[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 83 (Friday, May 30, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D583-D584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 4775-4795; 
and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 608-610 were introduced.           
  Pages H5063-64
Additional Cosponsors:                                            
  Page H5065
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3676, to establish a prohibition on certain cell phone voice 
communications during passenger flights, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
113-466).                                                         
Page H5063
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by voice 
vote.                                                     
  Pages H5027, H5056
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015: The House 
passed H.R. 4681, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 
for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence 
Agency Retirement and Disability System, by a recorded vote of 345 ayes to 
59 noes, Roll No. 271.                                        
  Pages H5034-56
  Rejected the Bishop (NY) motion to recommit the bill to the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence with instructions to report the same back 
to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 183 yeas 
to 220 nays, Roll No. 270.                                    
Pages H5054-55
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-45 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 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill. 
                                                          Pages H5029, H5041
Agreed to:
  Rogers (MI) en bloc amendment that consists of the following amendments 
printed in H. Rept. 113-465: Rogers (MI) amendment (No. 1) that makes 
technical and clarifying changes to Sections 104 and 402 of the reported 
bill and modifies Section 321 to ensure that the report on violations of law 
and executive order does not impact ongoing criminal investigations; 
Connolly amendment (No. 2) that ensures the inclusion of leading software 
license management practices in the assessments conducted by the Chief 
Information Officers of each element of the Intelligence Community; Kilmer 
amendment (No. 3) that requires the Chief Information Officer of the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence to make recommendations to the 
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on software procurement and usage; 
Rogers (MI) amendment (No. 4) that prohibits senior Intelligence Community 
civilian employees and senior legislative staff with access to sensitive 
compartmented information from

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immediately working for a company owned or controlled by a foreign 
government that poses a significant counterintelligence threat to the United 
States after they leave Federal employment; Kelly (IL) amendment (No. 5) 
that allows the Director of National Intelligence to provide grants to 
historically black colleges and universities and predominantly black 
institutions for the purpose of offering advanced foreign language programs 
deemed in the immediate interest of the intelligence community; Carney 
amendment (No. 8) that requires the Director of National Intelligence to 
issue a report to Congress on how to improve the declassification process 
across the intelligence community and what steps the intelligence community 
can take to enable the National Declassification Center to better accomplish 
the missions assigned to it by Executive Order 13526; Jackson Lee amendment 
(No. 10) that requires the Director of National Intelligence to conduct an 
assessment and report to Congress on the reliance of intelligence activities 
on civilian contractors to support Government activities; and Keating 
amendment (No. 11) that requires the Under Secretary of Homeland Security 
for Intelligence and Analysis, in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and Project Manager of Information Sharing Environment, to 
submit an intelligence assessment of the efficacy of the MOUs signed between 
Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial agencies to facilitate 
intelligence sharing;                                         
Pages H5047-50
  Franks (AZ) amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 113-465) that requires a 
report from the DNI on the threat posed by manmade electromagnetic pulse 
weapons to United States interests through 2025, including threats from 
foreign countries and foreign non-State actors;               
Pages H5050-51
  Poe (TX) amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 113-465) that requires the 
DNI to submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive 
strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda, its affiliated groups, 
associated groups, and adherents. The amendment also requests that the 
report include the Administration's definitions of al-Qaeda core, affiliated 
groups, associated groups, and adherents; and                 
Pages H5051-52
  Gallego amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 113-465) that requires the 
Director of National Intelligence--in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary of Homeland Security--
to submit recommendations to Congress for retraining (a) veterans and (b) 
retired members of the intelligence community in cybersecurity. 
                                                              Pages H5052-54
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                      
Page H5056
  H. Res. 604, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 4745) 
and (H.R. 4681), was agreed to by voice vote after the previous question was 
ordered without objection.                                    
Pages H5029-34
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet 
at 12 noon on Monday, June 2nd.                                   
  Page H5051
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and one recorded vote developed 
during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5055 and H5055-56. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12:42 p.m.