[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 134 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D986-D987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R. 3531-
3555; and 6 resolutions, H. Res. 424-429 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H6135-38
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  Pages H6138-39
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Allen to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6079
Recess: The House recessed at 11:02 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H6086
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend 
Brondon Reems, Center of Hope Community Church, Oakland, California. 
                                                         Pages H6086-87
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015: The House passed H.R. 758, to 
amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve 
attorney accountability, by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 185 noes, 
Roll No. 501.                                         
  Pages H6090-H6121
  Rejected the DelBene motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 179 yeas to 239 
nays, Roll No. 500.                                      
Pages H6118-20
  H. Res. 420, amended, the rule providing for consideration of the 
bills (H.R. 348) and (H.R. 758) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 238 
ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 499.                          
Pages H6111-12
  Agreed to the Collins (GA) amendment by a recorded vote of 237 ayes 
to 187 noes, Roll No. 498, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 179 nays, Roll No. 497. 
                                                         Pages H6109-11

[[Page D987]]

Oath of Office--Eighteenth Congressional District of Illinois: 
Representative-elect Darin LaHood presented himself in the well of the 
House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier, 
the Clerk of the House transmitted a facsimile copy of a letter 
received from Mr. Steven S. Sandvoss, Executive Director, State Board 
of Elections for the State of Illinois, indicating that, according to 
the preliminary results of the Special Election held September 10, 
2015, the Honorable Darin LaHood was elected Representative to Congress 
for the Eighteenth Congressional District, State of Illinois. 
                                                             Page H6134
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentleman from Illinois, 
the whole number of the House is 435.                        
  Page H6110
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 and Born-Alive Abortion Survivors 
Protection Act--Rule for consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 
421, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 3134) to 
provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood 
Federation of America, Inc. and (H.R. 3504) to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to 
exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives 
an abortion or attempted abortion, by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 
179 noes, Roll No. 503, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 243 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 502. 
                                                         Pages H6121-22
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 H6090, H6109-10 and H6133.
Senate Referrals: S. 1090 was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure. S. 1580 was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.                
  Page H6133
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6109, 
H6111, H6111-12, H6119-20, H6120-21, H6121 and H6122. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:17 p.m.