[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 27 public bills, H.R. 2990-
2994, 2996-3017; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 354-356, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H5028-30
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5031-32
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2995, making appropriations for financial services and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 114-194).                                 
Page H5028
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Valadao to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4959
Recess: The House recessed at 11:47 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H4970
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Clyburn motion to adjourn by a recorded 
vote of 13 ayes to 402 noes, Roll No. 424.               
  Pages H4973-74
Question of Privilege: Representative Pelosi rose to a question of the 
privileges of the House and submitted a resolution (H. Res. 355). 
Subsequently, Representative McCarthy moved to refer the resolution to 
the Committee on House Administration and was recognized for one hour 
on the motion.                                           
  Pages H4974-76
  Agreed to the McCarthy motion to refer the resolution, H. Res. 355, 
to the Committee on House Administration by a recorded vote of 238 ayes 
to 176 noes, Roll No. 426, after the previous question was ordered by a 
recorded vote of 238 ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 425.     
Pages H4975-76
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015: The House passed H.R. 2647, to 
expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act and improve forest 
management activities in units of the National Forest System derived 
from the public domain, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to 
overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, by a recorded vote of 262 ayes to 
167 noes, Roll No. 428.           
  Pages H4985-86, H4987-93, H4993-H5007
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-21, modified by the 
amendment printed in part B of H. Rept. 114-192, shall be considered as 
an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 
rule, in lieu of the amendments in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources now 
printed in the bill.                                         
Page H4995
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To expedite under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management 
activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to 
return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for 
other purposes.''.                                           
Page H5007
Agreed to:
  Tipton amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 114-192) that 
requests stewardship contracts awarded prior to Feb. 7, 2014 shall be 
modified by the Secretary to include fire liability provisions 
described in Section 604(d)(7) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003;                                                 
Pages H5003-04

[[Page D805]]


  Lujan Grisham (NM) amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 
114-192) that allows the Forest Service to create a pilot program that 
would execute contracts with tribes to perform administrative, 
management, and other functions of programs of the Tribal Forest 
Protection Act of 2004; and                              
Pages H5004-05
  Kilmer amendment (No. 4 printed in part C of H. Rept. 114-192) that 
directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement at least 
one landscape-scale forest restoration project that includes, as a 
defined purpose of that project, the generation of material that will 
be used to promote advanced wood products; requires that the project be 
developed through a collaborative process.               
Pages H5005-06
Rejected:
  Polis amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 114-192) that 
sought to strike Section 203, relating to the prohibition on 
restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and injunctions pending 
appeals, and strike Title III, relating to the imposition of a bond 
requirement as part of a potential legal challenge of certain forest 
management activities (by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 247 noes, Roll 
No. 427.                                          
Pages H5002-03, H5006
  H. Res. 347, the rule providing for the further consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 5) and consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) was agreed to 
yesterday, July 8th.
21st Century Cures Act: The House began consideration of H.R. 6, to 
accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century 
cures. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, July 10th. 
                                                         Pages H5008-16
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-22 shall be 
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, 
in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill. The bill, 
as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of 
further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as 
read.
  H. Res. 350, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
6) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 244 ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 
430, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 
242 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 429.            
Pages H4976-85, H5007-08
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate and message received 
from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House 
today appear on pages H4976 and H4986-87.
Quorum Calls--Votes:
  One yea-and-nay vote and six recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4973-74, H4975, H4975-76, 
H5006, H5007, H5007-08, and H5008. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:56 p.m.