[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 20 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D112-D113]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 63 public bills, H.R. 9, 746-
807; 2 private bills, H.R. 808-809; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 15; 
and H. Res. 91-96, were introduced.                       
  Pages H852-56
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page H858
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015: The 
House passed H.R. 527, to amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure 
complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, by a 
recorded vote of 260 ayes to 163 noes, Roll No. 68.       
  Pages H816-34
  Rejected the Deutch motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with

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an amendment, by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 67. 
                                                          Pages H831-33
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-3 shall be 
considered as read.                                           
Page H822
Agreed to:
  Peters amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-14) that 
adds to the bill's Regulatory Flexibility Act exemption for veterans 
rights-and-benefits rules an exemption for rules pertaining to 
servicemembers and predatory lending, and effectuates limited technical 
amendments to the bill.                                   
Pages H825-26
Rejected:
  Conyers amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-14) that 
strikes section 5 of the bill;                                
Page H826
  Schrader amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-14) that 
strikes section 10 of the legislation, which creates a duplicative size 
standard office in the Office of Advocacy without a commensurate 
reduction in the existing SBA Office of Size Standards, by a recorded 
vote of 184 ayes to 234 noes, Roll No. 65;       
Pages H826-27, H830-31
  Johnson (GA) amendment (No. 5 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-14) 
that exempts from the bill any rule that the Office of Management and 
Budget determines would result in net job creation; and   
Pages H827-28
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-14) 
that exempts from the bill all regulations issued by the Food and Drug 
Administration relating to consumer safety, including those issued 
pursuant to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, by a recorded vote 
of 172 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 66.               
Pages H828-30, H831
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 1 p.m. on Monday, February 9th. 
                                                              Page H837
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H834.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H830-31, H831, H832-33, and 
H833-34. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:32 p.m.