House Daily Digest — Wednesday, 2/28/2024
The House met at 12 noon, adjourned at 7:57 p.m.
Wednesday, 2/28/2024 — Activities: 81 – On the Floor: 12 – Votes: 2
Legislation: New: 14, Action: 11, Voted: 2, Passed: 8
[Daily Digest]
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 7463-
7475; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 1033, were introduced.
Pages H737-38
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H738-40
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Miller-Meeks to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H699
Recess: The House recessed at 12:29 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
Page H702
Recess: The House recessed at 2:05 p.m. and reconvened at 4 p.m.
Page H703
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures:
Atomic Energy Advancement Act: H.R. 6544, amended, to advance the
benefits of nuclear energy by enabling efficient, timely, and
predictable licensing, regulation, and deployment of nuclear energy
technologies, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 365 yeas to 36 nays with
one answering “present”, Roll No. 55;
Pages H703-15, H730-31
D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act:
H.R. 4984, amended, to amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of
1957 to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over
the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the Administrator of
General Services and the leasing of the Campus to the District of
Columbia for purposes which include commercial and residential
development, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 348 yeas to 55 nays, Roll
No. 56;
Pages H715-19, H732-33
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: “To direct the Secretary of
the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F.
Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia so that the
District of Columbia may use the Campus for purposes including
residential and commercial development, and for other purposes.”;
Pages H732-33
Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act: H.R.
3511, to amend the Small Business Act to require training on increasing
contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by
service-disabled veterans;
Pages H719-21
DOE and SBA Research Act: H.R. 4669, amended, to provide for
Department of Energy, National
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Laboratories, and Small Business Administration joint research and
development activities;
Pages H721-22
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: “To provide for Department
of Energy and Small Business Administration joint research and
development activities, and for other purposes.”;
Pages H721-22
WOSB Certification and Opportunity Expansion Act: H.R. 7105, amended,
to establish requirements relating to certification of small business
concerns owned and controlled by women for certain purposes;
Pages H722-23
Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act: H.R.
5265, amended, to amend the Small Business Act to require a report on
the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on
the memorandum of understanding between the Small Business
Administration and the Department of Agriculture entered into on April
4, 2018; and
Pages H724-25
Encouraging Success Act: H.R. 6591, amended, to amend section 8(a) of
the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration to regularly reassess the asset and net worth
thresholds for qualifying as an economically disadvantaged individual.
Pages H725-26
Recess: The House recessed at 6:03 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m.
Page H730
Oath of Office--Third Congressional District of New York:
Representative-elect Thomas R. Suozzi presented himself in the well of
the House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker.
Earlier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a copy of a letter received
from Ms. Kristen Zebrowski Stavisky and Mr. Raymond J. Riley, III, Co-
Executive Directors, New York State Board of Elections, indicating
that, according to the unofficial results for the Special Election held
February 13, 2024, the Honorable Thomas R. Suozzi was elected for
Representative to Congress for the Third Congressional District of New
York.
Page H737
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in
light of the administration of the oath to the gentleman from New York,
the whole number of the House is 432.
Page H732
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were
postponed.
Requiring the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to
provide a link to resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud
relating to certain COVID-19 loans: H.R. 5426, to require the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide a link to
resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud relating to certain
COVID-19 loans;
Pages H726-27
WOSB Integrity Act of 2024: H.R. 7128, to establish requirements
relating to size standard compliance of small business concerns owned
and controlled by women for certain purposes; and
Pages H727-28
Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act: H.R. 7102, to
establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small
Business Administration.
Pages H728-30
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center
for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance
of victims of the Holocaust: The House agreed to discharge from
committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 89, authorizing the use of
Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony as part
of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the
Holocaust.
Page H734
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President transmitting an
Executive Order that expands the scope of the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 (Securing the
Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain),
and further addressed with additional measures on Executive Order 14034
of June 9, 2021 (Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign
Adversaries)--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered
to be printed (H. Doc. 118-109).
Page H730
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H731 and H733.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 7:57 p.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Barr, Andy, Ky., E183, E187
Boebert, Lauren, Colo., E183, E185
Castro, Joaquin, Tex., E184
Correa, J. Luis, Calif., E184
Courtney, Joe, Conn., E184, E188
Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E183, E185, E187, E190
Fulcher, Russ, Idaho, E188
Gallagher, Mike, Wisc., E185
Garbarino, Andrew R., N.Y. E189
Golden, Jared F., Me., E187
Gomez, Jimmy, Calif., E187
Himes, James A., Conn., E186
Kuster, Ann M., N.H., E188
McClain, Lisa C., Mich., E183, E186
McCollum, Betty, Minn., E186
Nunn, Zachary, Iowa, E185
Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E186
Pappas, Chris, N.H., E190
Reschenthaler, Guy, Pa., E187
Spanberger, Abigail Davis, Va., E188