[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D326-D327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 40 public bills, H.R. 2, 1557-
1595; 1 private bill, H.R. 1596; and 6 resolutions, and H. Res. 165-
170, were introduced.                                  
  Pages H1898-1900
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1901-02
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
  Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Foxx to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1851
Recess: The House recessed at 9:01 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H1851
Recess: The House recessed at 10:31 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1855
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend 
Dennis Fountain, Moses Lake Baptist Church, Moses Lake, Washington. 
                                                             Page H1855
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 254 yeas to 156 nays with one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 135.                           
  Pages H1855, H1870
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Palazzo 
wherein he resigned from the Committees on Armed Services and Homeland 
Security.                                                    
  Page H1855
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 165, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page H1855

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Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Monday, March 23rd:
  Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act of 2015: 
H.R. 216, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a Future-Years 
Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review, and to establish in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs a Chief Strategy Officer, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 420 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 134. 
                                                         Pages H1869-70
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2017 through 2025: The House began consideration of H. Con. Res. 
27, establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2017 through 2025. Further proceedings were postponed. 
                                                         Pages H1858-95
  H. Res. 163, the rule providing for consideration of the concurrent 
resolution (H. Con. Res. 27), was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 
237 yeas to 180 nays with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 133, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 
yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 132.                          
Pages H1858-70
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Designating the Federal building located at 2030 Southwest 145th 
Avenue in Miramar, Florida, as the ``Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. 
Dove Federal Bureau of Investigation Miami Field Office'': H.R. 1092, 
amended, to designate the Federal building located at 2030 Southwest 
145th Avenue in Miramar, Florida, as the ``Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry 
L. Dove Federal Bureau of Investigation Miami Field Office''; 
                                                         Pages H1895-97
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To designate the Federal 
building located at 2030 Southwest 145th Avenue in Miramar, Florida, as 
the `Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building'.''. 
                                                             Page H1897
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H1858.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1868, H1868-69, H1869-70, and 
H1870. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 6:22 p.m.