[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 16, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D996-D997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 5 public bills, H.R. 3295-3299 
were introduced.                                             
  Page H6643
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H6643
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2072, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
accountability of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Inspector 
General of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 113-245).                                              
Page H6643
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Harper to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6607
Recess: The House recessed at 10:43 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H6611
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Dr. 
Kurt Gerhard, St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Washington, DC. 
                                                         Pages H6611-12
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H6612, H6626
Recess: The House recessed at 12:34 p.m. and reconvened at 9:20 p.m. 
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Report Filing: Agreed by unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure have until 5 p.m. on Monday, October 
21, 2013 to file a report to accompany H.R. 3080.            
  Page H6616
No Subsidies Without Verification Act--Order of Business: Agreed by 
unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the 
Speaker's table H.R. 2775, with the Senate amendments thereto, and to 
consider in the House, without intervention of any point of order, a 
single motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations 
or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendments; that 
the Senate amendments and the motion be considered as read; that the 
motion be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations; 
and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the motion 
to its adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of 
the question.                                                
  Page H6616
No Subsidies Without Verification Act: The House agreed to the Rogers 
(KY) motion to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 2775, to 
condition the provision of premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act upon a certification that a 
program to verify household income and other qualifications for such 
subsidies is operational, by a yea-and-nay vote of 285 yeas to 144 
nays, Roll No. 550.                                      
  Pages H6616-26
  The motion to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 2775 was 
considered pursuant to a previous special order of the House.
Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 2015 through 2023--Order of Business: Agreed by 
unanimous consent that (1) the House be considered to have taken from 
the Speaker's table S. Con. Res. 8; adopted an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute consisting of the text of H. Con. Res. 25, as adopted 
by the House; adopted such concurrent resolution, as amended; insisted 
on its amendment; and requested a conference with the Senate thereon; 
and (2) during the remainder of the 113th Congress, it shall not be in 
order to offer a motion under clause 7(c) of rule 22 with respect to S. 
Con. Res. 8.                                             
  Pages H6626-42
  The Chair appointed the following conferees on S. Con. Res. 8: 
Representatives Ryan (WI), Cole, Price (GA), Black, Van Hollen, 
Clyburn, and Lowey.                                      
Pages H6641-42
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need for the continued 
availability of religious services to members of the Armed Forces and 
their families during a lapse in appropriations: The House agreed to 
take from the Speaker's table and agree to H. Con. Res. 58, as amended, 
to express the sense of Congress regarding the need for the continued 
availability of religious services to members of the Armed Forces and 
their families during a lapse in appropriations.             
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Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 24, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.                 
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Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia is to continue 
in effect beyond October 21, 2013--referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 113-66).      
  Pages H6615-16
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today and a message received from 
the Senate today appear on pages H6616, H6642.

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Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6625-26. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 10:55 p.m., pursuant to S. 
Con. Res. 24, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 
October 22, 2013.