[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 55 (Friday, April 4, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D373-D374]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 4398-
4410; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 543, were introduced.        
  Page H2961
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2961-62
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1192, to redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park as 
``Mount Jessie Benton Fremont'' (H. Rept. 113-401);
  H.R. 3366, to provide for the release of the property interests 
retained by the United States in certain land conveyed in 1954 by the 
United States, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, to the State of Oregon for the establishment of the 
Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center of Oregon State 
University in Hermiston, Oregon, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-402); 
and
  H. Con. Res. 96, establishing the budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024 (H. Rept. 113-403). 
                                                         Pages H2960-61
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act: The House passed H.R. 1874, to amend the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis 
of the impact of legislation, by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 182 
noes, Roll No. 164.                                      
  Pages H2927-45
  Rejected the Kuster motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Budget with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 218 noes, 
Roll No. 163.                                            
Pages H2943-44
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendments recommended by the Committee on 
the Budget now printed in the bill and the amendment printed in part A 
of H. Rept. 113-400 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in 
the Committee of the Whole.                                  
Page H2935
Agreed to:
  Bishop (NY) amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-400) 
that requires the Congressional Budget Office to review the accuracy of 
the macroeconomic impact analysis for any enacted bill or joint 
resolution.                                              
Pages H2938-39
Rejected:
  Connolly amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-400) that 
sought to subject Congressional appropriations bills to dynamic 
scoring, and change the threshold to trigger such scoring to $1 billion 
(by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 214 noes, Roll No. 159); 
                                               Pages H2936-37, H2940-41
  Israel amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-400) that 
sought to add a bill's impact on state and local governments to the 
parameters that CBO must analyze in a supplemental analysis under this 
bill (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 211 noes, Roll No. 160); 
                                                  Pages H2937, H2941-42
  Cicilline amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-400) 
that sought to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include 
jobs impact statements (estimates of the number of jobs which would be 
created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such bill or resolution) 
using the CBO's existing analytical principles and procedures, for 
``major bills or resolutions'' as defined in H.R. 1874 (by a recorded 
vote of 186 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 161); and 
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  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-400) 
that sought to require CBO to include as part of their macroeconomic 
analysis estimates of the potential impact on HUB ZONE areas as defined 
by the Small Business Act (by a recorded vote of 185 ayes to 222 noes, 
Roll No. 162).                                 
                                               Pages H2939-40, H2942-43
  H. Res. 539, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1874), (H.R. 1871), and (H.R. 1872), was agreed to by a recorded vote 
of 220 ayes to 194 noes, Roll No. 158, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 157. 
                                                         Pages H2919-27
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet on Monday, April 7th when it shall convene at 12 noon for Morning 
Hour Debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business.         
  Pages H2947-48
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2926-27, 
H2927, H2940-41, H2941-42, H2942-43, H2944, and H2944-45. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:26 p.m.