[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 142 (Wednesday, November 19, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1042-D1043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 5737-
5745; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 759-760, were introduced.   
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
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Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2689, to amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to 
encourage the increased use of performance contracting in Federal 
facilities, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-627).            
Page H8132
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Black to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:33 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2014: H.R. 5448, to 
amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts;      
  Pages H8080-81
  STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014: H.R. 5728, to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, to extend 
expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of 
television broadcast stations;                            
  Page H8081-87
  Providing for the approval of the Amendment to an Agreement for 
Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes: 
H.R. 5681, to provide for the approval of the Amendment to the 
Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense 
Purposes;                                                
  Pages H8103-04
  Girls Count Act: H.R. 3398, amended, to authorize the Secretary of 
State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development to provide assistance to support the rights 
of women and girls in developing countries, and for other purposes; 
                                                         Pages H8104-06
  Condemning the Government of Iran for its gross human rights 
violations: H. Res. 754, to condemn the Government of Iran for its 
gross human rights violations; and                       
  Pages H8106-10
  Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act: H.R. 3583, amended, to expand the 
number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and 
Needs-Based Scholarship Program.                         
  Pages H8110-13
Secret Science Reform Act of 2014: The House passed H.R. 4012, to 
prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, 
finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon 
science that is not transparent or reproducible, by a recorded vote of 
237 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 528.                   
  Pages H8087-H8103
  Rejected the Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) motion to recommit the bill 
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology with instructions to 
report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment by a 
recorded vote of 196 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 527.     
Pages H8100-02
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-57 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule.                                            
Page H8097
Agreed to:
  Gosar amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-626) that 
mandates that the EPA make all scientific and technical information 
relied upon for rulemaking available online before proposing or 
finalizing new regulations.                              
Pages H8097-98
Rejected:
  Kennedy amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-626) that 
would have allowed the EPA to use all peer-reviewed scientific 
publications (by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 
526).                                                 
Pages H8098-H8100
  H. Res. 756, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1422), (H.R. 4012), and (H.R. 4795), was agreed to yesterday, November 
18.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, November 20.   
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Three recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H8100, H8101-02, and H8102-03. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:08 p.m.