[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 29, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D873-D875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 5229-
5254; and 1 resolution, H.J. Res. 121 were introduced.   
  Pages H7039-40
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7041-42
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4299, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to 
drug scheduling recommendations by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, and with respect to registration of manufacturers and 
distributors seeking to conduct clinical testing (H. Rept. 113-565, Pt. 
1) and
  H. Res. 694, providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 
676) providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the 
President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their 
duties under the Constitution of the United States; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 935) to amend the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use 
of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes; and 
providing for proceedings during the period from August 1, 2014, 
through September 5, 2014 (H. Rept. 113-566).            
Pages H7038-39
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Farenthold to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6979
Recess: The House recessed at 11:10 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H6986
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Jeff 
Parish, First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks, Largo, Florida. 
                                                             Page H6986
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H6986, H7024

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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Amending the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to 
provide a definition of recreational vessel for purposes of such Act: 
H.R. 3896, amended, to amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act to provide a definition of recreational vessel for 
purposes of such Act;                                    
  Pages H6995-97
  SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act: H.R. 4626, to 
ensure access to certain information for financial services industry 
regulators;                                              
  Pages H6997-98
  Examination and Supervisory Privilege Parity Act of 2014: H.R. 5062, 
amended, to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to 
specify that privilege is maintained when information is shared by 
certain nondepository covered persons with Federal and State financial 
regulators;                                           
  Pages H6998-H7002
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Consumer 
Financial Protection Act of 2010 to specify that privilege and 
confidentiality are maintained when information is shared by certain 
nondepository covered persons with Federal and State financial 
regulators, and for other purposes.''.                       
Page H7002
  Reauthorizing the Defense Production Act: H.R. 4809, amended, to 
reauthorize the Defense Production Act and to improve the Defense 
Production Act Committee, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 386 yeas to 32 
nays, Roll No. 464; and                           
  Pages H7002-04, H7024
  Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014: 
H.R. 4709, amended, to improve enforcement efforts related to 
prescription drug diversion and abuse.                   
  Pages H7004-07
21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act: The House passed H.R. 
4315, to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require 
publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that 
species are endangered species or threatened species, by a recorded 
vote of 233 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 463.              
  Pages H7007-24
  Rejected the Kirkpatrick motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 197 ayes to 
225 noes, Roll No. 462.                                  
Pages H7022-23
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-55 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 Natural Resources now 
printed in the bill.                                         
Page H7015
Agreed to:
  Hastings (WA) manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 113-563) 
that amends Section 2 of the bill to clarify extent of disclosure 
policy as it relates to State law and to Department of Defense 
classified information and                               
Pages H7016-17
  Duffy amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 113-563) that requires 
disclosure of any Federal funding used by a person or a governmental or 
non-governmental entity in bringing a claim in a covered suit. 
                                                         Pages H7019-20
Rejected: DeFazio amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 113-563) that 
    sought to exclude scientific information published solely in 
    internal Interior Department publications from the definition of 
    ``best available science'' (by a recorded vote of 188 ayes to 227 
    noes, Roll No. 460) and                    
Pages H7017-18, H7020-21
  Holt amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 113-563) that sought to 
strike a provision which automatically defines all data submitted by 
State, County or Tribal governments as the ``best available science'', 
regardless of its merit (by a recorded vote of 204 ayes to 215 noes, 
Roll No. 461).                                 
Pages H7018-19, H7021-22
  H. Res. 693, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 225 ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 459, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 
yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 458.                          
Pages H6989-95
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in memory of 
M. Caldwell Butler, former Member of Congress.               
  Page H7025
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to Lebanon 
that was declared in Executive Order 13441 of August 1, 2007, is to 
continue in effect beyond August 1, 2014--referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 113-142). 
                                                             Page H7026
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6994-95, 
H6995, H7020-21, H7021-22, H7023, H7023-24, H7024. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:44 p.m.

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