[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 147 (Thursday, December 4, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1086-D1087]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 5791-
5802; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 121; and H. Res. 771, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H8668-69
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H8669
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Womack to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H8367
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act of 2014: 
The House agreed to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act, with an amendment consisting of the text of 
Rules Committee Print 113-58, modified by the amendments printed in 
part A of House Report 113-646, by a yea-and-nay vote of 300 yeas to 
119 nays, Roll No. 551.        
  Pages H8385-H8632, H8651-52, H8671-H8819
  Agreed by unanimous consent that the Chair may postpone further 
proceedings today on a motion to concur in the Senate amendment with an 
amendment as though under clause 8 of rule 20.               
Page H8385
  H. Res. 770, amended, the rule providing for consideration of the 
Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3979) and the bills (H.R. 5759) and 
(H.R. 5781), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 191 noes, 
Roll No. 547.                                            
Pages H8369-85
  Agreed to the Nugent amendment to the rule by voice vote, after the 
previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 191 
nays, Roll No. 546.                                      
Pages H8383-84
Executive Amnesty Prevention Act of 2014: The House passed H.R. 5759, 
to establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on 
executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief, by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 219 ayes to 197 noes with 3 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 550.                               
  Pages H8632-51
  Rejected the Murphy (FL) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 194 yeas to 225 
nays, Roll No. 549.                                      
Pages H8649-50
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in Part B of H. Rept. 113-646 shall be considered as adopted. 
                                                             Page H8632
  H. Res. 770, amended, the rule providing for consideration of the 
Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3979) and the bills (H.R. 5759) and 
(H.R. 5781), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 191 noes, 
Roll No. 547.                                                
Page H8369
  Agreed to the Nugent amendment to the rule by voice vote, after the 
previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 191 
nays, Roll No. 546.                                      
Pages H8383-84
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and agree to the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, 
December 3rd:
  Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation: H. Res. 758, 
amended, to strongly condemn the actions of the Russian Federation, 
under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of 
aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and 
economic domination, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 411 yeas to 10 nays, 
Roll No. 548.                                                
  Page H8385
Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3979: The House 
agreed by unanimous consent to H. Con. Res. 121, to provide for a 
correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3979.          
  Page H8652
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, December 8th for 
Morning Hour debate.                                         
  Page H8654
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H8652.
Senate Referrals: S. 2759 was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, S. 2921 and S. 229 were referred to 
the Committee on Veterans Affairs, and S. 2523 was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.                
  Page H8667
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8383-84, 
H8384-85, H8385, H8650, H8650-51, and H8651-52. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 5:34 p.m.

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