House Daily Digest — Monday, 4/29/2024
The House met at 12 noon, adjourned at 8:21 p.m. as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Monday, 4/29/2024 — Activities: 111 – On the Floor: 20 – Votes: 2
Legislation: New: 31, Action: 28, Voted: 2, Passed: 12
Committee — Meetings: 1 (House.gov) • Legislation: Reported: 5
[Daily Digest]
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 8142-
8163; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 132; and H. Res. 1172, 1174-1179,
were introduced.
Pages H2699-H2700
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H2701-02
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 7032, to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 to provide the Congressional Budget Office with necessary
authorities to expedite the sharing of data from executive branch
agencies, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-474);
H.R. 7219, to ensure that Federal agencies rely on the best
reasonably available scientific, technical, demographic, economic, and
statistical information and evidence to develop, issue or inform the
public of the nature and bases of Federal agency rules and guidance,
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-475, Part 1);
Supplemental report on H.R. 615, to prohibit the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of
lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-203, Part 2);
H.R. 7109, to require a citizenship question on the decennial census,
to require reporting on certain census statistics, and to modify
apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens
instead of all persons, with amendments (H. Rept. 118-476); and
H. Res. 1173, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 615) to
prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain
Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes;
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2925) to amend the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide for security of
tenure for use of mining claims for ancillary activities, and for other
purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3195) to
rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate mineral leases and permits
in the Superior National Forest, to ensure timely review of Mine Plans
of Operations, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 764) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue
regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and
threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3397) to require the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land
Management relating to conservation and landscape health; providing for
consideration of the bill (H.R. 6285) to ratify and approve all
authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, biological
opinions, incidental take statements, and any other approvals or orders
issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the establishment and
administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program, and
for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.
6090) to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism
set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the
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enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education
programs or activities, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-477).
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Ezell to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H2637
Recess: The House recessed at 12:17 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
Page H2639
Recess: The House recessed at 2:02 p.m. and reconvened at 3:29 p.m.
Page H2639
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures:
Investing in All of America Act: H.R. 5333, amended, to amend the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to exclude from the limit on
leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises located in
rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical technology
areas;
Pages H2639-42
Agency Accountability Act of 2024: H.R. 7103, to amend the Small
Business Act to require Federal agencies to testify and report on
scores received under the scorecard program for evaluating Federal
agency compliance with small business contracting goals, to testify for
failure to meet Governmentwide contracting goals;
Pages H2642-43
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2024: H.R. 7985, to
require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to
submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial challenges facing
entrepreneurs with a disability;
Pages H2643-45
Plain Language in Contracting Act: H.R. 7987, to require plain
language and the inclusion of key words in covered notices that are
clear, concise, and accessible to small business concerns;
Pages H2645-46
Fire Weather Development Act: H.R. 4866, amended, to direct the
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to
establish a program to improve fire weather and fire environment
forecasting, detection, and local collaboration, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay
vote of 341 yeas to 48 nays, Roll No. 153;
Pages H2646-51, H2687-88
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: “To direct the
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator to
improve fire weather and fire environment forecasting, detection, and
local collaboration, and for other purposes.”;
Page H2646
Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act: H.R. 1069, amended, to
amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require reporting
regarding clean energy demonstration projects;
Pages H2651-52
Privacy Enhancing Technology Research Act: H.R. 4755, amended, to
support research on privacy enhancing technologies and promote
responsible data use, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 354 yeas to 36
nays, Roll No. 154;
Pages H2652-54
Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act: H.R. 7032, to amend the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide the
Congressional Budget Office with necessary authorities to expedite the
sharing of data from executive branch agencies;
Pages H2679-83
Revising Existing Procedures On Reporting via Technology Act: S. 474,
to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen reporting to the
CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children, to
modernize liabilities for such reports, to preserve the contents of
such reports for 1 year;
Pages H2683-85
Daniel J. Harvey, Jr. and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember
Transition to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act: H.R. 3722, amended, to
require a pilot program on activities under the pre-separation
transition process of members of the Armed Forces for a reduction in
suicide among veterans; and
Pages H2691-93
Veterans Education Transparency and Training Act: H.R. 5914, amended,
to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes to
approve programs of education for purposes of the educational
assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Pages H2693-95
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in
remembrance of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Page H2688
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns
today, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow, April 30th.
Page H2689
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the
death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.: The House agreed to H.
Res. 1172, expressing the profound sorrow of the House of
Representatives on the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Page H2689
Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act: The House considered H.R.
529, to extend the customs waters of the United States from 12 nautical
miles to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States,
consistent with Presidential Proclamation 7219. Further consideration
is expected to resume tomorrow, April 30th.
Pages H2689-91
Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee
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on Ways and Means now printed in the bill shall be considered as
adopted.
Page H2689
H. Res. 1137, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
7888), (H.R. 529), (H. Res. 1112), and (H. Res. 1117), was agreed to
Friday, April 12th.
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were
postponed.
Carbon Sequestration Collaboration Act: H.R. 4824, amended, to amend
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to
carry out terrestrial carbon sequestration research and development
activities;
Pages H2654-56
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act: H.R. 4877,
amended, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary
of Energy to carry out a research, development, and demonstration
program with respect to abandoned wells;
Pages H2656-58
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act: H.R.
6093, amended, to improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's weather research, support improvements in weather
forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the
provision of weather data;
Pages H2658-76
Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act: H.R.
3738, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in
the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity
and Transition Administration;
Pages H2685-87
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act: H.R. 4016, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary; and
Pages H2695-96
Amending title 38, United States Code, to provide that educational
assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs educational
assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program or course of
education that was suspended or terminated for certain reasons shall
not be charged against the entitlement of the individual: H.R. 1767,
amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that
educational assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs
educational assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program
or course of education that was suspended or terminated for certain
reasons shall not be charged against the entitlement of the individual.
Pages H2696-98
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2687-88 and H2688-89.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 8:21 p.m.,
pursuant to House Resolution 1172, as a further mark of respect to the
memory of the late Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr. Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Budzinski, Nikki, Ill., E403, E403, E403
Davidson, Warren, Ohio, E401
DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E401
DelBene, Suzan K., Wash., E399
Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E395, E402
Fallon, Pat, Tex., E395, E396, E397, E398, E399, E400, E401, E403
Fleischmann, Charles J. “Chuck”, Tenn., E398
Guest, Michael, Miss., E398, E403
Kean, Thomas H., Jr., N.J., E397
Lesko, Debbie, Ariz., E395, E396, E397, E400
Molinaro, Marcus J., N.Y., E400
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E402
Pettersen, Brittany, Colo., E395, E396, E397, E398, E399, E400, E401, E403
Phillips, Dean, Minn., E395
Sewell, Terri A., Ala., E396
Takano, Mark, Calif., E399
Veasey, Marc A., Tex., E402