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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 5705-
5722; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 56; and H. Res. 744-745 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H.R. 4035, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to prioritize veterans court treatment programs that ensure equal access for racial and ethnic minorities and women, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-154).
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Casten to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:04 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
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Recess: The House recessed at 2:08 p.m. and reconvened at 5 p.m.
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
Sovereign Debt Contract Capacity Act: H.R. 4111, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to advocate that the Fund provide technical assistance to Fund members seeking to enhance their capacity to evaluate the legal and financial terms of sovereign debt contracts, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 391 yeas to 29 nays, Roll No. 332;
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Financial Transparency Act of 2021: H.R. 2989, amended, to amend securities, commodities, and banking laws to make the information reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable, to further enable the development of RegTech and Artificial Intelligence applications, to put the United States on a path towards building a comprehensive Standard Business Reporting program to ultimately harmonize and reduce the private sector's regulatory compliance burden, while enhancing transparency and accountability, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas to 19 nays, Roll No. 333;
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Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2021: H.R. 2265, amended, to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to postpone the date of payment or satisfaction upon redemption of certain securities in the case of the financial exploitation of specified adults; and
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Awarding posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport: H.R. 5142, amended, to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
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Announcement by the Chair: The Chair announced that, pursuant to House Resolution 730, the Speaker had certified to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia the refusal of Stephen K. Bannon to produce documents in compliance with a subpoena to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.
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Recess: The House recessed at 6:01 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m.
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Discharge Petition: Representative Greene (GA) presented to the clerk a motion to discharge the Committee on Energy and Commerce from the consideration of the bill, H.R. 2316, to reduce the salary of the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to provide for an audit of the correspondence, financial statements, and policy memoranda within the Office of the Director during the COVID-19 outbreak, and for other purposes (Discharge Petition No. 7).
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo is to continue in effect beyond October 27, 2021--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117-
67).
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5854 and H5855.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 9:54 p.m.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 187
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