[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 154 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1111-D1112]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 3776-
3796; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 484-485 were introduced. 
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  Pages H7090-91
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1384, to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the 
service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them 
with status as veterans under law (H. Rept. 114-302); and
  H. Res. 483, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3762) to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 (H. Rept. 114-303). 
                                                             Page H7088
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Duncan (TN) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7031
Recess: The House recessed at 10:49 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H7036
Unanimous consent agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
question of adopting a motion to recommit on H.R. 10 or H.R. 692 may be 
subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. 
                                                         Pages H7041-47
Default Prevention Act: The House passed H.R. 692, to ensure the 
payment of interest and principal of the debt of the United States, by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 557. 
                                               Pages H7041-47, H7053-60
  H. Res. 480, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
10) and (H.R. 692) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 245 ayes to 182 
noes, Roll No. 554, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-
and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 553. 
                                                  Pages H7041, H7051-52
Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act: The House agreed to 
take from the Speaker's table and concur in the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 3116, to extend by 15 years the authority of the Secretary of 
Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program. 
                                                         Pages H7060-61
SOAR Reauthorization Act: The House passed H.R. 10, to reauthorize the 
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
240 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 559.                      
  Pages H7061-79
  Rejected the Scott (VA) motion to recommit to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
185 yeas to 242 nays, Roll No. 558.                      
Pages H7077-78
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendments recommended by the Committee on 
Oversight and

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Government Reform now printed in the bill shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.      
Page H7070
Agreed to:
  Chaffetz amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-300) that makes 
small, technical changes to the bill.                        
Page H7073
Rejected:
  Norton amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-300) that sought to 
restore the requirement that the voucher program be evaluated using the 
strongest possible research design; would limit voucher students to no 
more than 50% of a school's total enrollment.                
Page H7073
  H. Res. 480, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
10) and (H.R. 692) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 245 ayes to 182 
noes, Roll No. 554, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-
and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 553.      
Pages H7051-52
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2015--Rule 
for consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 481, the rule providing 
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1937) to require the Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently 
develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of 
strategic and critical importance to United States economic and 
national security and manufacturing competitiveness, by a recorded vote 
of 244 ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 556, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 243 yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 555. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, October 22nd. 
                                               Pages H7047-50, H7052-53
Consideration of Presidential Veto Message: Agreed by unanimous consent 
that if a veto message on H.R. 1735 is laid before the House, then 
after the message is read and the objections of the President are 
spread at large upon the Journal, further consideration of the veto 
message and the bill shall be postponed until the legislative day of 
November 5, 2015, and that on that legislative day, the House shall 
proceed to the constitutional question of reconsideration and dispose 
of such question without intervening motion.                 
  Page H7079
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Amending title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver 
authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly 
(PACE programs): S. 1362, to amend title XI of the Social Security Act 
to clarify waiver authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care 
for the elderly (PACE programs).                         
  Pages H7079-80
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, and the related measures blocking the property of certain 
persons contributing to the conflict in that country, are to continue 
in effect beyond October 27, 2015--referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 114-69).          
  Page H7080
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H7041.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7051, 
H7051-52, H7052-53, H7053, H7077, H7077-78 and H7078-79. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:21 p.m.