[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 64 (Thursday, May 1, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 4539-
4562; and 2 resolutions, and H. Res. 562-563 were introduced. 
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  Page H3409
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015: The House passed H.R. 
4487, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2015, by a yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 14 
nays, Roll No. 193.                                      
  Pages H3368-92
  Rejected the Ruiz motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 222 
noes, Roll No. 192.                                      
Pages H3390-92
Agreed to:
  Speier amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 113-426) that 
appropriates $500,000 to provide for sexual harassment training for all 
House offices which will be carried out by the Congressional Office of 
Compliance. These funds are offset from the AOC General Administration 
fund;                                                    
Pages H3381-82
  Hall amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 113-426) that prohibits 
funds from being used to deliver a printed copy of the CAO's Statement 
of Disbursements of the House to any Member of the House of 
Representatives;                                             
Page H3385
  Wenstrup amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 113-426) that prohibits 
funding for the delivery of printed copies of the Daily Calendar of the 
United States House of Representatives to Member offices, as this 
document is accessible online; and                       
Pages H3385-86
  Gosar amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 113-426) that reduces the 
amount provided for the Botanic Garden to the fiscal year 2014 level 
and transfers the funds to the spending reduction account (by a 
recorded vote of 219 ayes to 198 noes, Roll No. 189). 
                                               Pages H3382-83, H3388-89
Rejected:
  Duffy amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 113-426) that sought to 
defund the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund;      
Pages H3384-85
  Nugent amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 113-426) that sought to 
prohibit the CAO of the House of Representatives from making any 
payments from any Members' representational allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices and short-term vehicle 
rentals (by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 188); 
                                               Pages H3380-81, H3387-88
  Broun (GA) amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 113-426) that sought 
to reduce the funding for the Capitol Visitor Center by $243,000, 
returning it to FY14 levels (by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 212 
noes, Roll No. 190); and                          
Pages H3383-84, H3389
  Holt amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 113-426) that sought to 
appropriate $2.5 million to re-institute the Office of Technology 
Assessment (OTA), offset from funds in the House Historic Buildings 
Revitalization Trust Fund (by a recorded vote of 164 ayes to 248 noes, 
Roll No. 191).                                 
Pages H3386-87, H3389-90
  H. Res. 557, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4486) and (H.R. 4487), was agreed to yesterday, April 30th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12 noon tomorrow, May 2nd; and when the House adjourns on that 
day, it adjourn to meet on Tuesday, May 6th when it shall convene at 12 
noon for Morning Hour Debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3388, 
H3388-89, H3389, H3389-90, H3391-92, H3392. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 2:46 p.m.