Business Meeting To Consider Pending Legislation and Pending Nominations

November 18, 2021
10:00 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The business meeting will be held on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The purpose of the business meeting is to consider pending legislation on the below agenda items. The Committee will also consider the agenda items from the business meeting previously scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, in Room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

From the agenda for the November 16, 2021, Business Meeting (recessed):

Agenda Item 1: The nomination of Laura Daniel-Davis to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals Management).

  • The motion to report Ms. Daniel-Davis’ nomination resulted in a tied vote. Chairman Manchin will notify the Secretary of the Senate of the tie vote, after which the Senate Majority Leader may move to discharge the nomination so that, if agreed to, the nomination can be placed on the Senate Executive Calendar.

Agenda Item 2: The nomination of Sara Bronin to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

  • Passed by recorded vote of 12-8

From the agenda for the November 18, 2021, Business Meeting:

Agenda Item 1: S. 172 and H.R. 1664, both Senate and House bills to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.  (Mr. Cornyn/Rep. Veasey).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 2: S. 180, a bill to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development. (Mr. Heinrich).

  • Passed by roll call vote (13-7) 

Agenda Item 3: S. 270, a bill to amend the Act entitled “Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes” to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System, and for other purposes, with an amendment (FLO21C42).  (Mr. Coons).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 4: S. 491, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in the York River watershed in the State of Maine as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.  (Mr. King).

  • Passed by voice vote 

Agenda Item 5:  S. 535, a bill to authorize the location of a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes, with an amendment (FLO21C12).  (Ms. Ernst).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 6: H.R. 297, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the establishment of, and the potential land that could be included in, a unit of the national Forest System in the State of Hawaii and for other purposes.  (Ms. Hirono).

  • Passed by voice vote 

Agenda Item 7: S. 569, a bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System land to the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes, with an amendment (FLO21C49).  (Mr. Thune).

  • Passed by voice vote 

Agenda Item 8: S. 609, a bill to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdivision of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws. (Ms. Cortez Masto).

  • Passed by roll call vote (12-8) 

Agenda Item 9: S. 753, a bill to reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act, to authorize States to use funds from that Act for administrative purposes and for other purposes, with an amendment (FLO21C80).  (Mr. Murphy).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 10: S. 904, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize and make publicly available geographic information system mapping data relating to public access to Federal land and waters for outdoor recreation, and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (FLO21C76).  (Mr. Risch).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 12: S. 1317, a bill to modify the boundary of the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.  (Mr. Kelly).

  •  Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 14: S. 1320, a bill to establish the Chiricahua National Park in the State of Arizona as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (FLO21C62).  (Mr. Kelly).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 16: S. 1354, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chilkoot National Historic Trail and to provide for a study of the Alaska Long Trail, and for other purposes, with a Murkowski amendment (FLO21C26) and a Lee amendment (FLO21C55).  (Ms. Murkowski).

  •  Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 17: S. 1583, a bill to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes.  (Ms. Cortez Masto). 

  •  Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 18: S. 1589, a bill to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other purposes.  (Mr. Wyden).

  •  Passed by roll call vote (12-8)

Agenda Item 19: S. 1620, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Eunice, Louisiana, certain Federal in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes.  (Mr. Kennedy).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 22: S. 1964, a bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (FLO21C66). (Mr. Bennet).

  • Passed by voice vote 

Agenda Item 23: S. 2158, a bill to extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, with an amendment (FLO21C43).  (Mr. Markey).

  •  Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 24: S. 2433, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of Federal real property, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (FLO21C75).  (Mr. Cramer).

  • Passed by voice vote 

Agenda Item 25: S. 2490, a bill to establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes.  (Mr. Cornyn).

  • Passed by voice vote 

Agenda Item 26: S. 2524, a bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.  (Ms. Murkowski).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 27: H.R. 1192, a bill to impose requirements on the payment of compensation to professional persons employed in voluntary cases commenced under title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act (commonly known as “PROMESA”), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (DUN21942).  (Rep. Velazquez).

  • Passed by voice vote

Agenda Item 28: H.R. 2497, a bill to establish the Amache National Heritage Site in the State of Colorado as a unit of the National Park Service, and for other purposes, with an amendment (FLO21C72).  (Rep. Neguse).

  • Passed by voice vote 

Agenda Item 30: An original bill to reauthorize funding for certain National Heritage Areas (FLO21C77).

  • Passed by voice vote

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Opening Remarks

  • Sen. Joe Manchin

    Chairman
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  • Sen. John Barrasso

    Ranking Member
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee