House Daily Digest — Wednesday, 9/25/2024
The House met at 10 a.m., adjourned at 8:49 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/25/2024 — Activities: 104 – On the Floor: 11 – Votes: 7
Legislation: New: 88, Action: 9, Voted, Passed: 8
Amendments: Offered: 5, Voted: 1, Agreed to: 5
Committee — Meetings: 14 (House.gov) • Legislation: Markup: 15
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 65 public bills, H.R. 9794-
9858; and 23 resolutions, H.J. Res. 208-209; H. Con. Res. 131; and H.
Res. 1500-1519, were introduced.
Pages H5826-30
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H5832-33
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Lopez to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H5751
Recess: The House recessed at 11:49 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m.
Page H5763
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures: Stuck On Hold Act: H.R. 6656, amended, to direct
the Secretary of
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Veterans Affairs and the Commissioner of Social Security to implement
automated systems with callback functionality for each customer service
telephone line of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social
Security Administration, respectively;
Pages H5776-77
Deliver for Veterans Act: H.R. 522, amended, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to
provide or assist in providing a vehicle adapted for operation by
disabled individuals to certain eligible persons, to pay expenses
associated with the delivery of such vehicle;
Pages H5777-78
Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2024:
H.R. 7323, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education
offered by a public institution of higher learning that does not charge
the in-State tuition rate to a veteran using certain educational
assistance under title 10 of such Code;
Pages H5778-80
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: “Amend title 38, United
States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove
courses of education offered by a public institution of higher learning
that does not charge the in-State tuition rate to a veteran using
certain educational assistance under title 10 of such Code, and for
other purposes”;
Pages H5778-80
Head Start for Our Future Act: S. 656, to amend the Higher Education
Act of 1965 to include child development and early learning as
community services under the Federal work-study program;
Pages H5780-81
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025: H.R. 9747, making
continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, by a \2/
3\ yea-and-nay vote of 341 yeas to 82 nays, Roll No. 450; and
Pages H5781-91, H5800-01
Confirmation Of Congressional Observer Access Act: Concurred in the
Senate amendment to H.R. 6513, to amend the Help America Vote Act of
2002 to confirm the requirement that States allow access to designated
congressional election observers to observe the election administration
procedures in congressional elections, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of
413 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 449.
Pages H5791-92, H5800
Sanctioning Tyrannical and Oppressive People within the Chinese
Communist Party Act: The House passed H.R. 3334, to provide for the
imposition of sanctions on members of the National Communist Party
Congress of the People's Republic of China, by a yea-and-nay vote of
243 yeas to 174 nays, Roll No. 452.
Pages H5767-72, H5801-03
Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Foreign Affairs now printed in the
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-705,
shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the
Whole.
Pages H5769-72
Agreed to:
Amo amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-705) that adds
engaging in efforts to interfere in U.S. federal, state, and local
elections to List of Qualifications for “SANCTIONABLE CONDUCT”;
Page H5771
Ogles amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-705) that
clarifies that alternate members of the Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party are also subject to the sanctions described in
subsection (c) of Section 4;
Pages H5771-72
Ogles amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-705) that
requires the President to certify that the PRC and CCP have ceased
their oppression of the Tibetan people as a condition of terminating
sanctions; and
Page H5772
Nunn amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-705) that
adds to the sanction list under section 4 any Chinese State-Owned
Enterprise that knowingly manufactures or distributes any chemicals
used in the production of illicit fentanyl (by a recorded vote of 419
ayes to 1 no, Roll No. 451).
Pages H5770-71, H5801-02
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) was
agreed to yesterday, September 24th.
Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act: The House passed H.R.
8205, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
to provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety report
systems, by a yea-and-nay vote of 255 yeas to 161 nays, Roll No. 454.
Pages H5772-76, H5803-04
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: “To amend title 18, United
States Code, to prohibit fraud in connection with posting bail.”.
Page H5806
Rejected the Cardenas motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on
the Judiciary by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 212 nays, Roll No.
453.
Pages H5775-76, H5803
Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-51 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.
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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) was
agreed to yesterday, September 24th.
Ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris
administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures
throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan: The House agreed to H. Res.
1469, ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris
administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures
throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan, by a yea-and-nay vote of
219 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 455.
Pages H5792-H5800, H5804-05
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) was
agreed to yesterday, September 24th.
Recess: The House recessed at 5:24 p.m. and reconvened at 5:52 p.m.
Page H5806
Work Period Designation: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he
designated the period from Wednesday, September 25, 2024, through
Monday, November 11, 2024, as a “district work period” under section
3(z) of House Resolution 5.
Page H5806
Privileged Resolution--Intent to Offer: Representative Horsford
announced his intent to offer a privileged resolution (H. Res. 1500)
censuring Representative Glen Clay Higgins of the 3rd Congressional
District of Louisiana.
Page H5806
Senate Referral: S. 815 was held at the desk.
Page H5817
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on
pages H5751 and H5817.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5800,
H5801, H5801-02, H5802-03, H5803, H5803-04, and H5804-05.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:49 p.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Beatty, Joyce, Ohio, E968
Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E969, E973, E978
Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E971
Case, Ed, Hawaii, E976
Clark, Katherine M., Mass., E975
Correa, J. Luis, Calif., E973
Costa, Jim, Calif., E968, E972, E976, E978
Garamendi, John, Calif., E980
Garbarino, Andrew R., N.Y. E974
Huffman, Jared, Calif., E970
Kean, Thomas H., Jr., N.J., E972
Kiggans, Jennifer A., Va., E979
Langworthy, Nicholas A., N.Y, E982
Lesko, Debbie, Ariz., E968
Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E970, E973
Mast, Brian J., Fla., E978
McClain, Lisa C., Mich., E967, E968, E970, E972, E973, E975, E977, E978, E980, E981
Napolitano, Grace F., Calif., E976
Nunn, Zachary, Iowa, E970
Omar, Ilhan, Minn., E974
Pappas, Chris, N.H., E979
Pettersen, Brittany, Colo., E979
Quigley, Mike, Ill., E967
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman, American Samoa, E972
Scholten, Hillary J., Mich., E969, E971, E974, E977, E980
Scott, Austin, Ga., E968
Sessions, Pete, Tex., E967, E969, E971, E974, E975, E977, E979, E981
Slotkin, Elissa, Mich., E969
Steil, Bryan, Wisc., E971
Stevens, Haley M., Mich., E977
Thompson, Glenn, Pa., E981
Tokuda, Jill N., Hawaii, E981