Wrap Up for Thursday, September 27, 2018
Roll Call Votes
1.
Confirmation of Executive
Calendar #867, Lisa Porter, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense; confirmed: 98-1.
Legislative Business
Passed #568, S.1768 with Feinstein amendment:
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act.
Calendar #557, H.R.4254: to amend the National Science Foundation
Authorization Act of 2002 to strengthen the aerospace workforce pipeline by the
promotion of Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and National Aeronautics
and Space Administration internship and fellowship opportunities to women, and
for other purposes.
Passed Calendar #582, S.3170: to amend title 18,
United States Code, to make certain changes to the reporting requirement of
certain service providers regarding child sexual exploitation visual
depictions, and for other purposes.
Passed Calendar #583, S.3354: to amend the Missing Children’s Assistance
Act, and for other purposes.
Adopted S.Res.637: designating September 2018, as “National Kinship Care
Month.”
Adopted S.Res.656: recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Forensic Science
Week.
Adopted S.Res.657:
designating the week of September 23 through 29, 2018, as “National Adult
Education and Family Literacy Week” .
Adopted S.Res.658:
designating the week of September 30 through October 6, 2018 as “National
Community Policing Week”.
Completed the Rule 14 process
to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.6287, 9/11 Memorial Act
Executive Business
The Senate confirmed the following military
nominations:
AIR FORCE
Executive Calendar #1113 - Col. Jeffrey H.
Hurlbert to be Brigadier General
NAVY
Executive Calendar #1114 - Rear Adm. Michael
J. Dumont to be Vice Admiral
Executive Calendar #1115 - Capt. Robert D.
Katz to be Rear Admiral (lower half)
AIR FORCE
Executive Calendar #1116 - Maj. Gen. Michael
T. Plehn to be Lieutenant General
NAVY
Executive Calendar #1117 - Rear Adm. Timothy
G. Szymanski to be Vice Admiral
ARMY
Executive Calendar #1118 - Maj. Gen. James E.
Rainey to be Lieutenant General
AIR FORCE
Executive Calendar #1119 - Maj. Gen. Thomas
J. Sharpy to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #1120 - Col. David P.
Garfield to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #1121 - Maj. Gen. Timothy
G. Fay to be Lieutenant General
MARINE CORPS
Executive Calendar #1122 - Maj. Gen. George
W. Smith, Jr. to be Lieutenant General
And all nominations on the Secretary's Desk
in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy
