[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D58-D59]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 522-538; 
and 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 26; H. Con. Res. 9; and H. Res. 49-51, 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                     
  Page H583-84
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 48, providing for consideration on the bill (H.R. 351) to 
provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 114-5).                              
Page H581
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Allen to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H537
Recess: The House recessed at 12:08 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                              Page H538
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of 
the House to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 
Representative Smith (NJ), Chairman.                          
  Page H539
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China--
Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the 
following Member of the House to the Congressional-Executive Commission 
on the People's Republic of China: Representative Smith (NJ), Chairman.
                                                              Page H539
Recess: The House recessed at 2:12 p.m. and reconvened at 3:33 p.m. 
                                                              Page H539
Morning Hour Debate: Agreed by unanimous consent that the order of the 
House of January 6, 2015 regarding Morning Hour debate does not apply 
tomorrow, January 27th.                                       
  Page H539
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Human Trafficking Prioritization Act: H.R. 514, to prioritize the 
fight against human trafficking within the Department of State 
according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 without increasing the size of the Federal Government; 
                                                           Page H539-42
  International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex 
Trafficking: H.R. 515, to protect children from exploitation, 
especially sex trafficking in tourism, by providing advance notice of 
intended travel by registered child-sex offenders outside the United 
States to the government of the country of destination, and requesting 
foreign governments to

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notify the United States when a known child-sex offender is seeking to 
enter the United States;                                   
  Page H542-46
  Human Trafficking Prevention Act: H.R. 357, to amend the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the training for Federal 
Government personnel related to trafficking in persons; and 
                                                           Page H546-48
  Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth 
Trafficking Act of 2015: H.R. 468, to amend the Runaway and Homeless 
Youth Act to increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, 
runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking. 
                                                           Page H548-49
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015: H.R. 
469, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to enable 
State child protective services systems to improve the identification 
and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking; and    
  Page H549-53
  Improving the response to victims of child sex trafficking: H.R. 246, 
to improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking. 
                                                           Page H553-55
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page 539.
Quorum Calls--Votes: There were no yea-and-nay votes, and there were no 
recorded votes. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 6:32 p.m.