[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 178 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 4194-
4207; and 2 resolutions, H.J. Res. 75; and H. Res. 559 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H9206-07
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  Conference report on H.R. 644, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for 
contributions of food inventory (H. Rept. 114-376).          
Page H9204
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fleischmann to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H9083
Recess: The House recessed at 10:48 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H9088, H9186
Red River Private Property Protection Act: The House passed H.R. 2130, 
to provide legal certainty to property owners along the Red River in 
Texas, by a yea-and-nay vote of 253 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 686. 
                                            Pages H9092-H9104. H9173-86
  Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of 
order sustained against the Thompson (CA) 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 yea-and-nay 
vote of 246 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 685.              
Pages H9182-85
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.                
Pages H9093, H9177
Agreed to:
  Bishop (UT) amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-375) that 
ensures that nothing in the bill would create or reinstate a tribal 
reservation or any portion of a tribal reservation; ensures that 
nothing in the bill will alter the valid rights of the Kiowa, Comanche, 
and Apache Nations to the mineral interest trust fund created pursuant 
to the Act of June 12, 1926; allows for the affected federally 
recognized Indian tribes to be a part of the survey process; and allows 
for further judicial review after the administrative appeals process 
for landowners; and                                          
Page H9179
  Cole amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-375) that ensures the 
bill preserves past and current surface and mineral rights for affected 
Indian tribes (by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 
684).                                                    
Pages H9179-82
  H. Res. 556, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2130) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 183 noes, Roll 
No. 683, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 242 yeas to 178 nays, Roll No. 682.                
Pages H9095-H9104
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 556 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 174 nays, Roll No. 681. 
                                                         Pages H9092-95
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H9092.
Senate Referral: S. 1719 was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce.                                               
  Page H9204
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H9094-95, 
H9103-04, H9104, H9181, H9184-85, H9185-86. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:31 p.m.