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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 36 public bills, H.R. 4698-
4733; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 563-566 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:01 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon.
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Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measure. Consideration began Monday, July 26th.
Dispose Unused Medications and Prescription Opioids Act: S. 957, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications, by a
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 424 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 224; and
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Major Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2021: S. 1910, to authorize major medical facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 413 yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 225.
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Recess: The House recessed at 7:42 p.m. and reconvened at 8 p.m.
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022: The House considered H.R. 4502, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, July 28th.
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Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-12, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted.
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Agreed to:
DeLauro en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-109: Spanberger (No. 2) that increases and decreases HRSA's Office of Pharmacy Affairs by
$1,000,000 to highlight the need to protect the integrity of the 340B program by halting pharmaceutical manufacturers' unlawful actions that have resulted in overcharges to 340B covered entities; Buchanan (No. 6) that transfers $2,000,000 from Office of the Secretary -General Departmental Management to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to increase available grants to prevent prescription drug/opioid overdoses; Burgess (No. 7) that increases and decreases by
$10,000,000 for the Director of the National Institutes of Health Office for Acute Flaccid Myelitis Research; Burgess (No. 8) that transfers $5 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Program Support to fund the Rural Health, Project ECHO telehealth mentoring model, to improve health workforce capacity in underserved areas; Gottheimer (No. 20) that increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 in the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Environmental Health account to emphasize the importance of every child having access to drinking water at school that's free of lead and dangerous materials; Gottheimer (No. 21) that increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 in the National Institutes of Health's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration account to emphasize the importance of SAMHSA focusing efforts to address COVID-linked substance abuse and mental health issues among children and young adults; Langevin (No. 27) that increases the Children and Families Services Programs account by $3,900,000 and decrease the HHS General Departmental Management account by $3,900,000; Lynch (No. 32) that provides an increase of $2 Million to Community Health Centers and decreases funding for Office of the Secretary-General Departmental Management by the same amount McKinley (No. 33) that increases funds in the Substance Abuse Prevention program by $2,500,000 with the intent of supporting prescription drug monitoring programs pilot program to test the feasibility and outcomes of integrating a substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment locator tool into the prescription drug monitoring programs of 5 eligible States; Miller (No. 34) that increases funding for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome research by
$1,000,000 offset by spending from the Office of the Secretary; Rice
(No. 39) that increases and decreases funding for CDC's Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Disease account with the intent of preventing the reintroduction of canine rabies virus variant into the United States and supporting CDC modernizing and fully operating its dog import program; Schweikert (No. 41) that increases funding for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases by
$1 million with the intent these funds be used to fund a multicenter research consortium on Type II diabetes cures; offsets the increase with a decrease in funding of $1 million from the General Departmental Management account under the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; Schweikert (No. 42) that increases funding by $2 million for the CDC's Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Disease account with the intention that these funds be used for Coccidioidomycosis and other fungal diseases; offsets the increase with a decrease in funding of $2 million from the General Departmental Management account under the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; Schweikert
(No. 43) that increases and decreases funding in Health Surveillance and Program Support by $1,000,000 to express the intent that additional funding for the Mental Health Administration be used for research on medication adherence technology; Schweikert (No. 44) that increases and decreases funding for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services program by $1,000,000 to express the intent that Medicare focus on using artificial intelligence and other technology to promote cleans claims creation and processing to combat improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse; Sherrill (No. 46) that increases and decreases the National Institute of Mental health budget by $5,000,000 with the intent to address youth mental health disparities; Slotkin (No. 47) that increases the DOL Registered Apprenticeship budget by $1 million for the purpose of improving coordination between DOL and VA to ensure that registered apprenticeships are approved by VA for GI Bill benefits; offsets the amendment with a $1 million decrease in funds from the Program Administration account; Slotkin (No. 48) that increases and decreases the funding for Strategic National Stockpile by
$10 million to emphasize the importance of working with the commercial sector to enhance medical supply chain flexibility and maintain domestic reserves of critical medical supplies; Smith (NJ) (No. 50) that redirects $3 million from CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support to CDC's Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases account for Lyme disease research and surveillance; Smith (NJ) (No. 51) that decreases and then increases funding for the HHS Office of the Secretary by $5 million to express the intent that HHS use the $5 million for their recently announced LymeX Innovation Accelerator; Smith, Christopher
(NJ) (No. 52) that redirects $10 million from HHS Office of the Secretary to CDC's Birth Defects, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities and Health account; Spanberger (No. 53) that increases and decreases funds by $5 million to highlight the need for additional funding for the Telehealth Resource Center program; Wild (No. 56) that invests $2 million in additional funding for the National Cancer Institute, for the purposes of enhancing pediatric cancer research; Adams (No. 57) that increases the funding for the Urban Agriculture & Innovative Production Program by $542,000; decreases Agriculture Buildings and Facilities by $2.5 million; Baird (No. 58) that increases funding by $5 million to FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine to improve the review and approval of animal food ingredients, and to develop solutions on how ingredient claims benefiting animal production, animal wellbeing, food safety, and the environment can be regulated as animal food; decreases Office of the Secretary by $5 million; Bost (No. 59) that revises a National Institute of Food and Agriculture pilot program to increase funding for grant programs and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans; Danny K. Davis (IL) (No. 61) that increases funding to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture Research and Education Activities account by $2,000,000 and decreases the Agriculture Buildings and Facilities account by $3,000,000; Rodney Davis (IL) (No. 62) that expands ReConnect eligibility by defining a rural area without sufficient access to broadband speeds of twenty-five megabytes per second downstream and three megabytes per second upstream, consistent with 2018 Farm Bill speed thresholds and current FCC minimum standards; Jackson Lee (No. 68) that states that nothing in the bill restricts the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture or any federal agency head from providing assistance and benefits to victims of trafficking; Kind (No. 69) that increases funding for the Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program at USDA by $5 million and decreases the Agriculture Building and Facilities account by $5 million; Kuster
(No. 70) that increases funding for the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas Program (ATTRA) by $500,000; Moore (No. 71) that increases funding by $2,000,000 for school breakfast program; decreases Agriculture Buildings and Facilities by the same amount; Panetta (No. 72) that highlights the importance of agriculture research funding administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Schrader (No. 73) that increases and decreases by $5 million, funding for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the FDA, to highlight the need for the Agency to proceed with rulemaking on cannabidiol (or CBD) by no later than 180 days after enactment, out of concern that the FDA has not initiated rulemaking to establish a regulatory pathway for CBD as a dietary supplement and food ingredient; Sherrill (No. 74) that increases and decreases FDA by $10 million intended for the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; Smith (MO) (No. 75) that decreases the Office of the Secretary by
$1,000,000 and increases Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) by
$1,000,000 for the purpose of directing AMS to conduct a study and produce findings on market barriers for small and mid-sized meat processing facilities; Spanberger (No. 76) that increases funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Funds by
$5,000,000; decreases Agriculture Buildings and Facilities by $8 million; Spanberger (No. 77) that increases funding for USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) field staff through the Conservation Operations and Conservation Technical Assistance programs by $5,257,000; decreases Agriculture Buildings and Facilities by $10 million; Spanberger (No. 78) that increases funding by $2 million for staffing at the USDA's Office of Rural Development; decreases Agriculture Buildings and Facilities by $4.25 million; Stauber (No. 79) that increases Circuit Rider program by $605,000 to ensure rural water operators have the resources needed offset by a reduction to Agriculture Buildings and Facilities; Valadao (No. 81) that increases and decreases funding by $8 billion with intent to replenish USDA's WHIP+ agriculture disaster assistance account to cover agricultural producers' losses in 2020 and 2021 due to derechos, droughts, floods, freezes, high winds, hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, and wildfires; Welch (No. 82) that increases and decreases funding for FDA Salaries and Expenses by $1 million for the purpose of completing and issuing pending FDA guidance on Labeling of Plant-based Milk Alternatives and consistently enforcing against any violations of the existing dairy standards of identity; Burchett (No. 84) that increases and decreases funding by $25,000,000 to highlight the Asian Carp Prevention and Control Pilot Program; Carter (LA) (No. 87) that increases and decreases funding for the Corps Construction account by $6 million for projects that rebuild coastlines through beneficial use of material dredged from Federally maintained waterways; Foster (No. 92) that adds and subtracts $380 million from the DOE Office of Science, in support of more robust funding for the Office which has been integral to the development of groundbreaking technologies that affect our daily life, health, security, and the way we use energy; Garcia (TX) (No. 93) that increases and decreases funds by $50 million to highlight the need to prioritize carbon capture utilization program activities consistent with section 969 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; Kuster (No. 96) that increases funding for the Northern Border Regional Commission by $2 million; decreases Departmental Administration by $2 million; McMorris Rodgers (No. 97) that increases and decreases funds by $150,000 to highlight the need for the Army Corps to utilize allocated operations and maintenance funding to acquire and deploy non-lethal deterrence technology for pinniped management at dams and locks on river systems that contain endangered salmon species and where there has been a documented increase in salmon predation by pinnipeds over the last 20 years; Perlmutter (No. 101) that increases and decreases the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account by $15 million to increase funding for the Facilities and Infrastructure account to match the President's Budget Request; Perry (No. 102) that increases funding for the Water Power Technologies Office by $5,000,000; offset by a reduction to departmental administration; Plaskett (No. 103) that increases the Army Corps of Engineers Investigations account by $4 million (offset by equal reductions to Corps of Engineers expenses and Department of Energy administration) for the completion of post-authorization change reports required for resumption of projects for navigation reauthorized in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020; Scott (VA) (No. 104) that increases and decreases funding for the Office of Science by
$720,000,000 to express support for the Office's Nuclear Physics and Medium Energy programs; Scott (VA) (No. 105) that increases and decreases funding for the Office of Science by $2,177,000 to draw attention to the need to move forward with the design of a High-
Performance Data Facility on the East Coast, as called for in the President's Budget Request; Scott (VA) (No. 106) that increases and decreases funding for the Office of Science by $15,000,000 to match the President's Budget Request for the Electron Ion Collider; Slotkin (No. 107) that increases and decreases the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account by $25 million, to express support for the Department of Energy's work to increase the resilience of and expand the domestic electric vehicle supply chain--including advanced battery technology, battery manufacturing, and automotive semiconductors; Slotkin (No. 108) that increases and decreases funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by $5 million, to highlight the need for the Corps to help assess and identify the drivers of persistent, severe flooding (and expected future trends); mitigate future flood disasters; and work with affected communities to build local resilience; and Weber (No. 109) that increases and decreases funding for DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy by $348,000,000 to emphasize the importance of completing the Versatile Test Reactor Project; and
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DeLauro en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-109: Scott (GA) (No. 1) that increases and decreases funds in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program by $1,000,000 with the intent of supporting the Secretary in carrying out activities that expand the national apprenticeship system for recruitment, employment, and on-the-
job earn-as-you-learn training of young African Americans; Speier (No. 3) that prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce sections of former Secretary DeVos' Title IX rule; Welch (No. 4) that increases funding for the Low Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by $10,000,000 offset by a reduction to Office of the Secretary-General Departmental Management; Axne (No. 5) that provides $5 million for community colleges who provide training programs to dislocated workers, including those who lost work due to COVID-19; Bush (No. 9) that increases and decreases funding by $1 million in the SAMHSA account to highlight the need for a GAO study on alternative and non-punitive behavioral health crisis response programs to determine the effectiveness of such programs in improving public health and public safety; Bush (No. 10) that increases funding by $5 million for Health Centers account to provide health care services, including COVID-19 testing and vaccine outreach, to the unhoused community; reduces funding for the Office of the Secretary, General Departmental Management by the same amount; Castor (FL) (No. 11) that increases and decreases funding in the Innovation and Improvement account by $1 million to encourage the Department of Education to conduct proper oversight of for-profit charter schools to ensure they are supporting students adhering to federal civil rights laws; DeSaulnier (No. 12) that increases funding for Statewide Family Engagement Centers at the Department of Education by $1 million offset by a reduction to Departmental Management-Program Administration; Escobar (No. 13) that increases and decreases funding for the U.S. Mexico Border Health Commission to emphasize the need for a binational COVID-19 vaccination plan for border communities; Escobar (No. 14) that increases funding for the Department of Civil Rights at the Department of Education to support economically disadvantaged communities; decreases funding for Departmental Management-Program Administration; Escobar (No. 15) that increases and decreases the Department of Education's Education for the Disadvantaged account by $1 million to make clear that States must disburse all funds under this division in accordance with Congressional intent and not for purposes not otherwise outlined in the corresponding report and bill text; Gomez (No. 17) that increases and decreases by $5 million in order to highlight the need to improve access to life-saving cancer screenings in primary health centers to address disproportionate cancer outcomes in underserved communities, particularly communities of color; Gomez (No. 18) that increases and decreases by $1 million to improve awareness and implementation of language access services consistent with standards set by the Office of Minority Health's Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care program so that patients with limited English-language proficiency have access to equitable healthcare services; Gomez (No. 19) that increases and decreases funding in the Strengthening Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving-Institutions (AANAPISI) program by
$10,000,000 to highlight this Minority-Serving Institution program that provides competitive grants to eligible colleges and universities that serve a considerable number of Asian American and Pacific Islander students; Jackson Lee (No. 25) that increases and decreases funds by
$10,000,000 to support greater diversity in the pool of diabetes research professionals and patients participating in clinical trials; Jackson Lee (No. 26) that increases and decreases funds by $10,000,000 with the intent of supporting programs that provide outreach and support services targeting program participants at greatest risk of not completing a college degree due to COVID-19 education disruption; Levin
(MI) (No. 30) that increases and decreases by $1 million for BLS funding with the intent that the funds go towards the agency reevaluating its unemployment survey methods, particularly in how it measures unemployment in historically marginalized and discriminated populations; Levin (MI) (No. 31) that increases and decreases by $1 million for ILAB funding with the intent that the funds support workers' rights and capacity to organize independent unions in Mexico; Neguse (No. 35) that increases funding for the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program by $2 million; decreases Departmental Management-Program Administration by $2 million; Pressley (No. 38) that increases and decreases $500,000 from the Safe Schools and Citizenship Education account to direct the GAO to study the impacts of exclusionary discipline practices in K-12 remote education settings over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic including the ways in which these practices contributed to learning loss, negative mental health outcomes, and student involvement in criminal and child welfare systems, among other impacts; Ross (No. 40) that increases and decreases funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) by $1 million to instruct IES to conduct a study on obstacles pregnant and parenting students face in the pursuit of education and recommendations for improving educational outcomes, including graduation rates, for these students; Sherrill (No. 45) that increases and decreases funds by $20,000,000 to highlight the need for the Mental and Substance Use Disorder Workforce Training Demonstration Program under HRSA Health Workforce; Slotkin (No. 49) that increases and decreases by $10,000,000 the Child Care and Development Block Grant
(CCDBG) account to ensure that we still have accessible, quality child care for working families; Stevens (No. 54) that increases and decreases funding for injury prevention and control at the Department of Health and Human Services by $25 million to emphasize the intent that additional funding be used for research on federal firearm injury and mortality prevention research; Escobar (No. 63) that Increases funding to the Civilian Climate Corps Program by $1 million to address climate change; decreases Agriculture Buildings and Facilities by $3 million; Escobar (No. 64) that increases and decreases funding to make clear that States must disburse all funds under this division in accordance with Congressional intent and not for purposes not otherwise outlined in the corresponding report and bill text; Barragan (No. 83) that decreases and increases Salaries and Expenses funding at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by $1,000,000 to highlight how important it is for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to fully consider the climate change and environmental justice impacts of proposed energy and pipeline projects; Bush (No. 86) that increases the Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $3 million by reducing the Department of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management by $4 million; Casten (No. 88) that adds and subtracts $150 million from the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program, in support of robust funding for credit subsidies for loan guarantee recipients consistent with the President's budget request; Escobar (No. 90) that transfers $1.5 million in funding to the Water and Related Resources account from the Policy and Administration account for the WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation & Reuse Program in order to assist communities experiencing drought conditions; Escobar (No. 91) that increases and decreases funding to make clear that States must disburse all funds under this division in accordance with Congressional intent and not for purposes not otherwise outlined in the corresponding report and bill text; McNerney (No. 98) that increases and decreases by
$15,000,000 the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) budget for the purposes of emphasizing more robust analysis and data collection from EIA's commercial and residential surveys, specifically with regards to water consumption, as well as to make publicly available water consumption data for commercial buildings, broken out by principal building activity and region; McNerney (No. 99) that increases and decreases by $5,000,000 the Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) policy and administration budget for the purposes of emphasizing the need to assess the energy consumption from BOR pumping stations and understand the opportunity for energy efficiency and reduction measures; and Ocasio-Cortez (No. 100) that states that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used under the Fossil Energy and Carbon Management program for any research and development activity unless the financed activities significantly reduce carbon emissions pursuant to section 961(a)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 203 nays, Roll No. 227).
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Rejected:
DeLauro en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-109: Hern (No. 23) that sought to reduce spending in this division by 20 percent, exempts security funding; Hern (No. 67) that sought to reduce spending in this division by 20 percent with an exemption for security funding; Hern
(No. 95) that sought to reduce spending in this division by 20 percent, exempts security funding; Hern (No. 123) that sought to reduce spending in this division by 20 percent, exempts security spending; Hern (No. 154) that sought to reduce spending in this division by 20 percent, exempts security funding; and Hern (No. 215) that sought to reduce spending in this division by 20 percent with an exemption for security funding (by a yea-and-nay vote of 154 yeas to 264 nays, Roll No. 226);
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DeLauro en bloc amendment No. 4 consisting of the following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-109: Foxx (No. 16) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to rescind the Department of Labor's December 9, 2020, final rule titled ``Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption'' relating to federal contractors; Grothman (No. 22) that sought to reduce the Higher Education funding by $122,000,000 to meet the President's budget request; Issa (No. 24) that sought to strike the language prohibiting the implementation of the Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Program (IRAP) final rule; Lesko (No. 28) that sought to strike section 241 which prohibits funding to any organization, including under the Child Welfare or Federal Foster Care programs under parts B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act, that does not comply with paragraphs (c) and (d) of section 75.300 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation; Perry (No. 37) that sought to strike funding for electric vehicles and a provision on electric vehicle chargers; Walberg (No. 55) that sought to bring the Office of Labor-Management Standards funding in line with the President's request; would increase the funding by $7,117,000 and decrease funding for Wage and Hour Division by the same amount; Cammack
(No. 60) that sought to strike contingency program funding for SNAP; Good (No. 65) that sought to strike $3,000,000,000 from the bills allocation to the SNAP contingency fund; Good (No. 66) that sought to rescind reserve funding for the SNAP Contingency Fund; Tenney (No. 80) that sought to prohibit the Civilian Climate Corps from receiving federal funds; Burgess (No. 85) that sought to state that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to repeal, revise, or replace the Department of Energy's standards pertaining to incandescent lightbulbs published on December 27, 2019; Cheney (No. 89) that sought to increase and decrease the Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation fund by
$75,000,000 with the intent of supporting funding for the uranium reserve program included in FY21 appropriations and to highlight the risk posed to national security assets that are largely dependent on foreign produced uranium that is subject to the restriction and regulation of those nations; Grothman (No. 94) that sought to prohibit funds from going to the Department of Energy's Office of Economic Impact and Diversity; Good (No. 117) that sought to strike provision that prohibits the ability to prevent union activity on official time and teleworking; Gooden (No. 118) that sought to remove a provision that allowed federal employees to use official time for union activities; using space in Federal buildings for union activities; teleworking for telework deemed positions; Gooden (No. 119) that sought to decrease $37.7 million for Treasury's Departmental Offices Salaries and Expenses; Grothman (No. 121) that sought to strike the provision related to the Commission on Federal Naming and Displays; Hagedorn (No. 122) that sought to prohibit any funds in Division D from being used to implement Executive Order #13985; ``Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government''; Perry
(PA) (No. 136) that sought to strike the Electric Vehicles Fund from the GSA; Perry (PA) (No. 137) that sought to strike the clean vehicle exceptions for the maximum amount allowable for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle by the GSA; Pfluger (No. 138) that strikes funding for electric vehicle purchases by the United States Postal Service; Scalise (No. 139) that sought to prohibit the IRS from carrying out randomized and burdensome National Research Program audits; Arrington (No. 141) that sought to prohibit funds from this division from being used to enforce or implement Executive Order 14008:
``Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad''; Budd (No. 145) that sought to reduce EPA grants for environmental justice training and implementation by $100 million; Burgess (No. 146) that sought to prohibit funds made available by this Act from being used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to higher or pay the salary of any officer or employee of the EPA to utilize the Title 42 special pay authority; Cole (No. 147) that sought to increase BIA funds by $154,163,000 for tribal justice needs related to the McGirt decision, offset by a decrease in Environmental Programs Management and State and Tribal Assistance Grants; Duncan (No. 148) that sought to strike provision which bans the use of this funding to issue sport-
hunted permits for lions and elephants from Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe; Fallon (No. 150) that strikes the funding creating a new program for Environmental Justice; Gooden (No. 152) that sought to strike the prohibition on preleasing, leasing, and related activities within National Monuments; Graves (LA) (No. 153) that sought to strike
``may'' and replaces it with ``shall'' to ensure the protection of an operator's proprietary information when the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement discloses an application to utilize an alternative compliance measure which is as safe or safer than those prescribed by regulation; Hudson (No. 156) that sought to transfer $5 million from the National Forest System account to the Capital Improvement and Maintenance account; LaMalfa (No. 159) that sought to transfer $25 million from the Environmental Programs and Management enforcement activities account to the National Forest System account for enforcement and remediation of illegal marijuana trespass grow sites on federal lands and for the clean-up of toxic waste and chemicals at these sites; McKinley (No. 161) that sought to restrict funds in Division E from being used to repeal, revise, or replace the rule ``Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule''; Newhouse (No. 167) that sought to allow BOEM to move forfeited bonds and other securities into a designated Decommissioning Account instead of keeping that money in a general operating account; Newhouse (No. 168) that sought to require DOI's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to publish online alternative compliance approvals; Palmer (No. 171) that sought to state that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Enforcement Division; Palmer
(No. 172) that sought to eliminate funding for Diesel Emission Reduction Grants; Pfluger (No. 173) that sought to prohibit any of the funds made available by this Act from being used to implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled ''Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources''; Rosendale (No. 185) that sought to provide that none of the funds may be used to pay any fees or other expenses under section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, to any plaintiff related to an action against the U.S. Forest Service; Grothman (No. 191) that sought to decrease funding by $86,000,000 for the design, planning, and construction of climate change and resiliency projects on military installations; and Taylor (No. 229) that sought to direct the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the effectiveness of transportation projects (by a yea-and-nay vote of 182 yeas to 232 nays, Roll No. 228);
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Lesko amendment (No. 29 printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-109) that sought to strike language that allows federal funding to go to institutions of higher education that are conducting research on marijuana (by a yea-and-nay vote of 147 yeas to 216 nays, Roll No. 229); and
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Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 36 printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-
109) that sought to allow United States researchers to study and examine the potential impacts of several schedule I drugs, such as MDMA, psilocybin, and or ibogaine, that have been shown to be effective in treating critical diseases (by a yea-and-nay vote of 140 yeas to 285 nays, Roll No. 230).
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Proceedings Postponed:
DeLauro en bloc amendment No. 5 consisting of the following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-109: Beatty (No. 110) that seeks to increase and decrease $20 from the Department of Treasury with the intent to instruct the printing of $20 Federal Notes which prominently feature the abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, and a public release of its draft; Cawthorn (No. 111) that seeks to increase FCC funding by $1 million for mapping; Crow (No. 112) that seeks to increase SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs (specifically for SCORE) by $8.2 million, decreases GSA rental of space by the same amount; Dean (No. 113) that seeks to increase CDFI Program Integration for Individuals with Disabilities dedicated funding by $2,000,000, to increase financial and technical assistance; Gomez (No. 116) that seeks to increase by $5,000,000 funding for Small Business Development Centers to provide robust support for small businesses during their recovery from the pandemic; decreases GSA building operations by the same amount; Graves (LA) (No. 120) that seeks to increase and decrease the funds made available to ODA under this act by $1 million to urge the SBA Administrator to consider a disaster loan recipient's eligibility for duplication of benefits relief under section 312(b)(4) of the Stafford Act before pursuing enforcement actions; Huizenga (No. 125) that seeks to prohibit funds to nominate or approve PCAOB board members until the Commission issues rules for the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act; Jackson (No. 126) that seeks to prohibit the IRS from targeting people or groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their political beliefs; Keller (No. 128) that seeks to increase and decrease by $5 million the operating expenses for the NPRC; Langevin
(No. 129), as modified, that seeks to increase funding for the Office of the National Cyber Director by $6.25 million in line with the recommendation of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission offset by a reduction to GSA--rental of space; Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) (No. 131) that seeks to increase and decrease the Financial Services and General Government Division by $1,000,000 to highlight the need to improve information technology systems to provide real-time status updates for SBA loan applicants and recipients; Velazquez (No. 140) that seeks to increase the program level for SBA's 504/CDC loan program by $750 million; Barragan (No. 142) that seeks to transfer $1,000,000 from the Department of Interior Departmental Operations to the Environmental Protection Agency's Targeted Airshed Grant Program; also reflected in the topline for State and Tribal Assistance Grants Program, which increases by $1,000,000; Buchanan (No. 144) that seeks to transfer
$2,000,000 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to study and submit to Congress a report on the current causes of and measures to prevent future deaths of the West Indian manatee in Florida, offset with a reduction to DOI Office of the Secretary; Gonzalez-Colon (No. 151) that seeks to increase and decrease by $650,000 funding for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Surveys, Investigations, and Research account to highlight the need to accelerate updating the seismic hazard model for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in an effort to save lives; Hudson (No. 155) that seeks to increase and decreases funding by
$153,302,000 to highlight public safety concerns of roads within the Uwharrie National Forest and the need to pave the roads; Johnson (No. 158) that seeks to increase U.S. Forest Service hazardous fuels management funding by $2,000,000; reduces funding to capital improvements and maintenance by $3,000,000; McCarthy (No. 160) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by $13.05 million in the National Forest System account to support recovery and mitigation work following the SQF Complex Fire in the Sequoia National Forest; McKinley
(No. 162) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for capitalization grants under Drinking Water State Revolving Funds by
$8,804,000 to emphasize an amount to be used; Nadler (No. 164) that seeks to decrease and increase funds by $3,000,000 with the intent to support the 9/11 Memorial Act Grant Program; Napolitano (No. 165) that seeks to increase and decrease funds by $2 million for EPA Environmental Programs and Management to support water quality protection integrated planning activities under Section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; Neguse (No. 166) that seeks to increase funding for Wildland Fire Management accounts at DOI and USDA by $2 million and decreases funding for the DOI Office of the Secretary Departmental Operations by the same amount, to support fire preparedness and suppression, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire assistance; O'Halleran (No. 169) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for the Bureau of Indian Education--Education Construction account by
$5,000,000 to highlight the importance of funding to build and improve schools on tribal lands; Raskin (No. 174) that seeks to increase funding for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by $2,000,000 and decreases the Working Capital Fund by the same amount; Salazar (No. 176) that seeks to increase and decrease funds by $5 million to highlight the U.S. Geological Survey's National Land Level Change
(NLLC) Map to allow USGS to move forward with a ground subsidence program which will leverage satellite imagery and the related data, services, and expertise from surveying, mapping, and geospatial professions; Schrier (No. 177) that seeks to increase funding by
$2,000,000 for the Office of Wildland Fire for the specific purpose of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council providing recommendations on addressing interjurisdictional fire reimbursement challenges, including the barriers small municipalities face in receiving funds; decreases funding for the Secretary of the Interior, Departmental Operations, by the same amount; Schweikert (No. 178) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by $1 million to highlight advances in sensor technology for mobile air quality monitoring and to encourage EPA to focus on continuing to integrate this technology into their data quality information; Sherrill (No. 179) that seeks to provide an additional $2,000,000 for the United States Geological Survey to be used to perform surveys, investigations, and research for harmful algal blooms, offset with a reduction to DOI Office of the Secretary; Slotkin
(No. 180) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by $1,000,000 to ensure that the Museum can continue to support Holocaust education and understanding in state and local communities by developing and disseminating curricula, lesson plans, workshops, and other educational resources to other Holocaust organizations, teachers, and other educational centers; Swalwell (No. 183) that seeks to increases funding for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by $2,000,000 and decreases funding for the Secretary of the Interior, Departmental Operations, by the same amount; Walberg (No. 184) that seeks to increase funding for EPA's Science and Technology program by $2 million for research on Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and toxins resulting from harmful algal blooms and decreases funding for the Office of the Secretary by $2 million; Barr
(No. 186) that seeks to transfer $5,000,000 from the VHA's Medical Community of Care Account to the VHA's Medical Services account for the explicit use of equine assisted therapy within the VA's Adaptive Sports Grant (ASG) Program; Buchanan (No. 187) that seeks to transfer
$2,000,000 to Medical and Prosthetic Research for the Department of Veterans Affairs to study and report to Congress on the deaths of veterans who died by suicide during the last five years; offset by a reduction to Veterans Benefits Administration General Operating Expenses; Carbajal (No. 188) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by $5,000,000 with the intent to direct the Secretary to change the phone system to have local Community Based Outpatient Centers answer calls rather than routing calls to the major VA Medical Centers in an effort to reduce wait times for veterans on the phone and to provide more timely health services; Escobar (No. 189) that seeks to increase and decrease funding to make clear that States must disburse all funds under this division in accordance with Congressional intent and not for purposes not otherwise outlined in the corresponding report and bill text; Green (TN) (No. 190) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for Army barracks by $90,200,000 to stress that improving housing for our military servicemembers must be a top priority for the Department of Defense; Hartzler (No. 192) that seeks to increase and decrease by $5 million the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services account with the intent to support non-profit post traumatic growth organizations as a treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD); Hill (No. 193) that seeks to increase the VA's Office of General Counsel by $1 million to support training for state-level Veteran Service Officers, offset by a decrease to Information Technology Systems pay and associated costs; Horsford (No. 194) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by
$2,000,000 for Military Construction, Air Force with the intent to support the study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services for the construction of Child Development Centers at Air Force installations without an existing dedicated, on-installation facility; Horsford (No. 195) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by
$5,000,000 for Military Construction, Army National Guard with the intent to support the construction of automated multipurpose machine gun ranges for Army National Guard use on Active-Duty Air Force installations; Latta (No. 196) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by $1,000,000 with the intent to urge the Department of Veterans Affairs to consult with the Department of Defense to identify, and refer for recruitment, separating Members of the Armed Forces who occupy a health care position; McCarthy (No. 197) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by $45 million in the Readjustment Benefits account (Division F) to support full funding at the current authorized level for the Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) program; Panetta (No. 198) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by $4,000,000 for Military Construction, Army National Guard with the intent to support barrack improvement construction projects on Training Installation and Contingency Mobilization Force Generation Installations; Panetta (No. 199) that increases and decreases funding by $1,000,000 for Military Construction, Army National Guard with the intent to support projects on military installations to improve and modernize wastewater treatment facilities; Pfluger (No. 200) that seeks to decrease and increase funding for Air Force MILCON account by $45,000,000 to support for dormitory projects at Air Force training installations; Sherrill (No. 201) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for Medical Services within the Department of Veterans Affairs by $10,000,000 to support the construction of nine additional Vet Centers, which provide much-needed mental health care for veterans; Sherrill (No. 202) that seeks to increase funding for the Burn Pits Center of Excellence, which does critical research into toxic exposure, by $1,000,000, offset by a decrease to VA General Administration; Speier (No. 203) that seeks to increase and decrease funding in Army Military Construction by $15 billion with the intent to express great displeasure with the Defense Department's failure to prioritize fixing poor and failing military child development center facilities projects in its budget request and its failure to request sufficient funds to be on track to modernize all substandard barracks within 10 years; Steil (No. 204) that seeks to decrease and increase the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General account by $1 million to express Congressional intent that at least $1 million be provided for the oversight of veteran long term care facilities; Adams (No. 205), as modified, that seeks to decrease by $2 million the HUD Administrative Support Offices (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration) and increase by $2 million Self-
Sufficiency Programs ($1 million to JobsPlus and Resident Opportunity Self-Sufficiency [ROSS] respectively); Allred (No. 206) that seeks to increase and decrease funds by $1,000,000 to express the intent that the Secretary of Transportation shall waive repayment of any Federal-
aid highway funds expended on the construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes constructed on US 75 in Dallas County and Collin County; Cicilline (No. 209) that seeks to increase and decrease by $55 million the Highway Infrastructure Programs account for the purpose of encouraging the Secretary of Transportation to issue a request for nominations under the National Scenic Byways Program; Kahele (No. 223) that seeks to prohibit funding for the new foreign air carrier permits that are not in compliance with public interest standards; Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) (No. 224) that seeks to increase and decrease funds by
$2,000,000 with the intent of reserving funds in the HUD SHOP account specifically for providing grants to facilitate the abatement and removal of environmental hazards in homes being rehabilitated to national and regional organizations and consortia that have experience in providing for or facilitating the abatement of environmental hazards from homes; Norton (No. 225) that seeks to increase and decrease by $1 the FAA Operations budget with the intent to urge the FAA to prioritize efforts to combat airplane and helicopter noise; Schrier (No. 227) that seeks to increase and decrease by $1 the Salaries and Expenses budget of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) with the intent to urge FMC to enhance assistance provided to U.S. exporters and importers and other domestic supply chain participants; and Sherrill (No. 228) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor by $5 million, in order to highlight the critical need for rail project financing; and
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DeLauro en bloc amendment No. 6 consisting of the following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-109: Escobar (No. 114) that seeks to increase and decrease funding to make clear that States must disburse all funds under this division in accordance with Congressional intent and not for purposes not otherwise outlined in the corresponding report and bill text; Gomez (No. 115) that seeks to increase and decrease by $1,000,000 funding for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grants Program with the intent to ensure greater support is available to help people in underserved communities claim the enhanced Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, and other tax relief provided by the American Rescue Plan Act; Hoyer (No. 124) that seeks to increase and decrease the Election Security Grants account by $4,000,000 with the intent to support the Help America Vote College Poll Worker Program; Jayapal (No. 127) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for the IRS by $1,000,000,000 with the intent to ensure the agency reviews that flagged suspicious activity for credit mailings like economic impact payments or the child tax credit are not flagged due to the volume of mailings being sent to a homeless service providers, like shelters, receiving mail for unhoused individuals; Levin (MI) (No. 130) that seeks to increase and decrease by $1 million funding for the United States Postal Service to highlight that a mailbox should not be installed within the premises of or in close proximity to a facility, factory, warehouse, or other work location during, or within 30 days, of a union representation election conducted under section 9 of the National Labor Relation Act; McGovern (No. 132) that seeks to transfer $2,500,000 to OMB for the purpose of convening a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health, and for the purpose of conducting a government-wide review and report in preparation for the Conference; Norton (No. 133) that seeks to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from using funds to enter directly into leases for a headquarters; Omar (No. 134) that seeks to increase and decrease funds at the Office of Macroeconomic Analysis
(under the Office of Economic Policy) by $1 million with the intent of studying the Genuine Progress Indicator and other alternative economic measures that could help supplement GDP calculations on the federal level; Omar (No. 135) that seeks to increase and decrease funds at FinCEN by $1,000,000 to support studying access to remittances to fragile countries and how shifts in remittance flows to non-banking channels is affecting Treasury's ability to monitor financial crimes and money transmitters' and charities' abilities to remit or transfer funds from the United States to such countries; Blumenauer (No. 143) that seeks to increase Bureau of Indian Affairs' Operation of Indian Programs account by $1,200,000 to fully fund the operations and maintenance needs of the Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites offset with a decrease to DOI Office of the Secretary--
Departmental Operations; Escobar (No. 149) that seeks to increase and decrease funding to make clear that States must disburse all funds under this division in accordance with Congressional intent and not for purposes not otherwise outlined in the corresponding report and bill text; Jackson Lee (No. 157) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for Environmental Programs and Management by $5 million to highlight the need to support culturally competent federal, state, and local public health and environmental protection efforts to address cancer clusters impacting overburdened communities in the gulf coast region; McNerney (No. 163) that seeks to increase and decrease by $15,000,000 the Department of Interior's United States Geological Survey (USGS) budget for the purposes of emphasizing the role of USGS in providing technical assistance in the development and implementation of science-
based, sustainable groundwater management plans, especially in drought-
afflicted areas; Omar (No. 170) that seeks to increase and decrease funds by $1,000,000 to ensure the NEA reserves grant funding for the preservation of public art related to civil rights protests; Ross (No. 175) that seeks to prohibit the use of funds to implement the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer continental shelf from offshore wind leasing activities off the coasts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina; Speier (No. 181) that seeks to increase funding for EPA Geographic Programs by $5 million with the intent of increasing funding for the San Francisco Bay estuary from $25 million to $30 million; Strickland (No. 182) that seeks to decrease and increase funding in the Environmental Protection Agency Science and Technology Account by $1 million to fund research into 6PPD-quinone,the toxic chemical in tires and recycled rubber causing ongoing harm to coho salmon in the Pacific Northwest, and to study its effects on other fish species; Bush (No. 207) that seeks to transfer $2.4 million from the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Transportation to the Zero Emissions Bus program; Bush (No. 208) that seeks to provide an additional $5 million in funding for the HUD incremental voucher program to support survivors of domestic violence and unhoused individuals and families; reduces administrative and other expenses of public housing agencies in administrating section 8 by $5 million; Escobar (No. 210) that seeks to increase and decrease the grants-in-aid for airports program to emphasize the need for funding to projects addressing climate change and airports across the country; Escobar (No. 211) that seeks to increase funding for the Low-No Emission Bus Grant account to ensure economically disadvantaged communities benefit from this program; Escobar (No. 212) that seeks to increase funding for the Climate Resilience and Adaptation Competitive Grants account to ensure economically disadvantaged communities will benefit from this program; Escobar (No. 213) that seeks to increase and decrease funding to make clear that States must disburse all funds under this division in accordance with Congressional intent and not for purposes not otherwise outlined in the corresponding report and bill text; Gottheimer (No. 214) that seeks to increase and decrease by
$1,000,000 the Federal Highway Administration obligation limitation account to emphasize the importance of federal money not being used for the construction of a nartificial wall between mile posts 1.04 and 1.45 along Interstate 80 in Knowlton and Hardwick Townships, New Jersey; Jackson Lee (No. 216) that seeks to prohibit the Department of Transportation from using funds for Section 106 Transportation construction projects in urban areas that have not been determined to meet the statutory obligations of the National Historic Preservation Act; Jackson Lee (No. 217) that seeks to increase by $1,000,000 the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity to address the fairness in the use of Community Development Block Grant Disaster funding to repair or replace single family homes damaged during Hurricane Harvey to ensure that multigenerational homes can house the family at documented pre-disaster capacity, offset by a decrease to the Office of Community Planning and Development; Jackson Lee (No. 218) that seeks to provide
$1,000,000 in assistance to address challenges faced by communities impacted by persistent poverty and are not included in decision making when major highway construction threatens their homes, businesses, and culturally significant structures; Jackson Lee (No. 219) that seeks to increase and decrease by $1 million the Federal Rail Administration Safety and Operation's account to emphasize the need to provide dedicated funding to address community engagement on safety issues related railroad crossings in urban areas; Jackson Lee (No. 220) that seeks to increase and decrease the National Infrastructure Investments account by $1,000,000 to emphasize support for urban bicycle and pedestrian safety programs; Jayapal (No. 221) that seeks to increase and decrease Homeless Assistance Grants account by $3,420,000,000 with the intent to clarify that funds provided under the division can be used to safeguard or protect the life-sustaining activities of sleeping, resting, and eating among persons experiencing unsheltered homelessness; Jones (No. 222) that seeks to increase and decrease funding by $1,000,000 for the Thriving Communities program to emphasize the need to eliminate persistent transportation barriers in historically underserved and under-resourced communities and support prioritizing projects that enhance connections to places of employment and economic activity; and Omar (No. 226) that seeks to increase and decrease funds at the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs for the purposes of studying the COVID-related economic barriers faced by manufactured homeowners and how federal housing assistance could better serve this population.
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H. Res. 555, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4502) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 218 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 223, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 222.
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Medal of Valor Review Board--Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following individuals on the part of the House to the Medal of Valor Review Board for a term of 4 years: Mr. Shon Buford of San Francisco, California, and Mr. Brandon Clabes of Choctaw, Oklahoma.
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Medal of Valor Review Board--Appointment: Read a letter from Representative McCarthy, Minority Leader, in which he appointed the following member to the Medal of Valor Review Board: Mr. Anthony Galagaza of Bakersfield, California.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Nine yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3930, H3930-31, H3931-32, H3932, H4083, H4084, H4084-85, H4085-86, and H4086.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:18 p.m.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 131
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