[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 165 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 63 public bills, H.R. 3932-
3994; 1 private bills, H.R. 3995; and 10 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 90-
92; and H. Res. 517-523, were introduced.                
  Pages H8149-52
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H8154-55
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1927, to amend title 28, United States Code, to improve fairness 
in class action litigation, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-328). 
                                                             Page H8149
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                                  
  Page H8136
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Clarifying that certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay 
Reform Act of 2014 will not take effect until after the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management promulgates and makes effective 
regulations relating to such provisions: S. 1356, amended, to clarify 
that certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 
2014 will not take effect until after the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management promulgates and makes effective regulations 
relating to such provisions, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 370 yeas to 
58 nays, Roll No. 618.                                
  Pages H7747-H8129
Hire More Heroes Act of 2015: The House agreed to the Senate amendment 
to the text of H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with an amendment. 
                                                         Pages H8129-33
  Pursuant to H. Res. 512, the question was put on agreeing to the 
amendments en gros. The amendments were agreed to by a recorded vote of 
363 ayes to 64 noes, Roll No. 623.                           
Page H8132
Agreed to:
  Mullin amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of H. Rept. 114-326) that 
was debated on November 4th that requires the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that in promulgating 
regulations any preference or incentive provided to electric vehicles 
is also provided to natural gas vehicles (by a recorded vote of 246 
ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 620);                             
Page H8130
  Burgess amendment (No. 17 printed in part B of H. Rept. 114-326) that 
was debated on November 4th that modifies and adds certain provisions 
to the Senate amendments dealing with the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration (by a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 192 noes, Roll 
No. 621); and                                            
Pages H8130-31
  Neugebauer amendment (No. 18 printed in part B of H. Rept. 114-326) 
that was debated on November 4th that executes a liquidation of the 
Federal Reserve surplus account and remittance of funds to the U.S. 
Treasury; the amendment also dissolves the existence of the surplus 
account on a go-forward basis; and the amendment ensures future net 
earnings of the Federal Reserve, in excess of dividend paid, are 
remitted to the U.S. Treasury (by a recorded vote of 354 ayes to 72 
noes, Roll No. 622).                                     
Pages H8131-32
Rejected:
  Schakowsky amendment (No. 15 printed in part B of H. Rept. 114-326) 
that was debated on November 4th that sought to improve quality and 
quantity of information shared about vehicle safety issues among auto 
manufacturers, NHTSA, and consumers; also improves the quality and 
quantity of safety information provided about used cars at point

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of sale (by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 619). 
                                                         Pages H8129-30
  Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 512, a motion that the House concur 
in the Senate amendment to the text of H.R. 22 with an amendment is 
adopted, and a motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the title of 
H.R. 22 is adopted.                                      
Pages H8132-33
  H. Res. 512, the rule providing for further consideration of the 
Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 22) was agreed to yesterday, 
November 4th.
Clerk to Correct Enrollment: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 90, 
directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a technical correction in 
the enrollment of S. 1356.                                   
  Page H8133
Veto Message--Motion to Refer: Agreed by unanimous consent that, 
notwithstanding the order of the House of October 21, 2015, the veto 
message of the President on the bill, 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, together with 
the accompanying bill, be referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 
                                                             Page H8133
Hire More Heroes Act of 2015--Motion to go to Conference: Pursuant to 
H. Res. 512, the House agreed to the Shuster motion to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the 
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment thereto, insist on the House 
amendment, and request a conference with the Senate thereon, by a 
recorded vote of 371 ayes to 54 noes, Roll No. 624.      
  Pages H8133-34
  Rejected the Huffman motion to instruct conferees by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 179 yeas to 239 nays, Roll No. 625.              
Pages H8134-35
  The Chair appointed the following Members of the House to the 
conference committee on the bill: from the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, for consideration of the House amendment and the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Representatives Shuster, Duncan (TN), Graves (MO), Miller (MI), 
Crawford, Barletta, Farenthold, Gibbs, Denham, Ribble, Perry, Woodall, 
Katko, Babin, Hardy, Graves (LA), DeFazio, Norton, Nadler, Brown (FL), 
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), Cummings, Larsen (WA), Capuano, Napolitano, 
Lipinski, Cohen, and Sires. The Chair announced that further 
appointments of conferees would occur at a subsequent time. 
                                                             Page H8136
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Rice (SC), 
wherein he resigned from the Committees on the Budget, Small Business, 
and Transportation and Infrastructure.                       
  Page H8136
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 517, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page H8136
Permission to file reports: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Financial Services have until 6 p.m. on Monday, November 
9, 2015 to file a report to accompany H.R. 1737, H.R. 3189, and H.R. 
1210.                                                        
  Page H8136
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 91, providing 
for an conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives. 
                                                         Pages H8136-37
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 9th, unless it 
sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its 
concurrence in H. Con. Res. 91, in which case the House shall stand 
adjourned pursuant to that concurrent resolution, and further that the 
order of the House of January 6, 2015, regarding morning-hour debate 
not apply on that day.                                   
  Pages H8139-40
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 92, providing 
for an conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.             
  Page H8145
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 3 p.m. on Monday, November 9th, unless it 
sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its 
concurrence in H. Con. Res. 92, in which case the House shall stand 
adjourned pursuant to that concurrent resolution.            
  Page H8145
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8128-29, 
H8129-30, H8130, H8130-31, H8131-32, H8132, H8133, and H8135. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and at 2 p.m., the House stands 
adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, November 16, 2015, pursuant to H. 
Con. Res. 92.

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