House Daily Digest — Tuesday, 11/14/2023
The House met at 9 a.m., adjourned at 1:01 a.m.
Tuesday, 11/14/2023 — Activities: 317 – On the Floor: 3 – Votes: 13
Legislation: New: 24, Action: 3, Voted: 2, Passed: 2
Amendments: Offered: 78, Agreed to: 50, Voted: 10, Other: 78
Committee — Meetings: 19 (House.gov) • Legislation: Action: 13, Reported: 1
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 48 public bills, H.R. 6368-
6415; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 868, were introduced.
Additional Cosponsors:
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H. Res. 869, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5893)
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2024, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the
bill (H.R. 5961) to freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023
hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes
(H. Rept. 118-273).
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Cline to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by
voice vote.
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Recess: The House recessed at 9:46 a.m. and reconvened at 10:30 a.m.
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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024: The House considered H.R.
5894, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2024.
Pages H5735-38, H5740-93, H5799-5806
Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-13, modified by the
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-272, shall be considered as
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.
Pages H5746-67
Agreed to:
Aderholt amendment en bloc No. 1 consisting of the following
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272: Sherrill (No. 3) that
increases funding for the Department of Education's Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education-Education for the Disadvantaged
account by $5 million to allow K-12 schools to implement and administer
high-impact tutoring programs that will help students recover from
COVID-related academic challenges; Harris (No. 5) that decreases the
Office of the Secretary of HHS by $10,000,000. Increases the HRSA
Health Workforce topline by $9,500,000; Caraveo (No. 7) that increases
and decreases the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant by $35 million
for the purpose of providing support for maternal and child health care
services; prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care; and screenings,
diagnostic and treatment services to improve the health and well-being
of mothers, children, and families; Boebert (No. 12) that transfers
funds from HHS General Department Management to suicide prevention
research and techniques to combat the mental health epidemic; Castor
(FL) (No. 14) that increases and decreases funding for the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in support of the President's request to
prevent HPV-related cancers through the Cancer Moonshot Initiative;
Miller (WV) (No. 15) that directs $5,000,000 of funding to the CDC's
TGS program to promote early detection of emerging pathogens and
infectious diseases through airport wastewater study; Pfluger (No. 16)
that decreases and increases funds by $1,500,000 within the CDC's
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases for the
purpose of funding grants for research and surveillance activities on
the prevalence of Valley Fever and the health impacts on the population
affected; Murphy (No. 17) that increases and decreases funding for the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion to support the Presidential Physical
Fitness Test; Sherrill (No. 18) that increases funding by $5 million
for the CDC Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Account to
award grants for the creation of programs to improve prevention,
identification, and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women;
Gallagher (No. 20) that increases funding for the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention ALS Registry by $5,000,000 to support research
to prevent ALS among active military personnel and veterans, and
reduces funding for the Office of the Secretary of General Departmental
Management by $5,000,000; Gottheimer (No. 21) that increases and
decreases funds by $1,000,000 in the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's 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. 23) that increases and
decreases funding by $5 million for the National Cancer Institute to
support improved access to lifesaving screening, diagnostic, and
treatment services in an effort to reduce disparities and advance
health equity in breast and cervical cancer; Jackson Lee (No. 24) that
increases funding for the National Cancer Institute by $2,000,000 to
research triple negative breast cancer; Murphy (No. 25) that transfers
$1,000,000 from the Department of Health and
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Human Services Office of the Secretary to the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke to fund a Pediatric-Onset Epilepsies
Consortium to enable cooperative research studies, accelerate the
development of knowledge about the epilepsies, and rapidly advance
therapeutic options and their implementation to improve treatments and
healthcare outcomes; Gluesenkamp Perez (No. 27) that increases and
decreases funding for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Disease to recognize the economic burden of Hand, Foot, and Mouth
Disease and highlight the importance of developing a vaccine for its
prevention; Caraveo (No. 29) that increases and decreases the Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development by $10 million, for the purpose of continued research and
training to understand human development across the lifespan to improve
health outcomes and reduce costs associated with illness and
disability; Gottheimer (No. 30) that increases funding by $10 million
for the National Institute on Aging to strengthen the Alzheimer's
Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center's research on Alzheimer's
disease including causes, diagnostic tools, treatments, and cures;
Barragan (No. 31) that increases and decreases funds for the National
Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) by
$1,000,000 to express the intent that increased funding be included for
the NIMHD Research Endowment Program to provide continued support to
existing grantees, and to expand the number of statutorily eligible
institutions receiving grants through a competitive process; Steil (No.
37) that increases the Substance Abuse Mental Health Budget by $18
million for the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; Balint (No.
40) that increases and decreases funding for the SAMHSA Disaster
Response Program to highlight the importance of supporting disaster
survivors' mental health; Molinaro (No. 41) that subtracts and adds
$10,000,000 to highlight the importance of bolstering 988
infrastructure and care coordination; Murphy (No. 42) that transfers $2
million from the Office of the Secretary General Departmental
Management to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to
increase available grants to prevent prescription drug and illicit
opioid overdoses; Caraveo (No. 43) that increases and decreases the
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative by $7 million for the
purpose of raising awareness of the impact of traumatic stress on
children and adolescents and to increase availability and accessibility
of trauma-informed care, services, and treatments; Barr (No. 44) that
increases funding for the Treatment, Recovery, and Workforce Support
Program; Gottheimer (No. 45) that increases funding by $10 million for
the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for planning,
establishing, or administering programs to prevent and address the
misuse of opioids, related drugs, and other drugs commonly used in pain
management or injury recovery, as well as the co-use of one or more
such drugs with other substances, by students and student athletes;
Pettersen (No. 46) that transfers $2 million from the Office of
Secretary General Departmental Management Account to the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Administration for the purpose of expanding
mobile Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) units in rural communities;
Molinaro (No. 47) that subtracts and adds $2,000,000 to specify that
SAMHSA should explore using its funds for crisis stabilization centers
that provide walk-in care services for individuals with serious mental
health conditions and/or substance use disorders as an effective
approach to reducing emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or
incarceration; Steube (No. 48) that increases and decreases funding to
the Administration for Children and Families by $2,000,000 to highlight
the need for innovative foster care programming that recognizes the
adversities, challenges, and traumas that children and families
involved in the foster care system often confront in such vulnerable
periods; Ramirez (No. 49) that increases and decreases funding for the
Services for Survivors of Torture Program; Ciscomani (No. 50) that
increases and decreases funding for Head Start; Jackson Lee (No. 51)
that increases funds by $2,000,000 for the Head Start Act, including
Head Start partnerships; Molinaro (No. 52) that increases and decreases
funding for the Administration of Community Living by $5,000,000 to
build up telephone reassurance services to support the mental health
and overall well-being of socially vulnerable older adults; Dunn (No.
53) that increases and decreases the funding by $400 million for the
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response's (ASPR) Project
Bioshield to highlight the importance of HHS funding oral antiviral
therapeutics as part of Project NextGen; Hudson (No. 56) that transfers
$2,000,000 from HHS office of the Secretary and transfer it to the
Office of Inspector General to support investigation and oversight
functions of HHS in disrupting counterfeit medicine; Kiggans (No. 57)
that increases and decreases Medicare Hearings and Appeals funding by
$196,000,000 to direct CMS to transmit information, either on the CMS
website or on the claim denial notification, to those whose Medicare/
Medicaid claims are denied about how to effectively appeal their denied
claims; Houchin (No. 59) that increases
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and decreases the ESEA account by $1 million dollars to highlight the
importance of the Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation
program under ESEA; Houchin (No. 60) that increases and decreases the
HEA account by $1 million dollars to highlight the importance of our
future educators teaching the science of reading through a phonics-
based curriculum; David Scott (GA) (No. 64) that increases and
decreases funding for the Assistance for Arts Education to highlight
the need for professional development for arts educators to better
include and accommodate students with disabilities; Molinaro (No. 65)
that increases and decreases IDEA funding to emphasize the importance
of supporting students with intellectual and developmental
disabilities; Molinaro (No. 66) that increases and decreases IDEA
funding to highlight the importance for schools districts to inform
parents of their right to have a third-party advocate in IEP meetings;
Steil (No. 67) that transfers $5,000,000 from the Department of
Education's Departmental Management Program Administration account to
the Department of Education's Special Education account for the purpose
of carrying out Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA); McGarvey (No. 68) that increases and decreases funding by
$2 million to highlight the importance of continued funding for the
American Printing House for the Blind and their mission providing
accessible and innovative reading materials to people who are blind or
low vision; Molinaro (No. 72) that increases and decreases Department
of Education funding to ensure that students are protected against anti
Semitic activity and those students who are affected have access to
adequate counseling services; Moore (WI) (No. 73) that demonstrates the
importance of the TRIO program by increase/decrease by $1 million;
Ramirez (No. 74) that increases and decreases funding for Augustus F.
Hawkins Centers of Excellence grants; Ramirez (No. 75) that increases
and decreases funding for Development Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Program; Lawler (No. 77) that increases/decreases funding at the
Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to prioritize the
investigation of antisemitic incidents on college campuses; Gottheimer
(No. 79) that increases and decreases funds by $10 million to hire more
Social Security Administration employees in the Office of Hearing
Operations to reduce hearings backlog and processing times for
disability claims; and Schweikert (No. 141) that increases and
decreases funding of $5 million for the National Institute on Drug
Abuse to support research on cures for synthetic opioids and fentanyl;
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Higgins (LA) amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272)
that reduces the Mine Safety and Health Administration's Salary and
Expenses account by $1,000,000, attributed to the salary and benefits
cuts of William O'Dell and Christopher Williamson and redirects these
funds to the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General's
account;
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Cloud amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
strikes a reference to a job corps center on Treasure Island in Sec.
114 and replaces it with the job corps center located in San Marcos,
Texas;
Pages H5771-72
Meuser amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
provides the Health Workforce Account with an additional $10 million
for the Nurse Corps programs which is offset with a $19 million
deduction to the National Institute of Nursing Research;
Pages H5772-73
Boebert amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to the Small
Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program;
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Boebert amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
transfers funds from HHS General Department Management for the purchase
and implementation of telehealth services to improve health care
coordination for rural veterans between rural providers and the
Department of Veterans Affairs;
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Boebert amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to the Rural
Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Program;
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Boebert amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to the Rural
Residency Planning and Development Program to support physician
workforce expansion in rural areas;
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Boebert amendment (No. 13 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to the Inspector
General to combat waste, fraud, and abuse;
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Mills amendment (No. 19 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
reduces the appropriated amount for the Public Health Scientific
Services to the FY19 appropriated amount;
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Grothman amendment (No. 22 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272)
that increases and decreases funding in CDC Wide Activities and Program
Support by $1,000,000 to express the intent for the CDC to conduct a
study on the connection between vitamin D deficiencies and COVID-19
mortality rates in the United States; and the role of vitamin D in
suppressing severe COVID-19 symptoms; and determine whether or not a
recommendation should
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be made on the supplemental intake of vitamin D to boost immune health
and protect against complications associated with respiratory illness
and infections;
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Pfluger amendment (No. 34 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
decreases the amount appropriated to the NIH's Office of the Director
by $3,748,715 to redress the amount of federal funds the NIH awarded
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. to conduct gain-of-function research at the
Wuhan Institute of Virology;
Pages H5779-5780
Boebert amendment (No. 36 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
reduces funds for the NIH;
Pages H5781-82
Harris amendment (No. 38 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
decreases the appropriation for NIH buildings and facilities by
$59,000,000 and increases the appropriation for Project BioShield by
$50,000,000;
Pages H5782-83
Harris amendment (No. 39 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
decreases the appropriation for NIH buildings and facilities by
$119,000,000 and increases the appropriation for the Strategic National
Stockpile by $100,000,000;
Pages H5783-84
Carter (GA) amendment (No. 54 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272)
that directs $15 million to carry out section 2409 of Public Law 117-
328 to allow states to build or maintain their own medical stockpile
for their specific and unique needs, while coordinating with the SNS
and ensuring it is robust;
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Boebert amendment (No. 61 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
transfers funds from the Department of Education bureaucracy to Charter
School Grants;
Pages H5785-87
Boebert amendment (No. 62 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
transfers funds from the Department of Education bureaucracy to Rural
School Programs; and
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Boebert amendment (No. 63 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
transfers funds from the Department of Education bureaucracy to the
Office of Indian Education.
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Rejected:
Miller (IL) amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272)
that sought to reduce the funds provided to the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration to $0 (by a recorded vote of 131 ayes to 300
noes, Roll No. 648);
Pages H5770-71, H5800
Good (VA) amendment (No. 28 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272)
that sought to transfer $10 million allocated for the Office of
Diversity in Biomedical Research to the Spending Reduction Account (by
a recorded vote of 190 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 649);
Pages H5777-78, H5801
Good (VA) amendment (No. 32 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272)
that sought to transfer $524.4 million from the National Institute of
Minority Health and Health Disparities to the Spending Reduction
Account (by a recorded vote of 140 ayes to 294 noes, Roll No. 650);
Pages H5778, H5801-02
Rosendale amendment (No. 33 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272)
that sought to prohibits funding for the John E. Fogarty International
Center saving approximately $95 million (by a recorded vote of 183 ayes
to 251 noes, Roll No. 651);
Pages H5778-79, H5802
Mills amendment (No. 35 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
sought to reduce the appropriated amount for the Office of the
Director, NIH to the FY19 appropriated amount (by a recorded vote of
186 ayes to 257 noes, Roll No. 652);
Pages H5780-81, H5802-03
Good (VA) amendment (No. 55 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272)
that sought to transfer $28 million allocated for Minority AIDS
prevention to the Spending Reduction Account (by a recorded vote of 109
ayes to 324 noes, Roll No. 653);
Pages H5785, H5803-04
Biggs amendment (No. 69 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
sought to cut funding for the Student Financial Assistance Program (by
a recorded vote of 85 ayes to 350 noes, Roll No. 654);
Pages H5788-89, H5804
Biggs amendment (No. 70 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
sought to strike funding to the Student Aid Administration (by a
recorded vote of 81 ayes to 353 noes, Roll No. 655);
Pages H5789-90, H5804-05
Biggs amendment (No. 71 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
sought to strike funding to the Higher Education Program (by a recorded
vote of 81 ayes to 354 noes, Roll No. 656); and
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Biggs amendment (No. 76 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-272) that
sought to strike funding to the Institute of Education Science (by a
recorded vote of 118 ayes to 316 noes, Roll No. 657).
Pages H5791-92, H5806
H. Res. 864, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.
5894) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 209 noes, Roll
No. 647, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote
of 217 yeas to 208 nays, Roll No. 646.
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measure:
Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024:
H.R. 6363, amended, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal
year
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2024, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 336 yeas to 95 nays, Roll No. 658.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and eleven recorded votes
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5739,
H5739-40, H5800, H5801, H5801-02, H5802, H5802-03, H5803-04, H5804,
H5804-05, H5805-06, recesH5806 and H5807.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:01 a.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Balderson, Troy, Ohio, E1100
Barr, Andy, Ky., E1099
Bean, Aaron, Fla., E1102
Bera, Ami, Calif., E1099
Chu, Judy, Calif., E1102
Cleaver, Emanuel, Mo., E1099
Fallon, Pat, Tex., E1097, E1097, E1098, E1099, E1099, E1100, E1101,
E1102, E1102, E1103
Franklin, Scott, Fla., E1098
Foster, Bill, Ill., E1102
Garamendi, John, Calif., E1097, E1101
Garcia, Sylvia R., Tex., E1103
Huffman, Jared, Calif., E1101
Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E1101
Mooney, Alexander X., W.Va., E1103
Mrvan, Frank J., Ind., E1098
Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E1103
Phillips, Dean, Minn., E1100
Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E1100
Takano, Mark, Calif., E1097, E1102
Williams, Roger, Tex., E1099