House Daily Digest — Wednesday, 5/22/2024
The House met at 10 a.m., adjourned at 8:21 p.m.
Wednesday, 5/22/2024 — Activities: 48 – On the Floor: 2 – Votes: 6
Legislation: New: 31, Action: 2, Voted: 2, Passed: 2
Amendments: Voted: 3, Agreed to: 3, Not agreed to: 1
Committee — Meetings: 20 (House.gov) • Legislation: Markup: 3, Reported: 4
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D542-D543]
[[Page D542]]
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 27 public bills, H.R. 8489-
8515; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 152; and H. Res. 1250-1252, were
introduced.
Pages H3483-84
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H3485-86
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 7189, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a
national congenital heart disease research, surveillance, and awareness
program, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-517);
H.R. 7208, to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program, with an
amendment (H. Rept. 118-518);
H.R. 7224, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the
Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program
(H. Rept. 118-519); and
H.R. 6829, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize and
support the creation and dissemination of cardiomyopathy education,
awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources to identify more
at-risk families, to authorize research and surveillance activities
relating to cardiomyopathy, and for other purposes, with an amendment
(H. Rept. 118-520).
Page H3482
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Edwards to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H3403
Recess: The House recessed at 11:27 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon.
Page H3412
Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act: The
House passed H.R. 4763, to provide for a system of regulation of
digital assets by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the
Securities and Exchange Commission, by a recorded vote of 279 ayes to
136 noes, Roll No. 226.
Pages H3414-18, H3419-56, H3462-63
Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-33, modified by the
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-516, shall be considered as
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, in lieu of the
amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committees
on Agriculture and Financial Services now printed in the bill.
Pages H3432-58
Agreed to:
Pettersen amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-516)
that clarifies the application of the Bank Secrecy Act to digital asset
and digital commodity entities and requires a GAO study on risks posed
by centralized intermediaries that are primarily located in foreign
jurisdictions without regulatory requirements similar to those of the
Bank Secrecy Act;
Pages H3456-57
Norman amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-516) that
requires a study on the impact of digital asset registrants owned by
foreign adversaries (by a recorded vote of 411 ayes with none voting
“no”, Roll No. 224); and
Pages H3457-59, H3461-62
Perry amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-516) that
adds a sense of Congress to the end of title V that nothing in this Act
or any amendment made by this Act should be interpreted to authorize
any entity to regulate any commodity, other than a digital commodity,
on any spot market (by a recorded vote of 225 ayes to 191 noes, Roll
No. 225).
Pages H3459-60, H3462
Rejected:
Casar amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-516) that
sought to change the new crowdfunding exemption from $75 million to $5
million (by a recorded vote of 204 ayes to 209 noes, Roll No. 223).
Pages H3460-61
H. Res. 1243, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
4763), (H.R. 5403), and (H.R. 192) was agreed to by a recorded vote of
204 ayes to 203 noes, Roll No. 222, after the previous question was
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 205 yeas to 203 nays, Roll No. 221.
During the course of debate on H. Res. 1243, exception was taken to
certain words used and a demand was made to have the words taken down.
After review, the Chair ruled that the words were in violation of the
spirit of debate. Without objection the words were stricken from the
Record.
Page H3417
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns
today, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow, May 23rd.
Page H3463
Senate Referral: S.J. Res. 58 was held at the desk.
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3418,
H3418-19, H3460-61, H3461-62, H3462 and H3462-63.
[[Page D543]]
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:21 p.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E545
Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E548
Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E546
Fallon, Pat, Tex., E545
Finstad, Brad, Minn., E548, E550
Fitzpatrick, Brian K., Pa., E543, E544, E546, E550
Foster, Bill, Ill., E543, E544, E547, E550
Frankel, Lois, Fla., E548
Gallego, Ruben, Ariz., E547
Graves, Garret, La., E543
Hill, J. French, Ark., E547
LaMalfa, Doug, Calif., E546, E549
Langworthy, Nicholas A., N.Y, E544
Latta, Robert E., Ohio, E549
McBath, Lucy, Ga., E545
McHenry, Patrick T., N.C., E546
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E549
Panetta, Jimmy, Calif., E544
Ruppersberger, C.A. Dutch, Md., E550
Schneider, Bradley Scott, Ill., E547
Sewell, Terri A., Ala., E543
Spanberger, Abigail Davis, Va., E548
Tlaib, Rashida, Mich., E548
Weber, Randy K., Sr., Tex., E548
Wilson, Joe, S.C., E550
Yakym, Rudy, III, Ind., E545