[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D177-D178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 4090-
4103; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 491, were introduced.    
  Pages H2000-01
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2001-02
Report Filed:
  A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 492, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 899) to 
provide for additional safeguards with respect to imposing Federal 
mandates, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-362).         
Page H2000
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Ros-Lehtinen to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1941
Recess: The House recessed at 10:39 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1945
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2014: H.R. 3308, amended, to require a 
Federal agency to include language in certain educational and 
advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and 
disseminated at taxpayer expense.                        
  Pages H1947-50
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated yesterday, February 
25th:
  Private Property Rights Protection Act: H.R. 1944, to protect private 
property rights, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 353 yeas to 65 nays, Roll 
No. 67.                                                      
  Page H1960
Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014: The House 
passed H.R. 3865, to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from 
modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is 
operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes 
of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by a 
recorded vote of 243 ayes to 176 noes, Roll No. 69.      
  Pages H1960-71
  Rejected the Van Hollen motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 191 yeas to 
230 nays, Roll No. 68.                                   
Pages H1968-70
  Rejected the Polis amendment to the title by a recorded vote of 177 
ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 70.                               
Page H1970
  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.                              
Page H1961
  H. Res. 487, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3865) and (H.R. 2804), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 231 ayes to 
185 noes, Roll No. 66, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 65.   
Pages H1950-60

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All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act of 2014: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 2804, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
require the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs to publish information about rules on the Internet. 
Consideration of the measure is expected to resume tomorrow, February 
27th.                                                    
  Pages H1971-95
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-38 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform now printed in the bill.                              
Page H1979
Agreed to:
  Brady (TX) amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 113-361) that 
requires federal agencies to identify in any Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPR) the achievable objective of the proposed rule and the 
metrics to be used. The amendment also requires federal agencies in 
issuing final rules to certify that the rule meets the objectives the 
agency identified in the NPR;                            
Pages H1992-93
  Rigell amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 113-361) that expands the 
requirements of initial regulatory flexibility analyses to include an 
analysis of any impairment of the ability of small entities to have 
access to credit; and                                    
Pages H1993-95
  Tipton amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 113-361) that makes a 
technical correction that ensures the current requirement, under the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act, that each agency annually publish a list of 
regulations to be reviewed pursuant to its periodic review plan, 
remains so.                                                  
Page H1995
Rejected:
  Johnson (GA) amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 113-361) that 
sought to strike the six month moratorium on finalizing rules and 
                                                         Pages H1989-90
  Murphy (FL) amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 113-361) that sought 
to cut titles II and IV from the bill.                      
Pages H1990
Proceedings Postponed:
  Rothfus amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 113-361) that seeks to 
add terms to define a negative-impact on jobs and wages rule, help 
agencies identify a negative-impact on jobs and wages rule, and require 
agency heads approving a negative-impact on jobs and wages rule to 
submit a statement that they approved the rule knowing of its negative-
impact on jobs and wages.                                
Pages H1990-92
  H. Res. 487, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3865) and (H.R. 2804), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 231 ayes to 
185 noes, Roll No. 66, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 65.   
Pages H1950-60
Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members on the 
part of the House to the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University: 
Representatives Yoder and Butterfield.                       
  Page H1995
British-American Interparliamentary Group--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member on the part 
of the House to the British-American Interparliamentary Group: 
Representative Roe (TN).                                 
  Pages H1995-96
Discharge Petition: Representative Bishop (NY) presented to the clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committee on Education and the Workforce from 
the consideration of H.R. 1010, to provide for an increase in the 
Federal minimum wage (Discharge Petition No. 7).
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1971.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1959, 
H1959-60, H1960, H1969-70, H1970, and H1970-71. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:39 p.m.