[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D821-D822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 3048, 
3050-3063; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 62; and H. Res. 361 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H5171-72
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5172-73
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Supplemental report on H.R. 2898, to provide drought relief in the 
State of California, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-197, Part 2);
  H.R. 432, to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to prevent 
duplicative regulation of advisers of small business investment 
companies (H. Rept. 114-199);
  H.R. 1334, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to make the 
shareholder threshold for registration of savings and loan holding 
companies the same as for bank holding companies (H. Rept. 114-200);
  H.R. 1723, to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise 
Form S-1 so as to permit smaller reporting companies to use forward 
incorporation by reference for such form (H. Rept. 114-201);
  H.R. 1847, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for 
regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be 
provided by swaps entities under such Acts, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
114-202, Part 1);
  H.R. 2064, to amend certain provisions of the securities laws 
relating to the treatment of emerging growth companies, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-203);
  H. Res. 362, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2898) to 
provide drought relief in the State of California, and for other 
purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3038) to 
provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor 
carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway 
Trust Fund, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-204); and
  H.R. 3049, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-205). 
                                                             Page H5171
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Curbelo (FL) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5119
Recess: The House recessed at 10:37 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5123
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:

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  Homes for Heroes Act of 2015: H.R. 251, to transfer the position of 
Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs in the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development to the Office of the Secretary, by a \2/3\ yea-and-
nay vote of 412 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 435;      
  Pages H5130-32, H5150
  Housing Assistance Efficiency Act: H.R. 1047, to authorize private 
nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental 
assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act;                  
  Pages H5132-34
  Preservation Enhancement and Savings Opportunity Act of 2015: H.R. 
2482, to amend the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
Homeownership Act of 1990;                               
  Pages H5134-35
  Private Investment in Housing Act of 2015: H.R. 2997, to authorize 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a 
demonstration program to enter into budget-neutral, performance-based 
contracts for energy and water conservation improvements for 
multifamily residential units, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 395 yeas 
to 28 nays, Roll No. 436;                      
  Pages H5135-37, H5150-51
  Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act of 2015: H.R. 1408, 
amended, to require certain Federal banking agencies to conduct a study 
of the appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets 
for nonsystemic banking institutions;                    
  Pages H5137-40
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read ``To require certain Federal 
banking agencies to conduct a study of the appropriate capital 
requirements for mortgage servicing assets for banking institutions, 
and for other purposes.''.                                   
Page H5140
  SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015: H.R. 432, to amend the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940 to prevent duplicative regulation of advisers of 
small business investment companies;                     
  Pages H5140-42
  Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015: H.R. 
1334, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to make the 
shareholder threshold for registration of savings and loan holding 
companies the same as for bank holding companies;        
  Pages H5142-44
  Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015: H.R. 1723, to direct 
the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise Form S-1 so as to 
permit smaller reporting companies to use forward incorporation by 
reference for such form, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 426 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 437;             
  Pages H5144-45, H5151-52
  Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act 
of 2015: H.R. 1847, amended, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification 
requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data 
required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts; and 
                                                         Pages H5145-47
  Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act: H.R. 
2064, amended, to amend certain provisions of the securities laws 
relating to the treatment of emerging growth companies. 
                                                         Pages H5147-49
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act: H.R. 2722, amended, 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition 
of the fight against breast cancer.                      
  Pages H5127-30
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5150, H5150-51 and H5151. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:18 p.m.