House Daily Digest — Tuesday, 7/9/2024
The House met at 10 a.m., adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, 7/9/2024 — Activities: 52 – On the Floor: 4 – Votes: 6
Committee — Meetings: 14 (House.gov) • Legislation: Markup: 4, Reported: 1
[Daily Digest]
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 8954-
8974; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 118; and H. Res. 1341-1347, were
introduced.
Pages H4527-28
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H4529-30
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H. Res. 1341, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8281) to
amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of
United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in
elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; providing for
consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 165) providing for
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States
Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to
“Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or
Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance”; providing for
consideration of the bill (H.R. 8772) making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and
for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7700)
to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing
energy conservation standards for dishwashers that are not cost-
effective or technologically feasible, and for other purposes; and
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7637) to prohibit the
Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation
standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers that
are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for other
purposes (H. Rept. 118-578).
Page H4527
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Fong to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H4481
Recess: The House recessed at 10:36 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m.
Page H4485
Recess: The House recessed at 1:14 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m.
Page H4495
Recess: The House recessed at 3:44 p.m. and reconvened at 4:20 p.m.
Page H4509
Refrigerator Freedom Act: The House passed H.R. 7637, to prohibit the
Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation
standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers that
are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, by a yea-and-nay
vote of 212 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 341.
Pages H4503-10
Rejected the Strickland motion to recommit the bill to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce by a yea-and-nay vote of 186 yeas to 188 nays,
Roll No. 340.
Page H4509
H. Res. 1341, providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8281),
(H.R. 8772), (H.R. 7700), (H.R. 7637), and the joint resolution (H.J.
Res. 165) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 201 noes,
Roll No. 339, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay
vote of 194 yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 338.
Pages H4495-97
Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act: The House passed H.R.
7700, to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing
energy conservation standards for dishwashers that are not cost-
effective or technologically feasible, by a yea-and-nay vote of 214
yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 343.
Pages H4497-H4503, H4510-11
Rejected the Casten motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce by a yea-and-nay vote of 199 yeas to 207 nays, Roll
No. 342.
Pages H4510-11
H. Res. 1341, providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 8281),
(H.R. 8772), (H.R. 7700), (H.R. 7637), and the joint resolution (H.J.
Res. 165) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 201 noes,
Roll No. 339, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay
vote of 194 yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 338.
Pages H4495-97
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 1342, electing a Member
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Page H4512
Discharge Petition: Representative Titus presented to the clerk a
motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of
the resolution (H. Res. 1302) a resolution providing for consideration
of the bill (H.R. 396) to regulate bump stocks in the same manner as
machineguns (Discharge Petition No. 14).
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4495-96,
H4496-97, H4509, H4510, H4510-11 and H4511.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
[[Page D711]]Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E704
Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E705
Cleaver, Emanuel, Mo., E702
Dunn, Neal P., Fla., E701, E706
Griffith, H. Morgan, Va., E701, E706
Kean, Thomas H., Jr., N.J., E704
Kelly, Trent, Miss., E702
Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Mo., E704
Moore, Blake D., Utah, E702
Obernolte, Jay, Calif., E703
Pocan, Mark, Wisc., E706
Rogers, Mike, Ala., E702
Ruiz, Raul, Calif., E705
Sorensen, Eric., Ill., E704
Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E701, E702, E703, E704, E705, E706
Tlaib, Rashida, Mich., E703
Wittman, Robert J., Va., E701