[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 155 (Thursday, October 22, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1120-D1121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 Public bills, H.R. 3797-
3814; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 70; and H. Res. 486-488 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H7137-38
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7138-39
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1090, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide 
protections for retail customers, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-
304, Part 1); and
  H.R. 2583, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for 
greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-305).                                
Page H7137
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fleischmann to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:42 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend 
Rod Cannon, New Vision Worship Center, Zolfo Springs, Florida. 
                                                             Page H7097
Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015--
Rule for consideration: The House agreed to 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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 187 nays, Roll 
No. 567, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 244 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 566. Consideration is expected to 
resume tomorrow, October 23rd.                 
  Pages H7101-07, H7124-26
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2015: The 
House passed 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 yea-and-nay vote of 254 yeas to 177 
nays, Roll No. 565.                                      
  Pages H7107-24
  Rejected the Peters motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 
246 noes, Roll No. 564.                                  
Pages H7122-24
Agreed to:
  Pearce amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 114-301) that clarifies 
that the bill does not affect Secretarial Order 3324, issued by the 
Department of the Interior.                              
Pages H7117-18
Rejected:
  Lowenthal amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-301) that sought 
to replace the bills definition of ``strategic and critical minerals'' 
with the accepted definition from the National Research Council (by a 
recorded vote of 176 ayes to 253 noes, Roll No. 560); 
                                                  Pages H7114-15, H7120
  Dingell amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-301) that sought to 
ensure that mining permits are fully reviewed under the National 
Environmental Policy Act (by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 248 noes, 
Roll No. 561);                                 
Pages H7115-16, H7120-21
  Cartwright amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 114-301) that sought 
to strike sections of the bill that would limit judicial review of 
agency actions and prevent the awarding of attorney's fees under the 
Equal Access to Justice Act (by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 245 
noes, Roll No. 562); and                         
Pages H7116-17, H71212
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 114-301) that 
sought to require demonstration for proposed projects that domestic 
capacity to produce strategic and critical minerals is less that 80 
percent of domestic requirements and requires publication of intent to 
transport or sell strategic and critical mineral intermediate and final 
products outside of the United States unless the domestic capacity 
exceeds 80 percent (by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 246 noes, Roll 
No. 563).                                      
Pages H7118-19, H7121-22
  H. Res. 481, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1937), was agreed to yesterday, October 21st.
Recess: The House recessed at 2:57 p.m. and reconvened at 3:32 p.m. 
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Presidential Veto Message--National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted his Memorandum of Disapproval of H.R. 1735, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, and explained 
his reasons therefore--ordered printed (H. Doc. 114-70).     
  Page H7127
  Pursuant to the order of the House of October 21, 2015, further 
consideration of the veto message and the bill are 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 H7127
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appear on pages H7101, H7135-
36.
Senate Referral: S. 799 was held at the desk.            
  Pages H7135-36
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7120, 
H7120-21, H7121, H7122, H7123-24, H7124, H7125 and H7125-26. There were 
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:20 p.m.