House Daily Digest — Tuesday, 4/25/2023
The House met at 12 noon, adjourned at 9:07 p.m.
Tuesday, 4/25/2023 — Activities: 53 – On the Floor – Passed: 4 – Reported: 2
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D364-D365]
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 59 public bills, H.R. 2811-
2869; and 10 resolutions, H.J. Res. 59; H. Con. Res. 34-35; and H. Res.
319, 321-326, were introduced.
Pages H1944-48
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H1950-51
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 675, to amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act
of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting
a license or United States market access for a non-geostationary orbit
satellite system if the license or grant of market access would be held
or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered
communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity,
and for other purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 118-41); and
H.R. 1339, to require the Federal Communications Commission to review
certain rules of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule
changes to promote precision agriculture, and for other purposes (H.
Rept. 118-42).
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative D'Esposito to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:28 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
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Recess: The House recessed at 2:14 p.m. and reconvened at 4 p.m.
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Recess: The House recessed at 5:03 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m.
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures:
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences Codification Act: H.R. 1343,
to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and to direct
the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information
to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency
communication and tracking technologies;
Pages H1924-25
Demanding that the Government of the People's Republic of China and
the Communist Party of China immediately release Mark Swidan: H. Res.
90, amended, demanding that the Government of the People's Republic of
China and the Communist Party of China immediately release Mark Swidan,
by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas with none voting “nay”, Roll
No. 193;
Pages H1927-29, H1931-32
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: “Demanding that the
Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist
Party immediately release Mark Swidan.”; and
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Encouraging the expansion and strengthening of the Abraham Accords to
urge other nations to normalize relations with Israel and ensure that
existing agreements reap tangible security and economic benefits for
the citizens of those countries and all peoples in the region:
H. Res. 311, encouraging the expansion and strengthening of the
Abraham Accords to urge other nations to normalize relations with
Israel and ensure that existing agreements reap tangible security and
economic benefits for the citizens of those countries and all peoples
in the region, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 401 yeas to 19 nays, Roll
No. 194.
Pages H1929-31, H1932-33
Permitting official photographs of the House of Representatives to be
taken while the House is in actual session on a date designated by the
Speaker: The House agreed to discharge from committee and agree to H.
Res. 321, permitting official photographs of the House of
Representatives to be taken while the House is in actual session on a
date designated by the Speaker.
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Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were
postponed.
Advanced, Local Emergency Response Telecommunications Parity Act:
H.R. 1353, amended, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to
issue rules for the provision of emergency connectivity service; and
Pages H1922-24
Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act: H.R. 1339, to
require the Federal Communications Commission to review certain rules
of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule changes to
promote precision agriculture.
Pages H1925-27
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1932 and H1932-33.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 9:07 p.m. Extensions of Remarks as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Banks, Jim, Ind., E350, E353
Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E351
Bonamici, Suzanne, Ore., E351
Carson, Andre, Ind., E349
Cleaver, Emanuel, Mo., E351
Cole, Tom, Okla., E352
Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E351, E353
Matsui, Doris O., Calif., E352
Moskowitz, Jared, Fla., E353
Norcross, Donald, N.J., E349
Nunn, Zachary, Iowa, E349, E350, E350, E352, E354
Ryan, Patrick, N.Y., E352, E354
Simpson, Michael K., Idaho, E350