[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 177 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1290-D1291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 4185-
4193; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 555, 557, 558 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H9080-81
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3578, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to strengthen 
and make improvements to the Directorate of Science and Technology of 
the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-372);
  H.R. 974, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate 
regulations to allow the use of hand-propelled vessels on certain 
rivers and streams that flow in and through certain Federal lands in 
Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, the John D. 
Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-373);
  H.R. 1452, to authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain 
property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument 
and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use 
and reconveyance (H. Rept. 114-374); and H. Res. 556, providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2130) to provide legal certainty to 
property owners along the Red River in Texas, and for other purposes, 
and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules (H. 
Rept. 114-375).                                          
Pages H9078-79
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Jolly to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:45 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Buchanan 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on the Budget.        
  Page H9032
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 555, electing a Member 
to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. 
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Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Thompson (CA) motion to adjourn by a 
yea-and-nay vote with none voting ``yea'' and 399 voting ``nay'', Roll 
No. 674.                                                 
  Pages H9036-37
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Kildee motion to adjourn by a yea-and-
nay vote with none voting ``yea'', 405 voting ``nay'', and 2 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 675.                               
  Pages H9040-41
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Swalwell (CA) motion to adjourn by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 3 yeas

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to 399 nays with 2 answering ``present'', Roll No. 676.      
  Page H9041
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Speier motion to adjourn by a yea-and-
nay vote of 4 yeas to 394 nays with 2 answering ``present'', Roll No. 
677.                                                         
  Page H9045
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Capps motion to adjourn by a yea-and-
nay vote of 7 yeas to 398 nays with 4 answering ``present'', Roll No. 
678.                                                         
  Page H9047
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Reform and Improvement Act 
of 2015: H.R. 3842, amended, to improve homeland security, including 
domestic preparedness and response to terrorism, by reforming Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first 
responders, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 420 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 
680;                                              
  Pages H9037-40, H9062
  HSA Technical Corrections Act: H.R. 3859, amended, to make technical 
corrections to the Homeland Security Act of 2002;        
  Pages H9041-47
  Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015: H.R. 158, amended, to 
clarify the grounds for ineligibility for travel to the United States 
regarding terrorism risk, to expand the criteria by which a country may 
be removed from the Visa Waiver Program, to require the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to submit a report on strengthening the Electronic 
System for Travel Authorization to better secure the international 
borders of the United States and prevent terrorists and instruments of 
terrorism from entering the United States, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 407 yeas to 19 nays, Roll No. 679;                    
  Pages H9047-62
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Immigration 
and Nationality Act to provide enhanced security measures for the visa 
waiver program, and for other purposes.''.               
Pages H9061-62
  Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015: H.R. 3766, 
amended, to direct the President to establish guidelines for United 
States foreign development and economic assistance programs. 
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Conference report filing: Agreed that the managers on the part of the 
House have until midnight tonight, December 8th, to file the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 644, to reauthorize trade facilitation and 
trade enforcement functions and activities.                  
  Page H9062
Providing for the extension of the enforcement instruction on 
supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in 
critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015: The House 
agreed to discharge from committee and pass S. 1461, to provide for the 
extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements 
for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural 
hospitals through 2015.                                  
  Pages H9062-63
Designating the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical 
Center in Richmond, Virginia, as the ``Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum'': 
The House agreed to discharge from committee and pass H.R. 2693, to 
designate the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center 
in Richmond, Virginia, as the ``Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum''. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H9036-37, H9040, H9041, H9045, 
H9047, H9061, H9062. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:37 p.m.