[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 4425-
4440; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 110-111; and H. Res. 596-599, 
were introduced.                                          
  Pages H495-96
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H496-97
Reports Filed:
  Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3293, to provide for greater accountability in Federal funding 
for scientific research, to promote the progress of science in the 
United States that serves that national interest (H. Rept. 114-412);
  H.R. 2017, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and 
similar retail food establishments, and to amend the authority to bring 
proceedings under section 403A, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-413); 
and
  H. Res. 595, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1675) to 
direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its rules so as 
to increase the threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide 
certain disclosures relating to compensatory benefit plans, and 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 766) to provide 
requirements for the appropriate Federal banking agencies when 
requesting or ordering a depository institution to terminate a specific 
customer account, to provide for additional requirements related to 
subpoenas issued under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and 
Enforcement Act of 1989, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-414). 
                                                              Page H495
Recess: The House recessed at 10:04 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H435
Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act: The House passed H.R. 
3700, to provide housing opportunities in the United States through 
modernization of various housing programs, by a yea-and-nay vote of 427 
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 52.               
  Pages H451-82
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-42 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now 
printed in the bill.                                      
                                                          Pages H459-65
                                                             Agreed to:
  Buchanan amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that promotes 
efficient and accurate administration of income reviews and the 
collection of asset information when determining eligibility for rental 
assistance, consistent with other means-tested programs; 
                                                          Pages H465-67
  Maxine Waters (CA) amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that 
removes harmful language that would limit the amount that families 
receiving certain federal housing assistance can deduct from their 
income for childcare expenses;                            
                                                          Pages H467-68
  Sewell (AL) amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that 
requires the Secretary of HUD to conduct a study to determine the 
impacts of the decreased deductions on rents paid by elderly and 
disabled individuals and families assisted under the Section 8 rental 
assistance and housing programs;                              
                                                              Page H468
  Hinojosa amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that allows 
the USDA to assess a nominal fee (maximum of $50) per loan under the 
Section 502 single family guaranteed home loan program in order to fund 
needed technological improvements and investments into the guaranteed 
underwriting system;                                      
                                                          Pages H468-69
  Meng amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that requires HUD 
to publish model guidelines for minimum heating requirements for units 
operated by public housing agencies receiving federal assistance; 
                                                          Pages H469-70
  Welch amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that allows the 
property taxes paid on mobile homes, insurance payments, utilities and 
financing to be included as components of the housing costs eligible 
for Section 8 payments;                                   
                                                          Pages H471-72
  Peters amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that inserts a 
provision for collaborating with the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development on how to better 
coordinate and improve veterans housing services;         
                                                          Pages H472-73
  Peters amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that directs 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reopen the period for 
public comment for the ``Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid 
Transition to Housing: Continuum of Care Program'' to allow 
stakeholders the opportunity to provide input on how HUD's resources 
can be most equitably used to end homelessness in our country; 
                                                              Page H473
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 114-411), as 
modified, that directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to work

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with the Secretary of Labor to produce an annual report on interagency 
strategies to strengthen family economic empowerment by linking housing 
with essential supportive services such as employment counseling and 
training, financial growth, childcare, transportation, meals, youth 
recreational activities and other supportive services; prioritizes U.S. 
citizens and nationals over migrants from the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, Republic of Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia when 
receiving federal housing assistance in Guam;             
                                                          Pages H475-78
  Price (NC) amendment (No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that 
updates and modernizes HUD's funding formula for the Housing 
Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program so that funding is 
distributed to jurisdictions based on living cases of HIV/AIDS; and 
                                                          Pages H478-79
  Palazzo amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that makes 
permanent the exception to public housing agency resident board member 
requirement (by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 50). 
                                                 Pages H470-71, H479-80
                                                              Rejected:
  Ellison amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that sought to 
provide affirmative permission for housing providers who administer 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds to report on-
time rental payment data for their tenants to credit reporting agencies 
without requiring and managing individual written consent agreements; 
direct HUD to retain tenant privacy so the furnished information would 
not specifically note that tenants receive HUD assistance; and 
                                                          Pages H473-74
  Al Green (TX) amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 114-411) that 
sought to reauthorize the FHA pilot program to establish an automated 
process for providing additional credit rating information to help 
determine creditworthiness for families with insufficient credit 
histories (by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 51). 
                                                 Pages H474-75, H480-81
  H. Res. 594, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3700) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 177 noes, Roll 
No. 49, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 236 yeas to 178 nays, Roll No. 48.           
                                                Pages H439-441, H450-51
Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act--
Presidential Veto: The House voted to sustain the President's veto of 
H.R. 3762, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, by a yea-
and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 53 (two-thirds of those 
present not voting to override).                              
  Page H482
  Subsequently, the veto message (H. Doc. 114-91) and the bill were 
referred to the Committee on the Budget.                 
                                                         Pages H441-450
Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act: The House passed H.R. 3662, to 
enhance congressional oversight over the administration of sanctions 
against certain Iranian terrorism financiers, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
246 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 54. Consideration began on Wednesday, 
January 13th.                                             
  Pages H482-83
  H. Res. 583, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1644), the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 22), and the bill (H.R. 3662), 
was agreed to on Tuesday, January 12th.
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted the District of Columbia's fiscal year 2016 Budget and 
Financial Plan--referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
to be printed (H. Doc. 114-96).                               
  Page H483
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H450, 
H451, H480, H480-81, H481-82, H482, and H482-83. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:44 p.m.