government shutdown as we Harder (CA) Neal Turner demand the yeas and nays. Underwood finish our critical work to fund govern- Hastings Neguse The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Hayes Newhouse Upton ment and respond to the COVID pan- ant to section 3 of House Resolution Heck Norcross Van Drew Vargas demic. 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Hern, Kevin Nunes As my time in Congress nears a close, Herrera Beutler O’Halleran Veasey The vote was taken by electronic de- Vela I must briefly, very briefly, reflect on Higgins (NY) Ocasio-Cortez vice, and there were—yeas 329, nays 65, Hill (AR) Omar Vela´ zquez my 32 years of service, which has been not voting 35, as follows: Himes Palazzo Visclosky guided by a basic principle: When you Horn, Kendra S. Pallone Wagner [Roll No. 248] Walberg see a problem, do something about it. Horsford Panetta YEAS—329 Houlahan Pappas Walden In times of crisis like we face today, Hoyer Pascrell Walorski and after September 11 and Superstorm Adams Blumenauer Case Huffman Payne Wasserman Sandy, delivering relief has been my Aderholt Blunt Rochester Casten (IL) Huizenga Pence Schultz Aguilar Bonamici Castor (FL) Hurd (TX) Perlmutter Waters sacred duty. Allred Bost Castro (TX) Jackson Lee Peters Watson Coleman I will be forever grateful to col- Amodei Boyle, Brendan Chabot Jacobs Peterson Welch leagues, advocates, and excellent staff Armstrong F. Cheney Jayapal Phillips Wexton Axne Brindisi Chu, Judy who helped me secure critical Federal Jeffries Pingree Wild Bacon Brooks (IN) Cicilline Johnson (GA) Pocan Wilson (FL) funds directly for my district, indelibly Baird Brown (MD) Cisneros Johnson (LA) Porter Womack shape women’s health policy, enact Balderson Brownley (CA) Clark (MA) Johnson (OH) Pressley Woodall Barr Buchanan Clarke (NY) Johnson (SD) Price (NC) Young lifesaving food allergy labeling and the ´ Barragan Bustos Clay Johnson (TX) Quigley Zeldin .08 BAC drunk driving standard, and Bass Butterfield Cleaver too many other achievements to fully Beatty Calvert Cline NAYS—65 recount now. Bera Carbajal Clyburn Beyer Ca´ rdenas Cohen Allen Babin Biggs Limited debate time leaves me un- Bilirakis Carson (IN) Cole Amash Banks Bishop (NC) able to acknowledge by name all of my Bishop (GA) Cartwright Comer Arrington Bergman Brooks (AL)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:04 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20DE7.005 H20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7283 Buck Harris Olson Payne Ruiz (Dingell) Smith (WA) H.R. 5597. An act to designate the facility Bucshon Hartzler Palmer (Wasserman Rush (Courtney) of the United States Postal Service located Budd Hice (GA) Posey Schultz) (Underwood) Speier (Scanlon) at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma Burchett Higgins (LA) Rice (SC) Peters (Kildee) Ryan (Kildee) Titus (Connolly) City, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘Clara Luper Post Burgess Hollingsworth Rose, John W. Peterson Schakowsky Vargas (Correa) Cloud Hudson (McCollum) (Underwood) Office Building’’. Roy Veasey (Beyer) H.R. 5663. An act to amend the Federal Conaway Jordan Pingree Schneider ´ Schweikert Velazquez Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give au- Curtis Keller Smith (MO) (Cicilline) (Casten (IL)) (Clarke (NY)) Davidson (OH) Kelly (MS) Pocan (Raskin) Schrier thority to the Secretary of Health and Stewart Watson Coleman DesJarlais LaMalfa Porter (Wexton) (Spanberger) Taylor (Pallone) Human Services, acting through the Com- Estes Lamborn Price (NC) Serrano Timmons Welch missioner of Food and Drugs, to destroy Foxx (NC) Latta (Butterfield) (Jeffries) Tipton (McGovern) counterfeit devices. Fulcher Long Richmond Sewell (AL) H.R. 5972. An act to designate the facility Gaetz Marshall Waltz (Butterfield) (Cicilline) Wilson (FL) Gallagher Massie Watkins Rouda (Aguilar) Shimkus (Hayes) of the United States Postal Service located Gohmert Mast Weber (TX) Roybal-Allard (Pallone) at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wil- Gooden McClintock Wenstrup (Garcia (TX)) Sires (Pallone) mington, Delaware, as the ‘‘Mary Ann Shadd Westerman Gosar Mooney (WV) f Cary Post Office’’. Guthrie Mullin Williams H.R. 5983. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located NOT VOTING—35 ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION AND BILLS SIGNED at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, Cali- Abraham Holding Spano fornia, as the ‘‘Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post Bishop (UT) King (IA) Steube Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the Office Building’’. Brady Loudermilk Thornberry House, reported and found truly en- H.R. 6016. An act to designate the facility Byrne Marchant Trone Carter (GA) McHenry rolled a joint resolution of the House of of the United States Postal Service located Walker at 14955 West Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona, Carter (TX) Mitchell Webster (FL) the following title, which was there- Collins (GA) Murphy (NC) Wilson (SC) upon signed by the Speaker on Friday, as the ‘‘Marc Lee Memorial Post Office Duncan Norman Wittman December 18, 2020: Building’’. Dunn Perry Wright H.R. 6100. An act to amend title 18, United Flores Rogers (AL) H.J. Res. 107. Joint Resolution making fur- Yarmuth States Code, to clarify the criminalization of Green (TN) Rooney (FL) ther continuing appropriations for fiscal Yoho female genital mutilation, and for other pur- Guest Sensenbrenner year 2021, and for other purposes. poses. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the H.R. 6161. An act to designate the facility b 1933 House, further reported and found of the United States Postal Service located So (two-thirds being in the affirma- truly enrolled bills of the House of the at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, tive) the rules were suspended and the North Carolina, as the ‘‘J. Howard Coble following title, which was thereupon Post Office Building’’. joint resolution was passed. signed by the Speaker: H.R. 6192. An act to require the Secretary The result of the vote was announced H.R. 1503. An act to amend the Federal of the Treasury to honor the 100th anniver- as above recorded. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the sary of completion of coinage of the ‘‘Morgan A motion to reconsider was laid on list under section 505(j)(7) of the Federal Dollar’’ and the 100th anniversary of com- the table. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other mencement of coinage of the ‘‘Peace Dollar’’, Stated for: purposes. and for other purposes. H.R. 6418. An act to designate the facility Mr. BRADY. Mr. Speaker, I have been un- H.R. 2468. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the pref- of the United States Postal Service located expectedly withheld. Had I been present, I erence given, in awarding certain allergies at 509 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Ala- would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on H.J. Res. 110. and asthma-related grants, to States that re- bama, as the ‘‘William ‘Jack’ Jackson Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, on quire certain public schools to have allergies Edwards III Post Office Building’’. roll call No. 248, I am not recorded because and asthma management programs, and for H.R. 6435. An act to direct the Federal of circumstances which caused me to miss the other purposes. Trade Commission to develop and dissemi- vote. Had I been present, I would have voted H.R. 3976. An act to designate the facility nate information to the public about scams related to COVID–19, and for other purposes. aye. of the United States Postal Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, H.R. 7088. An act to designate the facility MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Michigan, as the ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post Of- of the United States Postal Service located RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS fice Building’’. at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as Allred (Wexton) DeSaulnier Kim (Davids H.R. 4356. An act to amend the the ‘‘Senator Jack Hill Post Office Build- Axne (Davids (Matsui) (KS)) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow ing’’. (KS)) Deutch (Rice Kirkpatrick certain individuals to terminate contracts H.R. 7105. An act to provide flexibility for Barraga´ n (Beyer) (NY)) (Stanton) for telephone, multichannel video program- the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in caring Bera (Aguilar) Doggett (Raskin) Lamb (Sherrill) ming, or internet access service, and for for homeless veterans during a covered pub- Bishop (GA) Escobar (Garcia Langevin other purposes. lic health emergency, to direct the Secretary (Butterfield) (TX)) (Lynch) of Veterans Affairs to carry out a retraining Blumenauer Eshoo Larson (CT) H.R. 4983. An act to designate the Depart- (Beyer) assistance program for unemployed veterans, (Thompson (Cicilline) ment of Veterans Affairs community-based Bonamici (Clark (CA)) outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the and for other purposes. Lawrence H.R. 7259. An act to allow acceleration cer- (MA)) Finkenauer ‘‘Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Vet- Boyle, Brendan (Kildee) tificates awarded under the Patents for Hu- (Underwood) Lawson (FL) erans Affairs Health Care Clinic’’. F. (Jeffries) Fletcher manity Program to be transferable. Brownley (CA) (Demings) H.R. 4988. An act to designate the facility H.R. 7347. An act to designate the medical (Raskin) Lieu, Ted (Beyer) (Clark (MA)) of the United States Postal Service located center of the Department of Veterans Affairs Frankel (Clark Lipinski Bustos (Kuster (MA)) at 14 Walnut Street in Bordentown, New Jer- in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the ‘‘Lieutenant (NH)) (Schrader) Gaetz (Gabbard) sey, as the ‘‘Clara Barton Post Office Build- Ca´ rdenas Lofgren (Jeffries) Colonel Charles S. Kettles Department of Garamendi ing’’. (Carbajal) Lowenthal Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. (Sherman) H.R. 5123. An act to designate the facility Carson (IN) (Beyer) H.R. 7502. An act to designate the facility Gianforte of the United States Postal Service located (Clay) McEachin of the United States Postal Service located (Suozzi) Case (Wexton) at 476 East Main Street in Galesburg, Illi- at 101 South 16th Street in Clarinda, Iowa, as Gonzalez (TX) (Cartwright) McNerney nois, as the ‘‘Senior Airman Daniel Miller the ‘‘Jessie Field Shambaugh Post Office Castor (FL) (Gomez) Post Office Building’’. Grijalva (Garcı´a (Raskin) Building’’. (Demings) Meng (Clark H.R. 5273. An act to require the Secretary H.R. 7810. An act to designate the facility Cisneros (IL)) Hastings (MA)) of Homeland Security to develop a plan to of the United States Postal Service located (Carbajal) Moore (Beyer) increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning Cleaver (Davids (Wasserman at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Moulton (KS)) Schultz) of commercial and passenger vehicles and Texas, as the ‘‘Tom Reid Post Office Build- (McGovern) Cohen (Beyer) Heck (Kildee) freight rail entering the United States at ing’’. Mucarsel-Powell Costa (Correa) Jayapal (Raskin) land ports of entry along the border using H.R. 8354. An act to establish the Davis (CA) Johnson (TX) (Wasserman large-scale, non-intrusive inspection systems Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative (Scanlon) (Jeffries) Schultz) to enhance border security, and for other Nadler (Jeffries) within the Civil Rights Division of the De- Dean (Scanlon) Kelly (IL) purposes. partment of Justice, and for other purposes. (Clarke (NY)) Napolitano DeFazio (Davids H.R. 5451. An act to designate the facility H.R. 8611. An act to designate the facility (KS)) Kennedy (Correa) DeGette (Blunt (McGovern) Neguse of the United States Postal Service located of the United States Postal Service located Rochester) Khanna (Perlmutter) at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, at 4755 Southeast Dixie Highway in Port DelBene (Sherman) Pascrell New York, as the ‘‘George H. Bacel Post Of- Salerno, Florida, as the ‘‘Joseph Bullock (Cicilline) Kilmer (Kildee) (Pallone) fice Building’’. Post Office Building’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD20\DECEMBER\H20DE0.REC H20DE0 sradovich on DSKJLST7X2PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H7284 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 20, 2020 H.R. 8810. An act to establish a national 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyo- H.R. 9038. A bill to prohibit deceptive acts program to identify and reduce losses from ming, as the ‘‘Robert L. Brown Post Office.’’ or practices in connection with public health landslide hazards, to establish a national 3D f emergencies resulting from COVID-19; to the Elevation Program, and for other purposes. Committee on Energy and Commerce. f ADJOURNMENT By Mrs. LOWEY: The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. H.J. Res. 110. A joint resolution making SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED further continuing appropriations for fiscal BUTTERFIELD). Pursuant to section 4(b) year 2021, and for other purposes; to the The Speaker announced her signa- of House Resolution 967, the House ture to enrolled bills of the Senate of Committee on Appropriations; considered stands adjourned until 9 a.m. tomorrow and passed. the following titles: morning. f S. 212.—An act to amend the Native Amer- Thereupon (at 7 o’clock and 36 min- ican Business Development, Trade Pro- utes p.m.), under its previous order, the CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY motion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy In- House adjourned until tomorrow, Mon- STATEMENT dian Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic day, December 21, 2020, at 9 a.m. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of development opportunities to Indian f the Rules of the House of Representa- tives, the following statements are sub- commmunities. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, S. 461.—An act to strengthen the capacity mitted regarding the specific powers ETC. and competitiveness of historically Black granted to Congress in the Constitu- colleges and universities through robust pub- Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive tion to enact the accompanying un or lic-sector, private-sector, and community communications were taken from the joint resolution. partnerships and engagement, and for other Speaker’s table and referred as follows: purposes. [Omitted from the Record of December 17, 2020] EC-5977. A letter from the Secretary, De- S. 900.—An act to designate the commu- By Mr. BEYER: partment of the Treasury, transmitting a nity-based outpatient clinic of the Depart- H.R. 8998. six-month periodic report on the national ment of Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Mon- Congress has the power to enact this legis- emergency with respect to the International tana, as the Travis W. Atkins Department of lation pursuant to the following: Veterans Affairs Clinic. Criminal Court that was declared in Execu- Article I, Section 8 tive Order 13928 of June 11, 2020, pursuant to S. 906.—An act to improve the manage- [Submitted December 20, 2020] ment of driftnet fishing. 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. By Ms. GABBARD: S. 914.—An act to reauthorize the Inte- 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); H.R. 9037. grated Coastal and Ocean Observation Sys- Public Law 95-223, Sec 204(c); (91 Stat. 1627); Congress has the power to enact this legis- tem Act of 2009, to clarify the authority of to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5978. A letter from the Assistant Sec- lation pursuant to the following: the Administrator of the National Oceanic U.S. Consitution including Article I, Sec- and Atmospheric Administration with re- retary for Legislative and Intergovern- mental Affairs, Department of Commerce, tion 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare Clause) and spect to post-storm assessments, and to re- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and quire the establishment of a National Water transmitting the FY 2019 Annual Report on Small Entity Compliance Guides; to the Proper Clause), Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 Center, and for other purposes. (Property) S. 1130.—An act to amend the Public Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5979. A letter from the Secretary, De- By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY: Health Service Act to improve the health of H.R. 9038. children and help better understand and en- partment of Transportation, transmitting the Department’s Semiannual Report of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- hance awareness about unexpected sudden lation pursuant to the following: death in early life. Office of Inspector General for the period ending September 30, 2020; to the Committee Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 S. 1342.—An act to require the Under Sec- The Congress shall have Power . . . To reg- retary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update on Oversight and Reform. EC-5980. A letter from the Chair, Equal ulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and periodically the environmental sensitivity among the several States, and with the In- index products of the National Oceanic and Employment Opportunity Commission, transmitting the Commission’s Inspector dian Tribes. Atmospheric Administration for each coastal By Mrs. LOWEY: area of the Great Lakes, and for other pur- General’s Semiannual Report to Congress for the period ending October 31, 2020; to the H.J. Res. 110. poses. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Committee on Oversight and Reform. S. 1869.—An act to require the disclosure of lation pursuant to the following: EC-5981. A letter from the Secretary, De- ownership of high-security space leased to The principal constitutional authority for partment of Commerce, transmitting the accommodate a Federal agency, and for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report of the U.S. other purposes. ticle I of the Constitution of the United Economic Development Administration, pur- S. 2216.—An act to require the Secretary of States (the appropriation power), which suant to 42 U.S.C. 3213; Public Law 89-136, Veterans Affairs to formally recognize care- states: Sec. 603 (as added by Public Law 105-393, Sec. givers of veterans, notify veterans and care- ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the Treas- 102(a)); (112 Stat. 3614); jointly to the Com- givers of clinical determinations relating to ury, but in Consequence of Appropriations mittees on Transportation and Infrastruc- eligibility for the family caregiver program, made by Law . . . .’’ and temporarily extend benefits for veterans ture and Financial Services. In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article who are determined ineligible for the family f I of the Constitution {the spending power) caregiver prgram, and for other purposes. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS provides: S. 2472.—An act to redesignate the NASA ‘‘The Congress shall have the Power . . . to John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum Under clause 2 of rule XII, public pay the Debts and provide for the common Brook Station, Ohio, as the NASA John H. bills and resolutions of the following Defence and general Welfare of the United Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Arm- titles were introduced and severally re- States . . .’’ strong Test Facility. ferred, as follows: Together, these specific constitutional pro- S. 3257.—An act to designate the facility of visions establish the congressional power of the United States Postal Service located at [Omitted from the Record of December 17, 2020] the purse, granting Congress the authority 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, By Mr. BEYER (for himself and Ms. to appropriate funds, to determine their pur- Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Einar ‘Sarge’ H. Ingman, SCHRIER): pose, amount, and period of availability, and Jr. Post Office Building’’. H.R. 8998. A bill to designate a peak in the to set forth terms and conditions governing S. 3461.—An act to designate the facility of State of Washington as ‘‘qwtma´ yqn- their use. the United States Postal Service located at istiqayu-Mount Cleator’’; to the Com- f 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as mittee on Natural Resources. the ‘‘Audie Murphy Post Office Building’’. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS S 3462.—An act to designate the facility of [Submitted December 20, 2020] the United States Postal Service located at By Ms. GABBARD: Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the H.R. 9037. A bill to amend the Public were added to public bills and resolu- ‘‘Ralph Hall Post Office’’. Health Service Act to ensure transparency tions, as follows: S. 4126.—An act to designate the facility of within the health care system through the H.R. 1393: Mrs. HAYES. the United States Postal Service located at establishment of a National Healthcare Ac- H.R. 1394: Mrs. HAYES. 104 East Main Street in Port Washington, quired Infection and Medical Error Report- H.R. 1560: Ms. FINKENAUER. Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Joseph G. Demler Post ing Program; to the Committee on Energy H.R. 3822: Ms. HAALAND. Office’’. and Commerce. H.R. 4386: Mr. BEYER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. S. 4684—An act to designate the facility of By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself and HAYES, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. NORTON, the United States Postal Service located at Mr. BUCSHON): Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Mr. PANETTA.

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Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 No. 217 Senate The Senate met at 1 p.m. and was wanted everybody to remember the sig- Yesterday evening, our Democratic called to order by the President pro nificance of Sunday for some people, colleagues agreed to important lan- tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). particularly Christians. He always guage authored by Senator TOOMEY. f said: ‘‘Remember the Sabbath and keep Back in March, in the CARES Act, it holy.’’ Congress funded several new emer- PRAYER Now, I want to refer to another par- gency lending facilities to be operated The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- ticular Sunday. Never in the Senate’s by the Federal Reserve. Their purpose fered the following prayer: history has the Senate convened Con- was simple: to backstop the basic foun- Let us pray. gress—meaning a new Congress—on a dations of our economy and prevent Our Father in Heaven, You keep us Sunday. The Constitution mandates any kind of sweeping financial paral- from stumbling and falling. We trust that Congress convene at noon on Jan- ysis. Your power. We sing of Your steadfast uary 3, unless the preceding Congress, Our actions worked. The other his- love and proclaim Your faithfulness to by law, designates a different day. toric relief that Congress passed, com- all generations. Make us one Nation, Of course, January 3 has fallen on a bined with the existence of these lend- truly wise with righteousness, exalting Sunday over the last 238 years, and ing facilities staved off systemic col- us in due season. each time, by unanimous consent, the lapse. American workers and families Today, inspire our lawmakers to Congress set a new convening day still need much more help, but a total walk in the light of Your countenance. other than that Sunday. So now it ap- financial meltdown never materialized. Abide with them so that Your wisdom pears, for the first time in history, that These new emergency lending facili- will influence each decision they make. Senate Democrats don’t want to agree ties were always intended to sunset at Keep them from the evil that brings to such unanimous consent and instead the end of this year. Senator TOOMEY grief, enabling them to avoid the pit- are insisting that the Senate start the and our Democratic colleagues have falls that lead to ruin. Lord, empower 117th Congress on Sunday. landed on compromise language that I am not looking to get out of work. them to glorify You in all they say and ensures this will, in fact, happen. I have proven that I have respect for It also redirects the dormant money do. attendance in the Senate. But out of in these accounts toward the urgent We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen. respect, the Senate usually does not needs of working Americans and en- f have business on religious holidays ob- sures that these expired programs can- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE served by members of various faiths. not be simply restarted or cloned with- So just like Senator Byrd, I also out another authorization from Con- The President pro tempore led the think the Lord’s Day, particularly gress, all while preserving both the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: when it is paired with the weight of independence of the Federal Reserve I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the starting a new Congress, deserves rev- and the proper authority of Congress. United States of America, and to the Repub- It is yet another example of good-faith lic for which it stands, one nation under God, erence. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I yield. bipartisan collaboration that has de- f fined our discussions all week. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. COR- At this point, we are down to the last NYN). The President pro tempore is rec- RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY few differences that stand between ognized. LEADER struggling Americans and the major Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- rescue package they need and deserve. unanimous consent to, please, have 1 jority leader is recognized. These days and nights of negotia- minute in morning business. f tions have been encouraging, but our The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without citizens need this waiting game to be objection, it is so ordered. CORONAVIRUS over. Yesterday alone, another 3,388 of f Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, our my fellow Kentuckians tested positive bipartisan, bicameral discussions on for the coronavirus. The virus con- 117TH CONGRESS another major pandemic rescue pack- tinues to spread throughout our coun- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, age continued all night and this morn- try. Thousands of Americans are being today is Sunday, and I want to remem- ing. We are winnowing down the re- robbed of their lives on a daily basis. ber what Senator Byrd said on a lot of maining differences. I believe I can And while the resilience of the Amer- Sundays when the Senate was in ses- speak for all sides when I say I hope ican people have brought along our sion. He didn’t say this because he and expect to have a final agreement economic recovery faster than ex- didn’t want to work on Sunday, but he nailed down in a matter of hours. pected, it will remain both insufficient

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It is ate Republicans have been calling for major mishap, the Senate and House not sufficient. another targeted package to reopen the will be able to vote on final legislation Democrats would have liked to pro- job-saving Paycheck Protection Pro- as early as tonight—tonight. vide more relief, especially to State gram, extend Federal unemployment Many of the provisions in this bill and local governments and especially benefits, fund K–12 schools, fund vac- are already public. They are all items to American families on the brink of fi- cine distribution, and get a lot more that the country desperately needs and nancial collapse. The survival checks help onto the frontlines as fast as pos- upon which there is no disagreement. in this bill are a good start, but there sible. I am relieved that we appear to We all are ready to deliver a des- was bipartisan support for $1,200 be just hours away from legislation perately needed extension of enhanced checks. that will finally do that. unemployment benefits; direct survival So let me be clear about one thing: When we get this done, Congress will checks to millions of American fami- This bill will not be the final word on not deserve any special praise, not with lies; crucial relief to our schools, our congressional COVID relief. this relief having waited until late De- small businesses, our healthcare sys- When this Chamber gavels back in cember and not with some of our tem; and funding to support the pro- 2021, we must pick up immediately Democratic colleagues openly saying duction and distribution of a vaccine. where we left off. We must protect peo- the reason they finally changed their As of yesterday, we have been stead- ple’s jobs, whether they work for a tuned was that they finally got a Presi- ily working through all of the other company or a local government; wheth- dent-elect of their own party. When we outstanding issues, but one issue er they live in blue States or red finalize this measure and pass it, Con- threatened to derail the bill. The Sen- States; whether they are office employ- gress will only have done our job. We ator from Pennsylvania made an elev- ees or teachers, bus drivers and fire- will have finally done our duty in get- enth-hour demand to curtail the au- fighters. ting more relief to those who need it thority of the Fed to respond to eco- Still, the significance of this package nomic crises, potentially leaving the most. should not be underestimated. We will Fed with less authority than it had Let’s make today the day we join to- deliver the second largest Federal even prior to the pandemic. stimulus in our Nation’s history. Only gether, put differences aside, and fi- The language in his provision was so nally get it done. the CARES Act will have been bigger. broad, the intent seemed to be to sabo- This package will give the new Presi- f tage the incoming administration’s dent a head start as he prepares to RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME ability to stabilize the economy and right our ailing economy. And it won’t save jobs. That was completely unac- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under include any provision to limit the legal ceptable to Democrats. rights of workers who are put in harm’s the previous order, the leadership time But late last night the logjam was is reserved. way. It won’t include any provision to broken. Senator TOOMEY accepted my gratuitously limit the authority of the f compromise to remove the dangerous Fed. ‘‘similar to’’ language in his bill that On many issues, where Republicans CONCLUSION OF MORNING was overly broad. We sent the Senator BUSINESS once refused to grant an inch, we were far more limited language around 8 also able to make meaningful steps for- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning p.m. last night, and it was accepted a ward. Republicans, in their initial pro- business is closed. few hours later with a few technical posal, wanted zero direct payments. f changes. As a result, the Federal Re- They wanted zero unemployment in- serve will retain its tools and author- EXECUTIVE SESSION surance. They wanted zero rent relief. ity in the event of a true emergency. Only a few months ago, the Republican Now, this compromise should not leader admitted that 20 Members of his have taken as long as it did, and, caucus didn’t want to approve another EXECUTIVE CALENDAR frankly, it was irresponsible to threat- dime in spending. Now we are on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under en the entire package with this ideo- verge of passing more than $900 billion. logical attempt to limit the Fed and the previous order, the Senate will pro- Once an agreement is finalized, I will ceed to executive session to resume Treasury’s powers in an emergency. But I am very glad that our Repub- have a lot more to say about the con- consideration of the following nomina- tents of the bill and the process it took tion, which the clerk will report. lican colleagues relented and accepted our offer. The Toomey legislation was to achieve it. But for now, I am happy The bill clerk read the nomination of to report we have surmounted the final Brian Noland, of Tennessee, to be a the last significant stumbling block to a bipartisan agreement moving for- largest hurdle, and an ending is in Member of the Board of Directors of sight. Let’s get the job done together the Tennessee Valley Authority for a ward. Solving our disagreement over the for the sake of the American people. term expiring May 18, 2024. I yield the floor. Mr. MCCONNELL. I suggest the ab- Fed’s authority was a key to unlocking CLOTURE MOTION sence of a quorum. the rest of the bill and putting us on a path to final legislation. Now that we Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The unanimous consent that the manda- clerk will call the roll. have solved that disagreement, we can close in on a final agreement, finish tory call be waived. The bill clerk proceeded to call the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without roll. drafting legislation, and move it through both Chambers of Congress— objection, it is so ordered. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays unanimous consent that the order for hopefully, as soon as tonight. As we speak, the legislative text is being fi- before the Senate the pending cloture the quorum call be rescinded. motion, which the clerk will state. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without nalized. The time has come to move forward The legislative clerk read the fol- objection, it is so ordered. and reach a conclusion. The legislation lowing: RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER that is coming together will put money CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The in the pockets of everyday people and We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Democratic leader is recognized. extend many of the benefits that we in- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby CORONAVIRUS cluded in the CARES Act, a bill I was move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, proud to negotiate with Secretary nation of Brian Noland, of Tennessee, to be a we have spent the past 4 to 5 days Mnuchin. Member of the Board of Directors of the Ten- locked in intense bipartisan negotia- I will be the first to admit that, nessee Valley Authority for a term expiring tions over the final details of an emer- while this short-term deal is necessary May 18, 2024.

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By unan- what we are about and, to me, speaks of computer screens for 8 hours a day imous consent, the mandatory quorum to a sense of urgency that we ought to and expect them to get what they need call has been waived. have to complete our work before the in terms of their education. The question is, Is it the sense of the Christmas holiday, and there are few Of course, none of this is news. We Senate that debate on the nomination things more pressing than our agenda have known about not only the need of Brian Noland, of Tennessee, to be a today. but the urgency of each of these prior- Member of the Board of Directors of Government funding, as we know, is ities for months now. Unfortunately, the Tennessee Valley Authority for a scheduled to expire at 12 midnight to- the partisan dysfunction leading up to term expiring May 18, 2024, shall be night, and unless we take action in the the election prevented us from making brought to a close? next few hours, our country will be more progress since the CARES Act The yeas and nays are mandatory thrown into another government shut- was passed last March. Yet, with the under the rule. down. I hope every Member of this election in November, we finally saw The clerk will call the roll. body can understand why this is simply some interest on the part of congres- The legislative clerk called the roll. not an option. I have heard some peo- sional leaders on both sides of the Mr. THUNE. The following Senators ple talk about, well, it is not a real aisle, on both sides of the Capitol, in are necessarily absent: the Senator shutdown if it happens for just a few negotiating a compromise. from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the hours or a couple of days over the There are many of our colleagues— Senator from North Carolina (Mr. weekend, but I think the appearance is some of whom are sitting here in the BURR), the Senator from Texas (Mr. horrible and speaks to our not living Chamber today—who have dedicated a CRUZ), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. up to our responsibility to do this on a lot of time and effort to trying to help ENZI), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. timely basis and without any lapse in the leadership build a consensus and FISCHER), the Senator from Georgia government funding. This is not the get to yes, which I hope we will get to (Mrs. LOEFFLER), the Senator from time to furlough hard-working public very soon. We know there have been a Kentucky (Mr. PAUL), the Senator from servants or send our various govern- lot of negotiations and a lot of loose Georgia (Mr. PERDUE), the Senator mental Departments and Agencies into ends, but vaccines, workers, small busi- from Idaho (Mr. RISCH), and the Sen- chaos. nesses, and schools should be our pri- ator from South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). We need to pass a funding bill that ority. Further, if present and voting, the will provide stability for the remainder According to the Democratic leader Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- of the fiscal year, through the end of and the majority leader, we apparently ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ September next year, and give our gov- are just hours away from finalizing a Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the ernment the ability to operate with bipartisan deal, but none of us have ac- Senator from California (Ms. HARRIS) is certainty. All you have to do is talk to tually seen the text yet of what this necessarily absent. the leaders at the Pentagon, and they looks like. The only responsible thing The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. will tell you how chaotic and ineffi- is for us to be able to study it and un- DAINES). Are there any other Senators cient it is when Congress passes short- derstand exactly what is happening. in the Chamber desiring to vote? term continuing resolutions, which The House Committee on Rules, pre- The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 84, speaks to the importance of providing sumably, will meet and pass a rule, and nays 5, as follows: some certainty and predictability to then it will go to the House floor. I [Rollcall Vote No. 281 Ex.] the funding stream, but we know gov- know some people are saying we can YEAS—84 ernment funding is only one of the get this done today. To me, that seems Baldwin Graham Portman things left to do on our list. unlikely, but I guess we can all hope. I Barrasso Grassley Reed Bennet Hassan Roberts CORONAVIRUS hope we do this responsibly and not Blackburn Hawley Romney Mr. President, our country is racing just quickly. Blunt Heinrich Rosen to distribute two now successful vac- We do know that the American peo- Booker Hirono Rubio cines to bring an end to this pandemic ple are suffering and that this is not Boozman Hoeven Sasse Braun Hyde-Smith Schatz that we have been living through that the time for politics or delay for Brown Inhofe Schumer has claimed the lives of more than delay’s sake. This is a time to come to- Cantwell Johnson Scott (FL) 315,000 Americans. Millions of workers gether to compromise and make good Capito Jones Scott (SC) Cardin Kaine Shaheen have lost their jobs. They have no in- on the commitment we have made to Carper Kelly Shelby come. They lost those jobs either support the American people. I am sort Casey Kennedy Sinema weeks or several months ago and have of expecting smoke signals from some Cassidy King Smith been struggling to support themselves quarters, but I hope the signs that we Collins Klobuchar Stabenow Coons Lankford Sullivan and their families. Sometimes I won- are all trying to read, the tea leaves Cornyn Leahy Tester der, as we delay in responding and pro- and the like, become a lot clearer Cortez Masto Lee Thune viding additional relief, whether those today so that we can chart a clear path Cotton Manchin Tillis Cramer McConnell Toomey who receive paychecks have sufficient forward to both government funding Crapo Menendez Udall empathy for those who are receiving no and coronavirus relief. Daines Merkley Van Hollen paychecks. Time is of the essence. While the size and shape of this legis- Durbin Moran Warner Small businesses are crunching the lation is still coming together, I hope Ernst Murkowski Whitehouse Feinstein Murphy Wicker numbers, trying to determine how it will include legislation I introduced Gardner Murray Wyden much longer they can hang on and earlier this year to help some of our Gillibrand Peters Young keep their employees on the payrolls, if hardest hit small businesses. NAYS—5 they have been able to at all. Over the last few months, we have Blumenthal Markey Warren Of course, teachers are doing the best heard much about the incredible suc- Duckworth Sanders they can to teach our children vir- cess of the Paycheck Protection Pro- NOT VOTING—11 tually or in hybrid situations, with gram, which deserves all of the acco- some children going back to the class- Alexander Fischer Perdue lades it has received because it has pro- Burr Harris Risch room. This has been a tragic cir- vided a vital lifeline to America’s Cruz Loeffler Rounds cumstance, I believe, particularly for small businesses and their employees. Enzi Paul many low-income children for whom These loans helped employees make The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this virtual learning is simply not an op- payroll and cover business expenses vote, the yeas are 84, the nays are 5. tion or is simply failing them because during the most difficult parts of the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:02 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.004 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE S7858 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 20, 2020 pandemic, and by any measure, the sult in real relief for the American peo- might add. Yet we cannot find any fur- program has been an incredible suc- ple. And there is a piece of good news ther funds to help working people in cess. that I want to be sure to note, and that this country. But not all small businesses have is that this COVID relief package will I cannot help but note that working been eligible for the Paycheck Protec- contain direct assistance to working people were the last consideration in tion Program, and some of the most people. For every working family in the draconian shutdowns earlier this heavily impacted are our small, inde- this country that needs it, they will be, year that sent so many of them home, pendent venues. These businesses were under this deal, getting a direct check that cost them their jobs, that cost the first to close when COVID–19 hit, just like they did in March. them their wages, that cost them their and they are likely to be the last to Now, that is a victory. There are no healthcare on the job, and they have open when it is behind us. two ways about it, and we should cele- consistently been the last consider- Live, cultural, musical, theatrical brate that victory not on our own be- ation in COVID relief in this body ever events are not only critical cultural in- half but for the many people in this since. Frankly, it is disgraceful and, stitutions, but they are huge drivers of Nation who desperately need it and frankly, it is unacceptable. local economies. who, until just a few days ago, could So the work that we are going to do A single event can provide paychecks expect nothing at all in the way of di- today—and I hope to see a vote on this not only to the artists and performers rect assistance from this body. floor yet today on this relief—is a but to lighting and sound technicians, I want to thank those who worked so step—a step—in the right direction, bartenders, ticket takers, concessions, hard to make sure that this relief was but it is only a step. And I hope that it and merchandise salesmen, as well as available and is going to the working will be the beginning of a better ap- security guards, cleaning staff, and the people of this country—not least the proach, the beginning of actually put- list goes on and on. President of the United States, who ting working Americans first, putting Unlike restaurants, which have been has been very clear, over and over their needs, putting their independ- able to offer at least carryout or out- again, that he wants to see direct relief ence, putting their strength, their fam- door dining, or retailers, which to working families, that it should be ilies, their communities first. switched to curbside pickup, there is the cornerstone of the bill. Of course, I That ought to be the economic policy no virtual substitution for these live thank Senator SANDERS for his strong of this Nation. That ought to be the events. stand on this issue, and it has been a economic policy of this body. And I can That is why, working with the Sen- privilege to work with him on it. assure you, that is the foundation on ator from Minnesota, Senator KLO- So this is good news—good news for which economic recovery will be built BUCHAR, I introduced the Save Our working families, good news for work- because it is the working people of this Stages Act so that these venues can be ing people just before Christmas, when Nation who power the American econ- kept afloat so that when we are able to they need the help the most. omy. put the virus behind us, our favorite, But I have to say that the levels of Don’t believe anything else. We hear small, independent venues will be able support that I understand will be of- a lot about global capital. We hear to open their doors once again. fered to working people are hardly ade- about the need to secure the financial This is a stressful and scary moment quate, and we should not pretend oth- markets—oh, and, by the way, the Fed- for the Texans who work at and fre- erwise: $600 per person, $600 per child. eral Reserve. We are taking back $430 quent our favorite venues, and the This is a fraction of what was offered billion from the Federal Reserve in Save Our Stages Act can provide some to working people in the CARES legis- this piece of legislation—$430 billion hope for these cultural institutions. lation just a few months ago—legisla- from the Federal Reserve—funded to I am proud to say that 58 of our col- tion, I might add, that every Member the max. Wall Street—funded to the leagues have cosponsored Save Our of this body voted for—every Member max. Stages, making it one of the most voted for. Now they will be getting But I say again: Wall Street, capital, widely supported bipartisan proposals only a portion of that. It all adds up to the financial markets—they are not before the Senate. about $100 billion. And we are told that the foundation of this economy. The These final hours of negotiations are there just wasn’t enough left over, that working people of this Nation, the not the time to try to change the basic there just wasn’t any more available working people of Missouri, the work- contours of that proposal to benefit for working people. ing people of our other States—they well-endowed institutions or institu- Yet I notice that in the spending bill are the foundation of this economy, tions that don’t, frankly, need the that we are also going to vote on as and it is time that they were put first— money, while these other venues are part of this package, a bill that costs first for COVID relief, first in our eco- dying unless they get the money. over $1 trillion, we managed to have nomic policy, first in all that we do. Save Our Stages will benefit beloved, found $65 million for salmon recovery So I hope that this effort to get them small, independent music venues and in the Pacific, $643 million to carry out direct assistance will be the beginning other theaters and the like across the international communication activi- of a larger effort to orient our eco- country and ensure those marquees ties in the Middle East, $116 million for nomic policy and the policy of this Na- will shine bright once again. the Export-Import Bank, and $118 mil- tion around the strength and the inde- So as we all know, time is running lion for that sterling example of inter- pendence and the needs of our great out. The Congress needs to take action national leadership, the World Health working Americans. and take action soon. Organization, which has done more to I want to end by saying thank you to We cannot add the stress of another undermine world health in the last them, thank you to the working people government shutdown to a raging pan- year than I think any international or- of Missouri who have endured through demic. It is time for us to come to- ganization in the history of the world. this crisis day in and day out, who have gether and get this done for the Amer- Then there is the so-called bipartisan gone to work as essential workers, who ican people. proposal, which is the basis for the have taken care of children at home, I yield the floor. present deal—the bipartisan proposal who have missed shifts at work in (Mr. HOEVEN assumed the chair.) which included, I might point out, not order to care for loved ones, who have (Mr. DAINES assumed the chair.) a cent—not a cent—in direct relief for contributed food to others in need even The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BAR- working people—almost $1 trillion in when they didn’t have enough food for RASSO). The Senator from Missouri. costs, not one penny in direct relief for themselves, who have gone without in CORONAVIRUS working people, until it was added re- order to see that their children could Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, I rise cently. That proposal included $20 bil- eat. today to discuss the COVID relief bill lion for higher education—$20 billion. The people of this country, the work- that I understand is soon to be brought This is going to many universities that ing people who have sacrificed again before the House and then to this floor. have massive endowments worth bil- and again and again and have borne the I understand that we have finally, at lions and billions of dollars, most of brunt of this pandemic and have con- long last, a deal that hopefully will re- that built on the backs of taxpayers, I tinued to show up for their families, for

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:02 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.007 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7859 their communities, and for this coun- ple on all sides—to thank Senator (1) ways to engage with descendant, local, try—thank you. Thank you for making ALEXANDER for his help with this bill. and other communities historically associ- this country work. Thank you for In fact, almost 3 years ago to the day— ated with identified burial grounds by geog- building this country as we know it. it was almost exactly this day; I be- raphy, genealogy, or culture; (2) appropriate processes to identify loca- Help is on the way. Help is on the lieve it was December 21, 2017—our bill tions of unmarked and unrecorded African way in this bill, which I hope will be- to create an African American Civil American burial grounds with appropriate come law tonight. But there is much Rights Network passed this Chamber. consideration for the privacy and safety of more to do, and I, for one, stand ready His interest in and awareness of pro- the burial grounds; to work to do it. tecting and preserving our history and (3) alternatives for providing in a public I yield the floor. the contributions to it by all Ameri- database, as appropriate, the locations of, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- cans are so important. and information on, recorded and unrecorded ator from Ohio. He has been a champion for so many African American burial grounds; (4) alternatives for commemorating and in- f issues that I have had the pleasure to terpreting African American burial grounds; work with him on over the years, from U.S. AFRICAN-AMERICAN BURIAL and protecting the Smokey Mountains to GROUNDS NETWORK ACT (5) best practices for preserving burial STEM education, to helping me find ground landscapes and caring for artifacts. Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I rise funding for cleanup efforts at a former (c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after today to discuss S. 2827, the African- uranium enrichment plant in Southern the date on which funds are first made avail- American Burial Grounds Network Ohio. His willingness to work across able to carry out the study under subsection Act, introduced by Senator ALEXANDER the aisle and to work in good faith for (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Com- mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of from Tennessee and me. an agreeable compromise will surely be We know that for too long and in too the Senate and the Committee on Natural missed. We all regret his retirement Resources of the House of Representatives a many parts of our country, Black fami- and thank him for amazing service. report describing— lies were blocked from burying their Mr. President, as if in legislative ses- (1) the findings of the study; and loved ones in White cemeteries. These sion, I ask unanimous consent that the (2) any recommendations of the Secretary. men and women were freed slaves, civil Committee on Energy and Natural Re- The bill was ordered to be engrossed rights champions, veterans, mothers, sources be discharged from further con- for a third reading and was read the fathers, and active workers in commu- sideration of S. 2827 and the Senate third time. nities. proceed to its immediate consider- Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I know of Our bill is simple. It directs the Na- ation. no further debate on the bill, as amend- tional Park Service to conduct a study The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ed. on ways to identify and preserve and clerk will report the bill by title. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there record unmarked, abandoned, or other The bill clerk read as follows: further debate? historic African-American burial A bill (S. 2827) to amend title 54, United Hearing none, the bill having been grounds. States Code, to establish within the National read the third time, the question is, We need to act now before these sites Park Service the U.S. African-American Shall the bill pass? are lost to the ravages of time or devel- Burial Grounds Network, and for other pur- The bill (S. 2827), as amended, was opment. poses. passed. In an op-ed published in the Memphis There being no objection, the com- Mr. BROWN. I ask unanimous con- Commercial Appeal, Senator ALEX- mittee was discharged, and the Senate sent that the title amendment be ANDER summed up the need for bills proceeded to consider the bill. agreed to and the motion to reconsider like ours: ‘‘Our children need to learn Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask be considered made and laid upon the more history in order to grow up know- unanimous consent that the Brown table. ing what it means to be an American, substitute amendment be agreed to and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without including our struggle with race.’’ the bill, as amended, be considered objection, it is so ordered. For more than two centuries, these read a third time. The title amendment (No. 2722) was cemeteries have been looked after by The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without agreed to, as follows: churches, community groups, and pri- objection, it is so ordered. (Purpose: To amend the title) vate citizens. I learned about these ef- The amendment (No. 2721) in the na- Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to forts and the struggle to preserve these ture of a substitute was agreed to, as authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sacred places when I visited Union Bap- follows: conduct a study of African American burial tist Church in Cincinnati, where pa- (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) grounds, and for other purposes.’’. rishioners have worked to preserve Strike all after the enacting clause and in- Mr. BROWN. I suggest the absence of their hallowed space from vandals and sert the following: a quorum. the inexorable passage of time. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The cemetery I visited in Cincinnati This Act may be cited as the ‘‘African clerk will call the roll. was founded in 1864. It is a final resting American Burial Grounds Study Act’’. The bill clerk proceeded to call the place for freed slaves, for Black Union SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. roll. soldiers, and for civil rights activists. In this Act: f I was there last November on a very (1) BURIAL GROUND.—The term ‘‘burial cold morning, I remember, with Ms. ground’’ means any natural or prepared EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued Angelita Jones, chair of the trustee physical location, whether originally below, Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I board for Union Baptist Church, and on, or above the surface of the earth, into ask unanimous consent that the order other elected officials in the city and which human remains are deposited as a part for the quorum call be rescinded. of the death rite or ceremony of a culture. members of the church, to announce The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ funding to help restore the cemetery. means the Secretary of the Interior, acting BOOZMAN). Without objection, it is so But there is more to do at this ceme- through the Director of the National Park ordered. tery and so many more like it across Service. VOTE ON NOLAND NOMINATION the country. SEC. 3. AFRICAN AMERICAN BURIAL GROUNDS Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I Our bill will help us better under- STUDY. yield back all time. stand the scope and the scale of the (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without issue and develop the tools needed to duct a study of ways to identify, interpret, objection, it is so ordered. help churches, historic organizations, preserve, and record unmarked, previously All postcloture time has expired. and communities to protect these sa- abandoned, underserved, or other burial The question is, Shall the Senate ad- grounds relating to the historic African cred burial grounds. American experience. vise and consent to the Noland nomina- I would like to take a minute, as we (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the tion? move this legislation forward—and I study under subsection (a), the Secretary Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask appreciate the cooperation of the peo- shall consider— for the yeas and nays.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:20 Dec 22, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD20\DECEMBER\S20DE0.REC S20DE0 sradovich on DSKJLST7X2PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S7860 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 20, 2020 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a CLOTURE MOTION McConnell Rosen Tester sufficient second? Menendez Rubio Thune The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Merkley Sasse Tillis There appears to be a sufficient sec- to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Moran Schatz Toomey ond. Senate the pending cloture motion, Murkowski Schumer Udall Murphy Scott (FL) Van Hollen The clerk will call the roll. which the clerk will state. Murray Scott (SC) The senior assistant legislative clerk Warner The senior assistant legislative clerk Peters Shaheen Whitehouse Portman Shelby called the roll. read as follows: Wicker Reed Sinema Wyden Mr. THUNE. The following Senators CLOTURE MOTION Risch Smith Young are necessarily absent: the Senator We, the undersigned Senators, in ac- Roberts Stabenow Romney Sullivan from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the cordance with the provisions of rule Senator from North Carolina (Mr. XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen- NAYS—7 BURR), the Senator from Texas (Mr. ate, do hereby move to bring to a close Blumenthal Lee Warren CRUZ), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. debate on the nomination of Fernando Hawley Markey Hirono Sanders ENZI), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. L. Aenlle-Rocha, of California, to be FISCHER), the Senator from Georgia United States District Judge for the NOT VOTING—11 (Mrs. LOEFFLER), the Senator from Central District of California. Alexander Enzi Paul Kentucky (Mr. PAUL), the Senator from Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, David Blackburn Fischer Perdue Georgia (Mr. PERDUE), the Senator Perdue, Thom Tillis, Tom Cotton, Mike Burr Harris Rounds from Idaho (Mr. RISCH), and the Sen- Rounds, Roger F. Wicker, Kevin Cruz Loeffler ator from South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). Cramer, Richard Burr, Mike Crapo, The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Further, if present and voting, the Steve Daines, Marsha Blackburn, John vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 7. Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- Thune, James E. Risch, Mike Braun, The motion is agreed to. Tim Scott. ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ f Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- Senator from California (Ms. HARRIS) is imous consent the mandatory quorum EXECUTIVE CALENDAR necessarily absent. call has been waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there The question is, Is it the sense of the clerk will report the nomination. any other Senators in the Chamber de- Senate that debate on the nomination The legislative clerk read the nomi- siring to vote? of Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, of Cali- nation of Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, of The result was announced—yeas 84, fornia, to be United States District California, to be United States District nays 5, as follows: Judge for the Central District of Cali- Judge for the Central District of Cali- fornia, shall be brought to a close? [Rollcall Vote No. 282 Ex.] fornia. The yeas and nays are mandatory The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- YEAS—84 under the rule. ator from Pennsylvania. Baldwin Graham Portman The clerk will call the roll. Barrasso Grassley Reed CORONAVIRUS Bennet Hassan Roberts The senior assistant legislative clerk Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, earlier Blackburn Hawley Romney called the roll. today, the minority leader came down Blunt Heinrich Rosen Mr. THUNE. The following Senators Booker Hirono Rubio to the Senate floor and unfortunately Boozman Hoeven Sasse are necessarily absent: the Senator once again mischaracterized both the Braun Hyde-Smith Schatz from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the objectives and motives of Senate Re- Brown Inhofe Schumer Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACK- publicans in the pursuit of the changes Cantwell Johnson Scott (FL) BURN), the Senator from North Caro- Capito Jones Scott (SC) we wanted to make with respect to the Cardin Kaine Shaheen lina (Mr. BURR), the Senator from CARES Act emergency lending pro- Carper Kelly Shelby Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator from gram, and I want to address that. But Casey Kennedy Sinema Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the Senator from Cassidy King Smith let me just say candidly that I under- ISCHER Collins Klobuchar Stabenow Nebraska (Mrs. F ), the Senator stand his frustration. Republicans to- Coons Lankford Sullivan from Georgia (Mrs. LOEFFLER), the gether set out four goals for the coun- Cornyn Leahy Tester Senator from Kentucky (Mr. PAUL), the try with respect to these programs, and Cortez Masto Lee Thune Senator from Georgia (Mr. PERDUE), Cotton Manchin Tillis we achieved all four goals. I guess that Cramer McConnell Toomey and the Senator from South Dakota is a little bit frustrating. Crapo Menendez Udall (Mr. ROUNDS). Let me go through just a little bit of Daines Merkley Van Hollen Further, if present and voting, the Durbin Moran Warner recent history on this. Let’s remember Ernst Murkowski Whitehouse Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- that this debate has been going on for Feinstein Murphy Wicker ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ several months. The Democrats’ origi- Gardner Murray Wyden Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Gillibrand Peters Young nal position was to keep these pro- Senator from California (Ms. HARRIS) is grams in place. In fact, many of them NAYS—5 necessarily absent. wanted to expand them. They certainly Blumenthal Markey Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. wanted to extend them well past the Duckworth Sanders SCOTT of Florida). Are there any other end of the year. How do we know that? NOT VOTING—11 Senators in the Chamber desiring to Well, among other ways, Senator SCHU- vote? Alexander Fischer Perdue MER himself sent a letter to Secretary Burr Harris Risch The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 82, Mnuchin and Chairman Powell asking Cruz Loeffler Rounds nays 7, as follows: exactly that—that they extend these Enzi Paul [Rollcall Vote No. 283 Ex.] programs. The nomination was confirmed. YEAS—82 You might wonder, why would they The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Baldwin Coons Hassan want to extend an emergency lending jority leader is recognized. Barrasso Cornyn Heinrich facility when we are clearly not in an Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Bennet Cortez Masto Hoeven emergency in terms of the financial Blunt Cotton Hyde-Smith ask unanimous consent that the man- Booker Cramer Inhofe markets? The reason is that a lot of datory quorum call be waived. Boozman Crapo Johnson Democrats had other purposes in mind The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Braun Daines Jones for these programs, and in my view, objection, it is so ordered. Brown Duckworth Kaine Cantwell Durbin Kelly those other purposes would have con- Under the previous order, the motion Capito Ernst Kennedy stituted a terrible misuse of those pro- to reconsider is considered made and Cardin Feinstein King grams. laid upon the table, and the President Carper Gardner Klobuchar One of the goals clearly was to kind Casey Gillibrand Lankford will be immediately notified of the Cassidy Graham Leahy of morph the Fed’s Municipal Liquidity Senate’s action. Collins Grassley Manchin Facility into a bailout fund for States

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There was nobody in the room States and municipalities under out- know there is going to be a new Sec- who thought for a minute that these rageous terms: ultra-low interest rates, retary of the Treasury, and a joint de- were meant to be indefinite programs. ultra-long-term loans, 25 basis point in- cision by the Treasury Secretary and Remember where we were. We were terest rate, 10 years. States wouldn’t the Fed is what governs this program. absolutely convinced—and I think even need to attest, as they do under Now, I don’t think they would have the rightly—that we were on the verge of a current law, that they were unable to legal authority to resume this, but full-blown financial crisis, a meltdown secure credit elsewhere. many of our Democratic colleagues in the financial markets. If that had Basically, they wanted to turn the openly advocated that despite the fact happened, it is very likely we would Fed from the lender of last resort to that Secretary Mnuchin and Powell have had a full-blown depression that the lender of first resort. So they were had agreed not to extend these pro- could have lasted a very, very long clear about that. There are many grams, that a new Treasury Secretary time. Credit markets were freezing. Democratic activists and folks here should, in fact, resume these programs, Companies couldn’t borrow. Do you who are sympathetic with them who start them up again. We said no, and know what that means when that hap- have other purposes as well, such as again, to the credit of our Democratic pens to a business? They can’t make using the Corporate Credit Facility as colleagues, they relented, and Repub- payroll. If they can’t access credit, if a way to coerce the behavior they want licans achieved our third goal. they can’t borrow, draw down on a from corporations. It wasn’t about ex- The fourth was simply to forbid the bank facility or issue their commercial tending credit to companies that need creation of a clone that would cir- paper or issue their corporate bond, if credit; it is about achieving a social or cumvent the third; right? If you had to they can’t raise the credit they need, cultural or political objective by at- end a particular lending facility, but they can’t pay their bills. When the taching terms to the loans that would you could just create an identical credit markets freeze up and businesses result from that. version of it or a nearly identical can’t pay their bills, including payroll, Those are the kinds of uses that version of it and call it something else, you have a full-blown, unmitigated dis- many on their side had. How do we why, that would defeat the purpose of aster. That is what we wanted to pre- know that? Well, among other things, ending the one you ended. So we need- vent. they beat us up almost every day for ed, in statute, to make it clear that The purpose of these facilities was not voting on the Heroes Act. I think there would be a prohibition against narrow. It was to restore the normal they intended to vote for it, so they the creation of a clone or a near clone. functioning of the private lending and This one, Senator SCHUMER fought us would have been voting for this very capital markets of America. The pur- hard on. I will say he fought us hard on misuse. pose was never to replace those mar- this. In the course of exchanges, we So our goal was simple. Our goal as a kets. The purpose was never to pick kept getting documents that didn’t conference or the consensus of Repub- winners and losers and decide which have any reference to this at all, but in lican Senators was to end these pro- companies and industries should get fa- the end, he agreed that we would have grams consistent with the intent of the vorable terms and which should not. It this prohibition. law and, in fact, I believe, the letter of We then went back and forth on the was none of those things. And it was the law, prevent the misuse, and make exact language, exactly what would very much not intended to be some sure the Fed’s legitimate functions are constitute a clone, as I am using the kind of all-purpose cure-all for what- not impinged upon. How are we going term, and what wouldn’t. We got to an ever economic ills there are. None of to do this? We are going to do this with agreement, and we achieved our fourth that. The purpose was always to ensure four specific steps, four specific goals goal. that creditworthy borrowers could ac- that would allow us to achieve that I want to commend my Democratic cess credit through normal channels. outcome for the American people. colleagues for working with us to get Well, guess what. It worked. It No. 1, sweep the unused money out of here. It wasn’t easy, and I know there worked better than we could have those accounts and repurpose it; use it is a lot in this that they don’t love imagined, better than I was even hop- for other, better purposes. We have about this, but with respect to these ing, because within days—within other needs. That is an important ob- really important goals for the Amer- days—credit markets were flowing jective. It also makes sure that the ican people, we are making progress. again because lenders had the con- money is not available for misuse, if we One of the other things that I just fidence that, through these facilities, are shifting it out of these facilities have to address because the leader the markets would not collapse, there and putting it to good use. brought this up in his comments ear- would not be a freezing up, they would Now, again, initially the Democratic lier was a terrible misrepresentation of be able to function, and therefore they position was in opposition to this, but what our objective was or why did we had the confidence to make that loan to their credit, the bipartisan group of think it was so important to end these to that company that needed to make eight folks who got together and really programs in the first place. its payroll and all the other innumer- were the catalyst for the bill that we Our intent was not, as Senator SCHU- able transactions that have to take are working on now—the Republicans MER implied on the floor today, to sab- place. persuaded the Democrats to accept this otage the incoming administration’s In fact, it worked so well that as of idea that the money should be swept ability to stabilize the economy. And now, I think, total credit has flown at out, and to the credit of the Democrats that is a direct quote. That was not our an alltime record pace in the United there, they agreed. So that became the intent. So what was our intent? Well, States of America. Corporate bond basis or one of the bases of this piece of first, I mentioned earlier we think it is issuance is off the charts. High credit, legislation that we have been working important that you follow the law, and lower credit, debt and equity—the cap- on, and it achieves Republicans’ first we believe the law requires that these ital markets have been flowing. Credit goal. be shut down. We understand there was lines from banks have been flowing. The second goal is to end the pro- going to be an aggressive attempt to The programs achieved their limited grams as the statute intended. As I circumvent that by interpreting the purpose extremely well. say, I believe the statute achieves that, law differently, so we felt, clarify the Now, look, are there other economic but there is a very aggressive interpre- statute, make it unambiguous, and we needs in America? Absolutely. I mean, tation to the contrary. We know that would achieve that. there are industries that have been Senator SCHUMER wanted to extend The second thing is, of course, it is devastated—the restaurant industry, these programs well beyond the end of completely consistent with congres- hotels, transportation. We know that,

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It is packed with tar- that we should decide how, whether, You have probably seen that over the geted policies to help struggling Amer- and to what extent we are going to ad- last few days, he has been subjected to icans who have already waited entirely dress those problems. That is our job— an onslaught of vicious, dishonest at- too long. For workers at the hardest to do it through an appropriation proc- tacks by Democrats and their stenog- hit small businesses, there will be a ess here in the Senate. That is not the raphers in the Press Gallery, saying targeted second draw of the Paycheck job of the Fed. that he was somehow gumming up the Protection Program. We have not That brings me to another really im- works, that we were not going to pass worked so hard to save as many jobs as portant reason why we didn’t want this bill because the Toomey language possible, all these months, only to fum- these programs to continue indefi- was stopping it. Nothing could be fur- ble the ball with vaccinations already nitely, and that is to protect the Fed ther from the truth. underway. from being politicized, to preserve the First off, while Senator TOOMEY may Speaking of vaccines, we can’t nul- independence of the Fed, which is very, be our thought leader on this issue, lify the success of Operation Warp very important. this was the Senate Republican con- Speed by falling asleep at the switch on If the Fed ever became simply an ex- ference’s position. That is why our ma- distribution. This agreement will pro- tension of one of the political parties, jority leader stood firm behind it. vide huge sums for the logistics that we would be in a very, very bad place. Second, as Senator TOOMEY said, this will get these lifesaving shots to our But think about it. If these programs is not a new issue; this is not some- citizens as fast as possible. were going to continue indefinitely and thing we just started debating. We had Of course, many millions of Ameri- our Democratic colleagues got their versions of this in our bill this sum- cans have lost their jobs—and are con- wish that is represented in the Heroes mer. As he laid out, the minority lead- tinuing to lose them—through no fault Act—to have massive subsidies for mu- er and the Speaker of the House had a of their own. This package will renew nicipalities—think about the amount version of it in their $3.4 trillion this and extend a number of the additional of political pressure on the Fed to bail summer as well. The minority leader important Federal unemployment ben- out whoever is the preferred consent a letter about it. This has been at efits that have helped families stay stituent of the day: private or public, the heart of this legislation’s debate afloat. Across all kinds of families, in all municipal or business. for months. And the fact that it was in kinds of situations, this has been a dif- Just think about how it would be their legislation, it was in their let- ficult time across the board. So, at the used, and think about the strings that ter—they kept saying that we wanted particular request and emphasis of they would—they have advocated this. to somehow sabotage the economic re- President Trump and his administra- Many of our Democratic colleagues covery—just goes to show you what tion, our agreement will provide an- have said: This could be a way to en- their intents were with these pro- courage unionization or encourage the other round of direct impact payments grams. It was to use them, as Senator composition of the Board to look like to help households make ends meet and TOOMEY said, as political slush funds; we would like it to look. continue our economic recovery. It is an endless list, and it is all wild- use them to bail out—I don’t know— We all know this crisis has tested our ly inappropriate for the central bank of New York State or the city of New healthcare providers. This legislation America to be engaged in this kind of York; use them to impose politically will continue to fund the frontlines. thing. You should never put the Fed in correct policies on companies that But the crisis in American education the position of the incredible political could come to the Fed and get low- or has been staggering as well. So this pressure that they would have been no-interest-rate loans if they danced to package will supply millions and mil- under. the woke left’s tune. lions of dollars to help get kids back in So with this bill—and I hope we are Senator TOOMEY and Senate Repub- school and to do so safely. able to vote on this, if not today then licans drew the line on this. We drew These are just some of the key com- tomorrow. There are some things in the line on politicizing the Fed. We had ponents. There are many more. And this bill—unrelated things—that I like. no intent whatsoever to harm the Fed’s importantly, we are going to supply I do think we need another round of background ability to take emergency this emergency aid in a way that is PPP loans. I do think we need the ex- action, and we will be prepared in the smart and responsible. We will be panded eligibility for unemployment future, as Congresses in the past have repurposing more than $560 billion in benefits, for instance. Here are things I been, in an economic crisis to act as money that was already set aside by don’t like. I think direct payments to well, just like we have twice in the last the CARES Act—but not spent—toward people who have not suffered a loss of 12 years—2008 and 2020. these urgent needs that I have out- income makes no sense whatsoever. But nothing you have read in the lined. But this topic I have been discussing— news about Senator TOOMEY and his We will be appropriately paring back the end of these 13(3) lending facilities language that he carried on behalf of some of the most expansive powers is a very important part of the bill that the Senate Republican conference that Congress temporarily gave I like very much. could be further from the truth. I want unelected officials to stabilize the fi- There are four important objectives to thank him for standing strong, and nancial system back in the springtime. we set out, and we achieved them: I want to thank the majority leader for And I want to particularly thank Sen- sweeping the money out; shutting standing strong on this as well. ator TOOMEY for his extraordinary con- down existing facilities, the four exist- I yield the floor. tribution to that effort. ing CARES-funded facilities; forbidding The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- At long last, we have the bipartisan their reopening without the consent of jority leader. breakthrough the country has needed. Congress; and forbidding clones from CORONAVIRUS Now we need to promptly finalize text, being an end-run around that—all Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, for avoid any last-minute obstacles, and without impinging on the Fed’s ability the information of all Senators—and, cooperate to move this legislation to intervene in the markets in emer- more importantly, for the American through both Chambers. gency circumstances. Those were our people—we can finally report what our This is good news. But I need to close objectives. In this legislation, we Nation has needed to hear for a very with one observation that is regret- achieve all four of those objectives. I long time: More help is on the way. table. From where I stand, from where would say that is a good day’s work. Moments ago, in consultation with Senate Republicans stand, there is no I yield the floor. our committees, the four leaders of the reason this urgent package could not The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Senate and House finalized an agree- have been signed into law multiple ator from Arkansas. ment. There will be another major res- months ago—multiple months ago.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.018 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7863 For months, Senate Republicans The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that when President Biden takes over, have consistently supported a targeted objection, it is so ordered. he can do more and help us dig out of rescue package, under $1 trillion, fo- CORONAVIRUS this deep hole. cused on the same kinds of policies Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, after And the good news, too, the poison that we have actually settled on today. weeks of intense bipartisan negotia- pills that so stopped any progress put As far back as July, and all autumn, tion, the leadership of both Chambers, in by the majority leader are not in Republicans have consistently sup- as well as the White House, have this bill. It won’t include any provision ported a targeted package right in the reached an agreement on an emergency to limit the legal rights of workers who ballpark of this total amount, with ex- Federal relief package. The agreement were put in harm’s way or any provi- actly the same kinds of policies in the on this package could be summed up by sion to gratuitously limit the author- mix. the expression ‘‘better late than ity of the Fed. The package that will shortly be- never,’’ although I know many of my Now, it is remarkable how far we come law falls exactly within the ball- Republican colleagues wished it was have come. As I mentioned earlier, this park of what Senate Republicans have never. summer, the Republican leader admit- been proposing and trying to pass since After a long and arduous year, after a ted 20 Members of his caucus didn’t last summer. This is eerily similar to year full of bad news, finally, we have want to vote for another dime of what we were trying to pass last sum- some good news to deliver to the Amer- COVID relief. Before negotiating with mer. ican people. Make no mistake about it, Democrats, the majority offered a Compare the shape of this major this agreement is far from perfect, but package of $500 billion that contained agreement with the shape of what I it will deliver emergency relief to a na- poison pills designed to doom the thing proposed all the way back in late July. tion in the throes of a genuine emer- from the start. That way, Republican Yes, some fine details are different. gency. Senators wouldn’t be forced to approve There is no doubt this new agreement It should have the votes to pass the any new spending. Here at the end of contains input from our Democratic Senate, the House, and reach the Presi- the year, reason has prevailed—sweet colleagues. It is, of course, bipartisan. dent’s desk to become law. We should reason—and we will now deliver a But those matters could have been set- make that happen as soon as possible— package of almost a trillion dollars. tled a long time ago as well. as soon as possible—even tonight, if we That matters not for any one party. Why did it take all this time? We can. It matters for the American people be- know why. We have heard Democrats By all rights, a bill of this urgency cause we increased the size of this bill, say openly that they were not willing should have passed 8 months—should expanded its reach. More Americans to deal all summer and fall but are have passed months ago. The country will receive assistance before the holi- willing now—willing now—because needed it. days. For Americans who have lost But we all know what happened. The they have a President-elect of their their jobs through no fault of their Republican majority caused more than own political party. That is not my ac- own, this bill will throw out a safety 8 months of delays and gridlock. Twen- cusation; that is their admission. They net. have been pretty candid about it. ty Members of the Senate majority Initially, Republicans were ready to So, look, I am glad we have gotten wanted no money. And what the Re- let enhanced unemployment benefits this done. My Democratic colleagues publican leader simply forgets, for expire. They were ready to move on and I have had good discussions this months, he said: Let’s examine the cri- without help for renters. They opposed past week. Both parties have a lot to sis; let’s put it on pause, while Demo- another round of direct payments. be proud of. But I really regret that crats were demanding more action. Their starting offer for UI and rent re- some on the Democratic side decided And then when he produced legisla- lief was zero, zero, and zero again. that partisan Presidential politics were tion, it didn’t have what was needed The good news that transcends any of more important than getting urgent and had poison pills, a provision that the obstacles that we faced is that in and noncontroversial relief out the would give all corporations—no matter the final agreement, we will extend all door much sooner to families who have how egregious their behavior—immu- three Federal unemployment programs needed this help badly. nity and nothing to help the unem- The progress of this past week could ployed, no direct checks. created under CARES. We will provide have happened in July or August or So the idea that this delay was $300 in weekly Federal unemployment September or October. Senate Repub- caused by Democrats is ‘‘Alice in Won- benefits for the next 10 weeks. For fam- licans were advocating for a package derland’’ history. It was caused by a ilies struggling to make ends meet, just like this one all along in realtime. Republican majority that didn’t want this bill will cushion the blow. I just wish our partners on the other to vote for the moneys desperately A new round of survival checks will side had put political calculations needed by the American people. The soon be on the way—$600 per adult, an- aside and worked with us to make this significance of this package, even other $600 for every dependent in the happen a long time ago. though it is not as large or robust as it household. Many of us would have However, with that said, I appreciate should be, should not be underesti- liked that to be higher, but at least the earnest conversations of this past mated. We will deliver the second larg- this is the quickest way to get money week. I want to thank the Democratic est Federal stimulus in our Nation’s into pockets of the American people, leader, Speaker PELOSI, Leader MCCAR- history. Only the CARES Act will have sending their tax dollars right back THY, as well as, in particular, Secretary been bigger—only the CARES Act, where they came from. Of course, as I Mnuchin, who has been tireless in which I was proud to negotiate with said, it is not as much as many Demo- these discussions throughout. Both Secretary Mnuchin. crats and some Republicans would have sides, in both Chambers, have really In size and scope, this bill will exceed liked, and we hope that next year the stepped up and worked hard to get this the Recovery Act passed in the after- same bipartisan support that emerged done. math of the financial crisis. And once behind $1,200 stimulus checks will pro- We will be moving forward with the this Federal relief bill is signed into vide even more assistance to working start of the pandemic relief and full- law, Congress will have allocated well families. year funding legislation for the Federal over $3 trillion in relief this year alone. For the first time ever during this Government, as well, and I hope we can That is a historic figure to match a pandemic, Congress will provide $25 bil- do this as promptly as possible. historic crisis. It will give the new lion in direct rental assistance to help I suggest the absence of a quorum. President a boost—a head start—as he reduce the burden on Americans who The PRESIDING OFFICER. The prepares to right our ailing economy. have fallen behind on their rent. We clerk will call the roll. The economy is in a deep, deep hole be- also extend a moratorium on evictions The legislative clerk proceeded to cause of President Trump and the Re- to give our fellow citizens more time to call the roll. publican Senate’s failure to act in a get back on their feet. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask timely manner. For small business owners, we are unanimous consent that the order for But this, at least, begins us getting providing businesses the opportunity the quorum call be rescinded. the relief the American people need so to take another draw of the popular

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It shouldn’t have been 9 broadcasters will have access to this very proud of the fact that New York’s months, but we now have a targeted assistance as well as nonprofits—I MTA will receive the money it needs to bill that focuses on providing a bridge worked very hard to see that this hap- keep going. It is so vital to our city’s between now and the time at which the pened—and our nonprofit religious in- economy and something I worked very vaccines will be widely available. We stitutions. Our churches and our syna- hard for. need the help. The economy is fal- gogues and our mosques—no collection Make no mistake—these funding tering, as was just said, but also the plate, no income, but so vital to social sources are not a replacement for di- healthcare crisis in my home State and services and so needed during a time of rect aid to State and local govern- in so many other places has gotten crisis—will, once again, get the help ments, and we Democrats will continue worse. So it is past time. they need—something that I authored to fight for those in the new year. But I am told I have given 21 speeches on in the CARES bill. in this case, a rose by any other name the floor about the bipartisan nature of I am especially pleased that this bill smells not quite as sweet, but at least this. There are so many areas of com- will provide money for bars and res- it brings some relief. State and local mon ground, and I was pleased to be taurants and $15 billion in SBA grants governments will receive assistance in part of the 10-person bipartisan group for theater operators and small venue a number of different ways. who put together our own package over owners through the Save Our Stages When this Chamber gavels back in in the last month. I think that helped to Act. These venues are so important to 2021, we must pick up where we just encourage leaders on both sides to see my State and many States across the left off. We have given the administra- that there was a lot of common ground, country. They are the lifeblood of our tion a vital headstart, but make no that there were ways for us to come to- communities. They were first to close mistake about it—our economy is in a gether. and will be the last to open. This bill deep, deep, deep hole, in part, because One of my colleagues is on the floor gives them a fighting chance. of the Trump administration’s lack of with me now, Senator STABENOW of Of course, today’s agreement will policy in fighting the coronavirus. Now Michigan. She is one of those Demo- give a major boost to our battle we will have to help them. This is a crats whom I spoke to over a month against the disease itself. There will be good start, but a lot more needs to be ago about this bipartisan process, and more than $30 billion to support the done. We must continue to protect peo- we talked about the common ground procurement and distribution of the ple’s jobs whether they work for a com- and the ability for us to find ways to coronavirus vaccine, ensuring that it is pany or a local government. We must move ahead to help those small busi- free and rapidly distributed to every- do so much more, and we have to start nesses that truly are struggling; indi- one. building and stimulating our economy viduals who, through no fault of their Today’s agreement includes all this so it gets out of the hole with things own, lost their jobs because of the eco- and more—support for childcare, food like infrastructure and wiring every nomic crisis that was precipitated by assistance, agricultural relief, the home with broadband and improving the pandemic; and to help our schools Postal Service, and funding to help our healthcare and education systems and to help our healthcare providers families gain access to broadband. So and so much more—so much more. and to help ensure that we are doing the American people have a great deal Let me be very, very clear about one what we can here to help at the local to celebrate in this legislation, but, of thing. Once this deal is signed into law, level to respond to this crisis. course, the agreement we reached is far it cannot be the final word on congres- f from perfect. It leaves out direct State sional relief. There is more to do in the and local assistance. Despite desperate new year with a new administration GREAT LAKES RESTORATION pleas from Governors, mayors, and that has a much more favorable atti- INITIATIVE ACT OF 2019 economists across the spectrum, the tude toward giving the American peo- Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I am Republicans stubbornly refused to pro- ple the help they need. The bipartisan on the floor tonight to join my col- vide direct aid to State and local gov- agreement is simply a downpayment. It league Senator STABENOW of Michigan ernments. Over a million public em- will establish a floor, not a ceiling, for to ask our colleagues to support legis- ployees have already lost their jobs. It coronavirus relief in 2021. lation that has to do with the Great doesn’t matter if you are working for a Over the course of this challenging Lakes. It is called the Great Lakes small business and get laid off or if you year, tens of millions of Americans Restoration Initiative. We are asking are working for a government and are have been pushed close to the breaking to reauthorize that legislation. laid off; you still need to feed your point. They have lost their jobs. They This is one of those public-private family. So why is there such a dif- have lost their homes. Many can’t feed partnerships that work. It is not only ference on this side of the aisle be- their families. Many have lost neigh- public, like Federal public, and private; tween these same people—flesh and bors, colleagues, friends, and family to it is Federal, State, local, and private blood? Because some work for the gov- this vicious, vicious disease. They have individuals coming together to figure ernment, they don’t get help, but be- such great pain—a pain that we can out how to keep our Great Lakes the cause some work for a small business, only distantly empathize with because amazing treasure that they are. they do. Both should get help. it hasn’t happened directly to us here. I represent Lake Erie. It is on the State revenues, of course, are signifi- As the pandemic enters its worst north coast of Ohio. It is the most shal- cantly down across the country in phase, we will continue to be isolated low and also the most fertile of the States red and blue. The continued op- from one another, but behind closed Great Lakes. It has incredible fishing. position to State and local funding doors, desperation mounts for millions There is a gigantic, $7 billion fishing from the Republicans remains deeply and millions of our fellow Americans. industry in the Great Lakes. A lot of it irresponsible. It will force States to This bill is for them—for them—to is recreational fishing—$7 billion. It is make painful decisions to cut jobs and carry them to a brighter day. being threatened right now, really, by potentially raise taxes on working fam- I yield the floor. a few different things. One is these ilies, and it will hurt the economy of The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Asian carp, so-called ‘‘bighead carp,’’ the entire country as millions more HOEVEN). The Senator from Ohio. that are coming up into the lake. We government workers are laid off at a Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, first, are doing all we can to keep them out, time when we are struggling to re- I am delighted that we are finally at but this funding, the Great Lakes Res- cover—hurting us all. the point at which we are passing legis- toration Initiative, focuses on that Still, the Democrats refused to let lation to deal with the COVID–19 crisis issue to keep the carp from ruining State and local governments be com- that has gripped my State and our Lake Erie as they have ruined other

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.021 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7865 bodies of water for recreational and into the Maumee River, and that is happening to the water and the water commercial fishing. going into Lake Erie and causing these quality. They have now been removed Second, we have to deal with our algae blooms to grow,’’ I asked, ‘‘Hey, from those areas of concern, where the toxic algae blooms. You have probably how can we work with you as a farmer communities worked together using heard about this. We have these blooms to try to reduce your runoff?’’ Great Lakes Restoration funding and that are increasingly forming in Lake We have had great success in that, working with the communities, and Erie, particularly in the western basin but there is some expense in it. Often, they have been delisted, which is a of the Toledo area. What they do is you have to provide for filters and good thing. That means things have they keep people from being able to use pumps and so on to keep this from improved. You can fish again. You can the lake. You don’t want to swim in it. going into the water supply and deal- swim again. You can enjoy the water By the way, you don’t even want your ing with these upstream issues with re- again. And so we are seeing tremen- dog to swim in it because the dogs can gard to algae blooms and phosphorus dous, tangible results from what we actually be injured by this. You don’t nitrogen. have been able to do together. want to fish in it, of course, and you So I am pleased to say that, as of to- And it is also important to note that really can’t. night, it appears that we have passed for every $1 we put into investment I have gone fishing in the Great this on both sides of the Chamber through this important program, it Lakes every year for the past many through a so-called hotline. We had to produces $3 in economic return. years. I love the Great Lakes. Part of work with some of our colleagues to re- So it is fiscally responsible. It is re- my childhood was on the Great Lakes. solve some remaining questions that sponsible stewardship for all of us in When I was a little kid, with my dad, I they had for which we had answers be- protecting the fresh waters of our went fishing on the Great Lakes. You cause this is a program that works, and country. What we are doing in this leg- really can’t fish when the algae blooms I have seen it work. islation, basically, would allow us, over come in because they are so thick, you I am really pleased to have partnered the next 5 years, to raise the authoriza- literally can’t get a lure or bait with Senator STABENOW. We are co- tion level back up to where it started through the algae blooms, and your chairs of the Great Lakes Task Force. in 2010. It has been up and down, and up boat has a tough time getting through She is the Democratic cochair, and I and down, and up and down, and this them. am the Republican cochair, and to- would allow us to be able, within the This is a serious issue. At one point, night I have partnered with her on this next 5 years, to get that authorization it got so serious in the western basin legislation. I thank her for her friend- back up to where it was. So we do have that it actually affected the water sup- ship, her work on this issue, and her the support of the body. ply for the city of Toledo. So several passion for the Great Lakes. Mr. President, as if in legislative ses- years ago, we had to stop the city I would like, if I could, to now turn sion, I ask unanimous consent that the water in Toledo. I remember going to Senator STABENOW. Committee on Environment and Public there, with my pickup truck full of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Works be discharged from further con- bottles of water, to help hand out ator from Michigan. sideration of H.R. 4031 and the Senate water because people—particularly Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, it is proceed to its immediate consider- moms with babies—couldn’t use the always wonderful to work with my ation. water. They were told: Don’t allow friend and colleague from Ohio, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without your babies to have formula made from certainly we share a tremendous part- objection, it is so ordered. the water in the faucet because it is nership and passion about our Great The clerk will report the bill by title. too dangerous, too toxic, because these Lakes. The bill clerk read as follows: algae blooms had gotten into the water For us in Michigan, we are a penin- A bill (H.R. 4031) to amend the Federal system. sula. We are surrounded by the Great Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize That is how scary this is if we don’t Lakes, and we really believe it is about the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and ensure that we are taking efforts at our way of life. My friend has talked for other purposes. every level—State, local, in the private about the fishing industry and the There being no objection, the com- sector, and at the Federal. Lake Erie boating industry. There are 40 million mittee was discharged and the Senate and the other Great Lakes now provide people who get their drinking water proceeded to consider the bill. drinking water for 40 million people. from the Great Lakes Basin. We have Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I ask You want to be sure that treasure con- more lighthouses all around Michigan, unanimous consent that the bill be tinues, not just for recreation and fish- actually, than any other shoreline has considered read a third time and passed ing and swimming and so on but also in the country. We say we have the and that the motion to reconsider be for the water supply for so many Amer- ocean without the salt, and it is very considered made and laid upon the icans. much in our DNA for us in Michigan. table. The Great Lakes Restoration Initia- As the Senator from Ohio indicated, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tive is a downpayment, really, to en- the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative objection, it is so ordered. sure that we can deal with these focuses on a number of things that deal The bill (H.R. 4031) was ordered to be invasive species like the Asian carp with water quality, stopping the spread engrossed for a third reading, was read and others. It is to ensure that we can of Asian carp and other invasive spe- the third time, and passed. deal with the toxic algae blooms and cies, and restoring the shoreline from Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, the erosion that is occurring as the any future contaminations. thank you very much. Let me say water level has gone up and also some I have to say, as a personal point of again what a pleasure it is to work pollution issues that remain in Lake pride, in 2010, I authored the Great with my friend from Ohio. Erie and in all the Great Lakes. Lakes Restoration Initiative as a mem- Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, one The Great Lakes Restoration Initia- ber of the Senate Committee on the other point from Senator STABENOW tive works. I have been to about 10 of Budget, and since that time, we have and myself, and that is that we want to these sights all around Ohio, and I have funded 5,449 different projects through- congratulate and thank our colleagues gone often with people from the private out the entire region of the Great in the House for working with us on sector and the local community and Lakes, including 880 projects in Michi- this Great Lakes Restoration Initiative sometimes the State government, and gan. And we have seen tangible results. and, in particular, the two cochairs in we talk about how, again, this is a As Senator PORTMAN has indicated, the House from the Great Lakes Task model partnership. this is a partnership, public-private. It Force and the two coauthors of the As an example, I was at a farm in is with local communities. It is with Great Lakes Restoration Initiative leg- northwest Ohio, where, instead of tell- State governments. It is the Federal islation. ing them, ‘‘Hey, you have to stop farm- Government. That would be Representative MARCY ing because you are putting nitrogen We, in Michigan, have passed four KAPTUR of Ohio and Representative and phosphorus into the creek that areas of concern that have been labeled DAVID JOYCE from Ohio. We would like goes by your farm, and that is going because of the seriousness of what was to thank them for their good work and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.022 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE S7866 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 20, 2020 congratulate them on tonight’s passage proud to lead with a colleague from AMENDING THE GRAND RONDE as well. Missouri, Senator ROY BLUNT. We have RESERVATION ACT CORONAVIRUS very significant support, as well, for Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in Mr. STABENOW. Mr. President, I behavioral health services, mental legislative session, I ask unanimous want to take one other moment just to health, substance abuse services that consent that the Senate proceed to the also speak and thank everybody that is are desperately needed and have been immediate consideration of Calendar involved at this point in getting us to amplified, and the need has been ex- No. 627, S. 2716. where we are on this very important panded even more because of what has The PRESIDING OFFICER. The survival package. happened with the coronavirus. clerk will report the bill by title. I have never felt this was a COVID And there is important support in The senior assistant legislative clerk stimulus. It is about helping people this legislation, as well, and I am read as follows: survive over the next several months, grateful to be involved in pushing that A bill (S. 2716) to amend the Grand Ronde whether that is making sure they have forward as well. Reservation Act, and for other purposes. a roof over their head and food on the So there is more to talk about. I There being no objection, the Senate table, can pay the bills, keep the heat know we are a little ways away from proceeded to consider the bill, which on. In places like North Dakota and that final vote, but I am hopeful that had been reported from the Committee places like Ohio, it is going to get pret- on Indian Affairs, with an amendment the coalition that was formed—that all ty cold this winter. Our small busi- as follows: of us working together that brought nesses, our farmers, our schools that (The part of the bill intended to be this together and negotiated, and my need help to be able to succeed, all the stricken is shown in boldface brackets colleagues who initiated this bipar- support we need to provide for vaccine and the part of the bill intended to be tisan effort—will find that this is a co- distribution and healthcare, and all of inserted is shown in italics.) alition we want to keep going for next the other areas—this has been a tough S. 2716 year, because there is so much more negotiation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- that we need to do together, and the I do want to say, on a couple of resentatives of the United States of America in American people expect us to get points where I have been deeply in- Congress assembled, things done. And this, I hope, is the volved, I want to thank the Presiding SECTION 1. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT first step of many to celebrate ways AMENDMENT. Officer for his support and help on our that we are solving problems and help- Section 1(d) of Public Law 100–425 (com- nutrition and agriculture pieces. We ing people and moving the country for- monly known as the ‘‘Grand Ronde Reserva- have come together in a very impor- ward. tion Act’’) (102 Stat. 1594) is amended— tant step. It is going to allow more (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘lands people to get help to feed their families Thank you, Mr. President. within the State of Oregon’’ and inserting over the next several months—no small The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ‘‘the 84 acres known as the Thompson Strip’’; thing. ator from Ohio. (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and We have a hunger crisis in our coun- Mr. PORTMAN. First of all, I want to try. We have people who have donated (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- agree with my colleague from Michi- lowing: to the food bank, worked for the food gan and thank her for her work con- ø‘‘(2) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Any real prop- bank, and are now sitting for hours in cerning behavioral health and working erty transferred to the Tribes as part of a cars, waiting to drive up and get a box with us in a bipartisan group on both land claim settlement approved by the of food, in the United States of Amer- behavioral health and addiction be- United States shall not be eligible, or used, ica. cause, unfortunately, during this pan- for any class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the And so what we are doing as part of demic, the epidemic of drug addiction this package is going to be significant Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. and drug overdose and overdose deaths ¿ to help people be able to purchase food 2703)).’’. has increased dramatically, and it is a ‘‘(2) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Any real property in the grocery store, as well as to get heartbreaking reality because we were obtained by the Tribes as part of a land claim help in other ways—to help our seniors making progress, thanks to work here settlement approved by the United States shall with Meals on Wheels, to help our chil- in this Chamber and in the States. not be eligible, or used, for any class II gaming dren who aren’t able to eat in school Around the country, we were actually or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming right now, and our college students reducing not just the number of people Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those who don’t have the opportunity to be terms are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 addicted but the number of people who U.S.C. 2703)).’’. on campus and get support. were suffering from overdose and over- So we have very significant food ac- SEC. 2. TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY RECOG- dose deaths. NIZED TRIBES. cess and nutrition, very positive efforts Nothing in this Act, or the amendments in this legislation. And for our farmers, Unfortunately, this year we are now going to see the largest overdose death made by this Act, shall be construed to en- as well, across the country, there is large, confirm, adjudicate, affect, or modify significant support, as well as help in rate in the history of our country, we any treaty right of an Indian tribe (as de- our food chain and supply chain areas, believe. That is a sad reality, and we fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter- where we have all been concerned as we need to address it—that is part of the mination and Education Assistance Act (25 have watched those involved in the COVID–19 package—along with the be- U.S.C. 5304)). Mr. BLUNT. I further ask that the supply chain lose their markets in res- havioral health issues that are also, committee-reported amendment be taurants and so on but not have the unfortunately, being exacerbated by the isolation that comes with the considered and agreed to; that the bill, support and the capacity to take that as amended, be considered read a third milk or take those other commodities COVID–19 issue and the helpless, probably, and the joblessness that we have time and passed; and that the motion and be able to move them over and to reconsider be considered made and package them differently for con- been seeing. I yield the floor. laid upon the table with no intervening sumers to go to the food bank. We action or debate. make some headway in supporting I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that, as well, in this legislation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection, it is so ordered. So I want to thank my colleagues. clerk will call the roll. The committee-reported amendment This is really the last negotiation that The senior assistant legislative clerk was agreed to. Senator ROBERTS and I have led, as he proceeded to call the roll. The bill (S. 2716), as amended, was or- retires this year. And it has been, as I dered to be engrossed for a third read- have said before, a great pleasure to Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask ing, was read the third time, and work with him and to be able to unanimous consent that the order for passed, as follows: the quorum call be rescinded. achieve this effort—bipartisan effort. S. 2716 The one thank-you I just want to The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- give is in a whole other area that has JOHNSON). Without objection, it is so resentatives of the United States of America in been a passion of mine that I have been ordered. Congress assembled,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.024 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7867 SECTION 1. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT fective date of the conveyance, supersede and consent that the Senate proceed to the AMENDMENT. render of no future effect any quitclaim deed to immediate consideration of Calendar Section 1(d) of Public Law 100–425 (com- the property described in subsection (b) executed No. 606, S. 4556. monly known as the ‘‘Grand Ronde Reserva- by the Secretary and the Consortium. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tion Act’’) (102 Stat. 1594) is amended— (b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property re- clerk will report the bill by title. (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘lands ferred to in subsection (a), including all land, within the State of Oregon’’ and inserting improvements, and appurtenances, is— The senior assistant legislative clerk ‘‘the 84 acres known as the Thompson Strip’’; (1) Lot 1A in Block 31A, East Addition, An- read as follows: (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para- chorage Townsite, United States Survey No. 408, A bill (S. 4556) to authorize the Secretary graph (4); and Plat No. 96–117, recorded on November 22, 1996, of Health and Human Services, acting (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- in the Anchorage Recording District; and through the Director of the Indian Health lowing: (2) Block 32C, East Addition, Anchorage Service, to acquire private land to facilitate ‘‘(2) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Any real prop- Townsite, United States Survey No. 408, Plat access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness erty obtained by the Tribes as part of a land No. 96–118, recorded on November 22, 1996, in Center in Hemet, California, and for other claim settlement approved by the United the Anchorage Recording District. purposes. States shall not be eligible, or used, for any (c) ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY.— There being no objection, the Senate class II gaming or class III gaming under the (1) LIABILITY.— proceeded to consider the bill, which Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other had been reported from the Committee 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are defined in provision of law— section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).’’. (i) the Consortium shall not be liable for any on Indian Affairs. Mr. BLUNT. I further ask that the SEC. 2. TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY RECOG- soil, surface water, groundwater, or other con- NIZED TRIBES. tamination resulting from the disposal, release, bill be considered read a third time and Nothing in this Act, or the amendments or presence of any environmental contamination passed, and that the motion to recon- made by this Act, shall be construed to en- on any portion of the property described in sub- sider be considered made and laid upon large, confirm, adjudicate, affect, or modify section (b) that occurred on or before the date the table with no intervening action or any treaty right of an Indian tribe (as de- on which the property is conveyed to the Con- debate. fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter- sortium under subsection (a)(1); and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mination and Education Assistance Act (25 (ii) the Secretary shall not be liable for any objection, it is so ordered. U.S.C. 5304)). soil, surface water, groundwater, or other con- The bill (S. 4556) was ordered to be tamination resulting from the disposal, release, f or presence of any environmental contamination engrossed for a third reading, was read ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH on any portion of the property described in sub- the third time, and passed as follows: CONSORTIUM LAND TRANSFER section (b) that occurred after the date on which S. 4556 ACT OF 2020 the Consortium controlled, occupied, and used Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- the property. resentatives of the United States of America in Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in (B) ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION.—An en- Congress assembled, legislative session, I ask unanimous vironmental contamination described in sub- SECTION 1. ACCESS ROAD FOR DESERT SAGE consent that the Senate proceed to the paragraph (A) includes any oil or petroleum YOUTH WELLNESS CENTER. immediate consideration of Calendar products, hazardous substances, hazardous ma- (a) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— terials, hazardous waste, pollutants, toxic sub- UTHORIZATION No. 576, S. 3100. (1) A .—The Secretary of stances, solid waste, or any other environmental Health and Human Services, acting through The PRESIDING OFFICER. The contamination or hazard as defined in any Fed- the Director of the Indian Health Service, is clerk will report the bill by title. eral or State of Alaska law. authorized to acquire, from willing sellers, The senior assistant legislative clerk (2) EASEMENT.—The Secretary shall be ac- the land in Hemet, California, upon which is read as follows: corded any easement or access to the property located a dirt road known as ‘‘Best Road’’, A bill (S. 3100) to convey land in Anchor- conveyed under subsection (a)(1) as may be rea- beginning at the driveway of the Desert Sage age, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal sonably necessary to satisfy any retained obli- Youth Wellness Center at Faure Road and Health Consortium, and for other purposes. gation or liability of the Secretary. extending to the junction of Best Road and (3) NOTICE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE ACTIVITY Sage Road. There being no objection, the Senate AND WARRANTY.—In carrying out this section, (2) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall proceeded to consider the bill, which the Secretary shall comply with subparagraphs pay fair market value for the land author- had been reported from the Committee (A) and (B) of section 120(h)(3) of the Com- ized to be acquired under paragraph (1). Fair on Indian Affairs, with an amendment prehensive Environmental Response, Compensa- market value shall be determined— to strike all after the enacting clause tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. (A) using Uniform Appraisal Standards for and insert in lieu thereof the following: 9620(h)(3)). Federal Land Acquisitions; and (B) by an appraiser acceptable to the Sec- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent retary and the owners of the land to be ac- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska Native that the committee-reported substitute quired. Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of amendment be agreed to; that the bill, (3) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.—In addition to the 2020’’. as amended, be considered read a third land referred to in paragraph (1), the Sec- SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY TO THE time and passed; and that the motion retary is authorized to acquire, from willing ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH to reconsider be considered made and sellers, land or interests in land as reason- CONSORTIUM. laid upon the table. ably necessary to construct and maintain (a) CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.— The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the road as required by subsection (b). (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but (b) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF not later than 2 years, after the date of enact- objection, it is so ordered. ROAD.— ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and The committee-reported amendment, (1) CONSTRUCTION.—After the Secretary ac- Human Services (referred to in this Act as the in the nature of a substitute, was quires the land pursuant to subsection (a), ‘‘Secretary’’) shall convey to the Alaska Native agreed to. the Secretary shall construct on that land a Tribal Health Consortium located in Anchorage, The bill (S. 3100), as amended, was or- paved road that is generally located over Alaska (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Con- dered to be engrossed for a third read- Best Road to facilitate access to the Desert sortium’’), all right, title, and interest of the ing, was read the third time, and Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, Cali- United States in and to the property described fornia. in subsection (b) for use in connection with passed. (2) MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary— f health programs. (A) shall maintain and manage the road (2) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance of the prop- AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF constructed pursuant to paragraph (1); or erty under paragraph (1)— HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (B) enter into an agreement with Riverside (A) shall be made by warranty deed; and County, California, to own, maintain and (B) shall not— ACTING THROUGH THE DIREC- TOR OF THE INDIAN HEALTH manage the road constructed pursuant to (i) require any consideration from the Consor- paragraph (1). tium for the property; SERVICE, TO ACQUIRE PRIVATE (ii) impose any obligation, term, or condition LAND TO FACILITATE ACCESS f on the Consortium; or TO THE DESERT SAGE YOUTH SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGIONAL (iii) allow for any reversionary interest of the WELLNESS CENTER IN HEMET, HEALTH CONSORTIUM LAND United States in the property. CALIFORNIA TRANSFER ACT OF 2019 (3) EFFECT ON ANY QUITCLAIM DEED.—The conveyance by the Secretary of title by war- Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in ranty deed under paragraph (1) shall, on the ef- legislative session, I ask unanimous legislative session, I ask unanimous

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Mr. President, as if in clerk will report the bill by title. paragraph (1) includes any oil or petroleum legislative session, I ask unanimous The senior assistant legislative clerk products, hazardous substances, hazardous consent that the Senate proceed to the read as follows: materials, hazardous waste, pollutants, toxic immediate consideration of Calendar A bill (S. 3099) to provide for the convey- substances, solid waste, or any other envi- No. 586, S. 2346. ance of certain property to the Southeast ronmental contamination or hazard as de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The fined in any Federal or State of Alaska law. Alaska Regional Health Consortium located clerk will report the bill by title. in Sitka, Alaska, and for other purposes. (b) EASEMENT.—The Secretary shall be ac- The senior assistant legislative clerk There being no objection, the Senate corded any easement or access to the property conveyed under this Act as may be rea- read as follows: proceeded to consider the bill which sonably necessary to satisfy any retained ob- A bill (S. 2346) to improve the Fishery Re- had been reported from the Committee ligation or liability of the Secretary. source Disaster Relief program of the Na- on Indian Affairs. (c) NOTICE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE AC- tional Marine Fisheries Service, and for Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent TIVITY AND WARRANTY.—In carrying out this other purposes. that the bill be considered read a third Act, the Secretary shall comply with sub- There being no objection, the Senate time and passed and the motion to re- paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 120(h)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, proceeded to consider the bill, which consider be considered made and laid had been reported from the Committee upon the table. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)(3)). on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f tation, with an amendment to strike objection, it is so ordered. all after the enacting clause and insert The bill (S. 3099) was ordered to be AMENDING THE ALYCE SPOTTED in lieu thereof the following: engrossed for a third reading, was read BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. the third time, and passed as follows: COMMISSION ON NATIVE CHIL- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fishery Fail- S. 3099 DREN ACT ures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in Act’’. resentatives of the United States of America in legislative session, I ask unanimous SEC. 2. FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER RELIEF. Congress assembled, consent that the Senate proceed to the Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fish- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. immediate consideration of Calendar ery Conservation and Management Act (16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Southeast No. 558, S. 3948. U.S.C. 1861a(a)) is amended to read as follows: Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land ‘‘(a) FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER RELIEF.— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Transfer Act of 2019’’. ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: clerk will report the bill by title. SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY. ‘‘(A) ALLOWABLE CAUSE.—The term ‘allowable The senior assistant legislative clerk (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, cause’ means a natural cause, discrete anthro- but not later than 2 years, after the date of read as follows: pogenic cause, or undetermined cause. enactment of this Act, the Secretary of A bill (S. 3948) to amend the Alyce Spotted ‘‘(B) ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSE.—The term ‘an- Health and Human Services (referred to in Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Na- thropogenic cause’ means an anthropogenic this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall convey to tive Children Act to extend the deadline for event, such as an oil spill or spillway opening— the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Con- a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Wal- ‘‘(i) that could not have been addressed or sortium located in Sitka, Alaska (referred to ter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, prevented by fishery management measures; and in this Act as the ‘‘Consortium’’), all right, and for other purposes. ‘‘(ii) that is otherwise beyond the control of title, and interest of the United States in There being no objection, the Senate fishery managers to mitigate through conserva- and to the property described in section 3 for tion and management measures, including regu- proceeded to consider the bill, which latory restrictions imposed as a result of judicial use in connection with health and social had been reported from the Committee services programs. action or to protect human health or marine on Indian Affairs. (b) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance of the animals, plants, or habitats. property under subsection (a)— Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent ‘‘(C) FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER.—The term (1) shall be made by warranty deed; and that the bill be considered read a third ‘fishery resource disaster’ means a disaster that (2) shall not— time. is determined by the Secretary in accordance (A) require any consideration from the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without with this subsection and— Consortium for the property; objection, it is so ordered. ‘‘(i) is an unexpected decrease in fish stock (B) impose any obligation, term, or condi- The bill was ordered to be engrossed biomass or other change that results in significant loss of access to the fishery resource, which tion on the Consortium; or for a third reading and was read the (C) allow for any reversionary interest of may include loss of fishing vessels and gear for third time. a substantial period of time and results in sig- the United States in the property. Mr. BLUNT. I know of no further de- (c) EFFECT ON ANY QUITCLAIM DEED.—The nificant revenue or subsistence loss due to an conveyance by the Secretary of title by war- bate on the bill. allowable cause; and ranty deed under subsection (a) shall, on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there ‘‘(ii) does not include— effective date of the conveyance, supersede is no further debate on the bill, the bill ‘‘(I) reasonably predictable, foreseeable, and and render of no future effect any quitclaim having been read the third time, the recurrent fishery cyclical variations in species deed to the property described in section 3 question is, Shall the bill pass? distribution or stock abundance; or ‘‘(II) reductions in fishing opportunities re- executed by the Secretary and the Consor- The bill (S. 3948) was passed as fol- tium. sulting from conservation and management lows: measures taken pursuant to this Act. SEC. 3. PROPERTY DESCRIBED. S. 3948 ‘‘(D) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ The property, including all land and appur- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- has the meaning given such term in section 102 tenances, described in this section is the resentatives of the United States of America in of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List property included in U.S. Survey 1496, lots 4 Congress assembled, Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130), and the term ‘Trib- and 7, partially surveyed T. 55 S., R. 63 E., al’ means of or pertaining to such an Indian Copper River Meridian, containing approxi- SECTION 1. ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF COMMISSION ON NATIVE tribe. mately 10.87 acres in Sitka, Alaska. CHILDREN REPORT. ‘‘(E) NATURAL CAUSE.—The term ‘natural SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY. Section 3(f) of the Alyce Spotted Bear and cause’— (a) LIABILITY.— Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Chil- ‘‘(i) means a weather, climatic, hazard, or bi- (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any dren Act (Public Law 114–244; 130 Stat. 987) is ology-related event, such as— other provision of law, the Consortium shall amended, in the matter preceding paragraph ‘‘(I) a hurricane; not be liable for any soil, surface water, (1), by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 ‘‘(II) a flood; groundwater, or other contamination result- years’’. ‘‘(III) a harmful algal bloom; ing from the disposal, release, or presence of Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent ‘‘(IV) a tsunami; any environmental contamination on any ‘‘(V) a hypoxic zone; portion of the property described in section 3 that the motion to reconsider be con- ‘‘(VI) a drought; on or before the date on which the property sidered made and laid upon the table. ‘‘(VII) El Nin˜ o effects on water temperature; is conveyed to the Consortium, except that The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ‘‘(VIII) a marine heat wave; or the Secretary shall not be liable for any con- objection, it is so ordered. ‘‘(IX) disease; and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.030 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7869 ‘‘(ii) does not mean a normal or cyclical vari- quested and the data is not available to the re- paragraph, the Secretary shall notify the re- ation in a species distribution or stock abun- quester, in carrying out the complete request quester and the Governor of the affected State dance. under subparagraph (A). or Tribal representative of the determination of ‘‘(F) 12-MONTH REVENUE LOSS.—The term ‘12- ‘‘(4) REVIEW PROCESS.— the Secretary. month revenue loss’ means the percentage re- ‘‘(A) INTERIM RESPONSE.—Not later than 20 ‘‘(5) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATIONS.— duction in commercial, charter, headboat, and days after receipt of a request under paragraph ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a processor revenue for the 12 months during the (3), the Secretary shall provide an interim re- determination about whether a fishery resource fishery resource disaster period that is due to sponse to the individual that— disaster has occurred, based on the revenue loss the fishery resource disaster, when compared to ‘‘(i) acknowledges receipt of the request; thresholds under subparagraph (B), and, if a average annual revenue in the most recent 5- ‘‘(ii) provides a regional contact within the fishery resource disaster has occurred, whether year period or equivalent for stocks with cycli- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Ad- the fishery resource disaster was due to— cal life histories. ministration; ‘‘(i) a natural cause; ‘‘(G) UNDETERMINED CAUSE.—The term ‘unde- ‘‘(iii) outlines the process and timeline by ‘‘(ii) an anthropogenic cause; termined cause’ means a cause in which the cur- which a request shall be considered; and ‘‘(iii) a combination of a natural cause and an rent state of knowledge does not allow the Sec- ‘‘(iv) requests additional information con- anthropogenic cause; or retary to identify the exact cause, and there is cerning the fishery resource disaster, if the ‘‘(iv) an undetermined cause. no current conclusive evidence supporting a original request is considered incomplete. ‘‘(B) REVENUE LOSS THRESHOLDS.— possible cause of the fishery resource disaster. ‘‘(B) EVALUATION OF REQUESTS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall apply ‘‘(2) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall com- the following 12-month revenue loss thresholds ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall have plete a review, within the time frame described in determining whether a fishery resource dis- the authority to determine the existence, extent, in clause (ii), using the best scientific informa- aster has occurred: and beginning and end dates of a fishery re- tion available, in consultation with the affected ‘‘(I) Losses greater than 80 percent shall result source disaster under this subsection in accord- fishing communities, States, or Tribes, of— in a positive determination that a fishery re- ance with this subsection. ‘‘(I) the information provided by the requester source disaster has occurred. ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—After the Sec- and any additional information relevant to the ‘‘(II) Losses between 35 percent and 80 percent retary determines that a fishery resource dis- fishery, which may include— shall be evaluated to determine whether a fish- aster has occurred, the Secretary is authorized ‘‘(aa) fishery characteristics; ery resource disaster has occurred, based on the to make sums available, from funds appro- ‘‘(bb) stock assessments; information provided or analyzed under para- priated under paragraph (9) that are available, ‘‘(cc) the most recent fishery independent sur- graph (4)(B). to be used by the affected State, Tribal govern- veys and other fishery resource assessments and ‘‘(III) Losses less than 35 percent shall not be ment, or interstate marine fisheries commission, surveys conducted by Federal, State, or Tribal eligible for a determination that a fishery re- or by the Secretary in cooperation with the af- officials; source disaster has occurred, except where the fected State, Tribal government, or interstate ‘‘(dd) estimates of mortality; and Secretary determines there are extenuating cir- marine fisheries commission. ‘‘(ee) overall effects; and cumstances that justify using a lower threshold ‘‘(C) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—The requirements ‘‘(II) the available economic information, in making the determination. under this subsection shall take effect only with which may include an analysis of— ‘‘(ii) CHARTER FISHING.—In making a deter- respect to requests for a fishery resource disaster ‘‘(aa) landings data; mination of whether a fishery resource disaster determination submitted after the date of enact- ‘‘(bb) revenue; has occurred, the Secretary shall consider the ment of the Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed ‘‘(cc) the number of participants involved; economic impacts to the charter fishing industry Disaster Declarations Act. ‘‘(dd) the number and type of jobs and per- to ensure financial coverage for charter fishing ‘‘(3) INITIATION OF A FISHERY RESOURCE DIS- sons impacted, which may include— businesses. ASTER REVIEW.— ‘‘(AA) fishers; ‘‘(iii) SUBSISTENCE USES.—In making a deter- ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE REQUESTERS.—Not later than 1 ‘‘(BB) charter fishing operators; mination of whether a fishery resource disaster year after the date of the conclusion of the fish- ‘‘(CC) subsistence users; has occurred, the Secretary may consider loss of ing season, a request for a fishery resource dis- ‘‘(DD) United States fish processors; and subsistence opportunity, where appropriate. aster determination may be submitted to the Sec- ‘‘(EE) an owner of a related fishery infra- ‘‘(C) INELIGIBLE FISHERIES.—A fishery subject retary, if the Secretary has not independently structure or business affected by the disaster, to overfishing in any of the 3 years preceding determined that a fishery resource disaster has such as a marina operator, recreational fishing the date of a determination under this sub- occurred, by— equipment retailer, or charter, headboat, or ten- section is not eligible for a determination of ‘‘(i) the Governor of an affected State; der vessel owner, operator, or crew; whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred ‘‘(ii) an official Tribal resolution; or ‘‘(ee) an impacted Indian Tribe; unless the Secretary determines that overfishing ‘‘(iii) any other comparable elected or politi- ‘‘(ff) an impacted business or other entity; was not a contributing factor to the fishery re- cally appointed representative as determined by ‘‘(gg) the availability of hazard insurance to source disaster. the Secretary. address financial losses due to a disaster; ‘‘(D) EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—In an ex- ‘‘(B) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—A complete re- ‘‘(hh) other forms of disaster assistance made ceptional circumstance where substantial eco- quest for a fishery resource disaster determina- available to the fishery, including prior awards nomic impacts to the affected fishery and fish- tion under subparagraph (A) shall include— of disaster assistance for the same event; ing community have been subject to a disaster ‘‘(i) identification of all presumed affected ‘‘(ii) the length of time the resource, or access declaration under another statutory authority, fish stocks; to the resource, has been restricted; such as in the case of a natural disaster or from ‘‘(ii) identification of the fishery as Federal, ‘‘(jj) status of recovery from previous fishery the direct consequences of a Federal action non-Federal, or both; resource disasters; taken to prevent, or in response to, a natural ‘‘(iii) the geographical boundaries of the fish- ‘‘(kk) lost resource tax revenues assessed by disaster for purposes of protecting life and safe- ery; local communities, such as a raw fish tax; and ty, the Secretary may determine a fishery re- ‘‘(iv) preliminary information on causes of the ‘‘(ll) other appropriate indicators to an af- source disaster has occurred without a request fishery resource disaster, if known; and fected fishery, as determined by the National or without conducting the required analyses in ‘‘(v) information needed to support a finding Marine Fisheries Service. subparagraphs (A) and (B). of a fishery resource disaster, including— ‘‘(ii) TIME FRAME.—The Secretary shall com- ‘‘(6) DISBURSAL OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.— ‘‘(I) information demonstrating the occurrence plete the review described in clause (i), if the ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall al- of an unexpected decrease in fish stock biomass fishing season, applicable to the fishery— locate funds available under paragraph (9) for or other change that results in significant loss ‘‘(I) has concluded or there is no defined fish- fishery resource disasters. of access to the fishery resource, which could in- ing season applicable to the fishery, not later ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATED FISHERY clude the loss of fishing vessels and gear, for a than 120 days after the Secretary receives a RESOURCE DISASTER ASSISTANCE.— substantial period of time; complete request for a fishery resource disaster ‘‘(i) NOTIFICATION OF FUNDING AVAIL- ‘‘(II) 12-month revenue loss or subsistence loss determination; ABILITY.—When there are appropriated funds for the affected Federal fishery, or if a fishery ‘‘(II) has not concluded, not later than 120 for 1 or more fishery resource disasters, the Sec- resource disaster has occurred at any time in the days after the conclusion of the fishing season; retary shall notify the public and representa- previous 5-year period, an appropriate time or tives of affected fishing communities with a frame as determined by the Secretary; ‘‘(III) has not been opened, not later than 120 positive disaster determination that is unfunded ‘‘(III) if applicable, information on lost re- days after the Secretary receives a complete re- of the allocation under paragraph (2)(B) not source tax revenues assessed by local commu- quest for a fishery resource disaster determina- more than 14 days after the date of the appro- nities, such as a raw fish tax; and tion. priation or the determination of a fishery re- ‘‘(IV) if applicable, information on 12-month ‘‘(C) FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER DETERMINA- source disaster, whichever occurs later. revenue loss for processors related to the infor- TION.—The Secretary shall make the determina- ‘‘(ii) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—The Secretary mation provided under subclause (I), subject to tion of a fishery resource disaster based on the may extend the deadline under clause (i) by 90 section 402(b). criteria for determinations listed in paragraph days to evaluate and make determinations on el- ‘‘(C) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide (5). igible requests. assistance, data, and analysis to an eligible re- ‘‘(D) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 14 days ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the al- quester described in paragraph (1), if so re- after the conclusion of the review under this location of appropriations for a fishery resource

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disaster, the Secretary shall consider commer- ‘‘(II) DISPLACED FISHERY EMPLOYEES.—Where ‘‘(C) TAX EXEMPT STATUS.—The Fisheries Dis- cial, charter, headboat, or seafood processing appropriate, individuals carrying out the activi- aster Fund appropriated under this subsection revenue losses and may consider the following ties described in items (aa) through (ff) of sub- shall be a tax exempt fund.’’. factors: clause (I) shall be individuals who are, or were, SEC. 3. MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CON- ‘‘(i) Direct economic impacts. employed in a commercial, charter, or Tribal SERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT. ‘‘(ii) Uninsured losses. fishery for which the Secretary has determined (a) REPEAL.—Section 315 of the Magnuson- ‘‘(iii) Losses of subsistence and Tribal ceremo- that a fishery resource disaster has occurred. Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management nial fishing opportunity. ‘‘(7) LIMITATIONS.— Act (16 U.S.C. 1864) is repealed. ‘‘(iv) Losses of recreational fishing oppor- ‘‘(A) FEDERAL SHARE.— (b) REPORT.—Section 113(b)(2) of the Magnu- tunity. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as applied to Tribes son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage- ‘‘(v) Aquaculture operations revenue loss. and as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Fed- ‘‘(vi) Direct revenue losses to a fishing com- ment Reauthorization Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. eral share of the cost of any activity carried out 460ss note) is amended— munity. under the authority of this subsection shall not ‘‘(vii) Treaty obligations. (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘(viii) Other economic impacts. exceed 75 percent of the cost of that activity. ‘‘ANNUAL REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT’’; ‘‘(ii) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ‘‘(D) SPEND PLANS.—To receive an allocation (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), from funds available under paragraph (9), a re- non-Federal share requirements of this sub- by striking ‘‘Not later than 2 years after the quester with an affirmative fishery resource dis- section, if the Secretary determines that— date of enactment of this Act, and annually ‘‘(I) no reasonable means are available aster determination shall submit a spend plan to thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 2 through which the recipient of the Federal the Secretary, not more than 120 days after re- years after the date of enactment of the Fishery share can meet the non-Federal share require- ceiving notification that funds are available, Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations ment; and that shall include the following information, if Act, and biennially thereafter’’; and ‘‘(II) the probable benefit of 100 percent Fed- applicable: (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘the cal- eral financing outweighs the public interest in ‘‘(i) Objectives and outcomes, with an empha- endar year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘the most re- imposition of the non-Federal share require- sis on addressing the factors contributing to the cent’’. ment. fishery resource disaster and minimizing future ‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—The Federal share of direct SEC. 4. INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT uninsured losses, if applicable. OF 1986. ‘‘(ii) Statement of work. assistance as described in paragraph (6)(F)(iii)(I)(hh) shall be equal to 100 percent. (a) REPEAL.—Section 308 of the Interjurisdic- ‘‘(iii) Budget details. tional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16. U.S.C. 4107) is ‘‘(E) REGIONAL CONTACT.—The Secretary shall ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX- repealed. provide a regional contact within the National PENSES.— ‘‘(i) FEDERAL.—Not more than 3 percent of the (b) TECHNICAL EDIT.—Section 3(k)(1) of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fa- Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(k)(1)) is cilitate review of spend plans and disbursal of funds available under this subsection may be used for administrative expenses by the National amended by striking ‘‘(as determined by the Sec- funds. retary of Commerce under section 308(b) of the ‘‘(F) DISBURSAL OF FUNDS.— Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administra- ‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY.—Funds shall be disbursed tion. Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986)’’ and not later than 90 days after the date the Sec- ‘‘(ii) STATE OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—Of the inserting ‘‘(as determined by the Secretary of retary receives a complete spend plan under funds remaining after the use described in Commerce under the Fishery Failures: Urgently subparagraph (D). clause (i), not more than 5 percent may be used Needed Disaster Declarations Act)’’. ‘‘(ii) METHOD.—The Secretary may provide an by States, Tribal governments, or interstate ma- SEC. 5. BUDGET REQUESTS; REPORTS. allocation of funds under this subsection in the rine fisheries commissions for administrative ex- (a) BUDGET REQUEST.—In the budget jus- form of a grant, direct payment, cooperative penses. tification materials submitted to Congress in agreement, loan, or contract. ‘‘(C) FISHING CAPACITY REDUCTION PRO- support of the budget of the Department of ‘‘(iii) ELIGIBLE USES.— GRAM.— Commerce for each fiscal year (as submitted ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Funds allocated for fishery ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No funds available under with the budget of the President under section resources disasters under this subsection shall this subsection may be used as part of a fishing 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), the Sec- prioritize the following uses, which are not in capacity reduction program in a fishery unless retary of Commerce shall include a separate order of priority: the Secretary determines that adequate con- statement of the amount requested to be appro- ‘‘(aa) Habitat conservation and restoration servation and management measures are in priated for that fiscal year for outstanding un- and other activities, including scientific replace in such fishery. funded fishery resource disasters. search, that reduce adverse impacts to the fish- ‘‘(ii) ASSISTANCE CONDITIONS.—As a condition (b) DRIFTNET ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1990 RE- ery or improve understanding of the affected of providing assistance under this subsection PORT AND BYCATCH REDUCTION AGREEMENTS.— species or its ecosystem. with respect to a vessel under a fishing capacity (1) IN GENERAL.—The Magnuson-Stevens ‘‘(bb) The collection of fishery information reduction program, the Secretary shall— Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 and other activities that improve management of ‘‘(I) prohibit the vessel from being used for U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended— the affected fishery. fishing; and (A) in section 202(h), by striking paragraph ‘‘(cc) In a commercial fishery, capacity reduc- ‘‘(II) require that the vessel be— (3); and ‘‘(aa) scrapped or otherwise disposed of in a tion and other activities that improve manage- (B) in section 206— ment of fishing effort, including funds to offset manner approved by the Secretary; (i) by striking subsections (e) and (f); and ‘‘(bb) donated to a nonprofit organization and budgetary costs to refinance a Federal fishing (ii) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as thereafter used only for purposes of research, capacity reduction loan or to repay the prin- subsections (e) and (f), respectively. education, or training; or cipal of a Federal fishing capacity reduction (2) BIENNIAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL COM- ‘‘(cc) used for another non-fishing purpose loan. PLIANCE.—Section 607 of the High Seas Driftnet provided the Secretary determines that adequate ‘‘(dd) Developing, repairing, or improving Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. measures are in place to ensure that the vessel fishery-related public infrastructure. 1826h) is amended— ‘‘(ee) Job training and economic transition cannot reenter any fishery anywhere in the (A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before programs. world. ‘‘The Secretary’’ and indenting appropriately; ‘‘(ff) Public information campaigns on the re- ‘‘(D) NO FISHERY ENDORSEMENT.— and covery of the fishery, including marketing. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A vessel that is prohibited ‘‘(gg) For any purpose that the Secretary de- from fishing under subparagraph (C)(ii)(I) shall (B) by adding at the end the following: termines is appropriate to restore the fishery af- not be eligible for a fishery endorsement under ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—In addition fected by such a disaster or to prevent a similar section 12113(a) of title 46, United States Code. to the information described in paragraphs (1) disaster in the future. ‘‘(ii) NONEFFECTIVE.—A fishery endorsement through (5) of subsection (a), the report shall in- ‘‘(hh) Direct assistance to a person, fishing for a vessel described in clause (i) shall not be clude— community (including assistance for lost fish- effective. ‘‘(1) a description of the actions taken to eries resource levies), or a business to alleviate ‘‘(iii) NO SALE.—A vessel described in clause carry out the provisions of section 206 of the economic loss incurred as a direct result of a (i) shall not be sold to a foreign owner or re- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and fishery resource disaster, particularly when af- flagged. Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1826), including— fected by a circumstance described in paragraph ‘‘(8) PUBLIC INFORMATION ON DATA COLLEC- ‘‘(A) an evaluation of the progress of those ef- (5)(D). TION.—The Secretary shall make available and forts, the impacts on living marine resources, in- ‘‘(ii) Appropriate economic and other incen- update as appropriate, information on data col- cluding available observer data, and specific tives to encourage commercial fishermen to re- lection and submittal best practices for the in- plans for further action; turn to the fishery once it has recovered from formation described in paragraph (4)(B). ‘‘(B) a list and description of any new fish- the disaster. ‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— eries developed by nations that conduct, or au- ‘‘(jj) Hatcheries and stock enhancement to ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized thorize their nationals to conduct, large-scale help rebuild the affected stock or offset fishing to be appropriated to carry out this subsection driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic pressure on the affected stock. such sums as may be necessary. zone of any nation; and ‘‘(kk) Other activities that recover or improve ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts ap- ‘‘(C) a list of the nations that conduct, or au- management of the affected fishery, as deter- propriated under this subsection shall remain thorize their nationals to conduct, large-scale mined by the Secretary. available until expended. driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A20DE6.020 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7871 zone of any nation in a manner that diminishes The amendment (No. 2723) in the na- A bill (H.R. 1240) to preserve United States the effectiveness of or is inconsistent with any ture of a substitute was agreed to as fishing heritage through a national program international agreement governing large-scale follows: dedicated to training and assisting the next driftnet fishing to which the United States is a (Purpose: In the nature of a sub- generation of commercial fishermen. party or otherwise subscribes; and stitute.) There being no objection, the Senate ‘‘(2) a description of the actions taken to proceeded to consider the bill. carry out the provisions of section 202(h) of the (The amendment is printed in today’s Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1822(h)). The bill was ordered to be engrossed that the bill be considered read a third ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—If, at any time, the Sec- for a third reading and was read the time and passed and that the motion to retary, in consultation with the Secretary of third time. reconsider be considered made and laid State and the Secretary of the department in Mr. BLUNT. I know of no further de- upon the table. which the Coast Guard is operating, identifies bate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without any nation that warrants inclusion in the list The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection, it is so ordered. described under subsection (b)(1)(C), due to further debate on the bill? The bill (H.R. 1240) was ordered to a large scale drift net fishing, the Secretary shall Hearing none, the bill having been third reading, was read the third time, certify that fact to the President. Such certification shall be deemed to be a certification for read the third time, the question is, and passed. the purposes of section 8(a) of the Fishermen’s Shall the bill pass? f Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1978(a)).’’. The bill (S. 2346), as amended, was passed. PROTECTING AMERICAN INTEL- (c) REPORT ON EFFORTS TO PREPARE AND LECTUAL PROPERTY ACT OF 2020 ADAPT UNITED STATES FISHERY MANAGEMENT Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.— that the motion to reconsider be con- Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after sidered made and laid upon the table. legislative session, I ask unanimous the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without consent that the Committee on Bank- troller General of the United States shall submit objection, it is so ordered. ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs be dis- a report to Congress examining efforts by the charged from further consideration of Regional Fishery Management Councils, the At- f S. 3952 and the Senate proceed to its lantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and DEEMING AN URBAN INDIAN OR- immediate consideration. the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare GANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The THEREOF TO BE A PART OF THE clerk will report the bill by title. (2) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The report required PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE under paragraph (1) shall include— The senior assistant legislative clerk (A) an examination of current or previous ef- Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in read as follows: forts (including the 2016 GAO Report on Federal legislative session, I ask unanimous A bill (S. 3952) to require the imposition of Fisheries Management ), and whether those ef- consent that the Senate proceed to the sanctions with respect to foreign persons forts have resulted in changes to management, immediate consideration of H.R. 6535, that have engaged in significant theft of by the Regional Fishery Management Councils, which was received from the House. trade secrets of United States persons, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The for other purposes. sion, and the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare and adapt Federal and jointly man- clerk will report the bill by title. There being no objection, the Senate aged fisheries for the impacts of climate change; The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to consider the bill. (B) an examination of any guidance issued to read as follows: Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent the Regional Fishery Management Councils by A bill (H.R. 6535) to deem an urban Indian that the Van Hollen substitute amend- the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare organization and employees thereof to be a ment, which is at the desk, be consid- and adapt Federal fishery management for the part of the Public Health Service for the pur- ered and agreed to and that the bill, as impacts of climate change and whether and how poses of certain claims for personal injury, amended, be considered read a third and for other purposes. that guidance has been utilized; time. (C) identification of and recommendations for There being no objection, the Senate how best to address the most significant eco- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without proceeded to consider the bill. objection, it is so ordered. nomic, social, ecological, or other knowledge Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent gaps, as well as key funding gaps, that would The amendment (No. 2724) in the na- increase the ability of the Regional Fishery that the bill be read a third time. ture of a substitute was agreed to, as Management Councils, the Atlantic States Ma- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without follows: objection, it is so ordered. rine Fisheries Commission, or the National Ma- (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) rine Fisheries Service to prepare and adapt fish- The bill was ordered to a third read- ery management for the impacts of climate ing and was read the third time. Strike all after the enacting clause and in- change; Mr. BLUNT. I know of no further desert the following: (D) recommendations for how the Regional bate on the bill. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Fishery Management Councils, the Atlantic The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the further debate? American Intellectual Property Act of 2020’’. National Marine Fisheries Service can better Hearing none, the bill having been SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RE- adapt fishery management and prepare associ- SPECT TO THEFT OF TRADE SE- ated fishing industries and dependent commu- read the third time, the question is, CRETS OF UNITED STATES PERSONS. nities for the impacts of climate change; and Shall the bill pass? (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— (E) recommendations for how to enhance the The bill (H.R. 6535) was passed. (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days capacity of the National Marine Fisheries Serv- Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask after the date of the enactment of this Act, ice to monitor climate-related changes to fish- unanimous consent that the motion to and not less frequently than every 180 days eries and marine ecosystems, to understand the reconsider be considered made and laid thereafter, the President shall submit to the mechanisms of change, to evaluate risks and upon the table. appropriate congressional committees a re- priorities, to provide forecasts and projections of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without port— (A) identifying, for the 180-day period pre- future conditions, to communicate scientific ad- objection, it is so ordered. vice, and to better manage fisheries under ceding submission of the report— changing conditions due to climate change. f (i) any foreign person that has knowingly YOUNG FISHERMEN’S engaged in, or benefitted from, significant Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent theft of trade secrets of United States per- that the committee-reported substitute DEVELOPMENT ACT sons, if the theft of such trade secrets is rea- be withdrawn; that the Wicker sub- Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in sonably likely to result in, or has materially stitute at the desk be agreed to; and legislative session, I ask unanimous contributed to, a significant threat to the that the bill, as amended, be considered consent that the Senate proceed to the national security, foreign policy, or eco- read a third time. immediate consideration of H.R. 1240, nomic health or financial stability of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without United States; which was received from the House. (ii) any foreign person that has provided objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The significant financial, material, or techno- The committee-reported amendment clerk will report the bill by title. logical support for, or goods or services in in the nature of a substitute was with- The senior assistant legislative clerk support of or to benefit significantly from, drawn. read as follows: such theft;

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(B) describing the nature, objective, and (2) not more than 15 days after issuing the The bill was ordered to be engrossed outcome of the theft of trade secrets each waiver, submits to the appropriate congres- for a third reading and was read the foreign person described in subparagraph sional committees a notification of the waiv- third time. (A)(i) engaged in or benefitted from; and er and the reasons for the waiver. Mr. BLUNT. I know of no further de- (C) assessing whether any chief executive (e) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Sanctions officer or member of the board of directors bate on the bill, as amended. imposed under subsection (b) with respect to described in clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a foreign person identified in a report sub- engaged in, or benefitted from, activity de- further debate? mitted under subsection (a) shall terminate scribed in clause (i) or (ii) of that subpara- Hearing none, the bill having been if the President certifies to the appropriate graph. read the third time, the question is, congressional committees, before the termi- (2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required Shall the bill pass? nation takes effect, that the person is no by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in un- longer engaged in the activity identified in The bill (S. 3952), as amended, was classified form but may include a classified the report. passed. annex. Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent (f) EXCEPTIONS.— (b) AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS.— that the motion to reconsider be con- (1) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—This section (1) SANCTIONS APPLICABLE TO ENTITIES.—In sidered made and laid upon the table. the case of a foreign entity identified under shall not apply with respect to activities subject to the reporting requirements under The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(1) in the objection, it is so ordered. most recent report submitted under that title V of the National Security Act of 1947 subsection, the President shall impose one of (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in- f the following: telligence activities of the United States. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanc- AUTHORIZING THE SERGEANT AT (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President tions under this section shall not apply with ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE may, pursuant to the International Emer- SENATE TO DELEGATE AUTHOR- gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 respect to any authorized law enforcement et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions activities of the United States. ITY TO APPROVE PAYROLL AND in all property and interests in property of (3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER- PERSONNEL ACTIONS NATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—Subsection (b)(2)(B) the entity if such property and interests in Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in property are in the United States, come shall not apply with respect to the admission of an individual to the United States if such legislative session, I ask unanimous within the United States, or are or come consent that the Senate proceed to the within the possession or control of a United admission is necessary to comply with the States person. obligations of the United States under the immediate consideration of S. 5076 in- Agreement regarding the Headquarters of (B) INCLUSION ON ENTITY LIST.—The Presi- troduced earlier today. dent may include the entity on the entity the United Nations, signed at Lake Success The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without list maintained by the Bureau of Industry June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem- objection, it is so ordered. and Security of the Department of Com- ber 21, 1947, between the United Nations and The clerk will report the bill by title. merce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to the United States, under the Convention on The senior assistant legislative clerk part 744 of the Export Administration Regu- Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, read as follows: 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or lations, for activities contrary to the na- A bill (S. 5076) to authorize the Sergeant at under other international agreements. tional security or foreign policy interests of Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to dele- the United States. (g) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF gate authority to approve payroll and per- (2) SANCTIONS APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS.— GOODS.— sonnel actions. (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority or a re- In the case of an individual identified under There being no objection, the Senate subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(1) in the quirement to impose sanctions under this most recent report submitted under that section shall not include the authority or a proceeded to consider the bill. subsection, the following shall apply: requirement to impose sanctions on the im- Mr. BLUNT. I ask unanimous consent (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President portation of goods. that the bill be considered read a third shall, pursuant to the International Emer- (2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the time and passed and that the motion to gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or reconsider be considered made and laid et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions manmade substance, material, supply, or upon the table. in all property and interests in property of manufactured product, including inspection The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the individual if such property and interests and test equipment, and excluding technical objection, it is so ordered. in property are in the United States, come data. The bill (S. 5076) was ordered to be within the United States, or are or come (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: engrossed for a third reading, was read within the possession or control of a United (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- the third time, and passed, as follows: States person. TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional S. 5076 (B) VISA BAN; EXCLUSION.—The Secretary of committees’’ means— State shall deny a visa to the individual and (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- revoke, in accordance with section 221(i) of and Urban Affairs and the Committee on resentatives of the United States of America in the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 Foreign Relations of the Senate; and Congress assembled, U.S.C. 1201(i)), any visa or other documenta- (B) the Committee on Financial Services SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE AUTHOR- tion of the individual, and the Secretary of and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the ITY TO APPROVE PAYROLL AND PER- SONNEL ACTIONS. Homeland Security shall exclude the indi- House of Representatives. Section 1201 of the Supplemental Appro- vidual from the United States. (2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— priations Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 6598) is amend- (c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— The term ‘‘Export Administration Regula- ed— (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may tions’’ means subchapter C of chapter VII of (1) by striking ‘‘all vouchers, for payment exercise all authorities provided under sec- title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. of moneys,’’ and inserting ‘‘any voucher for tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer- (3) FOREIGN ENTITY.—The term ‘‘foreign en- payment of moneys, payroll action, or per- gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 tity’’ means an entity that is not a United sonnel action’’; and and 1704) to carry out this section. States person. (2) by striking ‘‘any voucher, for payment (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at- (4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign of moneys,’’ and inserting ‘‘any voucher for tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or person’’ means a person that is not a United payment of moneys, payroll action, or per- causes a violation of paragraph (1)(A) or States person. sonnel action’’. (2)(A) of subsection (b) or any regulation, li- (5) TRADE SECRET.—The term ‘‘trade se- cense, or order issued to carry out that para- cret’’ has the meaning given that term in f graph shall be subject to the penalties set section 1839 of title 18, United States Code. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 (6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an of the International Emergency Economic individual or entity. VOTE ON THE AENLLE-ROCHA NOMINATION Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex- (7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term The PRESIDING OFFICER. All tent as a person that commits an unlawful ‘‘United States person’’ means— postcloture time has expired.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20DE6.015 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7873 The question is, Will the Senate ad- LEGISLATIVE SESSION will miss them and the unique at- vise and consent to the Aenlle-Rocha tributes, skill, and devotion to public nomination? service they have brought to the Sen- Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I ask for MORNING BUSINESS ate. the yeas and nays. Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask Senator CORY GARDNER is a fifth gen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a unanimous consent that the Senate eration Coloradan firmly rooted in the sufficient second? proceed to legislative session to be in a State’s Eastern Plains whose family There appears to be a sufficient sec- period of morning business, with Sen- has been in the farm implement busi- ond. ators permitted to speak therein for up ness for over one century. He received The clerk will call the roll. to 10 minutes each. his undergraduate degree from Colo- The legislative clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without rado State University, where he grad- Mr. THUNE. The following Senators objection, it is so ordered. uated summa cum laude, and his Juris are necessarily absent: the Senator Doctor from the University of Colorado f at Boulder. from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the While Senator GARDNER has only Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACK- VOTE EXPLANATION been in the Senate since 2015, the ex- BURN), the Senator from North Caro- Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I was pression ‘‘got it in one’’ certainly ap- lina (Mr. BURR), the Senator from unavoidably absent in 2019 due to a plies to him. Perhaps that is because Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator from family medical emergency for rollcall he previously worked in the Senate for Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the Senator from votes Nos. 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, then-Senator Wayne Allard, quickly Nebraska (Mrs. FISCHER), the Senator 202, and 203. Had I been present, I would rising to become Senator Allard’s leg- from Georgia (Mrs. LOEFFLER), the have voted yea on votes Nos. 195 and islative director. He served for 6 years Senator from Georgia (Mr. PERDUE), 197 and nay on votes Nos. 196, 198, 199, in the Colorado House of Representa- and the Senator from South Dakota 200, 201, 202, and 203. tives and another 4 years in the U.S. (Mr. ROUNDS). f House of Representatives before being Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the elected to the Senate in 2014. Senator from California (Mrs. FEIN- H.R. 6535 Here in the Senate, Senator GARDNER STEIN), the Senator from California Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I has been a serious legislator but with a (Ms. HARRIS), and the Senator from rise today to address equitable treat- cheerful and affable and civil manner. Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) are nec- ment in Native healthcare. When the He has worked to bridge partisan di- essarily absent. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs vides, particularly on energy policy, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there considered S. 3650, the companion bill where he has been one of the Repub- any other Senators in the Chamber de- to H.R. 6535, I noted the strong history licans’ leading advocates of renewable siring to vote? of Alaska Natives and Native Hawai- energy. This year, the esteemed Lugar The results was announced—yeas 80, ians working together to ensure that Center ranked Senator GARDNER as the nays 8, as follows: there is parity in Federal policy for all third most bipartisan Senator. [Rollcall Vote No. 284 Ex.] Native peoples. Enactment of H.R. 6535 I have had the opportunity to work YEAS—80 will address the lack of parity in Fed- with Senator GARDNER on the Senate eral urban Indian health programs, and Baldwin Graham Reed Foreign Relations Committee as he led Barrasso Grassley Risch by sending this bill to the President, the effort to impose sanctions against Bennet Hassan Roberts the Senate is making a necessary cor- North Korea in his role as chairman of Blunt Heinrich Romney rection that will support delivery of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee Booker Hirono Rosen healthcare to Native communities Boozman Hoeven on East Asia, the Pacific, and Inter- Rubio across the country. But, as we pass this Braun Hyde-Smith Schatz national Cybersecurity Policy. Brown Inhofe Schumer measure, we must not forget that a Through the committee, we also Cantwell Johnson Scott (FL) lack of parity continues to persist for worked together to introduce legisla- Capito Jones Scott (SC) Cardin Kaine the Native Hawaiian healthcare Sys- tion to enhance American maritime ca- Shaheen Carper Kelly tems funded through the Native Hawai- Shelby pacity and leadership and increase sup- Casey Kennedy Sinema ian Health Care Improvement Act. I port to our allies in the Asia-Pacific re- Cassidy King Smith am therefore committed to standing Collins Klobuchar gion, the Asia-Pacific Maritime Secu- Coons Lankford Sullivan with Senator SCHATZ to ensure that rity Initiative Act of 2016. I was also Tester Cornyn Leahy Native Hawaiian healthcare systems pleased to work with Senator GARDNER Cortez Masto Manchin Thune are not left behind and will work with Cotton McConnell Tillis in 2019 to introduce the Wildlife Refuge Cramer Menendez Toomey him to address the inequitable access System Protection Act, bipartisan leg- Crapo Merkley Udall to Federal Tort Claims Act coverage islation to provide legal authority for Daines Moran Van Hollen among Native health systems in the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service— Duckworth Murkowski Warner next Congress. Together, we will con- Durbin Murphy Whitehouse USFWS—to seek damages for injury or Ernst Murray Wicker tinue to fight for the trust and treaty harm on National Wildlife Refuges, Na- Gardner Peters Wyden rights and access to benefits for all of tional Fish Hatcheries, and other Gillibrand Portman Young our country’s Native peoples. USFWS lands and waters. NAYS—8 f My wife Myrna and I have traveled Blumenthal Markey Sasse with Senator GARDNER and his wife Hawley Paul Warren TRIBUTE TO DEPARTING Jaime to promote human rights Lee Sanders SENATORS abroad. His commitment to global NOT VOTING—12 Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, the end human rights was crystal clear to Alexander Enzi Loeffler of a Congress is a bittersweet time. We Myrna and me. I will miss Senator Blackburn Feinstein Perdue reflect with pride on our accomplish- GARDNER and his pleasant demeanor, Burr Fischer Rounds ments but have a sense of wistfulness but he is still a young man so I am con- Cruz Harris Stabenow with respect to the things we have been fident he will find new ways to con- The nomination was confirmed. unable to do. We look forward to the tinue serving all Americans, but espe- Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask holidays, spending more time with our cially the Coloradans he has rep- unanimous consent that the motion to families, and having a bit of a respite. resented with distinction for the past reconsider be considered made and laid But we have to say good-bye to several 16 years. I wish him, Jaime, and their upon the table and the President be im- colleagues. I would like to take a few children Alyson, Thatcher, and Caitlyn mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- moments to pay tribute to Senators all the best. tion. who will not be returning when the Senator Martha McSally has only The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 117th Congress convenes. They are my been in the Senate for 2 years, but it is objection, it is so ordered. friends as well as my colleagues and I impossible not to be in awe of her true

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:23 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.037 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE S7874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 20, 2020 grit and determination, perhaps stem- has broken in her life. Senator McSally abiding faith and ceaseless efforts, that ming from being the youngest of five has said, ‘‘There’s always more that arc is bending faster. I wish him, his children. Her father died when she was unites us than divides us.’’ I agree wife Louise, their children Carson, just 12, leaving her mother to raise and wholeheartedly with that sentiment. Christopher, and Courtney, and their support her family. Perhaps it was the She is a fighter who will continue to two grandchildren all the best moving example her mother set—Senator fight for our county, and I am grateful forward. I know he will continue to McSally was determined to let nothing for that. serve our country, and I am hopeful it stand in her way. She was the valedic- Senator DOUG JONES is a native will be as a member of the incoming torian of her high school and earned an Alabaman, a steelworker’s son, who administration of President-Elect Joe appointment to the United States Air grew up during the great struggle for Biden. Force Academy, where she received a civil rights and desegregation in the Senator TOM UDALL comes from an bachelor’s of science in biology. I am South. He has been involved in that illustrious extended family with a long privileged to represent the U.S. Naval struggle all of his life, active in cam- history of distinguished public service, Academy in Annapolis, MD. I have pus affairs at the University of Ala- including his father Stewart, who served on the board of visitors, and my bama, where he earned his bachelor’s served as Secretary of the Interior staff and I interview the hundreds of degree in 1976, and in trying to mod- under President John F. Kennedy and young applicants across Maryland who ernize Alabama’s court system. Lyndon Baines Johnson from 1961 to aspire to enroll in one of our service Senator JONES has the distinction of 1969. His uncle Morris ‘‘Mo’’ K. Udall academies each year. I am not sure working, being confirmed by, and being was one of the most accomplished and most Americans are aware of how in- elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. beloved Congressmen in U.S. history, tensely competitive these positions are After he graduated from Cumberland representing Arizona’s Second District and what a tremendous honor earning Law School at Samford University in for 30 years. While Senator UDALL was an appointment is. Meeting these ap- 1979, he worked as a staff counsel on born in Tucson, he has deep roots in plicants, reviewing their extraordinary the Senate Judiciary Committee for New Mexico, starting with his grand- accomplishments at such a young age, then-Senator Howell Heflin. Senator mother Luna, who was born in New and seeing their commitment to serv- JONES served as an Assistant U.S. At- Mexico Territory. ice—willing to put their lives on the torney from 1980 to 1984. After he Senator UDALL earned his under- line, if necessary—restores one’s faith worked in private practice for several graduate degree from Prescott College, in the boundless future of our Nation. years, President Clinton nominated a bachelor of laws degree from Cam- Senator McSally certainly put her him to serve as the U.S. Attorney for bridge, and J.D. from the University of life on the line for us and shattered the Northern District of Alabama, and New Mexico in 1977. And then joining gender barriers along the way. She be- the Senate confirmed his nomination the family tradition, he began his pub- came the first woman in American his- in 1997. lic service by clerking for the Honor- tory to fly a fighter jet in combat and While Senator JONES was the U.S. At- able Oliver Seth, chief justice of the the first woman to command a fighter torney, he successfully prosecuted two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth squadron in combat. She deployed six of the four men who were responsible Circuit. Later, he became a Federal times to the Middle East. She helped for the heinous bombing of the 16th prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s lead and execute the initial air cam- Street Baptist Church in 1963, an at- criminal division and chief counsel to paign in Afghanistan after the 9/11 ter- tack that killed four young Black girls the New Mexico Department of Health rorist attacks and she supervised com- between the ages of 11 and 14 and and Environment. bat search and rescue operations in Af- shocked the conscience of our Nation. ghanistan and Iraq. In total, she flew He prosecuted other domestic terror- Senator UDALL was elected New Mex- 325 combat hours and earned a Bronze ists, including the Ku Klux Klan and ico Attorney General in 1990 and re- Star and six air medals. She served in Eric Rudolph. He won a hard-fought elected in 1994. He made his mark in the U.S. Air Force for 26 years, retiring special election to the Senate in De- several areas, but especially in govern- as a full colonel. cember 2017 and has served with honor, ment transparency and ethics, a quest Senator McSally has never been one distinction, and a commitment to find- he would continue in the U.S. House of to rest on her laurels. She earned mas- ing bipartisan solutions to our Nation’s Representatives, where he served five ters’ degrees from Harvard University’s most-pressing problems. highly productive terms, even though John F. Kennedy School of Govern- Senator JONES has fought to protect he was in the minority for four of ment and the U.S. Air War College, healthcare and to create equal opportu- them, passing legislation to establish a graduating first in her class of 261 sen- nities for all Americans. He led the national renewable energy standard. ior military officers. She ran for the passage of the bipartisan FUTURE Act Here in the Senate, Senator UDALL House of Representatives, first unsuc- into law last year, legislation that I has continued his distinguished service cessfully by a narrow margin in 2012 strongly supported to provide perma- for two terms in his low-key, quiet, un- but then successfully—again by a nar- nent funding for historically Black col- derstated, and effective manner. Just row margin—in 2014, becoming the first leges and universities and minority- this year, he led the passage of the Republican woman to represent Ari- serving institutions. He has also cham- Great American Outdoors Act to fund zona in Congress. She was reelected in pioned minority-serving financial in- our national parks and Federal land 2016. She lost a tough race to Senator stitutions and minority-owned banks, agencies. He has championed environ- SINEMA in 2018, but Arizona Governor supporting the efforts to add additional mental justice and has devoted himself Doug Ducey appointed her to finish the funds for these institutions through to rectifying the injustices our Nation unexpired term of another war hero, the Paycheck Protection Program. I has perpetrated against Indian Nations our late friend Senator John McCain. was proud to work with Senator JONES and Tribes. Senator UDALL has re- Unfortunately, I had little oppor- on the successful passage of our legisla- mained steadfast in his commitment to tunity to work with Senator McSally tion to extend the Caribbean Basin good and transparent government as during her 2 years here in the Senate, Economic Recovery Act this year, the lead Senate sponsor of the For the although I did travel with her to Nor- which extends until 2030 duty-free ac- People Act. mandy for the 75th anniversary of D- cess for certain textile goods from 23 I have been privileged to work close- Day, and I saw firsthand her commit- Caribbean countries that are made ly with Senator UDALL on the Commis- ment to America’s service men and with U.S. yarns, fabrics, and threads sion on Security and Cooperation in women—especially military sexual as- until 2030. Europe, also known as the U.S. Hel- sault survivors—to veterans, and to Senator JONES is equally committed sinki Commission, and on the Senate military families. Senator McSally is to civility and civil rights. As the Rev- Foreign Relations Committee. We have an inspiration to all of us, but espe- erend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so focused on strengthening our relation- cially to women and girls, for her devo- famously said, ‘‘The arc or the moral ships with our allies, which President tion to duty and the incredible odds universe is long, but it bends toward Trump has put to the test, promoting she has overcome and the barriers she justice.’’ Thanks to Senator JONES’ American values around the world, and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.023 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7875 fostering human rights and inter- the Department of Defense, and on our ington, DC, and the other in his be- national development and conservation Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure loved Kansas. He served as Chairman of efforts. Act, to help student groups with colle- the Dwight David Eisenhower Memo- I will greatly miss Senator UDALL giate housing costs. rial Commission—and that fine memo- here in the Senate but feel fortunate to Senator ENZI’s grandfatherly mien rial on Independence Avenue to Kan- have served with him these last 12 and calm disposition have helped steer sas’s favorite son was dedicated earlier years in the Senate and for 8 years to- the Senate through rocky times, and I this year—a fitting capstone to Sen- gether in the House of Representatives will miss his steady hand on our rud- ator ROBERTS’ 40 years as an elected of- before that. New Mexicans and all der. My wife Myrna will miss his wife ficial. Back in Kansas, he helped to es- Americans have benefited greatly from of 51 years, Diana, an active member of tablish the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, his 30 years in elected office and life- the Senate Spouses Club, who also one of the most beautiful and majestic time of public service. He has honor- works to provide specially trained dogs places in America. Tallgrass prairie ably and effectively continued his fam- and handlers to countries infested with once stretched from Canada to Mexico, ily’s noble tradition of stewardship in landmines. Senator ENZI is an avid covering more than 170 million acres. all regards. My wife Myrna and Sen- hunter and fly fisherman, and I know Today, less than 4 percent of it remains ator UDALL’s wife Jill, a tireless advo- he will enjoy the opportunity to spend intact, mostly in the Kansas Flint cate on behalf of the Smithsonian’s Na- more time with Diana; their children Hills, largely thanks to the efforts of tional Museum of the American Indian, Amy, Emily, and Brad; and their four Senator ROBERTS. have become good friends, and Myrna grandchildren. I have had the opportunity to work and I will miss both of them. I wish Senator PAT ROBERTS is a native with Senator ROBERTS on agricultural them and their daughter Amanda all Kansan from Topeka and a quintessen- and healthcare issues, and legislation the best. tial plainspoken Midwesterner and ex- to encourage retirement savings by fos- Senator MIKE ENZI was born in Brem- marine. He is a fourth generation Kan- tering the growth of S corporations erton, WA, where his father was work- san, whose great-grandfather, J.W. owned by Employee Stock Ownership ing in the naval shipyard during World Roberts, founded the ‘‘Oskaloosa Inde- Plans—‘‘S-ESOPS’’. I will miss work- War II. He grew up in Thermopolis, pendent,’’ the State’s second oldest ing with him and his Semper Fi, ‘‘can- WY. He came to Washington, DC, for newspaper. Senator ROBERTS has jour- do’’ approach to problem-solving, but I college, earning his bachelor’s degree nalism and public service coursing know he is looking forward to spending in accounting from George Washington though his blood. He earned his bach- more time with his wife Franki; their University in 1966. He began his public elor’s degree in journalism from Kan- three children, David, Ashleigh, and service in the Wyoming Air National sas State University and then served in Anne-Wesley; and their seven grand- Guard from 1967 to 1973. Later, he the U.S. Marine Corps for 4 years be- children. worked in the U.S. Department of the fore working as a reporter and then Senator LAMAR ALEXANDER has had a Interior, earned a master’s degree from editor of several newspapers in Ari- career in public service as long, varied, the University of Denver, ran his fa- zona. In 1967, Senator ROBERTS worked and distinguished as just about any ther’s show business, and became for then-U.S. Senator Frank Carlson. other American, working or serving in mayor of Gillette, WY, when he was In 1969, he became administrative as- all three branches of the Federal Gov- just 30. sistant to then-U.S. Representative ernment. He is a seventh generation Senator ENZI served in the Wyoming Keith Sibelius, who represented the east Tennessean whose father was an House of Representatives for 4 years First District. elementary school principal and moth- and in the Wyoming Senate for 6 years Senator ROBERTS went on to rep- er was a pre-school teacher—thus before being elected to the U.S. Senate resent the First District himself for 16 began Senator ALEXANDER’s lifelong in- in 1996 with 54 percent of the vote. That years before being elected to the Sen- terest in education. He graduated from was the closest election he has had; he ate in 1996, where he has continued to Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in garnered over 70 percent of the vote serve with distinction for four terms. 1962 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. each time he sought reelection. Senator ROBERTS has a well-earned rep- He earned his J.D. from New York Uni- Senator ENZI is one of the most con- utation as a national leader on agri- versity in 1965, was editor of the law re- servative members of the Senate but culture, defense, and healthcare issues. view, and a Root-Tilden Scholar. that has not prevented him from reach- He has the distinction of being the first Senator ALEXANDER began his public ing across the aisle. He is quiet but his person in history to have chaired both service as a clerk for the Honorable accomplishments speak volumes. While the House and Senate Committees on John Minor Wisdom on the U.S. Court he chaired the Senate Health, Edu- Agriculture and to author and pass bi- of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He cation, Labor, and Pensions Com- partisan farm bills in both Chambers. worked on the staff of then-U.S. Sen- mittee, it reported 37 bills, 23 of which He led the passage of the overwhelm- ator Howard Baker and as staff assist- the Senate passed. As he likes to say, ingly bipartisan 2018 farm bill, which ant to then-President Richard Nixon. ‘‘People can agree on 80 percent of the benefited farmers in my home State of In 1978, he walked 1,022 miles across issues 80 percent of the time, and if Maryland and around the Nation. As Tennessee, spent the night with 73 dif- they leave the other 20 percent out cochairman of the Senate Rural Health ferent families, and won election as they can get a lot done.’’ He has au- Caucus, Senator ROBERTS has sought to Governor. As Governor, he helped to thored more than 100 bills that Presi- address the challenges that rural com- bring the auto industry to the State. dents of both parties have signed into munities face in terms of access to He was reelected in 1982 and served as law. high-quality healthcare. chair of the National Governors’ Asso- Senator ENZI and I have served on While Senator ROBERTS chaired the ciation from 1985 to 1986. He was presi- the Senate Finance Committee to- Senate Select Committee on Intel- dent of the University of Tennessee gether since the 112th Congress, and on ligence, he conducted one of the most from 1988 to 1991, then-President the Subcommittee on Health Care, thorough reviews of U.S. intelligence George H.W. Bush’s Secretary of Edu- where we have worked together to find gathering and analysis in the wake of cation from 1991 to 1993, and a Pro- bipartisan solutions to expand access the faulty intelligence leading to the fessor of Practice in Public Service at to affordable, quality healthcare. We war in Iraq. The committee unani- Harvard the Kennedy School of Gov- have also worked together to ensure mously issued the bipartisan report, ernment from 2001 to 2003. Somehow, the stability and health of pension which frankly and forthrightly re- he has also found the time to cofound funds, including recent efforts related vealed systemic failures and provided a law firm and two successful busi- to the multiemployer union pension numerous recommendations included nesses, be a classical and country pian- crisis, and to bolster financial literacy. in the 9/11 Intelligence Reform Act of ist who has performed on the Grand I have also been pleased to work with 2004. Old Opry and with symphony orches- Senator ENZI on legislation to ensure Senator ROBERTS has played a piv- tras, and author seven books. prompt payments to small businesses otal role in the creation of two wonder- While Senator ALEXANDER chaired working as Federal contractors across ful monuments, one here in Wash- the HELP Committee, it reported 45

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:25 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.023 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE S7876 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 20, 2020 bills that became law, most of which he ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED H.R. 2468. An act to amend the Public authored. He sponsored the America The message further announced that Health Service Act to increase the pref- Competes Act of 2007; the Every Stu- the Speaker has signed the following erence given, in awarding certain allergies dent Succeeds Act of 2015, greatly bene- enrolled bills: and asthma-related grants, to States that require certain public schools to have allergies S. 212. An act amend the Native American fitting students in my home State of and asthma management programs, and for Business Development, Trade Promotion, Maryland and nationwide; the 21st Cen- other purposes. tury Cures Act of 2016; and the Opioid and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, H.R. 3976. An act to designate the facility Crisis Response Act of 2018. He also au- and the Native American Programs Act of of the United States Postal Service located thored legislation to modernize how 1974 to provide industry and economic devel- at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, opment opportunities to Indian commu- Michigan, as the ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post Of- songwriters are compensated for their nities. works. The list goes on and on. fice Building’’. S. 461. An act to strengthen the capacity H.R. 4356. An act to amend the Senator ALEXANDER has been a cham- and competitiveness of historically Black pion of higher education reform, seek- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow colleges and universities through robust pub- certain individuals to terminate contracts ing to simplify the process of applying lic-sector, private-sector, and community for telephone, multichannel video program- for financial aid and to increase access partnerships and engagement, and for other ming, or internet access service, and for for all students. I have been proud to purposes. other purposes. S. 900. An act to designate the community- work with him to support and H.R. 4983. An act to designate the Depart- based outpatient clinic of the Department of ment of Veterans Affairs communitybased strengthen historically Black colleges Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Montana, as outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the and universities and minority serving the Travis W. Atkins Department of Vet- ‘‘Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Vet- institutions. On the environmental erans Affairs Clinic. erans Affairs Health Care Clinic’’. front, I had the opportunity to work S. 906. An act to improve the management H.R. 4988. An act to designate the facility of driftnet fishing. with Senator ALEXANDER on legislation of the United States Postal Service located to end the dumping of mining waste S. 914. An act to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act at 14 Walnut Street in Bordentown, New Jer- into streams, the Appalachia Restora- sey, as the ‘‘Clara Barton Post Office Build- tion Act of 2009. of 2009, to clarify the authority of the Ad- ministrator of the National Oceanic and At- ing’’. H.R. 5123. An act to designate the facility Senator ALEXANDER is always cour- mospheric Administration with respect to of the United States Postal Service located teous, an ‘‘eloquent listener,’’ and al- post-storm assessments, and to require the at 476 East Main Street in Galesburg, Illi- ways eager to forge bipartisan solu- establishment of a National Water Center, nois, as the ‘‘Senior Airman Daniel Miller tions to our Nation’s problems. Just a and for other purposes. few days ago, I know Senators and staff S. 1130. An act to amend the Public Health Post Office Building’’. H.R. 5273. An act to require the Secretary were delighted to listen to him play Service Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance of Homeland Security to develop a plan to Christmas carols and hymns on the increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning piano in the Hart atrium. We will awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life. of commercial and passenger vehicles and greatly miss his calm and dignified S. 1342. An act to require the Under Sec- freight rail entering the United States at presence in the Senate, but he has cer- retary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update land ports of entry along the border using tainly earned the opportunity to spend periodically the environmental sensitivity large-scale, non-intrusive inspection systems more time with his beloved wife of 51 index products of the National Oceanic and to enhance border security, and for other years, Honey; their children Leslee, Atmospheric Administration for each coastal purposes. area of the Great Lakes, and for other pur- H.R. 5451. An act to designate the facility Kathryn, Andrew, and William; and of the United States Postal Service located their nine grandchildren. poses. S. 1869. An act to require the disclosure of at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, Senators ENZI, ROBERTS, and ALEX- ownership of high-security space leased to New York, as the ‘‘George H. Bacel Post Of- ANDER have served in this institution accommodate a Federal agency, and for fice Building’’. for 66 years combined. Senator UDALL other purposes. H.R. 5597. An act to designate the facility has served 12 years, and Senator GARD- S. 2216. An act to require the Secretary of of the United States Postal Service located NER has served 6 years. Senators JONES Veterans Affairs to formally recognize care- at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma and McSally did not have an oppor- givers of veterans, notify veterans and care- City, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘Clara Luper Post tunity to serve a full term, but all told, givers of clinical determinations relating to Office Building’’. H.R. 5663. An act to amend the Federal we are losing close to 90 years of dedi- eligibility for the family caregiver program, and temporarily extend benefits for veterans Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give au- cated service to the institution, our thority to the Secretary of Health and colleagues, their constituents, and all who are determined ineligible for the family caregiver program, and for other purposes. Human Services, acting through the Com- Americans. There is a tradition for de- S. 2472. An act to redesignate the NASA missioner of Food and Drugs, to destroy parting Senators to give a farewell ad- John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum counterfeit devices. dress, and most use the opportunity to Brook Station, Ohio, as the NASA John H. H.R. 5972. An act to designate the facility bemoan the fact that the Senate has Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Arm- of the United States Postal Service located become less collegial and more par- strong Test Facility. at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wil- S. 3257. An act to designate the facility of mington, Delaware, as the ‘‘Mary Ann Shadd tisan. I share that discontent and sad- Cary Post Office’’. ness. I think the best way we can pay the United States Postal Service located at 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, H.R. 5983. An act to designate the facility appropriate tribute to the fine Mem- Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Einar ’Sarge’ H. lngman, of the United States Postal Service located bers who are leaving at the end of this Jr. Post Office Building’’. at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, Cali- Congress is by rededicating ourselves S. 3461. An act to designate the facility of fornia, as the ‘‘Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post to preserving and expanding on their the United States Postal Service located at Office Building’’. legacy of bipartisanship. I want to ex- 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as H.R. 6016. An act to designate the facility press my deep admiration of and appre- the ‘‘Audie Murphy Post Office Building’’. of the United States Postal Service located S. 3462. An act to designate the facility of at 14955 West Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona, ciation to Senators ALEXANDER, ENZI, the United States Postal Service located at as the ‘‘Marc Lee Memorial Post Office GARDNER, JONES, MCSALLY, ROBERTS, 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the Building’’. and UDALL. I am grateful for the oppor- ‘‘Ralph Hall Post Office’’. H.R. 6100. An act to amend title 18, United tunity to serve with and learn from S. 4126. An act to designate the facility of States Code, to clarify the criminalization of them, and I cherish our friendships. the United States Postal Service located at female genital mutilation, and for other pur- f 104 East Main Street in Port Washington, poses. Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Joseph G. Demler Post H.R. 6161. An act to designate the facility MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE Office’’. of the United States Postal Service located At 1:16 p.m., a message from the S. 4684. An act to designate the facility of at 1585 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, House of Representatives, delivered by the United States Postal Service located at North Carolina, as the ‘‘J. Howard Coble Post Office Building’’. Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyo- ming, as the ‘‘Robert L. Brown Post Office’’. H.R. 6192. An act to require the Secretary announced that the House has passed H.R. 1503. An act to amend the Federal of the Treasury to honor the 100th anniver- the following bill, without amendment: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the sary of completion of coinage of the ‘‘Morgan S. 3312. An act to establish a crisis sta- list under section 505(j}(7} of the Federal Dollar’’ and the 100th anniversary of com- bilization and community reentry grant pro- Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other mencement of coinage of the ‘‘Peace Dollar’’, gram, and for other purposes. purposes. and for other purposes.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:23 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20DE6.023 S20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7877 H.R. 6418. An act to designate the facility By Mr. CORNYN: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE AUTHOR- of the Unites States Postal Service located S. 5077. A bill to amend title XIX of the So- ITY TO APPROVE PAYROLL AND PER- at 509 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Ala- cial Security Act to adjust the limitations SONNEL ACTIONS. bama, as the ‘‘William ‘Jack’ Jackson on Medicaid disproportionate share hospital Section 1201 of the Supplemental Appro- Edwards III Post Office Building’’. payments; to the Committee on Finance. priations Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 6598) is amend- H.R. 6435. An act to direct the Federal ed— Trade Commission to develop and dissemi- f (1) by striking ‘‘all vouchers, for payment nate information to the public about scams of moneys,’’ and inserting ‘‘any voucher for related to COVID–19, and for other purposes. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS payment of moneys, payroll action, or per- H.R. 7088. An act to designate the facility sonnel action’’; and of the United States Postal Service located S. 2886 (2) by striking ‘‘any voucher, for payment at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as At the request of Mr. HEINRICH, his of moneys,’’ and inserting ‘‘any voucher for the ‘‘Senator Jack Hill Post Office Build- name was added as a cosponsor of S. payment of moneys, payroll action, or per- ing’’. 2886, a bill to prohibit the use of animal sonnel action’’. H.R. 7105. An act to provide flexibility for testing for cosmetics and the sale of f the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in caring for homeless veterans during a covered pub- cosmetics tested on animals. AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND lic health emergency, to direct the Secretary S. 4547 PROPOSED of Veterans Affairs to carry out a retraining At the request of Mr. MCCONNELL, SA 2721. Mr. BROWN proposed an amend- assistance program for unemployed veterans, the name of the Senator from Oregon ment to the bill S. 2827, to authorize the Sec- and for other purposes. (Mr. MERKLEY) was added as a cospon- retary of the Interior to conduct a study of H.R. 7259. An act to allow acceleration cer- African American burial grounds, and for tificates awarded under the Patents for Hu- sor of S. 4547, a bill to improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by re- other purposes. manity Program to be transferable. SA 2722. Mr. BROWN proposed an amend- H.R. 7347. An act to designate the medical quiring uniform safety and perform- ment to the bill S. 2827, supra. center of the Department of Veterans Affairs ance standards, including a horseracing SA 2723. Mr. BLUNT (for Mr. WICKER) pro- in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the ‘‘Lieutenant anti-doping and medication control posed an amendment to the bill S. 2346, to Colonel Charles S. Kettles Department of program and a racetrack safety pro- improve the Fishery Resource Disaster Re- Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. gram to be developed and enforced by lief program of the National Marine Fish- H.R. 7502. An act to designate the facility eries Service, and for other purposes. of the United States Postal Service located an independent Horseracing Integrity SA 2724. Mr. BLUNT (for Mr. VAN HOLLEN at 101 South 16th Street in Clarinda, Iowa, as and Safety Authority, and for other (for himself and Mr. SASSE)) proposed an the ‘‘Jessie Field Shambaugh Post Office purposes. amendment to the bill S. 3952, to require the Building’’. S. 4838 imposition of sanctions with respect to for- H.R. 7810. An act to designate the facility At the request of Ms. ROSEN, her eign persons that have engaged in significant of the United States Postal Service located theft of trade secrets of United States per- at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, name was added as a cosponsor of S. sons, and for other purposes. Texas, as the ‘‘Tom Reid Post Office Build- 4838, a bill to direct the Secretary of SA 2725. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment ing’’. Defense to carry out a grant program H.R. 8354. An act to establish the to increase cooperation on post-trau- intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2724 proposed by Mr. BLUNT (for Mr. VAN Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative matic stress disorder research between HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. SASSE)) to the within the Civil Rights Division of the De- the United States and Israel. partment of Justice, and for other purposes. bill S. 3952, supra; which was ordered to lie H.R. 8611. An act to designate the facility S. 4859 on the table. of the United States Postal Service located At the request of Ms. ROSEN, her f at 4755 Southeast Dixie Highway in Port name was added as a cosponsor of S. TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Salerno, Florida, as the ‘‘Joseph Bullock 4859, a bill to require the Centers for Post Office Building’’. Medicare & Medicaid Services to make SA 2721. Mr. BROWN proposed an H.R. 8810. An act to establish a national recommendations for improving mater- amendment to the bill S. 2827, to au- program to identify and reduce losses from nal and child health outcomes using re- thorize the Secretary of the Interior to landslide hazards, to establish a national 3D conduct a study of African American Elevation Program, and for other purposes. mote physiologic monitoring devices and expanding coverage of such devices burial grounds, and for other purposes; The enrolled bills were subsequently as follows: signed by the President pro tempore under Medicaid. S. 4958 Strike all after the enacting clause and in- (Mr. GRASSLEY). sert the following: At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. At 7:42 p.m., a message from the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. House of Representatives, delivered by This Act may be cited as the ‘‘African BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. American Burial Grounds Study Act’’. Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, 4958, a bill to provide for a vaccine safe- SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. announced that the House has passed ty public awareness campaign. In this Act: the following joint resolution, in which S. 4966 (1) BURIAL GROUND.—The term ‘‘burial it requests the concurrence of the Sen- At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the ground’’ means any natural or prepared ate: name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. physical location, whether originally below, H.J. Res. 110. Joint resolution making fur- on, or above the surface of the earth, into DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. which human remains are deposited as a part ther continuing appropriations for fiscal 4966, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- year 2021, and for other purposes. of the death rite or ceremony of a culture. enue Code of 1986 to provide for a 5- (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ f year extension of the carbon oxide se- means the Secretary of the Interior, acting INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND questration credit, and for other pur- through the Director of the National Park JOINT RESOLUTIONS poses. Service. The following bills and joint resolu- SEC. 3. AFRICAN AMERICAN BURIAL GROUNDS f STUDY. tions were introduced, read the first (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con- and second times by unanimous con- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED duct a study of ways to identify, interpret, sent, and referred as indicated: BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION preserve, and record unmarked, previously By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and abandoned, underserved, or other burial Mr. WICKER): By Mr. BLUNT: grounds relating to the historic African S. 5075. A bill to prohibit deceptive acts or S. 5076. A bill to authorize the Ser- American experience. practices in connection with public health geant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the emergencies resulting from COVID–19; to the Senate to delegate authority to ap- study under subsection (a), the Secretary Committee on Commerce, Science, and prove payroll and personnel actions; shall consider— Transportation. considered and passed. (1) ways to engage with descendant, local, By Mr. BLUNT: and other communities historically associ- S. 5076. A bill to authorize the Sergeant at S. 5076 ated with identified burial grounds by geog- Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to dele- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- raphy, genealogy, or culture; gate authority to approve payroll and per- resentatives of the United States of America in (2) appropriate processes to identify loca- sonnel actions; considered and passed. Congress assembled, tions of unmarked and unrecorded African

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Mr. BROWN proposed an ‘‘(ii) does not mean a normal or cyclical sourcing requirements; and amendment to the bill S. 2827, to au- variation in a species distribution or stock ‘‘(IV) if applicable and available, informa- thorize the Secretary of the Interior to abundance. tion on 12-month revenue loss for charter, conduct a study of African American ‘‘(F) 12-MONTH REVENUE LOSS.—The term headboat, or processors related to the infor- ‘12-month revenue loss’ means the percent- mation provided under subclause (I), subject burial grounds, and for other purposes; age reduction, as applicable, in commercial, to section 402(b). as follows: charter, headboat, or processor revenue for ‘‘(C) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may pro- Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to the 12 months during which the fishery reauthorize the Secretary of the Interior to source disaster occurred, when compared to vide data and analysis assistance to an eligi- conduct a study of African American burial average annual revenue in the most recent 5 ble requester described in paragraph (1), if— grounds, and for other purposes.’’. years when no fishery resource disaster oc- ‘‘(i) the assistance is so requested; curred or equivalent for stocks with cyclical ‘‘(ii) the Secretary is in possession of the SA 2723. Mr. BLUNT (for Mr. WICKER) life histories. required information described in subpara- proposed an amendment to the bill S. ‘‘(G) UNDETERMINED CAUSE.—The term ‘un- graph (B); and 2346, to improve the Fishery Resource determined cause’ means a cause in which ‘‘(iii) the data is not available to the re- Disaster Relief program of the Na- the current state of knowledge does not quester, in carrying out the complete re- tional Marine Fisheries Service, and allow the Secretary to identify the exact quest under subparagraph (B). for other purposes; as follows: cause, and there is no current conclusive evi- ‘‘(D) INITIATION OF REVIEW.—The Secretary dence supporting a possible cause of the fish- shall have the discretion to initiate a fishery Strike all after the enacting clause and in- ery resource disaster. resource disaster review without a request. sert the following: ‘‘(2) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— ‘‘(4) REVIEW PROCESS.— SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ‘‘(A) INTERIM RESPONSE.—Not later than 20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fishery have the authority to determine the exist- days after receipt of a request under para- Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declara- ence, extent, and beginning and end dates of graph (3), the Secretary shall provide an in- tions Act’’. a fishery resource disaster under this sub- terim response to the individual that— SEC. 2. FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER RELIEF. section in accordance with this subsection. ‘‘(i) acknowledges receipt of the request; Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—After the ‘‘(ii) provides a regional contact within the Fishery Conservation and Management Act Secretary determines that a fishery resource (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) is amended to read as fol- disaster has occurred, the Secretary is au- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric lows: thorized to make sums available, from funds Administration; ‘‘(a) FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER RELIEF.— appropriated for such purposes, to be used by ‘‘(iii) outlines the process and timeline by ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: the affected State, Tribal government, or which a request shall be considered; and ‘‘(A) ALLOWABLE CAUSE.—The term ‘allow- interstate marine fisheries commission, or ‘‘(iv) requests additional information con- able cause’ means a natural cause, discrete by the Secretary in cooperation with the af- cerning the fishery resource disaster, if the anthropogenic cause, or undetermined cause. fected State, Tribal government, or inter- original request is considered incomplete. ‘‘(B) ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSE.—The term ‘an- state marine fisheries commission. ‘‘(B) EVALUATION OF REQUESTS.— thropogenic cause’ means an anthropogenic ‘‘(C) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—The requirements ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall com- event, such as an oil spill or spillway open- under this subsection shall take effect only plete a review, within the time frame de- ing— with respect to requests for a fishery re- scribed in clause (ii), using the best sci- ‘‘(i) that could not have been addressed or source disaster determination submitted entific information available, in consulta- prevented by fishery management measures; after the date of enactment of the Fishery tion with the affected fishing communities, and Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declara- States, or Tribes, of— ‘‘(ii) that is otherwise beyond the control tions Act. ‘‘(I) the information provided by the re- of fishery managers to mitigate through con- ‘‘(3) INITIATION OF A FISHERY RESOURCE DIS- quester and any additional information rel- servation and management measures, includ- ASTER REVIEW.— evant to the fishery, which may include— ing regulatory restrictions imposed as a re- ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE REQUESTERS.—Not later than ‘‘(aa) fishery characteristics; sult of judicial action or to protect human 1 year after the date of the conclusion of the ‘‘(bb) stock assessments; health or marine animals, plants, or habi- fishing season, a request for a fishery re- ‘‘(cc) the most recent fishery independent tats. source disaster determination may be sub- surveys and other fishery resource assess- ‘‘(C) FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER.—The mitted to the Secretary, if the Secretary has ments and surveys conducted by Federal, term ‘fishery resource disaster’ means a dis- not independently determined that a fishery State, or Tribal officials; aster that is determined by the Secretary in resource disaster has occurred, by— ‘‘(dd) estimates of mortality; and accordance with this subsection and— ‘‘(i) the Governor of an affected State; ‘‘(i) is an unexpected large decrease in fish ‘‘(ii) an official Tribal resolution; or ‘‘(ee) overall effects; and stock biomass or other change that results ‘‘(iii) any other comparable elected or po- ‘‘(II) the available economic information, in significant loss of access to the fishery re- litically appointed representative as deter- which may include an analysis of— source, which may include loss of fishing mined by the Secretary. ‘‘(aa) landings data; vessels and gear for a substantial period of ‘‘(B) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—A complete ‘‘(bb) revenue; time and results in significant revenue or request for a fishery resource disaster deter- ‘‘(cc) the number of participants involved; subsistence loss due to an allowable cause; mination under subparagraph (A) shall in- ‘‘(dd) the number and type of jobs and per- and clude— sons impacted, which may include— ‘‘(ii) does not include— ‘‘(i) identification of all presumed affected ‘‘(AA) fishers; ‘‘(I) reasonably predictable, foreseeable, fish stocks; ‘‘(BB) charter fishing operators; and recurrent fishery cyclical variations in ‘‘(ii) identification of the fishery as Fed- ‘‘(CC) subsistence users; species distribution or stock abundance; or eral, non-Federal, or both; ‘‘(DD) United States fish processors; and

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‘‘(EE) an owner of a related fishery infra- ‘‘(iii) SUBSISTENCE LOSS.—In considering ‘‘(ii) METHOD.—The Secretary may provide structure or business affected by the dis- subsistence loss, the Secretary shall evalu- an allocation of funds under this subsection aster, such as a marina operator, rec- ate the severity of loss to the fishing com- in the form of a grant, direct payment, coop- reational fishing equipment retailer, or char- munity instead of applying the revenue loss erative agreement, loan, or contract. ter, headboat, or tender vessel owner, oper- thresholds described in clause (i). ‘‘(iii) ELIGIBLE USES.— ator, or crew; ‘‘(C) INELIGIBLE FISHERIES.—A fishery sub- ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Funds allocated for fish- ‘‘(ee) an impacted Indian Tribe; ject to overfishing in any of the 3 years pre- ery resources disasters under this subsection ‘‘(ff) other forms of disaster assistance ceding the date of a determination under shall restore the fishery affected by such a made available to the fishery, including this subsection is not eligible for a deter- disaster, prevent a similar disaster in the fu- prior awards of disaster assistance for the mination of whether a fishery resource dis- ture, or assist the affected fishing commu- same event; aster has occurred unless the Secretary de- nity, and shall prioritize the following uses, ‘‘(gg) the length of time the resource, or termines that overfishing was not a contrib- which are not in order of priority: access to the resource, has been restricted; uting factor to the fishery resource disaster. ‘‘(aa) Habitat conservation and restoration ‘‘(hh) status of recovery from previous fish- ‘‘(D) EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—In an and other activities, including scientific re- ery resource disasters; exceptional circumstance where substantial search, that reduce adverse impacts to the ‘‘(ii) lost resource tax revenues assessed by economic impacts to the affected fishery and fishery or improve understanding of the af- local communities, such as a raw fish tax; fishing community have been subject to a fected species or its ecosystem. and disaster declaration under another statutory ‘‘(bb) The collection of fishery information ‘‘(jj) other appropriate indicators to an af- authority, such as in the case of a natural and other activities that improve manage- fected fishery, as determined by the National disaster or from the direct consequences of a ment of the affected fishery. Marine Fisheries Service. Federal action taken to prevent, or in re- ‘‘(cc) In a commercial fishery, capacity re- ‘‘(ii) TIME FRAME.—The Secretary shall sponse to, a natural disaster for purposes of duction and other activities that improve complete the review described in clause (i), if protecting life and safety, the Secretary may management of fishing effort, including the fishing season, applicable to the fish- determine a fishery resource disaster has oc- funds to offset budgetary costs to refinance a ery— curred without a request. Federal fishing capacity reduction loan or to ‘‘(I) has concluded or there is no defined ‘‘(6) DISBURSAL OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.— repay the principal of a Federal fishing ca- fishing season applicable to the fishery, not ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall later than 120 days after the Secretary re- allocate funds available under paragraph (9) pacity reduction loan. ceives a complete request for a fishery re- for fishery resource disasters. ‘‘(dd) Developing, repairing, or improving fishery-related public infrastructure. source disaster determination; ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATED FISHERY ‘‘(ee) Direct assistance to a person, fishing ‘‘(II) has not concluded, not later than 120 RESOURCE DISASTER ASSISTANCE.— days after the conclusion of the fishing sea- ‘‘(i) NOTIFICATION OF FUNDING AVAIL- community (including assistance for lost son; or ABILITY.—When there are appropriated funds fisheries resource levies), or a business to al- ‘‘(III) is expected to be closed for the entire for 1 or more fishery resource disasters, the leviate economic loss incurred as a direct re- fishing season, not later than 120 days after Secretary shall notify— sult of a fishery resource disaster, particu- the Secretary receives a complete request ‘‘(I) the public; and larly when affected by a circumstance de- for a fishery resource disaster determina- ‘‘(II) representatives of affected fishing scribed in paragraph (5)(D). tion. communities with a positive disaster deter- ‘‘(ff) Hatcheries and stock enhancement to ‘‘(C) FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER DETER- mination that is unfunded; help rebuild the affected stock or offset fish- MINATION.—The Secretary shall make the de- of the availability of funds, not more than 14 ing pressure on the affected stock. termination of a fishery resource disaster days after the date of the appropriation or ‘‘(II) DISPLACED FISHERY EMPLOYEES.— based on the criteria for determinations list- the determination of a fishery resource dis- Where appropriate, individuals carrying out ed in paragraph (5). aster, whichever occurs later. the activities described in items (aa) through ‘‘(D) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 14 days ‘‘(ii) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—The Sec- (dd) of subclause (I) shall be individuals who after the conclusion of the review under this retary may extend the deadline under clause are, or were, employed in a commercial, paragraph, the Secretary shall notify the re- (i) by 90 days to evaluate and make deter- charter, or Tribal fishery for which the Sec- quester and the Governor of the affected minations on eligible requests. retary has determined that a fishery re- State or Tribal representative of the deter- ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the source disaster has occurred. mination of the Secretary. allocation of appropriations for a fishery re- ‘‘(7) LIMITATIONS.— ‘‘(5) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATIONS.— source disaster, the Secretary shall consider ‘‘(A) FEDERAL SHARE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall commercial, charter, headboat, or seafood ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in make a determination about whether a fish- processing revenue losses and may consider clauses (ii) and (iii), the Federal share of the ery resource disaster has occurred, based on the following factors: cost of any activity carried out under the au- the revenue loss thresholds under subpara- ‘‘(i) Direct economic impacts. thority of this subsection shall not exceed 75 graph (B), and, if a fishery resource disaster ‘‘(ii) Uninsured losses. percent of the cost of that activity. has occurred, whether the fishery resource ‘‘(iii) Losses of subsistence and Tribal cere- ‘‘(ii) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive disaster was due to— monial fishing opportunity. the non-Federal share requirements of this ‘‘(i) a natural cause; ‘‘(iv) Losses of recreational fishing oppor- subsection, if the Secretary determines ‘‘(ii) an anthropogenic cause; tunity. that— ‘‘(iii) a combination of a natural cause and ‘‘(v) Aquaculture operations revenue loss. ‘‘(I) no reasonable means are available an anthropogenic cause; or ‘‘(vi) Direct revenue losses to a fishing through which the recipient of the Federal ‘‘(iv) an undetermined cause. community. share can meet the non-Federal share re- ‘‘(B) REVENUE LOSS THRESHOLDS.— ‘‘(vii) Treaty obligations. quirement; and ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Based on the information ‘‘(viii) Other economic impacts. ‘‘(II) the probable benefit of 100 percent provided or analyzed under paragraph (4)(B), ‘‘(D) SPEND PLANS.—To receive an alloca- Federal financing outweighs the public in- the Secretary shall apply the following 12- tion from funds available under paragraph terest in imposition of the non-Federal share month revenue loss thresholds in deter- (9), a requester with an affirmative fishery requirement. mining whether a fishery resource disaster resource disaster determination shall submit ‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—The Federal share shall has occurred: a spend plan to the Secretary, not more than be equal to 100 percent in the case of— ‘‘(I) Losses greater than 80 percent may re- 120 days after receiving notification that ‘‘(I) direct assistance as described in para- sult in a positive determination that a fish- funds are available, that shall include the graph (6)(F)(iii)(I)(hh); or ery resource disaster has occurred, based on following information, if applicable: ‘‘(II) assistance to subsistence or Tribal the information provided or analyzed under ‘‘(i) Objectives and outcomes, with an em- fisheries. paragraph (4)(B). phasis on addressing the factors contributing ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX- ‘‘(II) Losses between 35 percent and 80 per- to the fishery resource disaster and mini- PENSES.— cent shall be evaluated to determine whether mizing future uninsured losses, if applicable. ‘‘(i) FEDERAL.—Not more than 3 percent of economic impacts are severe enough to de- ‘‘(ii) Statement of work. the funds available under this subsection clare that a fishery resource disaster has oc- ‘‘(iii) Budget details. may be used for administrative expenses by curred. ‘‘(E) REGIONAL CONTACT.—If so requested, the National Oceanographic and Atmos- ‘‘(III) Losses less than 35 percent shall not the Secretary shall provide a regional con- pheric Administration. be eligible for a determination that a fishery tact within the National Oceanic and Atmos- ‘‘(ii) STATE OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—Of resource disaster has occurred. pheric Administration to facilitate review of the funds remaining after the use described ‘‘(ii) CHARTER FISHING.—In making a deter- spend plans and disbursal of funds. in clause (i), not more than 5 percent may be mination of whether a fishery resource dis- ‘‘(F) DISBURSAL OF FUNDS.— used by States, Tribal governments, or inter- aster has occurred, the Secretary shall con- ‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY.—Funds shall be made state marine fisheries commissions for ad- sider the economic impacts to the charter available to grantees not later than 90 days ministrative expenses. fishing industry to ensure financial coverage after the date the Secretary receives a com- ‘‘(C) FISHING CAPACITY REDUCTION PRO- for charter fishing businesses. plete spend plan. 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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No funds available under of Commerce for each fiscal year (as sub- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days this subsection may be used as part of a fish- mitted with the budget of the President after the date of the enactment of this Act, ing capacity reduction program in a fishery under section 1105(a) of title 31, United and not less frequently than every 180 days unless the Secretary determines that ade- States Code), the Secretary of Commerce thereafter, the President shall submit to the quate conservation and management meas- shall include a separate statement of the appropriate congressional committees a re- ures are in place in such fishery. amount requested to be appropriated for that port— ‘‘(ii) ASSISTANCE CONDITIONS.—As a condi- fiscal year for outstanding unfunded fishery (A) identifying, for the 180-day period pre- tion of providing assistance under this sub- resource disasters. ceding submission of the report— section with respect to a vessel under a fish- (b) DRIFTNET ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1990 RE- (i) any foreign person that has knowingly ing capacity reduction program, the Sec- PORT AND BYCATCH REDUCTION AGREE- engaged in, or benefitted from, significant retary shall— MENTS.— theft of trade secrets of United States per- ‘‘(I) prohibit the vessel from being used for (1) IN GENERAL.—The Magnuson-Stevens sons, if the theft of such trade secrets is rea- fishing in Federal, State, or international Fishery Conservation and Management Act sonably likely to result in, or has materially waters; and (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended— contributed to, a significant threat to the ‘‘(II) require that the vessel be— (A) in section 202(h), by striking paragraph national security, foreign policy, or eco- ‘‘(aa) scrapped or otherwise disposed of in a (3); and nomic health or financial stability of the manner approved by the Secretary; (B) in section 206— United States; ‘‘(bb) donated to a nonprofit organization (i) by striking subsections (e) and (f); and (ii) any foreign person that has provided and thereafter used only for purposes of re- (ii) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) significant financial, material, or techno- as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. search, education, or training; or logical support for, or goods or services in (2) BIENNIAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL ‘‘(cc) used for another non-fishing purpose support of or to benefit significantly from, COMPLIANCE.—Section 607 of the High Seas provided the Secretary determines that ade- such theft; Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act quate measures are in place to ensure that (iii) any entity owned or controlled by, or (16 U.S.C. 1826h) is amended— the vessel cannot reenter any fishery any- that has acted or purported to act for or on (A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before where in the world. behalf of, directly or indirectly, any foreign ‘‘The Secretary’’ and indenting appro- ‘‘(D) NO FISHERY ENDORSEMENT.— person identified under clause (i) or (ii); and priately; and ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A vessel that is prohib- (iv) any foreign person that is a chief exec- (B) by adding at the end the following: utive officer or member of the board of direc- ited from fishing under subparagraph ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—In addition (C)(ii)(I) shall not be eligible for a fishery en- tors of any foreign entity identified under to the information described in paragraphs clause (i) or (ii); and dorsement under section 12113(a) of title 46, (1) through (5) of subsection (a), the report United States Code. (B) describing the nature, objective, and shall include— outcome of the theft of trade secrets each ‘‘(ii) NONEFFECTIVE.—A fishery endorse- ‘‘(1) a description of the actions taken to foreign person described in subparagraph ment for a vessel described in clause (i) shall carry out the provisions of section 206 of the not be effective. (A)(i) engaged in or benefitted from; and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and (C) assessing whether any chief executive ‘‘(iii) NO SALE.—A vessel described in Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1826), including— clause (i) shall not be sold to a foreign owner officer or member of the board of directors ‘‘(A) an evaluation of the progress of those described in clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) or reflagged. efforts, the impacts on living marine re- engaged in, or benefitted from, activity de- ‘‘(8) PUBLIC INFORMATION ON DATA COLLEC- sources, including available observer data, scribed in clause (i) or (ii) of that subpara- TION.—The Secretary shall make available and specific plans for further action; graph. and update as appropriate, information on ‘‘(B) a list and description of any new fish- (2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required data collection and submittal best practices eries developed by nations that conduct, or by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in un- for the information described in paragraph authorize their nationals to conduct, large- classified form but may include a classified (4)(B). scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive annex. UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS ‘‘(9) A .— economic zone of any nation; and (b) AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated to ‘‘(C) a list of the nations that conduct, or (1) SANCTIONS APPLICABLE TO ENTITIES.—In carry out this subsection $377,000,000 for the authorize their nationals to conduct, large- the case of a foreign entity identified under period of fiscal years 2021 through 2026.’’. scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(1) in the SEC. 3. MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CON- economic zone of any nation in a manner most recent report submitted under that SERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT. that diminishes the effectiveness of or is in- subsection, the President shall impose one of (a) REPEAL.—Section 315 of the Magnuson- consistent with any international agreement the following: Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage- governing large-scale driftnet fishing to (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1864) is repealed. which the United States is a party or other- may, pursuant to the International Emer- (b) REPORT.—Section 113(b)(2) of the Mag- wise subscribes; and gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and ‘‘(2) a description of the actions taken to et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (16 carry out the provisions of section 202(h) of in all property and interests in property of U.S.C. 460ss note) is amended— the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation the entity if such property and interests in (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1822(h)). property are in the United States, come ‘‘ANNUAL REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT’’; ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—If, at any time, the within the United States, or are or come (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph Secretary, in consultation with the Sec- within the possession or control of a United (A), by striking ‘‘Not later than 2 years after retary of State and the Secretary of the de- States person. the date of enactment of this Act, and annu- partment in which the Coast Guard is oper- (B) INCLUSION ON ENTITY LIST.—The Presi- ally thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later ating, identifies any nation that warrants in- dent may include the entity on the entity than 2 years after the date of enactment of clusion in the list described under subsection list maintained by the Bureau of Industry the Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Dis- (b)(1)(C), due to large scale drift net fishing, and Security of the Department of Com- aster Declarations Act, and biennially there- the Secretary shall certify that fact to the merce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to after’’; and President. Such certification shall be part 744 of the Export Administration Regu- deemed to be a certification for the purposes (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘the lations, for activities contrary to the na- of section 8(a) of the Fishermen’s Protective calendar year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘the most tional security or foreign policy interests of Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1978(a)).’’. recent’’. the United States. SEC. 4. INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT SA 2724. Mr. BLUNT (for Mr. VAN (2) SANCTIONS APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS.— OF 1986. In the case of an individual identified under HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. SASSE)) (a) REPEAL.—Section 308 of the Interjuris- subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(1) in the dictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16. U.S.C. proposed an amendment to the bill S. most recent report submitted under that 4107) is repealed. 3952, to require the imposition of sanc- subsection, the following shall apply: (b) TECHNICAL EDIT.—Section 3(k)(1) of the tions with respect to foreign persons (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(k)(1)) is that have engaged in significant theft shall, pursuant to the International Emer- amended by striking ‘‘(as determined by the of trade secrets of United States per- gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 Secretary of Commerce under section 308(b) sons, and for other purposes; as follows: et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of Strike all after the enacting clause and in- in all property and interests in property of 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘(as determined by the sert the following: the individual if such property and interests Secretary of Commerce under the Fishery SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. in property are in the United States, come Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declara- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting within the United States, or are or come tions Act)’’. American Intellectual Property Act of 2020’’. within the possession or control of a United SEC. 5. BUDGET REQUESTS; REPORTS. SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RE- States person. (a) BUDGET REQUEST.—In the budget jus- SPECT TO THEFT OF TRADE SE- (B) VISA BAN; EXCLUSION.—The Secretary of tification materials submitted to Congress CRETS OF UNITED STATES PERSONS. State shall deny a visa to the individual and in support of the budget of the Department (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— revoke, in accordance with section 221(i) of

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the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 (B) the Committee on Financial Services (C) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING CONGRES- U.S.C. 1201(i)), any visa or other documenta- and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the SIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLU- tion of the individual, and the Secretary of House of Representatives. TION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any Homeland Security shall exclude the indi- (2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— other provision of law, if a joint resolution of vidual from the United States. The term ‘‘Export Administration Regula- disapproval relating to a report submitted (c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— tions’’ means subchapter C of chapter VII of under paragraph (1)(A) proposing an action (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. described in paragraph (1)(B) passes both exercise all authorities provided under sec- (3) FOREIGN ENTITY.—The term ‘‘foreign en- Houses of Congress in accordance with para- tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer- tity’’ means an entity that is not a United graph (3), and the President vetoes the joint gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 States person. resolution, the President may not take that and 1704) to carry out this section. (4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign action for a period of 10 calendar days after (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at- person’’ means a person that is not a United the date of the President’s veto. tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or States person. (D) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RESO- causes a violation of paragraph (1)(A) or (5) TRADE SECRET.—The term ‘‘trade se- LUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding (2)(A) of subsection (b) or any regulation, li- cret’’ has the meaning given that term in any other provision of law, if a joint resolu- cense, or order issued to carry out that para- section 1839 of title 18, United States Code. tion of disapproval relating to a report sub- graph shall be subject to the penalties set (6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an mitted under paragraph (1)(A) proposing an forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 individual or entity. action described in paragraph (1)(B) is en- of the International Emergency Economic (7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term acted in accordance with paragraph (3), the Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex- ‘‘United States person’’ means— President may not take that action. tent as a person that commits an unlawful (A) a United States citizen or an alien law- (3) JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL.— act described in subsection (a) of that sec- fully admitted for permanent residence to (A) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL DE- tion. the United States; FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘joint (d) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.—The (B) an entity organized under the laws of resolution of disapproval’’ means only a President may waive the imposition of sanc- the United States or of any jurisdiction joint resolution of either House of Con- tions under subsection (b) with respect to a within the United States, including a foreign gress— person if the President— branch of such an entity; or (i) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint (1) determines that such a waiver is in the (C) any person in the United States. resolution disapproving the President’s pro- national interests of the United States; and posal to take an action relating to the appli- (2) not more than 15 days after issuing the SA 2725. Mr. LEE submitted an cation of certain sanctions with respect to waiver, submits to the appropriate congres- amendment intended to be proposed to the theft of trade secrets of United States sional committees a notification of the waiv- amendment SA 2724 proposed by Mr. persons.’’; and er and the reasons for the waiver. BLUNT (for Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for him- (ii) the sole matter after the resolving (e) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Sanctions self and Mr. SASSE)) to the bill S. 3952, clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress imposed under subsection (b) with respect to to require the imposition of sanctions disapproves of the action relating to the ap- a foreign person identified in a report sub- with respect to foreign persons that plication of sanctions imposed with respect mitted under subsection (a) shall terminate have engaged in significant theft of to the theft of trade secrets of United States if the President certifies to the appropriate trade secrets of United States persons, persons proposed by the President in the re- congressional committees, before the termi- and for other purposes; which was or- port submitted to Congress under section nation takes effect, that the person is no 2(h)(1)(A) of the Protecting American Intel- longer engaged in the activity identified in dered to lie on the table; as follows: lectual Property Act of 2020 on lllllll the report. On page 3, line 22, of the amendment, in- relating to llllllll.’’, with the first (f) EXCEPTIONS.— sert ‘‘, subject to subsection (h),’’ after blank space being filled with the appropriate (1) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—This section ‘‘shall’’. date and the second blank space being filled On page 4, line 19, of the amendment, in- shall not apply with respect to activities with a short description of the proposed ac- sert ‘‘, subject to subsection (h),’’ after subject to the reporting requirements under tion. title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ‘‘shall’’. On page 6, line 4, of the amendment, insert (B) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 45 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in- ‘‘, subject to subsection (h),’’ after ‘‘may’’. calendar days provided for under paragraph telligence activities of the United States. On page 6, line 12, of the amendment, (2)(A), a joint resolution of disapproval may (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanc- strike ‘‘Sanctions’’ and insert ‘‘Subject to be introduced in the House of Representa- tions under this section shall not apply with subsection (h), sanctions’’. tives or the Senate by any Member. respect to any authorized law enforcement On page 8 of the amendment, between lines (C) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP- activities of the United States. 3 and 4, insert the following: RESENTATIVES.— (3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER- (h) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— (i) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a com- NATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—Subsection (b)(2)(B) (1) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF PROPOSED mittee of the House of Representatives to shall not apply with respect to the admission ACTION.— which a joint resolution of disapproval has of an individual to the United States if such (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any been referred has not reported the joint reso- admission is necessary to comply with the other provision of this section or any other lution within 10 calendar days after the date obligations of the United States under the provision of law, before taking any action of referral, that committee shall be dis- Agreement regarding the Headquarters of described in subparagraph (B), the President charged from further consideration of the the United Nations, signed at Lake Success shall submit to Congress a report that de- joint resolution, and it shall be placed on the June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem- scribes the proposed action and the reasons appropriate calendar. ber 21, 1947, between the United Nations and for that action. (ii) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—On the United States, under the Convention on (B) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.—An action de- Thursdays it shall be in order at any time Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, scribed in this paragraph is an action— for the Speaker to recognize a Member who 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or (i) to impose sanctions under subsection (b) favors passage of a joint resolution of dis- under other international agreements. with respect to a person; or approval that has appeared on the calendar (g) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF (ii) to waive under subsection (d) or termi- for at least 3 calendar days to call up that GOODS.— nate under subsection (e) the application of join resolution for immediate consideration (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority or a re- any such sanctions. in the House without intervention of any quirement to impose sanctions under this (2) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— point of order. section shall not include the authority or a (A) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 45 (iii) PERIOD FOR DEBATE.—When called up, requirement to impose sanctions on the im- calendar days beginning on the date on a joint resolution of disapproval shall be con- portation of goods. which the President submits a report under sidered as read and shall be debatable for 2 (2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the paragraph (1)(A), the appropriate congres- hours equally divided and controlled by the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or sional committees should, as appropriate, proponent and an opponent, and the previous manmade substance, material, supply, or hold hearings and briefings and otherwise ob- question shall be considered as ordered to its manufactured product, including inspection tain information in order to fully review the passage without intervening motion. and test equipment, and excluding technical report. (iv) VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE.—It shall not data. (B) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL be in order to reconsider the vote on passage (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwith- of a joint resolution of disapproval. If a vote (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- standing any other provision of law, during on final passage of the joint resolution has TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional the period for congressional review provided not been taken on or before the close of the committees’’ means— for under subparagraph (A) of a report sub- tenth calendar day after the resolution is re- (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, mitted under paragraph (1)(A) proposing an ported by the committee or committees to and Urban Affairs and the Committee on action described in paragraph (1)(B), the which it was referred, or after such com- Foreign Relations of the Senate; and President may not take that action. mittee or committees have been discharged

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The previous question shall and PN 2331, en bloc; that the nomina- mittee of the Senate to which a joint resolu- be considered as ordered on the joint resolution of disapproval was referred has not re- tion to final passage without intervening tions be confirmed, en bloc, and the ported the joint resolution within 10 cal- motion except 2 hours of debate equally di- motions to reconsider be considered endar days after the date of referral of the vided and controlled by the sponsor of the made and laid upon the table, with no joint resolution, that committee shall be joint resolution (or a designee) and an oppo- intervening action or debate and the automatically discharged from further con- nent. A motion to reconsider the vote on President be immediately notified of sideration of the joint resolution and the passage of the joint resolution shall not be in the Senate’s action, all en bloc. order. joint resolution shall be placed on the appro- There being no objection, the com- priate calendar. (ii) TREATMENT OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION mittee was discharged and the Senate (ii) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Not- IN SENATE.— withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing (I) RECEIPT BEFORE PASSAGE.—If, before the proceeded to consider the nominations. Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any passage by the Senate of a joint resolution of The nominations considered and con- time after the committee of the Senate to disapproval, the Senate receives an identical firmed en bloc are, as follows: which a joint resolution of disapproval was joint resolution from the House of Rep- referred reports the joint resolution of dis- resentatives, the following procedures shall PN2329 approval to the Senate or has been dis- apply: The following named officers for appoint- charged from consideration of such a joint (aa) That joint resolution shall not be re- ment in the United States Coast Guard Re- resolution (even though a previous motion to ferred to a committee and shall be placed on serve to the grade indicated under Title 10, the same effect has been disagreed to) to the appropriate calendar. U.S.C., section 12203(A): move to proceed to the consideration of the (bb) With respect to that joint resolution— To be captain joint resolution, and all points of order (AA) the procedure in the Senate shall be against the joint resolution (and against as described in clauses (ii) through (v) of sub- Robert A. Bisang consideration of the joint resolution) are paragraph (D); but Lynn R. Capuano waived. The motion to proceed is not debat- (BB) the vote on passage shall be on the Gregory A. Duncan able. The motion is not subject to a motion joint resolution from the House of Rep- Josephine K. Heron to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote resentatives. William J. Knitz by which the motion is agreed to or dis- (II) RECEIPT AFTER PASSAGE.—If, following Neal P. Kite agreed to shall not be in order. passage of a joint resolution of disapproval Jeffrey W. Kuck (iii) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—A joint resolu- in the Senate, the Senate receives an iden- Kevin P. Lavery tion of disapproval shall be subject to 10 tical joint resolution from the House of Rep- Sara S. Platt-Moser hours of debate, to be divided evenly between resentatives, that joint resolution shall be Paul J. Rooney proponents and opponents of the resolution. placed on the appropriate Senate calendar. Nan O. Silverman-Wise (iv) AMENDMENTS.—No amendments shall (III) NO COMPANION MEASURE.—If a joint Scott H. Wolland resolution of disapproval is received from be in order with respect to a joint resolution PN2330 of disapproval. the House, and no companion joint resolu- (v) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— tion has been introduced in the Senate, the The following named officers for appoint- Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re- Senate procedures described in subparagraph ment in the United States Coast Guard Re- lating to the application of the rules of the (D) shall apply to the House joint resolution. serve to the grade indicated under Title 10, Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure (iii) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.— U.S.C., section 12203(A): relating to a joint resolution of disapproval The provisions of this subparagraph shall not To be captain shall be decided without debate. apply in the House of Representatives to a joint resolution of disapproval that is a rev- Richard A. Howell (vi) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.— Scott C. Toves Debate in the Senate of any veto message enue measure. with respect to a joint resolution of dis- (F) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PN2331 AND SENATE.—This paragraph is enacted by approval, including all debatable motions The following named officers for pro- Congress— and appeals in connection with the joint res- motion in the United States Coast Guard to (i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power olution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be the grade indicated under Title 14, U.S.C., of the Senate and the House of Representa- equally divided between, and controlled by, section 2121(E), including those Reserve Offi- tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a the majority leader and the minority leader cers who are to be appointed as permanent part of the rules of each House, respectively, or their designees. Commissions Officers Pursuant to 14 U.S.C., and supersedes other rules only to the extent (E) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE section 2101. OF REPRESENTATIVES.— that it is inconsistent with such rules; and (i) TREATMENT OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION (ii) with full recognition of the constitu- To be lieutenant Commander IN HOUSE.—In the House of Representatives, tional right of either House to change the Benjamin S. Aaronson the following procedures shall apply to a rules (so far as relating to the procedure of Kayla J. Abruzzese joint resolution of disapproval received from that House) at any time, in the same man- Hillary R. Adams the Senate (unless the House has already ner, and to the same extent as in the case of Michael J. Ahlin passed a joint resolution relating to the any other rule of that House. Katherine L. Ahrens same proposed action): Mr. LANKFORD. I suggest the ab- Karl N. Alejandre (I) The joint resolution shall be referred to sence of a quorum. William A. Allen III the appropriate committees. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Jessica P. Anderson (II) If a committee to which a joint resolu- clerk will call the roll. Lars D. Anderson tion has been referred has not reported the The legislative clerk proceeded to Kimberly N. Angel joint resolution within 2 calendar days after call the roll. Scott M. Arbeiter the date of referral, that committee shall be Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. Steve J. Arguelles discharged from further consideration of the Johnston G. Ariail joint resolution. President, I ask unanimous consent Matthew A. Arnold (III) Beginning on the third legislative day that the order for the quorum call be Wade E. Arnold after each committee to which a joint reso- rescinded. Jacob L. Aulner lution has been referred reports the joint res- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Eric P. Balcunas olution to the House or has been discharged LANKFORD). Without objection, it is so Mechelle N. Ball from further consideration thereof, it shall ordered. Zachary N. Ballard be in order to move to proceed to consider Nathan D. Barnes f the joint resolution in the House. All points John B. Barrett of order against the motion are waived. Such EXECUTIVE SESSION Marie C. Baxter a motion shall not be in order after the John W. Beal House has disposed of a motion to proceed on Samuel H. Beauchamp III the joint resolution. The previous question EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Steven A. Becker shall be considered as ordered on the motion Kimberly A. Beisner to its adoption without intervening motion. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. Jeffrey M. Bender The motion shall not be debatable. A motion President, I ask unanimous consent Patrick G. Bennett to reconsider the vote by which the motion that the Senate proceed to Executive James F. Berry is disposed of shall not be in order. Session and the Committee on Com- Kyle Bertoluzzi

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Travis J. Starsinic IN THE AIR FORCE JEROMY JAMES WELLS, which nomina- Kevin W. Stevens The following Air National Guard of the tions were received by the Senate and ap- Lauren M. Stewart United States officer for appointment in the peared in the Congressional Record of No- William A. Stewart Reserve of the Air Force to the grade indi- vember 30, 2020. Tanner P. Stiehl cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 PN2373 AIR FORCE nominations (6) begin- Carl N. Stokes and 12212: ning KIM L. BOWEN, and ending STEVEN R. RICHARDSON, which nominations were re- Luke P. Strittmatter To be brigadier general Richard W. Sullivan, Jr. ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Mark G. Svencer Col. Marlon E. Crook Congressional Record of November 30, 2020. Adam R. Tanner The following Air National Guard of the PN2374 AIR FORCE nominations (14) begin- Mark A. Tatara United States officer for appointment in the ning MICHAEL A. BLOWERS, and ending Michael G. Thompson Reserve of the Air Force to the grade indi- JEFFREY L. WISNESKI, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in Drake M. Thornton cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 the Congressional Record of November 30, Erin M. Thorpe and 12212: 2020. Robert M. Tolliver To be brigadier general IN THE ARMY Joshua A. Tucker Col. Donald R. Bevis, Jr. James M. Tynan PN2375 ARMY nomination of John C. The following Air National Guard of the Kristopher M. Valdez Downing, Jr., which was received by the Sen- United States officer for appointment in the Joshua R. Valdivia ate and appeared in the Congressional Reserve of the Air Force to the grade indi- David A. Vansickle Record of November 30, 2020. cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 Nicholas C. Vlasak PN2376 ARMY nominations (45) beginning and 12212: Derek W. Wallin KRISTAL. BARTOLOMUCCI, and ending Jeffrey B. Walsh To be brigadier general ABRAHAM L. YOUNG, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in John T. Waters Col. John M. Week the Congressional Record of November 30, Richard D. Watkins, Jr. IN THE ARMY 2020. Bryan R. Weber The following named officer for appoint- PN2377 ARMY nominations (3) beginning Cameron A. Welicka ment to the grade indicated in the United ANNE K. BROPHY, and ending JULIAN R. Keifer B. Wells States Army pursuant to title 10, U.S.C., sec- NIERVA, which nominations were received Kevin P. Whalen tion 624: by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Mary K. Wheeler To be major general sional Record of November 30, 2020. Dimitrios N. Wiener PN2378 ARMY nominations (20) beginning Daniel C. Wilkinson Brig. Gen. George N. Appenzeller JAMES P. ARGUELLES, and ending ROB- Dion L. Williams IN THE NAVY ERT E. WEBB, JR., which nominations were Paul N. Williams The following named officer for appoint- received by the Senate and appeared in the Ronald J. Williams ment in the United States Navy to the grade Congressional Record of November 30, 2020. Timothy S. Williams indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: PN2379 ARMY nominations (62) beginning Megan L. Willmann JESSE T. ADKINSON, and ending D015805, Charles R. Wilson To be rear admiral which nominations were received by the Sen- Heather E. Wilson Rear Adm. (lh) Richard D. Heinz ate and appeared in the Congressional Nicholas O. Winiarski The following named officer for appoint- Record of November 30, 2020. Kimberly A. Wood ment in the United States Navy to the grade PN2380 ARMY nomination of Kip R. Joel R. Wright indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: Thompson, which was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of Benjamin T. Yahle To be rear admiral (lower half) Kevin N. Yen November 30, 2020. Matthew T. Zangle Capt. Wesley R. McCall PN2381 ARMY nominations (15) beginning The following named officer or appoint- Vincent F. Zieser MICHAEL D. ARMSTRONG, and ending ment in the United States Navy to the grade Nathan L. Zinn LAWRENCE G. WEDEKIND, which nomina- indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: Joshua J. Zirbes tions were received by the Senate and ap- Duane T. Zitta To be rear admiral (lower half) peared in the Congressional Record of No- vember 30, 2020. Capt. Kevin P. Lenox f PN2382 ARMY nominations (17) beginning IN THE ARMY EXECUTIVE CALENDAR BRIAN R. ABRAHAM, and ending ERIC C. The following named officer for appoint- WIELAND, which nominations were received Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. ment in the United States Army to the grade by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- President, I ask unanimous consent indicated while assigned to a position of im- sional Record of November 30, 2020. that the Senate proceed to the consid- portance and responsibility under title 10, IN THE MARINE CORPS eration of Executive Calendar Nos. 936 U.S.C., section 601: PN2386 MARINE CORPS nominations (708) through 946, and all nominations on the To be general beginning LR. ABNEY, and ending ANDRES Secretary’s desk in the Air Force, Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn F. ZUNIGA, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space The following named officer for appoint- Congressional Record of November 30, 2020. Force; that the nominations be con- ment in the United States Army to the grade firmed, the motions to reconsider be indicated while assigned to a position of im- IN THE NAVY considered made and laid upon the portance and responsibility under title 10, PN2268 NAVY nominations (2) beginning U.S.C., section 601: Joline A. Mancini, and ending Samuel D. table, with no intervening action or de- Young, which nominations were received by To be lieutenant general bate; the President be immediately no- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- tified of the Senate’s action, and the Lt. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton sional Record of September 30, 2020. Senate then resume legislative session. NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S PN2383 NAVY nomination of Laura K. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without DESK Cargill, which was received by the Senate objection, it is so ordered. IN THE AIR FORCE and appeared in the Congressional Record of November 30, 2020. The nominations considered and con- PN2369 AIR FORCE nomination of Tanya PN2384 NAVY nomination of Tyler E. firmed en bloc are, as follows: R. Harrison, which was received by the Sen- Maness, which was received by the Senate IN THE AIR FORCE ate and appeared in the Congressional and appeared in the Congressional Record of Record of November 30, 2020. The following named officer for appoint- November 30, 2020. PN2370 AIR FORCE nominations (20) begin- ment in the United States Air Force to the IN THE SPACE FOCE ning RYAN K. AYERS, and ending JOSEPH grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section GRADY WRIGHT, which nominations were PN2387 SPACE FORCE nominations (6) be- 624: received by the Senate and appeared in the ginning TYLER N. HAGUE, and ending To be brigadier general Congressional Record of November 30, 2020. JOHN M. KENNEDY, which nominations Col. Sean K. Tyler PN2371 AIR FORCE nominations (53) begin- were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of November 30, IN THE ARMY ning TERESE L. ALLISON, and ending JON- ATHAN R. WURZELBACHER, which nomi- 2020. The following named officers for appoint- nations were received by the Senate and ap- f ment in the United States Army to the grade peared in the Congressional Record of No- indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: LEGISLATIVE SESSION vember 30, 2020. To be brigadier general PN2372 AIR FORCE nominations (12) begin- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Col. Charles R. Parker ning MARTIN R. BOOTH, and ending ate will now resume legislative session.

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Without objection, it is so ordered. clerk will report the joint resolution PEACE CORPS COMMEMORATIVE by title. WORK EXTENSION ACT f The legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. SIGNING AUTHORITY A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 110) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal President, I ask unanimous consent Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. year 2021, and for other purposes. that the Senate proceed to the imme- President, I ask unanimous consent diate consideration of H.R. 7460, which There being no objection, the Senate that the junior Senator from South was received from the House. proceeded to consider the joint resolu- Carolina be authorized to sign duly en- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion. rolled bills or joint resolutions on Sun- objection, it is so ordered. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr day, December 20, and Monday, Decem- The clerk will report the bill by title. President, I ask unanimous consent ber 21. The legislative clerk read as follows: that the joint resolution be considered The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without read a third time. A bill (H.R. 7460) to extend the authority objection, it is so ordered. for the establishment by the Peace Corps f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Commemorative Foundation of a commemo- objection, it is so ordered. rative work to commemorate the mission of ORDERS FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER The joint resolution was ordered to a the Peace Corps and the ideals on which the 21, 2020 third reading and was read the third Peace Corps was founded, and for other pur- time. poses. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I know There being no objection, the Senate that when the Senate completes its of no further debate on the joint reso- proceeded to consider the bill. business today, it adjourn until 12 lution. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I ask noon, Monday, December 21; further, The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there unanimous consent that the bill be that following the prayer and pledge, is no further debate, the joint resolu- considered read a third time. the morning hour be deemed expired, tion having been read the third time, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the Journal of proceedings be approved the question is, Shall the joint resolu- objection, it is so ordered. to date, and the time for the two lead- tion pass? The bill was ordered to a third read- ers be reserved for their use later in The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 110) ing and was read the third time. the date; finally, that following leader was passed. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I know remarks, the Senate proceed to a pe- Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I ask of no further debate on the bill. riod of morning business, with Sen- unanimous consent that the motion to The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there ators permitted to speak therein for up reconsider be considered made and laid is no further debate on the bill, the bill to 10 minutes each. upon the table. having been read the third time, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without question is, Shall the bill pass? objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 7460) was passed. f Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I ask f unanimous consent that the motion to ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TOMORROW reconsider be considered made and laid PARK BOUNDARY MODIFICATION Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. upon the table. ACT President, if there is no further busi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ness to come before the Senate, I ask Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. objection, it is so ordered. unanimous consent that it stand ad- President, I ask unanimous consent f that the Committee on Energy and journed under the previous order. Natural Resources be discharged from WEIR FARM NATIONAL HISTOR- There being no objection, the Senate, further consideration of the H.R. 5458 ICAL PARK REDESIGNATION ACT at 9:44 p.m., adjourned until Monday, December 21, 2020, at 12 noon. and the Senate proceed to its imme- Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. diate consideration. President, I ask unanimous consent f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that the Senate proceed to the imme- DISCHARGED NOMINATIONS objection, it is so ordered. diate consideration of H.R. 5852, which The Senate Committee on Com- The clerk will report the bill by title. was received from the House. merce, Science, and Transportation The legislative clerk read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The was discharged from further consider- A bill (H.R. 5458) to modify the boundary of clerk will report the bill by title. ation of the following nominations by the Rocky Mountain National Park, and for The legislative clerk read as follows: other purposes. unanimous consent and the nomina- A bill (H.R. 5852) to redesignate the Weir tions were confirmed: There being no objection, the com- Farm National Historic Site in the State of Connecticut as the ‘‘Weir Farm National COAST GUARD NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ROBERT mittee was discharged, and the Senate A. BISANG AND ENDING WITH SCOTT H. WOLLAND, WHICH proceeded to consider the bill. Historical Park’’. NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NOVEMBER Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I ask There being no objection, the Senate 12, 2020. unanimous consent that the bill be proceeded to consider the bill. COAST GUARD NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH RICH- ARD A. HOWELL AND ENDING WITH SCOTT C. TOVES, considered read a third time. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I ask WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without unanimous consent that the bill be AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- VEMBER 12, 2020. objection, it is so ordered. considered read a third time. COAST GUARD NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH BEN- The bill was ordered to a third read- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without JAMIN S. AARONSON AND ENDING WITH DUANE T. ZITTA, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE ing and was read the third time. objection, it is so ordered. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I know The bill was ordered to a third read- VEMBER 12, 2020. of no further debate on the bill. ing and was read the third time. f The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I know is no further debate on the bill, the bill of no further debate on the bill. CONFIRMATIONS having been read the third time, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there Executive nominations confirmed by question is, Shall the bill pass? is no further debate, the bill having the Senate December 20, 2020:

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THE JUDICIARY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NOVEMBER FERNANDO L. AENLLE–ROCHA, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: 30, 2020. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE CENTRAL To be rear admiral (lower half) ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JAMES P. DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. ARGUELLES AND ENDING WITH ROBERT E. WEBB, JR., WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CAPT. WESLEY R. MCCALL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- BRIAN NOLAND, OF TENNESSEE, TO BE A MEMBER OF IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED VEMBER 30, 2020. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JESSE T. AUTHORITY FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 18, 2024. ADKINSON AND ENDING WITH D015805, WHICH NOMINA- To be rear admiral (lower half) TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE AIR FORCE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NOVEMBER 30, 2020. CAPT. KEVIN P. LENOX ARMY NOMINATION OF KIP R. THOMPSON, TO BE COLO- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY NEL. IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MICHAEL D. CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ARMSTRONG AND ENDING WITH LAWRENCE G. To be brigadier general IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED WEDEKIND, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL COL. SEAN K. TYLER RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: RECORD ON NOVEMBER 30, 2020. IN THE ARMY To be general ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH BRIAN R. ABRA- HAM AND ENDING WITH ERIC C. WIELAND, WHICH NOMI- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT LT. GEN. CHARLES A. FLYNN NATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NOVEMBER UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED 30, 2020. To be brigadier general WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: IN THE MARINE CORPS COL. CHARLES R. PARKER To be lieutenant general MARINE CORPS NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAN- IN THE AIR FORCE LT. GEN. BRYAN P. FENTON IEL R. ABNEY AND ENDING WITH ANDRES F. ZUNIGA, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED IN THE AIR FORCE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE VEMBER 30, 2020. OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF TANYA R. HARRISON, TO TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: BE COLONEL. AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH RYAN K. IN THE NAVY To be brigadier general AYERS AND ENDING WITH JOSEPH GRADY WRIGHT, NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JOLINE A. WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE COL. MARLON E. CROOK MANCINI AND ENDING WITH SAMUEL D. YOUNG, WHICH AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED VEMBER 30, 2020. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON SEP- STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH TERESE L. TEMBER 30, 2020. OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER ALLISON AND ENDING WITH JONATHAN R. NAVY NOMINATION OF LAURA K. CARGILL, TO BE LIEU- TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: WURZELBACHER, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED TENANT COMMANDER. BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL NAVY NOMINATION OF TYLER E. MANESS, TO BE LIEU- To be brigadier general RECORD ON NOVEMBER 30, 2020. TENANT COMMANDER. COL. DONALD R. BEVIS, JR. AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MARTIN R. BOOTH AND ENDING WITH JEROMY JAMES WELLS, WHICH THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- SPACE FORCE STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NOVEMBER SPACE FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH TYLER OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER 30, 2020. TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: N. HAGUE AND ENDING WITH JOHN M. KENNEDY, WHICH AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH KIM L. NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- To be brigadier general BOWEN AND ENDING WITH STEVEN R. RICHARDSON, PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NOVEMBER WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE 30, 2020. COL. JOHN M. WEEK AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- VEMBER 30, 2020. IN THE COAST GUARD IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MICHAEL A. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT BLOWERS AND ENDING WITH JEFFREY L. WISNESKI, COAST GUARD NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ROBERT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE A. BISANG AND ENDING WITH SCOTT H. WOLLAND, WHICH PURSUANT TO TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- VEMBER 30, 2020. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NOVEMBER To be major general IN THE ARMY 12, 2020. BRIG. GEN. GEORGE N. APPENZELLER COAST GUARD NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH RICH- ARMY NOMINATION OF JOHN C. DOWNING, JR., TO BE ARD A. HOWELL AND ENDING WITH SCOTT C. TOVES, IN THE NAVY COLONEL. WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH KRISTA L. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT BARTOLOMUCCI AND ENDING WITH ABRAHAM L. YOUNG, VEMBER 12, 2020. IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE COAST GUARD NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH BEN- UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- JAMIN S. AARONSON AND ENDING WITH DUANE T. ZITTA, To be rear admiral VEMBER 30, 2020. WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ANNE K. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NO- REAR ADM. (LH) RICHARD D. HEINZ BROPHY AND ENDING WITH JULIAN R. NIERVA, WHICH VEMBER 12, 2020.

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SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF HAN- ernment’s compliance with the First and Fifth PERSONAL EXPLANATION COCK COUNTY’S 200TH ANNIVER- Amendments to the United States Constitu- SARY tion, and with section 504 of the Rehabilitation HON. ANDY HARRIS Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794, as it related to OF MARYLAND HON. ROBERT E. LATTA veterans’ PTSD cases. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF OHIO While the suit was initially successful in the Sunday, December 20, 2020 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, after being re- Mr. HARRIS. Madam Speaker, I regret to in- Sunday, December 20, 2020 ferred there by a District Court, a subsequent form you that I am unable to vote due to an revised finding by a full panel of the court re- unavoidable conflict. Had I been present, I Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to jected it. The case was supported by millions celebrate the Bicentennial of Hancock County, would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 247. of dollars of pro bona legal support and lasted Ohio. The perseverance of pioneers and set- f into 2009. tlers to overcome the challenges faced during IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF MER- Bob Handy’s tireless pursuit of this case in the early years of the county’s history has per- CER COUNTY’S 200TH ANNIVER- the public realm brought new attention to the sisted throughout the past 200 years. The SARY hard work and spirit shown by generations of serious health issue of PTSD. His work re- county residents have made Hancock County sulted in important changes to the VA’s ap- an outstanding example of American inge- proach on this issue. HON. ROBERT E. LATTA OF OHIO nuity. I am honored to celebrate Bob Handy’s dis- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On February 12, 1820, the Ohio Legislature tinguished service, exemplary advocacy, lead- enacted legislation creating fourteen new ership, and commitment on behalf of veterans. Sunday, December 20, 2020 counties in northwestern Ohio. One of the Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to counties was named Hancock, honoring the f celebrate the Bicentennial of Mercer County, American Revolutionary hero, John Hancock. Ohio. The perseverance of pioneers and set- Hancock County was officially established in IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF PUT- tlers to overcome the challenges faced during 1820 and encompasses roughly 531 square NAM COUNTY’S 200TH ANNIVER- the early years of the county’s history has per- miles. The county is an asset to the great SARY sisted throughout the past 200 years. The State of Ohio through its many contributions in hard work and spirit shown by generations of the fields of agriculture and manufacturing. county residents have made Mercer County One of Hancock County’s noteworthy distinc- HON. ROBERT E. LATTA an outstanding example of American inge- tions was having Ohio Governor Joseph nuity. OF OHIO Vance and songwriter Tell Taylor reside within On February 12, 1820, the Ohio Legislature the county. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES enacted legislation creating fourteen new By remembering the 200th Anniversary of counties in northwestern Ohio. One of the Sunday, December 20, 2020 Hancock County, community members and counties was named Mercer, honoring the Ohio residents recognize the outstanding Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to American Revolutionary hero, General Hugh achievements, maintain our pioneer attitude, Mercer. Mercer County was established in and strive to better our county through the celebrate the Bicentennial of Putnam County, Ohio. The perseverance of pioneers and set- 1820 and it contains roughly 463 square principles on which it was founded. Thank you miles, including Grand Lake St. Marys. An es- and congratulations to Hancock County on this tlers to overcome the challenges faced during the early years of the county’s history has per- sential part of Mercer County’s history is con- significant milestone. nected to the lake, which was dug between f sisted throughout the past 200 years. The hard work and spirit shown by generations of 1837 and 1845 to provide a water source for HONORING BOB HANDY FOR HIS county residents have made Putnam County the Miami and Erie Canal. Grand Lake St. Marys was the largest man-made lake in the PUBLIC SERVICE an outstanding example of American inge- world at the time. Today, it is a major tourist nuity. destination for all to enjoy. Mercer County has HON. SALUD O. CARBAJAL On February 12, 1820, the Ohio Legislature also been an asset to the great State of Ohio OF CALIFORNIA enacted legislation creating fourteen new through its many contributions in the fields of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES counties in northwestern Ohio. One of the agriculture and manufacturing. Sunday, December 20, 2020 counties was named Putnam, honoring the By remembering the 200th Anniversary of American Revolutionary hero, Israel Putnam. Mercer County, community members and Ohio Mr. CARBAJAL. Madam Speaker, today, l Putnam County was officially established in residents recognize the outstanding achieve- celebrate the service of one of my constituents 1820, but parts of the county remained in ments, maintain our pioneer attitude, and and good friend, Robert ‘‘Bob’’ Handy, who is Wood County until 1824 and in Williams strive to better our county through the prin- a staunch advocate for veterans and had a County until 1834. Putnam County contains ciples on which it was founded. Thank you prodigious 22-year career in the U.S. Navy as roughly 480 square miles, and it was originally and congratulations to Mercer County on this a Medical Corpsman. set aside for Ohio’s Native American people significant milestone. Bob is the founder and Chairman of Vet- by the Treaty of Greenville. Putnam County is erans United for Truth, Inc. (VUFT), a vet- f an asset to the great State of Ohio through its erans’ support non-profit that played a critical PASSAGE OF H.R. 6535, THE COV- many contributions in the fields of agriculture role in addressing the Veterans Administra- ERAGE FOR URBAN INDIAN and manufacturing. tion’s (VA) mishandling or veterans’ medical HEALTH PROVIDERS ACT services, particularly of Post-Traumatic Stress By remembering the 200th Anniversary of Disorder (PTSD) cases, and restrictive policies Putnam County, community members and HON. RUBEN GALLEGO Ohio residents recognize the outstanding within the VA that prevented veterans with OF ARIZONA achievements, maintain our pioneer attitude, PTSD from appealing negative findings in their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cases. and strive to better our county through the Bob led VUFT as the principal plaintiff in principles on which it was founded. Thank you Sunday, December 20, 2020 VCS et al. v. Nicholson et al., a 2007 class and congratulations to Putnam County on this Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, I am action lawsuit that challenged the federal gov- significant milestone. grateful for my colleagues’ support of my bill,

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Van Wert County contains roughly 410 square the Indian Health Service for urban Indian Sunday, December 20, 2020 health programs, and by sending this bill to miles, and it was officially established in 1820. the Senate, and hopefully to the President, we Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Speaker, I was A noteworthy part of Van Wert County’s his- arc making a necessary correction that will unable to vote on December 17, 2020 and De- tory is the establishment of the Brumback Li- support delivery of health care to Native com- cember 18, 2020 due to not being in DC. Had brary. The library was founded in 1890 as the munities across the country. I been present, I would have voted as follows: first countywide public library to exist in the YES on Roll Call No. 245; YES on Roll Call United States, and it continues to serve over However, while I am proud of the passage No. 246; and NO on Roll Call No. 247. 29,000 residents. Van Wert County is an asset of this measure, we must not forget that the f to the great State of Ohio through its many same lack of parity under FTCA continues to contributions in the fields of agriculture and IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF persist for the Native Hawaiian Health Care manufacturing. Systems funded through the Native Hawaiian HENRY COUNTY’S 200TH ANNI- By remembering the 200th Anniversary of Health Care Improvement Act. I am therefore VERSARY Van Wert County, community members and committed to standing with Native Hawaiians HON. ROBERT E. LATTA Ohio residents recognize the outstanding and their representatives in Congress, includ- achievements, maintain our pioneer attitude, OF OHIO ing Congressman CASE and Senator SCHATZ, and strive to better our county through the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to ensure that Native Hawaiian Health Care principles on which it was founded. Thank you Systems are not left behind, and will work with Sunday, December 20, 2020 and congratulations to Van Wert County on them, the House Energy and Commerce Com- Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to this significant milestone. mittee, the House Natural Resources Com- celebrate the Bicentennial of Henry County, mittee, and the Senate Committee for Indian Ohio. The perseverance of pioneers and set- f Affairs to address the inequitable access to tlers to overcome the challenges faced during Federal Torts Claims Act coverage among Na- the early years of the county’s history has per- IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF WIL- tive health systems in the next Congress. To- sisted throughout the past 200 years. The LIAMS COUNTY’S 200TH ANNI- gether, we will continue to fight for the trust hard work and spirit shown by generations of VERSARY and treaty rights and access to benefits for all county residents have made Henry County an of our country’s Native peoples. outstanding example of American ingenuity. On February 12, 1820. the Ohio Legislature HON. ROBERT E. LATTA f enacted legislation creating fourteen new OF OHIO counties in northwestern Ohio. One of the IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF HAR- counties was named Henry, honoring the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DIN COUNTY’S 200TH ANNIVER- American Revolutionary hero, Patrick Henry. Sunday, December 20, 2020 SARY Henry County was officially established in 1820, but parts of the county remained in Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to Wood County until 1824 and in Williams celebrate the Bicentennial of Williams County, HON. ROBERT E. LATTA County until 1834. The county contains rough- Ohio. The perseverance of pioneers and set- OF OHIO ly 417 square miles and was once part of the tlers to overcome the challenges faced during Great Black Swamp. The unique nature of the the early years of the county’s history has per- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES former swampland provided rich soil which al- sisted throughout the past 200 years. The Sunday, December 20, 2020 lowed the agricultural community to prosper. hard work and spirit shown by generations of By remembering the 200th Anniversary of county residents have made Williams County Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to Henry County, community members and Ohio an outstanding example of American inge- celebrate the Bicentennial of Hardin County, residents recognize the outstanding achieve- nuity. Ohio. The perseverance of pioneers and set- ments, maintain a pioneer attitude, and strive On February 12, 1820, the Ohio Legislature tlers to overcome the challenges faced during to better our county on the principles on which enacted legislation creating fourteen new the early years of the county’s history has per- our county was founded. Thank you and con- counties in northwestern Ohio. The fourteenth sisted throughout the past 200 years. The gratulations to Henry County on this significant new county came to be known as Williams hard work and spirit shown by generations of milestone. County, honoring the Revolutionary War hero county residents have made Hardin County an f David Williams. Williams aided in the 1780 outstanding example of American ingenuity. IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF VAN capture of British Major John Andre, who was On February 12, 1820, the Ohio Legislature WERT COUNTY’S 200TH ANNIVER- convicted and executed for spying with Bene- enacted legislation creating fourteen new SARY dict Arnold. When Williams County was officially established in 1820 it originally con- counties in northwestern Ohio. One of the tained roughly 720 square miles, but it cur- counties was named Hardin, honoring the HON. ROBERT E. LATTA rently encompasses 420 square miles. A piv- American Revolutionary hero, John Hardin. OF OHIO otal point in Williams County’s history was the Hardin County was officially established in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES twenty-year dispute over the northern part of 1820 and encompasses roughly 470 square Sunday, December 20, 2020 Williams County which contributed to the Ohio miles. The county is home to Ohio Northern Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to and Michigan war. Eventually, the territory University, which was established in 1871. lines between the Indiana line and Lake Erie Hardin County is an asset to the great State celebrate the Bicentennial of Van Wert Coun- ty, Ohio. The perseverance of pioneers and were settled, giving Williams County its first of Ohio through its many contributions in the beginnings as a county in the great state of fields of agriculture and manufacturing. settlers to overcome the challenges faced during the early years of the county’s history has Ohio. By remembering the 200th Anniversary of persisted throughout the past 200 years. The By remembering the 200th Anniversary of Hardin County, community members and Ohio hard work and spirit shown by generations of Williams County, community members and residents recognize the outstanding achieve- county residents have made Van Wert County Ohio residents recognize the outstanding ments, maintain our pioneer attitude, and an outstanding example of American inge- achievements, maintain our pioneer attitude, strive to better our county through the prin- nuity. and strive to better our county on the principles on which it was founded. Thank you On February 12, 1820, the Ohio Legislature ciples on which it was founded. Thank you and congratulations to Hardin County on this enacted legislation creating fourteen new and congratulations to Williams County on this significant milestone. counties in northwestern Ohio. One of the significant milestone.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PERSONAL EXPLANATION Sunday, December 20, 2020 Retired General Lloyd Austin retired from the U.S. Army in 2016 as the first African Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I in- HON. STEVE KING American to serve as Commander of clude in the RECORD the following release OF IOWA CENTCOM, the U.S. Central Command, which includes excerpts from the statement of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES where he oversaw America’s military strategy former Iranian political prisoners, witnesses to Sunday, December 20, 2020 and joint operations throughout the Middle the 1988 massacre in Iran. The Amnesty International report, ‘‘Blood- Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Speaker, on De- East and in Afghanistan. Soaked Secrets: Why Iran’s 1988 Prison Mas- cember 3, 2020, I submitted a personal expla- He was the chief architect of the military sacres are Ongoing Crimes Against Human- nation for having missed votes on December campaign to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq ity,’’ on the 30th anniversary of the massacre 2 and December 3, 2020 due to being out of and Syria and became the second highest was an important step in accelerating the jus- town. I wish to correct my explanation for Roll ranking commander in Iraq, taking command tice movement and holding the regime’s offi- Call No. 229. Although my personal expla- of the Multi-National Corps—Iraq. As com- cials to account as those responsible for com- nation submitted on December 3, 2020 stated mander, he directed the operations of approxi- mitting this great crime. The following are the that I would have voted ‘‘no’’ on Roll Call no. mately 152,000 joint and coalition forces in all excerpts from the former Iranian political pris- 229, I in fact would have abstained from that sectors of Iraq. oners, witnesses to the 1988 massacre in vote and I wish to correct the record to reflect He led the transition of the U.S. and Coali- Iran: that. tion military forces and equipment out of Iraq, We, political prisoners who personally wit- f the largest logistics operation undertaken by nessed the 1988 massacre, as part of the large the Army in six decades. NOMINATION OF RETIRED GEN- family of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), Retired General Lloyd Austin served in the ERAL LLOYD AUSTIN AS THE have made a solemn promise to the 30,000 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, Oper- proud martyrs of this massacre that we will 28TH U.S. SECRETARY OF DE- ations Officer for the Army Indianapolis District spare no effort to shed light on the scope of FENSE the horrific and inhumane 1988 massacre and Recruiting Command, Executive Officer 1st to ensure its perpetrators face justice. Brigade 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, Amnesty International can rely on the HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE Executive Officer for the 2nd Battalion 22nd support of political prisoners, families of the OF TEXAS Infantry, Chief of Joint Operations Division J– martyrs, and the Iranian people as it con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3, Assistant Division Commander for Maneu- tinues to speak the truth and expose this Sunday, December 20, 2020 ver 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Com- great crime against humanity. The regime’s mander of 2nd Battalion 505th Parachute In- leaders must face the fact that four decades Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, as a fantry Regiment, Commanding General of U.S. of crime and murder, which continued into senior member of Congress, as a proud cit- the November 2019 massacre and the execu- Forces in Iraq, Army Vice Chief of Staff and izen of the United States, as an African Amer- as Commander of CENTCOM. tions of Mostafa Salehi and Navid Afkari ican woman, and as a member of the Con- will not go unanswered. Retired General Lloyd Austin is highly deco- We stress in this regard that insulting and gressional Black Caucus, I rise in strong support of President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination rated with many awards and decorations in- attacking Amnesty International and its re- cluding four Defense Distinguished Service searchers and reporters is deplorable and of retired General Lloyd Austin as the 28th amount to aligning with and accompanying U.S. Secretary of Defense. Medals, three Army Distinguished Service the murderous rulers of Iran. As stated in Retired General Lloyd Austin is an accom- Medals, a Silver Star, two Defense Superior the statement issued by 1,404 political pris- plished and respected trailblazer in the United Service Medals, and two Legion of Merit deco- oners, We consider it to be the urgent obliga- States Army. He is a trusted and crisis-tested rations. tion of all political prisoners and any dig- leader who has broken barriers in his historic Retired General Lloyd Austin, if confirmed, nified human being to expose anyone, wheth- will become the first African American Sec- er a former prisoner or otherwise, with any ascent to the highest ranks of the military. political claim, who serves the interests of With more than 40 years of service, Retired retary of Defense which culminates a barrier- the clerical regime, and we condemn any si- General Lloyd Austin is a deeply experienced breaking career as the first African American lence with respect to such abhorrent actions. and highly decorated commander who has general to command an Army Division in com- Political prisoners, witnesses to the 1988 served with distinction in several of the Penta- bat, to lead a Corps in combat, to command massacre. October 2020 gon’s most crucial roles. an entire theater of war, and to serve as Com- Three decades after the 1988 massacre of Retired General Lloyd Austin is a son of the mander of U.S. Central Command. political prisoners in Iran, we are witnessing Amnesty International’s efforts to expose South. He was born in Mobile, Alabama and Secretary-designate Austin has proven and the details of this great crime. This is a grew up in Thomasville, Georgia. He grad- demonstrated extraordinary leadership across crime that the former designated heir to uated from West Point United States Military a lifetime of distinguished service and is well Khomeini described at the time as the great- Academy and later earned degrees from Au- prepared to lead our nation’s military as a est crime committed by the clical regime in burn University, Webster University, the Army strong and dedicated civilian leader.

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HIGHLIGHTS Senate passed H.J. Res. 110, Further Additional Continuing Appropria- tions Act. Senate facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Chamber Action Center in Hemet, California. Page S7867 Routine Proceedings, pages S7855–S7886 Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, Land Transfer Act: Senate passed S. 3099, to pro- as follows: S. 5075–5077. Page S7877 vide for the conveyance of certain property to the Measures Passed: Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska. Pages S7867–68 African American Burial Grounds Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Com- discharged from further consideration of S. 2827, to mission on Native Children Act Deadline Exten- authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a sion: Senate passed S. 3948, to amend the Alyce study of African American burial grounds, and the Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a re- amendments proposed thereto: Page S7859 port by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Brown Amendment No. 2721, in the nature of a Commission on Native Children. Page S7868 substitute. Page S7859 Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Brown Amendment No. 2722, to amend the title. Declarations Act: Senate passed S. 2346, to improve Page S7859 the Fishery Resource Disaster Relief program of the GLRI Act: Committee on Environment and Pub- National Marine Fisheries Service, after withdrawing lic Works was discharged from further consideration the committee amendment in the nature of a sub- of H.R. 4031, to amend the Federal Water Pollution stitute, and agreeing to the following amendment Control Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restora- proposed thereto: Pages S7868–71 tion Initiative, and the bill was then passed. Blunt (for Wicker) Amendment No. 2723, in the Pages S7864–66 nature of a substitute. Page S7871 Amending the Grand Ronde Reservation Act: Urban Indian Organization: Senate passed H.R. Senate passed S. 2716, to amend the Grand Ronde 6535, to deem an urban Indian organization and em- Reservation Act, after agreeing to the committee ployees thereof to be a part of the Public Health amendment. Pages S7866–67 Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury. Page S7871 Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Senate passed S. 3100, to convey land Young Fishermen’s Development Act: Senate in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal passed H.R. 1240, to preserve United States fishing Health Consortium, after agreeing to the committee heritage through a national program dedicated to amendment in the nature of a substitute. Page S7867 training and assisting the next generation of commercial fishermen. Page S7871 Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center: Senate passed S. 4556, to authorize the Secretary of Health Protecting American Intellectual Property Act: and Human Services, acting through the Director of Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to was discharged from further consideration of S. D1117

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:48 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D20DE0.REC D20DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with DIGEST December 20, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1119 House of Representatives Quorum Calls—Votes: One yea-and-nay vote de- Chamber Action veloped during the proceedings of today and appears Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 3 public on page. Pages H7282–83 bills, H.R. 8998, 9037–9038; and 1 resolution, H.J. Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and ad- Res. 110; were introduced. Page H7284 journed at 7:36 p.m. Additional Cosponsors: Pages H7284–85 Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today. Committee Meetings Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she No hearings were held. appointed Representative Butterfield to act as Speak- er pro tempore for today. Page H7281 Joint Meetings Recess: The House recessed at 12:03 p.m. and re- No joint committee meetings were held. convened at 6:35 p.m. Page H7281 f Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: Making further COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR MONDAY, continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021: H.J. DECEMBER 21, 2020 Res. 110, making further continuing appropriations (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) for fiscal year 2021, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 329 Senate yeas to 65 nays, Roll No. 248. Pages H7281–83 No meetings/hearings scheduled. Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House House today appears on page H7281. No hearings are scheduled.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 noon, Monday, December 21 9 a.m., Monday, December 21

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will be in a period of Program for Monday: To be announced. morning business.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

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Carbajal, Salud O., Calif., E1187 Gallego, Ruben, Ariz., E1187 Harris, Andy, Md., E1187 Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E1189, E1189 King, Steve, Iowa, E1188, E1189 Latta, Robert E., Ohio, E1187, E1187, E1187, E1188, E1188, E1188, E1188

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