[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 171 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1243-D1244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 47 public bills, H.R. 4079-
4126; and 11 resolutions, H.J. Res. 74; H. Con. Res. 95-99; and H. Res. 
534-438, were introduced.                                
  Pages H8409-12
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H8414-15
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3842, to improve homeland security, including domestic 
preparedness and response to terrorism, by reforming Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-343, Part 1);
  H.R. 2899, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the Office for Countering Violent Extremism, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 114-344);
  H.R. 3490, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the National Computer Forensics Institute, and for other purposes, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 114-345, Part 1);
  S. 611, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize technical 
assistance to small public water systems, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 114-346);
  H.R. 8, to modernize energy infrastructure, build a 21st century 
energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster America's energy security 
and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government 
accountability, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
114-347, Part 1);
  H.J. Res. 71, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 
of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the 
Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance 
for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed 
Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units'' (H. Rept. 114-
348); and
  H.J. Res. 72, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 
of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the 
Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission 
Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating 
Units'' (H. Rept. 114-349).                                  
Page H8409
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Simpson to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H8365
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H8365, H8400
FORM Act of 2015: The House passed H.R. 3189, to amend the Federal 
Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout 
periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements 
for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, and to amend title 31, United States Code, and to reform the 
manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is 
audited, by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 641. 
Consideration began yesterday, November 18th.            
  Pages H8378-81
  Rejected the Matsui motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Financial Services with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 
242 noes, Roll No. 640.                                  
Pages H8378-80
  H. Res. 529, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1210) and (H.R. 3189) was agreed to yesterday, November 18th.
American SAFE Act of 2015: The House passed H.R. 4038, to require that 
supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed 
prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, by a recorded 
vote of 289 ayes to 137 noes, Roll No. 643.           
  Pages H8381-H8400
  Rejected the Thompson (MS) 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 180 
yeas to 244 nays, Roll No. 642.                          
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  H. Res. 531, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
4038) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 183 noes, Roll 
No. 639, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 243 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 638.                   
Pages H8367-78
Committee on Ways and Means--Communication: Read a letter from Chairman 
Brady (TX) wherein he notified the House, pursuant to Section 8002 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in order to fill the House majority 
vacancy on the Joint Committee on Taxation created by the resignation 
of the Hon. Paul D. Ryan from the Committee, Representative Nunes has 
been designated to serve on the Committee.                   
  Page H8400
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 95, providing 
for an conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.             
  Page H8402
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 5 p.m. on Friday, November 20th, unless it 
sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its 
concurrence in H. Con. Res. 95, in which case the House shall stand 
adjourned pursuant to that concurrent resolution.            
  Page H8402
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H8400.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8377-78, 
H8378, H8379-80, H8380-81, H8399, and H8399-H8400. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:30 a.m. and at 3:19 p.m., the House 
stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2015, pursuant to 
H. Con. Res. 95.