Wrap Up for Thursday, April 7, 2022
Roll Call Votes
1. Passage of H.R.7108, Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act, as amended by SA #5020; passed: 100-0.
2. Passage of H.R.6968, Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act, as amended by SA #5021; passed 100-0.
3. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #860, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; invoked: 53-47.
4. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #860, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; confirmed: 53-47.
Legislative Business
Passed the following bills:
S.3823, Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act, w/Grassley sub amdt
S.1875, Veterans’ Emergency Care Claims Parity Act, w/Rounds sub amdt
Cal.#304, S.2687, Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021
S.4070, Samya Rose Stumo National Air Grant Fellowship Program Act
Cal. #317, S.3785, to amend title 49, United States Code, to eliminate the restriction on veterans concurrently serving in the Offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Moved to concur in the House amdt to S.658 – National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium
Adopted the following resolutions:
By voice vote, Calendar #323, S.Res.503, Peng Shuai with committee reported amdts
S.Res.533 with Kaine amdt – Centennial of Navy aircraft carriers
S.Res.592 National Assistive Technology Awareness Day
S.Res.593 Former Senator Hodges
Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.4022 – To codify in statute the CDC title 42 expulsion order, which suspends the right for certain aliens to enter the United States along United States land borders, until February 1, 2025.
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Exec. Cal. #646 - Oren E. Whyche-Shaw, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Exec. Cal. #790 - Adriana Debora Kugler, of Maryland, to be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of two years
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Exec. Cal. #814 - Steven H. Fagin, of New Jersey, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Yemen
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Exec. Cal. #863 - Erik Kristopher Raven, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Exec. Cal. #864 - William A. LaPlante, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Exec. Cal. #706 - Jed David Kolko, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Exec. Cal. #765 - Arun Venkataraman, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Exec. Cal. #766 - Mohsin Raza Syed, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Exec. Cal. #767 - Grant T. Harris, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Exec. Cal. #770 - Laurie E. Locascio, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
The votes on confirmation of the following nominations will occur at times to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican Leader:
1. Executive Calendar #718 Susan Tsui Grundmann, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority
2. Executive Calendar #717 Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board
3. Executive Calendar #716 Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board
