[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D26-D27]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 53 public bills, H.R. 287-339; 
and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 29-30, were introduced.        
  Pages H356-58
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page H360
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fleischmann to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H227
Recess: The House recessed at 10:48 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H232
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 261 yeas to 160 nays with one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 22.                           
  Pages H232, H248-49
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 29, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                          Pages H232-33
Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015: The House passed H.R. 185, to 
reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new 
regulations and guidance documents, by a recorded vote of 250 ayes to 
175 noes, Roll No. 28.                                    
  Pages H249-72
  Rejected the Rice (NY) 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 recorded vote of 180 ayes to 245 
noes, Roll No. 27.                                        
Pages H270-71
Agreed to:
  McKinley amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-2), 
ensures that the Agencies, when developing regulations, take into 
consideration and account for low-income populations. Furthermore, the 
Amendment provides that no particular class or race is excluded when it 
comes to looking at costs and benefits of the regulation (by a recorded 
vote of 254 ayes to 168 noes, Roll No. 23).      
Pages H260-62, H267-68
Rejected:
  Johnson (GA) amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-2), 
exempts from H.R. 185 all rules or guidance that the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget determines would result in net job 
creation (by a recorded vote of 178 ayes to 247 noes, Roll No. 24); 
                                                    Pages H262-63, H268
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-2), 
exempts all rules promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security 
(by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 25); and 
                                                 Pages H263-66, H268-69
  Connolly amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-2), 
exempts any rule or guidance pertaining to public health or safety (by 
a recorded vote of 178 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 26). 
                                                 Pages H266-67, H269-70
  H. Res. 27, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
37), (H.R. 185), and (H.R. 240), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 
242 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 21, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 242 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 20. 
                                                          Pages H237-48
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 30, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                              Page H272
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015: The House 
considered H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. 
Further proceedings were postponed.            
  Pages H272-H330, H331-41
  H. Res. 27, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
37), (H.R. 185), and (H.R. 240), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 
242 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 21, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 242 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 20. 
                                                          Pages H237-48
Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act: The 
House considered H.R. 37, to make technical corrections to the Dodd-
Frank

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Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to enhance the ability 
of small and emerging growth companies to access capital through public 
and private markets, and to reduce regulatory burdens. Further 
proceedings were postponed.                               
  Pages H341-54
  H. Res. 27, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
37), (H.R. 185), and (H.R. 240), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 
242 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 21, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 242 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 20. 
                                                          Pages H237-48
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, January 14.     
  Page H354
Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in 
Benghazi--Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of 
the following Members of the House to the Select Committee on the 
Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi: 
Representatives Westmoreland, Jordan, Roskam, Pompeo, Roby, and Brooks 
(IN).                                                         
  Page H354
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today and appears on 
page H331.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H247, 
H247-48, H248-49, H267-68, H268, H269, H269-70, H271, and H271-72. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:14 p.m.