Wrap Up for Thursday, April 28, 2022
Roll Call Votes
1. Motion to invoke cloture on the compound motion to go to conference on H.R.4521, USICA/COMPETES; invoked: 68-29.
2. Compound motion to go to conference on H.R.4521, USICA/COMPETES; agreed to: 67-27.
Legislative Business
Passed S.4119, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Adopted S.Res.603 – recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
The Senate has reached an agreement with respect to Calendar #282, H.R.4521, America USICA/COMPETES. That if a compound motion to go to conference is agreed to and the Chair is authorized to appoint conferees, the following Senators be permitted to make a motion to instruct, the text of which is at the desk; that these be the only motions to instruct in order; further, that at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, following consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate vote in relation to the motions in the order listed, that the only debate with respect to these motions be 2 minutes equally divided prior to each vote, and with 60-affirmative votes required for adoption of the Lankford motion:
1. Paul
2. Barrasso
3. Cruz
4. Menendez
5. Risch
6. Kelly
7. Lee
8. Blackburn
9. Cotton
10. Murkowski
11. Sullivan
12. Rubio
13. Johnson
14. Sanders (re: warrants)
15. Scott (FL)
16. Hassan
17. Ernst
18. Lankford
19. Sanders (re: NASA)
20. Cassidy (re: Mexico)
21. Bennet
22. Warnock
23. Daines
24. Cassidy (re: college transparency)
25. Capito
26. Toomey
27. Scott (SC)
28. Lujan
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
ARMY
Executive Calendar #242 Col. Steven M. Rowe to be Brigadier General
SPACE FORCE
Executive Calendar #868 - Brig. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess to be Major General
Executive Calendar #869 – Brig. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess to be Brigadier General
AIR FORCE
Executive Calendar #870 to be Brigadier General:
Col. Christopher M. Blomquist
Col. Gary R. Charlton, II
Col. Keith A. Chikasawa
Col. James D. Cleet
Col. Mary S. Decker
Col. Drew E. Dougherty
Col. Jeffrey B. Edwards
Col. Larry E. Gardner
Col. Ian J.M. Gillis
Col. Troy D. Havener
Col. Matthew E. Henry
Col. Richard D. Hunt
Col. Phillip L. Mallory
Col. Berry L. McCormick
Col. Mark R. Morrell
Col. Michael J. Oliver
Col. Kenneth J. Radford, Jr.
Col. Lynn K. Robinson, Jr.
Col. Michael S. Rose
Col. David W. Shevchik
Col. Todd A. Wiles
Executive Calendar #871 - to be Brigadier General
Col. Kirsten G. Aguilar
Col. Jason E. Bartolomei
Col. Paul R. Birch
Col. Heather W. Blackwell
Col. Peter M. Bonetti
Col. Maurizio D. Calabrese
Col. Daniel C. Clayton
Col. Richard R. Dickens
Col. David A. Doss
Col. Jon A. Eberlan
Col. William C. Freeman
Col. Lance R. French
Col. Jesse J. Friedel
Col. Jeffrey T. Geraghty
Col. Richard A. Goodman
Col. Douglas D. Jackson
Col. Jason M. Janaros
Col. Ryan P. Keeney
Col. David R. Lopez
Col. Gavin P. Marks
Col. Roger R. Messer
Col. Patrick G. Miller
Col. Nathan L. Owendoff
Col. William S. Rogers
Col. Jocelyn J. Schermerhorn
Col. Jeffrey T. Schreiner
Col. Travolis A. Simmons
Col. Melissa A. Stone
Col. Geoffrey F. Weiss
Col. Michael J. Zuhlsdorf
Executive Calendar #872 - Brig. Gen. Rebecca R. Vernon to be Major General
ARMY
Executive Calendar #873 - Lt. Gen. Randy A. George to be General
Executive Calendar #874 - Lt. Gen. Andrew P. Poppas to be General
Executive Calendar #875 - Maj. Gen. Sean C. Bernabe to be Lieutenant General
AIR FORCE
Executive Calendar #876 - Lt. Gen. Duke Z. Richardson to be General
Executive Calendar #877 - Lt. Gen. Mary F. O'Brien to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #878 - Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #879 - Maj. Gen. Randall Reed to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #880 - Lt. Gen. David S. Nahom to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #881 - Lt. Gen. Tom D. Miller to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #882 - Col. Amy D. Holbeck to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #883 - Col. David N. Unruh to be Brigadier General
MARINE CORPS
Executive Calendar #884 - Maj. Gen. Dimitri Henry to be Lieutenant General
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Executive Calendar #507 - Brad John Crabtree, of North Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy and Carbon Management)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Executive Calendar #778 - Frank Calvelli, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #803 - Paul Monteiro, of Maryland, to be Director, Community Relations Service, for a term of four years
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Executive Calendar #842 - Kristyn E. Jones, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
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
