House Daily Digest — Thursday, 9/28/2023
The House met at 9 a.m., adjourned at 11:41 p.m.
Thursday, 9/28/2023 — Activities: 278 – On the Floor: 7 – Votes: 52
Legislation: New: 54, Action: 6, Voted: 6, Passed: 5 (or not: 1)
Committee — Meetings: 20 (House.gov) • Legislation: Action: 6, Markup: 6, Reported: 2
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: There were no Public Bills or
Resolutions introduced in today's Record.
Additional Cosponsors:
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H.R. 1752, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband deployment initiative, with
an amendment (H. Rept. 118-229, Part 1).
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Thompson (PA) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H4717
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024: The House
passed H.R. 4367, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 220 yeas to 208 nays, Roll No. 504. Consideration began
September 27th.
Pages H4799-H4802
Rejected:
Norman amendment (No. 66 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that
was debated on September 27th that sought to reduce the salary of
Kristie Canegallo, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, to $1 (by a
recorded vote of 169 ayes to 261 noes, Roll No. 458);
Pages H4799-H4800
Norman amendment (No. 67 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that
was debated on September 27th that sought to reduce the salary of
Kimberly O'Connor, Executive Secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 165 ayes to 253 noes, Roll No.
459);
Pages H4800-01
Norman amendment (No. 69 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that
was debated on September 27th that sought to reduce the salary of Blas
Nuez-Neto, Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy, to $1
(by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 260 noes, Roll No. 460); and
Page H4801
Rosendale amendment (No. 74 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216)
that was debated on September 27th that sought to reduce total amount
appropriated by $8,722,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 75 ayes to 347
noes, Roll No. 461).
Pages H4801-02
H. Res. 723, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
4365), (H.R. 4367), (H.R.4665), and (H.R. 4368) was agreed to Tuesday,
September 26th.
Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2024, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, and Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2024--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to
H. Res. 730, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5692) making
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2024, providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4365)
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2024; and providing for further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 4367) making appropriations for the Department of
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, by a
recorded vote of ayes to noes, Roll No. 457, after the previous
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 214 yeas to 210 nays.
Roll No. 456.
Pages H4791-99
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2024: The House considered H.R. 4665, making
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.
Pages H4719-91, H4802-20
Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment printed in part C of the report
of H. Rep. 118-216 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in
the Committee of the Whole.
Pages H4725-58
Agreed to:
Diaz-Balart en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following
amendments printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216: Boebert (No. 1) that
transfers $3 million to increase DNA forensic technology programs to
combat human trafficking in Central America and Mexico; Miller (WV)
(No. 2) that increases and decreases by $1 million for research and
analysis for the State Department with the intent that the $1 million
will be used for research into the economic impact of modern trade with
Ecuador including Ecuadorian exports to the United States, imports from
the United States to Ecuador, and the general economic stability and
GDP of Ecuador and recommendations to continue further economic and
trade ties with the United States; Gottheimer (No. 3) that increases
and decreases funding for the Department of State, Administration of
Foreign Affairs, to support the State Department and Special Envoy to
Monitor and Combat Antisemitism's research on promising overseas
programs, policies, and actions that counter antisemitism including
those that focus on law enforcement and hate crime prosecutions, multi-
faith and intercommunal coalition building,
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combating online hate, and antisemitism education.”; Grothman (No. 4)
that increases and decreases funding for the Department of State and
the Foreign Service to highlight the need for the Department to brief
Congress every 180 days on the status of funds being sent to Ukraine;
Miller (WV) (No. 5) that increases and decreases by $500,000 for
general administration to support activity by the Office of Legal
Adviser to assist citizens of the United States attempting to collect
arbitration awards recognized by Federal courts under the Federal
Arbitration Act; Molinaro (No. 6) that increases and decreases funding
for the Consular and Border Security Programs by $5,000,000 to expedite
passport processing, hire additional personnel, and cut down on wait
times; Grothman (No. 12) that increases and decreases funding for the
United States Agency for International Development to express the need
for USAID to brief Congress every 180 days on the status of funds sent
to Ukraine; Titus (No. 19) that increases and decreases funding to the
Complex Crises Fund to support the goals of the Global Fragility Act of
2019; Connolly (No. 21) that increases and decreases the assistance for
Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia by $10 million to support a strong
U.S.-Georgia partnership and Georgia's EuroAtlantic aspirations based
on democratic institutions, the rule of law, accountability for those
who engage in corruption, and an independent and impartial judiciary;
Ogles (No. 24) that increases the budget of the Office of the Inspector
General of the Peace Corps by $2,700,000; Moskowitz (No. 32) that uses
available funds to expand eligibility for security upgrades for soft
targets to include places of worship for U.S. Embassy staff and
dependents; Mast (No. 33) that prohibits funds from being used to
support a Palestinian State unless the U.S. Secretary of State
certifies that the government of the new Palestinian State exercises
full territorial jurisdiction over the Gaza Strip; Ogles (No. 34) that
increases Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program funding for Taiwan
by $10 million; Molinaro (No. 35) that increases and decreases funding
for food security and agriculture development programs by $9,000,000 to
bolster food assistance; Tiffany (No. 37) that increases and decreases
funding for food security and agriculture development programs by
$9,000,000 to bolster food assistance; and Ogles (No. 52) that
prohibits the use of funds from being used to display maps that
inaccurately depict the occupied country of Tibet as part of the
People's Republic of China;
Pages H458-59
Jackson Lee (No. 16 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that
increases by $1,000,000 and decreases by $1,000,000 the Global Health
Programs account to highlight and support the fight against the
practice of Female Genital Mutilation;
Pages H4762-63
Tiffany (No. 38 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that prohibits
the use of funds to enforce arbitrary restrictions on executive branch
officials regarding travel to Taiwan and normal communication with
Taiwanese officials imposed by the State Department through the
“Memorandum for All Department and Agency Executive Secretaries”
entitled “Revised Guidelines on Interaction with Taiwan” dated June
29, 2021;
Pages H4769-70
Ogles (No. 39 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that reduces the
salary of Secretary Antony J. Blinken to $1;
Page H4770
Ogles (No. 40 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that prohibits
the use of funds for the Office of Palestinian Affairs;
Pages H4770-71
Gooden (TX) (No. 53 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that
prohibits funding to implement the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and
Regular Migration;
Page H4783
Boebert (No. 55 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that ensures
no funds to enforce or implement a covid-19 vaccine mandate for
international travelers;
Pages H4784-85
Mooney (No. 56 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that prohibits
economic support funds from being obligated or expended to Mexico under
Chapter 4 of Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
Page H4785
Hageman (No. 59 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that prohibits
State Department Remote Work Agreements which allow a domestically
assigned employee's alternative worksite to be located outside of the
locality pay area of the regular worksite;
Page H4788
Issa (No. 62 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that blocks
funding for negotiations toward renewing the US-China Science and
Technology Cooperation Protocol;
Pages H4789-90
Gaetz (No. 46 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that prohibits
funds made available by the bill from being used to implement the Paris
Agreement (by a recorded vote of 219 ayes to 213 noes, Roll No. 477);
Pages H4777-78, H4812-13
Foxx (No. 61 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that prohibits
the State Department from using taxpayer funds to send employees to any
event or conference hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative (by a
recorded vote of 218 ayes to 215 noes, Roll No. 486);
Pages H4788-89, H4818-19
Rejected:
Crane (No. 8 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
eliminate funding to the
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United States Institute of Peace (by a recorded vote of 134 ayes to 298
noes, Roll No. 462);
Pages H4759, H4802-03
Crane (No. 10 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
eliminate funding to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in
Europe, Salaries and Expenses (by a recorded vote of 78 ayes to 353
noes with one answering “present”, Roll No. 463);
Pages H4759-60, H4803-04
Crane (No. 13 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
reduce funding by 50% for USAID (by a recorded vote of 102 ayes to 336
noes, Roll No. 464);
Pages H4760-61, H4804
Perry (No. 15 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
eliminate funding to the U.S. Agency for International Development,
Funds Appropriated to the President Capital Investment Fund (by a
recorded vote of 111 ayes to 315 noes, Roll No. 465);
Pages H4761-62, H4804-05
Gaetz (No. 17 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
reduce funds apportioned to USAID by $4.5 billion and transfers to the
Spending Reduction Account to recoup the $4.5 billion the agency
provided to the Government of Ukraine to help pay off its sovereign
debt (by a recorded vote of 115 ayes to 312 noes, Roll No. 466);
Pages H4763-64, H4805-06
Perry (No. 18 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
reduce International Disaster Assistance funding to $0 (by a recorded
vote of 86 ayes to 346 noes, Roll No. 467);
Pages H4764-65, H4806
Perry (No. 20 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
reduce Economic Support Fund funding to the FY18 enacted level (by a
recorded vote of 131 ayes to 297 noes, Roll No. 468);
Pages H4765-66, H4806-07
Perry (No. 22 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
reduce Migration and Refugee Assistance funding to $0 (by a recorded
vote of 121 ayes to 211 noes, Roll No. 469);
Pages H4766, H4807-08
Ogles (No. 23 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
transfer $14.3 million from the Peace Corps budget to the Spending
Reduction Account (by a recorded vote of 135 ayes to 295 noes, Roll No.
470);
Pages H4766-67, H4808
Kelly (MS) (No. 27 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought
to reduce funding by $10,000,000 for the Global Environment Facility
Fund (by a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 471);
Pages H4767-68, H4808-09
Plaskett (No. 36 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought
to strike section 7070(d) which prohibits the classification of any
communications by a U.S. person as misinformation, disinformation, or
malinformation (by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No.
472);
Pages H4768-69, H4809-10
Greene (GA) (No. 42 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that
sought to prohibit assistance to Ukraine (by a recorded vote of 90 ayes
to 342 noes, Roll No. 473);
Pages H4771-73, H4810
Greene (GA) (No. 43 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that
sought to prohibit funds from being used by the Secretary of State to
initiate a drawdown and delivery of defense articles and services from
Department of Defense stocks to Ukraine (by a recorded vote of 92 ayes
to 340 noes, Roll No. 474);
Pages H4773-74, H4810-11
Steube (No. 44 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
ensure none of the funds made available by this Act may be made
available for Lebanese Armed Forces (by a recorded vote of 120 ayes to
309 noes with one answering “present”', Roll No. 475);
Pages H4774-75, H4811-12
Steube (No. 45 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
ensure none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to
provide assistance to Iraq (by a recorded vote of 104 ayes to 327 noes,
Roll No. 476);
Pages H4775-77, H4812
Boebert (No. 47 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
decrease salary of UN Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield to $1 (by a
recorded vote of 151 ayes to 278 noes, Roll No. 478);
Pages H4778, H4813-14
Boebert (No. 48 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
decrease salary of the Director of Policy Planning Staff Salman Ahmed
to $1 (by a recorded vote of 166 ayes to 265 noes, Roll No. 479);
Pages H4778-79, H4814
Boebert (No. 49 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
decrease Salary of Department's Acting Chief Diversity and Inclusion
Officer Constance Mayor to $1 (by a recorded vote of 197 ayes to 241
noes, Roll No. 480);
Pages H4779-80, H4814-15
Boebert (No. 50 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
decrease salary of Palestinian affairs officer George Noll to $1 (by a
recorded vote of 191 ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 481);
Pages H4780, H4815-16
Ogles (No. 51 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
prohibit funds in this Act from being made available to Pakistan (by a
recorded vote of 132 ayes to 298 noes, Roll No. 482);
Pages H4780-83, H4816
Gooden (TX) (No. 54 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that
sought to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding the International
Organization for Migration's “Refugee Travel Loan Program.” (by
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a recorded vote of 198 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 483);
Pages H4783-84, H4816-17
Spartz (No. 57 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
prohibit funding for United Nations entities unless specifically
appropriated in the underlying bill (by a recorded vote of 188 ayes to
242 noes, Roll No. 484);
Pages H4785-87, H4817-18
Hageman (No. 58 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought to
prohibit funds from being made available for the State Department's
Office of Global Change (by a recorded vote of 213 ayes to 219 noes,
Roll No. 485);
Pages H4787-88, H4818
Burchett (No. 63 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought
to reduce the salary of the Special Assistant to the Director of
Programming at Voice of America to $1 (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes
to 260 noes, Roll No. 487);
Pages H4790, H4819-20
Burchett (No. 64 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-216) that sought
to reduce the salary of the Chief Management Officer at the US Agency
for Global Media to $1 (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes to 258 noes,
Roll No. 488);
Pages H4790-91, H4820
H. Res. 723, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
4365), (H.R. 4367), (H.R. 4665), and (H.R. 4368) was agreed to Tuesday,
September 26th.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay votes and thirty-two recorded
votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages
H4798, H4798-99, H4799-H4800, H4800-01, H4801, H4801-02, H4803, H4803-
04, H4804, H4805, H4805-06, H4806, H4806-07, H4807-08, H4808, H4809,
H4809-10, H4810, H4811, H4811-12, H4812, H4813, H4813-14, H4814, H4815,
H4815-16, H4816, H4817, H4817-18, H4818, H4819, H4819-20, and H4820.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:41 p.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Barragan, Nanette Diaz, Calif., E905
Beyer, Donald S., Va., E908
Clyburn, James E., S.C., E906
Duarte, John S., Callif., E908
Fallon, Pat, Tex., E904
Garcia, Sylvia R., Tex., E906
Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E905
Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E901, E907
Kim, Andy, N.J., E902
LaMalfa, Doug, Calif., E905
McBath, Lucy, Ga., E904
McClain, Lisa C., Mich., E901, E902, E903, E905
Moolenaar, John R., Mich., E905
Mrvan, Frank J., Ind., E906
Murphy, Gregory F., N.C., E903
Owens, Burgess, Utah, E906
Stefanik, Elise M., N.Y., E904
Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E901
Williams, Nikema, Ga., E903
Wilson, Joe, S.C., E906