House Daily Digest — Tuesday, 9/24/2024
The House met at 10 a.m., adjourned at 9:47 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/24/2024 — Activities: 180 – On the Floor: 22 – Votes: 6
Legislation: New: 35, Voted: 5, Passed: 22
Amendments: Agreed to: 16
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 9768-
9783; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 130; and H. Res. 1492-1499, were
introduced.
Pages H5745-47
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H5748-49
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Ezell to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H5651
Recess: The House recessed at 11:06 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m.
Page H5659
Recess: The House recessed at 1:22 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m.
Page H5669
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Monday, September
23rd.
DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program Act: H.R. 3208, to
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS
Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote
of 377 yeas to 43 nays, Roll No. 445;
Page H5671
Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 9317 Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California, as the “Little Saigon
Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Post Office”: H.R. 8057, to designate
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa
Avenue in Westminster, California, as the “Little Saigon Vietnam War
Veterans Memorial Post Office”, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 415
yeas with none voting “nay” and two answering “present”, Roll No.
446; and
Pages H5671-72
Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act: H.R. 7073,
amended, to improve public-private partnerships and increase Federal
research, development, and demonstration related to the evolution of
next generation pipeline systems, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 373
yeas to 41 nays, Roll No. 447.
Pages H5672-73
Fix Our Forests Act: The House passed H.R. 8790, to expedite under
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest
management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal
lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, by
a yea-and-nay vote of 268 yeas to 151 nays, Roll No. 448.
Pages H5673-H5704
Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-705
shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the
Whole.
Pages H5673-88
Agreed to:
Molinaro amendment (No. 1 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
adds consideration of a strategy for reducing the threat of wildfires
to wildland firefighters to the fireshed assessment;
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LaMalfa amendment (No. 2 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
directs the United States Forest Service to expand the use of
proactive, targeted animal grazing in fuels management programs to
reduce wildfire risk;
Pages H5688-89
Valadao amendment (No. 3 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) as
modified that requires the U.S. Forest Service to conduct an evaluation
of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS) to assess the use
of such a system to mitigate and suppress wildfires;
Pages H5689-90
Garamendi amendment (No. 4 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705)
that clarifies that special districts are eligible to participate in
the wildfire-related programs authorized under the Healthy Forests
Restoration Act of 2003;
Pages H5690-91
Obernolte amendment (No. 5 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) as
modified that adds thermal mid-wave infrared equipped low earth orbit
satellites as a prioritized emerging technology for agencies to
implement through public-private partnerships for wildfire mitigation
and detection;
Pages H5691-92
Harder (CA) amendment (No. 6 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705)
that authorizes a Department of Interior Casualty Assistance Program to
provide assistance to firefighters and the families of firefighters who
were critically injured, ill, or killed in the line-of-duty;
Pages H5692-93
Barr amendment (No. 7 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
directs the US Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to
address reforestation and re-generation issues specific to the White
Oak species through the White Oak Initiative and pilot projects;
Pages H5693-95
Pettersen amendment (No. 8 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705)
that expands nursery and seed
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capacity work to support reforestation and restoration by state,
Tribal, and local governments and institutions of higher education;
Pages H5695-97
Mullin amendment (No. 9 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
adds artificial intelligence and other decision support tools for use
by the Fireshed Center;
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Valadao amendment (No. 10 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
expands public and private forestry and watershed management
partnerships by reducing redundancy for existing water source
management plans and increasing the number of eligible entities;
Pages H5697-98
Boebert amendment (No. 11 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
allows GNA revenue to be used for reconstruction, repair, and
restoration of non-NFS roads necessary to implement GNA projects on
federal lands, allows GNA cooperators to construct new permanent roads
on federal lands that is necessary to implement authorized restoration
activities and approved by the federal agency through an Environmental
Analysis or Categorical Exclusion decision, and allows GNA cooperators
to complete new permanent road construction to replace and decommission
existing permanent road(s) that are adversely impacting forest,
rangeland, or watershed health;
Pages H5698-99
Boebert amendment (No. 12 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
clarifies existing authorities may be utilized to prevent wildfires in
Fire Regimes IV and V which are located in Colorado, Wyoming, New
Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Montana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Maine, West Virginia, New
Jersey, Rhode Island, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Iowa,
Florida, and Texas;
Pages H5699-H5700
Boebert amendment (No. 13 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
ensures grazing is one of the hazardous fuels reduction activities
authorized by the bill;
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Boebert amendment (No. 14 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
requires regional foresters to submit a plan through the Collaborative
Forest Landscape Restoration Program for the treatment and removal of
trees killed by or infested with bark beetles in Western states;
Pages H5700-01
Boebert amendment (No. 15 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
requires regional foresters to submit a plan for the sale of Christmas
trees and firewood on federal lands; and
Pages H5701-02
LaLota amendment (No. 16 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that
directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a study on the
impacts pine beetles have in the Northeastern region of the United
States.
Pages H5702-03
H. Res. 1486, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
3334), (H.R. 8205), (H.R. 8790), and the resolution (H. Res. 1469) by a
recorded vote of 212 ayes to 207 noes, Roll No. 444, after the previous
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 208 yeas to 204 nays,
Roll No. 443.
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Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 1492, electing a Member
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
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Clerk to Correct Engrossment: Agreed by unanimous consent that the
Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross
references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming
corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 8790.
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures:
Michel O. Maceda Memorial Act: H.R. 5302, to designate the Air and
Marine Operations Marine Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, as the “Michel O.
Maceda Marine Unit”;
Pages H5704-05
Think Differently about Education Act: H.R. 4259, amended, to amend
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require notification
with respect to individualized education program teams;
Pages H5705-07
Stop Campus Hazing Act: H.R. 5646, amended, to amend the Higher
Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to
disclose hazing incidents;
Pages H5707-13
Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm Act: H.R. 5490, amended,
to amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee
Coastal Barrier Resources System;
Pages H5713-19
Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act: H.R. 7370, amended, to amend the
Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to establish a deadline for processing
applications related to geothermal leasing;
Pages H5719-20
Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act: H.R. 4094, to amend the Central Utah
Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of
certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin;
Pages H5720-21
Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act: H.R. 1657, amended, to provide
for a land exchange in the Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota;
Pages H5721-22
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Mountain View Corridor Completion Act: H.R. 2468, amended, to require
the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Utah certain
Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Land Management within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah;
Pages H5722-23
Holcombe Rucker Park National Commemorative Site Act: H.R. 6852,
amended, to designate Holcombe Rucker Park, in Harlem, New York, as a
National Commemorative Site;
Pages H5723-25
Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act: H.R. 1726, amended, to
require the Secretary of the Interior to partner and collaborate with
the Secretary of Agriculture and the State of Hawaii to address Rapid
Ohia Death;
Pages H5725-26
Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2024: H.R. 7422, amended,
to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery
authority for the Department of the Interior;
Pages H5726-27
Coastal Habitat Conservation Act: H.R. 2950, amended, to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners
and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance
important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on
which certain Federal trust species depend;
Pages H5727-29
Electronic Permitting Modernization Act: H.R. 5509, amended, to
modernize permitting systems at the Department of the Interior;
Pages H5729-31
Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery
Programs Reauthorization Act: H.R. 4596, amended, to reauthorize the
Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding to implement the
endangered and threatened fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado
and San Juan River Basins;
Pages H5731-33
Amending the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal
exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas:
H.R. 6474, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite
geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or
developed areas; and
Pages H5733-34
Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act: S. 612, to reauthorize
the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act.
Pages H5734-36
Discharge Petition: Representative Luna presented to the clerk a motion
to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the
resolution (H. Res. 1115), a resolution providing for the consideration
of the resolution (H. Res. 967) amending the Rules of the House of
Representatives to permit Members to vote by proxy in certain cases
(Discharge Petition No. 17).
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5669-70,
H5760-71, H5671, H5672, H5672-73, and H5703-04.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:47 p.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Banks, Jim, Ind., E955
Bice, Stephanie I., Okla., E958
Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E961
Carl, Jerry L., Ala., E956, E962
Chavez-DeRemer, Lori, Ore., E962
Ciscomani, Juan, Ariz., E961
Cloud, Michael, Tex., E959
Craig, Angie, Minn., E956, E957, E959, E960, E962, E963, E964
Curtis, John R., Utah, E957, E961
Fitzpatrick, Brian K., Pa., E962
Garcia, Mike, Calif., E959
Kean, Thomas H., Jr., N.J., E956
Lawler, Michael, N.Y., E961
Lee, Barbara, Calif., E955, E956, E957, E959, E960, E962, E964
Leger Fernandez, Teresa, N.M., E956
Lesko, Debbie, Ariz., E955, E956, E957, E958, E959, E960, E961, E962, E963, E965
Lopez, Greg, Colo., E965
McCollum, Betty, Minn., E964
McHenry, Patrick T., N.C., E962
Murphy, Gregory F., N.C., E963
Nunn, Zachary, Iowa, E963
Omar, Ilhan, Minn., E958
Pappas, Chris, N.H., E957
Peltola, Mary Sattler, Alaska, E963
Perry, Scott, Pa., E960, E964
Porter, Katie, Calif., E961
Steil, Bryan, Wisc., E955
Thompson, Glenn, Pa., E957
Tlaib, Rashida, Mich., E957
Wagner, Ann, Mo., E958