House Daily Digest — Thursday, 5/11/2023
The House met at 10 a.m., adjourned at 5:35 p.m.
Thursday, 5/11/2023 — Activities: 44 – On the Floor – Votes: 5 – Passed: 3 – Reported: 2
[Daily Digest]
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 77 public bills, H.R. 3202-
3278; and 13 resolutions, H.J. Res. 61-64; H. Con. Res. 42; and H. Res.
389-396, were introduced.
Pages H2306-11
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H2314-15
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 498, to amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to secure
the suicide prevention lifeline from cybersecurity incidents, and for
other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-52); and
H.R. 801, to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to
provide for suspension of entries and imports from designated countries
to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and import into the
United States of certain controlled substances (H. Rept. 118-53).
Page H2306
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative C. Scott Franklin (FL) to act as Speaker pro tempore for
today.
Page H2249
Recess: The House recessed at 10:50 a.m. and reconvened at 11 a.m.
Page H2256
Secure the Border Act of 2023: The House passed H.R. 2, to secure the
borders of the United States, by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 213
nays, Roll No. 209. Consideration began yesterday, May 10th.
Pages H2258-81, H2293-94
Rejected the Garcia (TX) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee
on the Judiciary, by a yea-and-nay vote of 211 yeas to 221 nays, Roll
No. 208.
Pages H2293-94
H. Res. 383, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
2) and (H.R. 1163) was agreed to yesterday, May 10th.
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Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act: The House
passed H.R. 1163, to provide incentives for States to recover
fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation, by a
recorded vote of 230 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 211.
Pages H2281-93, H2294-95
Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill,
modified by the amendment printed in H. Rept. 118-51, shall be
considered as adopted.
Page H2281
Rejected the Sykes motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on
Ways and Means, by a yea-and-nay vote of 210 yeas to 221 nays, Roll No.
210.
Pages H2294-95
H. Res. 383, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
2) and (H.R. 1163) was agreed to yesterday, May 10th.
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, May 9th.
Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality Research Act: H.R.
1734, amended, to require coordinated National Institute of Standards
and Technology science and research activities regarding illicit drugs
containing xylazine, novel synthetic opioids, and other substances of
concern, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 425 yeas with none voting
“nay”, Roll No. 212.
Pages H2295-96
Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy--Appointment:
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member
on the part of the House to the Board of Visitors to the United States
Military Academy: Representative Ryan
Page H2300
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 p.m. on Monday, May 15th for Morning
Hour debate.
Page H2300
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he
notified Congress that the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13611 with respect to the Yemen is to continue in effect beyond
May 16, 2023--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered
to be printed (H. Doc. 118-40).
Page H2300
Quorum Calls Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2293,
H2293-94, H2294-95, H2295, and H2295-96.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:35 p.m. Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Auchincloss, Jake, Mass., E429
Babin, Brian, Tex., E426
Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E424
Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E423
Castor, Kathy, Fla., E428
Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E421, E422, E423, E424, E425, E427
Correa, J. Luis, Calif., E425
Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E431
Fallon, Pat, Tex., E421, E422, E425
Green, Mark E., Tenn., E422, E429
Hageman, Harriet M., Wyo., E430
Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E426, E428
Jackson, Jonathan L., Ill., E423
Kelly, Trent, Miss., E429
Moran, Nathaniel, Tex., E428
Mrvan, Frank J., Ind., E425
Omar, Ilhan, Minn., E424
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman, American Samoa, E425
Roy, Chip, Tex., E430
Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho, Northern Mariana Islands, E427
Salazar, Maria Elvira, Fla., E423
Slotkin, Elissa, Mich., E429
Takano, Mark, Calif., E426
Thompson, Mike, Calif., E421, E429
Valadao, David G., Calif., E430
Westerman, Bruce, Ark., E430
Wilson, Frederica S., Fla., E428