[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D6-D7]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 4313-
4320; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 575-578 were introduced.      
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 579, providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to 
the bill (H.R. 3762) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 
2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 
(H. Rept. 114-387); and
  H. Res. 580, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 712) to 
impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements 
by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in 
accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes, and 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1155) to provide for the 
establishment of a process for the review of rules and sets of rules, 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-388).                     
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Smith (NE) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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 Clerk Designation: Read a letter from the Clerk wherein she designated 
Robert Reeves, Deputy Clerk, to sign any and all papers and do all 
other acts in case of her temporary absence or disability.      
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Recess: The House recessed at 2:03 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Call of the House: The Speaker called the House to order and 
ascertained the presence of a quorum (397 present, Roll No. 1). 
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Committee to Notify the President of the Assembly of the House: The 
House agreed to H. Res. 576, authorizing the Speaker to appoint a 
committee on the part of the House to notify the President that a 
quorum of the House has assembled, and that the House is ready to 
receive any communication that he may be pleased to make. Subsequently, 
the Speaker appointed Representatives McCarthy and Pelosi to the 
committee.                                                      
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Notifying the Senate That a Quorum of the House Has Assembled: The 
House agreed to H. Res. 577, authorizing the Clerk of the House to 
inform the Senate that a quorum of the House is present and that the 
House is ready to proceed with business.                        
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Meeting Hour: The House agreed to H. Res. 578, providing for the hour 
of meeting of the House.                                        
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Morning Hour Debate: Agreed by unanimous consent that the order of the 
House of January 6, 2015, providing for Morning Hour Debate, be 
extended for the remainder of the 114th Congress, except that H. Res. 
578 shall supplant H. Res. 9.                                   
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Senate Referral: S. 1893 was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce.                                                      
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Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 1) developed during the 
proceedings of today and appears on pages H3-4.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 8:23 p.m.

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