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Routine Proceedings, pages S4165-S4202 Measures Introduced: Twenty-five bills and seven resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 5037-5061, S.J. Res. 201, S. Res. 807-810, and S. Con. Res. 36-37.
Affordable Prescriptions For Patients Act: Senate passed S. 1041, to amend title 35, United States Code, to address the infringement of patents that claim biological products, after agreeing to the committee amendments.
Pages S4198-99
Authorizing The Use Of The Capitol Rotunda: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 37, authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to honor the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham.
Pages S4199-S4200
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 809, designating June 15, 2026, as “World Elder Abuse Awareness Day” and the month of June 2026 as “Elder Abuse Awareness Month”.
Page S4200
Majority Party's Membership On Certain Committees: Senate agreed to S. Res. 810, to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.
Appointments: Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 118-144, announced the appointment of the following individuals to be members of the Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution: Tevi Troy of Maryland, and Dara Horn of New Jersey.
Flowers Nomination—Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Benjamin M. Flowers, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Pages S4165-79
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the post-cloture time with respect to the nomination be expired and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 22, 2026; that the motions to invoke cloture filed during the session of the Senate of Monday, July 20, 2026, ripen following disposition of the nomination; and that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Michael C. Martin, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, the post-cloture time be expired at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination; that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Antonio M. Pozos, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the post-cloture time be expired and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Democratic Leader, notwithstanding Rule XXII, and no earlier than Thursday, July 23, 2026; and that the motion to invoke cloture with respect to the nomination of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Page S4181 Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 201), Kara Marie Westercamp, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade. Pages S4180, S4202 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Joshua Harris, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Malaysia.
Gretchen C.F. Shappert, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Attorney for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands for the term of four years.
Routine lists in the Air Force and Army. Pages S4201-02 Messages from the House:
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:13 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4200.)