House Daily Digest — Wednesday, 9/18/2024
The House met at 10 a.m., adjourned at 8:39 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/18/2024 — Activities: 81 – On the Floor: 9 – Votes: 12
Legislation: New: 36, Action: 9, Passed: 8, Not Passed: 1
Committee — Meetings: 18 (House.gov) • Legislation: Hearing: 8, Reported: 5
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 28 public bills, H.R. 9644-
9671; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 1462-1468, were introduced.
Pages H5445-46
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H5448-49
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 8674, to establish milestone-based development and demonstration
projects relating to nuclear fuel, and for other purposes (H. Rept.
118-686);
H.R. 9459, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable
secure and trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting
authority, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-687);
H.R. 9460, to authorize the Joint Task Forces of the Department of
Homeland Security, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-688);
H.R. 6474, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite
geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or
developed areas (H. Rept. 118-689); and
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H.R. 6969, to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a
statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol (H. Rept. 118-
690).
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Thompson (PA) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H5323
Recess: The House recessed at 10:47 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m.
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Recess: The House recessed at 1:16 p.m. and reconvened at 1:31 p.m.
Page H5338
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Tuesday, September
17th. Find and Protect Foster Youth Act: S. 1146, to amend part E of
title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health
and Human Services to identify obstacles to identifying and responding
to reports of children missing from foster care and other vulnerable
foster youth, to provide technical assistance relating to the removal
of such obstacles, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas to 7 nays,
Roll No. 422;
Pages H5340-41
Protecting America's Children by Strengthening Families Act: H.R.
9076, amended, to reauthorize and modernize part B of title IV of the
Social Security Act to strengthen child welfare services, expand the
availability of prevention services to better meet the needs of
vulnerable families, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 405 yeas to 10
nays, Roll No. 423;
Page H5341
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: “To reauthorize child
welfare programs under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act
and strengthen the State and tribal child support enforcement program
under part D of such title, and for other purposes”;
Page H5342
Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and
Support Act of 2024: H.R. 7213, amended, to amend the Public Health
Service Act to [enhance activities of the National Institutes of Health
with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance
programs relating to autism/reauthorize certain programs with respect
to autism spectrum disorder?], by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas
to 13 nays, Roll No. 424;
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Agreed to amend the title so as to read: “To amend the Public Health
Service Act to enhance and reauthorize activities and programs relating
to autism spectrum disorder, and for other purposes”; and
Page H5342
Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks
Act: H.R. 1513, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to
establish a task force to be known as the “6G Task Force”, by a 2/3
yea-and-nay vote of 393 yeas to 22 nays, Roll No. 425.
Pages H5342-43
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Horsford
wherein he resigned from the Committee on Financial Services.
Page H5354
Roll back ESG To Increase Retirement Earnings Act: The House passed
H.R. 5339, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and
non-pecuniary factors, by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 206 nays,
Roll No. 427.
Pages H5370-72
Rejected the Kildee motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 213
nays, Roll No. 426.
Pages H5370-71
Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-50 shall be
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce
now printed in the bill.
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H. Res. 1455, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
3724), (H.R. 4790), (H.R. 5179), (H.R. 5339), (H.R. 5717), and (H.R.
7909) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 136) was agreed to by a
recorded vote of 214 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 421, after the previous
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 196 nays,
Roll No. 420.
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Anti-BDS Labeling Act: The House passed H.R. 5179, to require the
maintenance of the country of origin markings for imported goods
produced in the West Bank or Gaza, by a yea-and-nay vote of 231 yeas to
189 nays, Roll No. 428.
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Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill
shall be considered as adopted.
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H. Res. 1455, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
3724), (H.R. 4790), (H.R. 5179), (H.R. 5339), (H.R. 5717), and (H.R.
7909) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 136) was agreed to by a
recorded vote of 214 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 421, after the previous
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 196 nays,
Roll No. 420.
Pages H5339-40
Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act: The House passed H.R.
7909, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that
aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or
domestic violence are inadmissible
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and deportable, by a yea-and-nay vote of 266 yeas to 158 nays, Roll No.
429.
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Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-47 shall be
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in
the bill.
Pages H5329-38
H. Res. 1455, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
3724), (H.R. 4790), (H.R. 5179), (H.R. 5339), (H.R. 5717), and (H.R.
7909) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 136) was agreed to by a
recorded vote of 214 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 421, after the previous
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 196 nays,
Roll No. 420.
Pages H5339-40
Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025: The House
failed to pass H.R. 9494, making continuing appropriations for fiscal
year 2025, by a yea-and-nay vote of 202 yeas to 220 nays with two
answering “present”, Roll No. 431.
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Rejected the DeLauro motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on
Appropriations by a yea-and-nay vote of 209 yeas to 214 nays, Roll No.
430.
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Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment printed in part D of the report
of H. Rept. 118-656 shall be considered as adopted.
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H. Res. 1430, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
1398), (H.R. 1425), (H.R. 1516), (H.R. 7980), (H.R. 9456), and (H.R.
9494) was agreed to Tuesday, September 10th.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure--Communication: Read a
letter from Chairman Graves wherein he transmitted copies of eleven
resolutions included in the General Services Administration's Capital
Investment and Leasing Programs. The resolutions were adopted by the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024.
Pages H5374-75
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to persons
who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism declared in
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, as amended is to continue
in effect beyond September 23, 2024--referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 118-168).
Pages H5353-54
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eleven yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5339,
H5340, H5340-41, H5341, H5342, H5342-43, H5370-71, H5371-72, H5372,
H5372-73, H5373-74 and H5374.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:39 p.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E923
Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E918
Carl, Jerry L., Ala., E918, E921
Carson, Andre, Ind., E913
Comer, James, Ky., E921, E922
Correa, J. Luis, Calif., E916
Costa, Jim, Calif., E918
Espaillat, Adriano, N.Y., E921
Fallon, Pat, Tex., E913, E914, E915, E916, E917, E918, E919,
E921, E922
Guest, Michael, Miss., E917
Jayapal, Pramila, Wash., E921
Keating, William R., Mass., E919
Lesko, Debbie, Ariz., E914, E916, E917, E918
McClain, Lisa C., Mich., E914
McGarvey, Morgan, Ky., E916, E922
Neal, Richard E., Mass., E920
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E917
Nunn, Zachary, Iowa, E914
Rogers, Mike, Ala., E919
Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E920
Smucker, Lloyd, Pa., E913, E917
Stevens, Haley M., Mich., E921
Strickland, Marilyn, Wash., E920
Torres, Norma J., Calif., E914
Wagner, Ann, Mo., E916
Wilson, Joe, S.C., E922