[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D97-D98]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 4441-
4459; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 600-601, were introduced. 
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  Pages H567-68
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker:  Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Jolly to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H499
Recess: The House recessed at 10:55 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H505
Encouraging Employee Ownership Act: The House passed 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, by a yea-
and-nay vote of 265 yeas to 159 nays, Roll No. 61.        
  Pages H519-39
  Rejected the Frankel (FL) 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 
184 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 60.                        
Pages H537-38
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-43 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule.                                         
Pages H526-28
Agreed to:
  Huizenga (MI) amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-414) 
that clarifies the disqualification from the exemption of any broker or 
associated person who is subject to suspension or revocation of 
registration, and the in-applicability of the exemption to any M&A 
transaction where one party or more is a shell company.   
Pages H529-30
Rejected:
  Sherman amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-414) that 
sought to provide exclusions

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for when a mergers and acquisitions broker is not exempt from 
registration with the SEC;                                
Pages H530-32
  DeSaulnier amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-414) 
that sought to direct the SEC to study and report to Congress the 
prevalence of employee ownership plans within companies that include a 
flexible or social benefit component in their articles of 
incorporation, as allowed under relevant state laws (by a recorded vote 
of 180 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 57);              
Pages H528-29, H535
  Issa amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 114-414) that 
sought to limit all exemptions granted therein only to companies 
obligated to begin submitting financial disclosures to the Securities 
and Exchange Commission after the date of enactment (by a recorded vote 
of 194 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 58); and       
Pages H532, H535, H536
  Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. 
Rept. 114-414) that sought to repeal the Small Company Disclosure Act 
(H.R. 1965) in its entirety from the bill thus preserving the SEC 
requirement that public companies report their information related to 
corporate financial performance as searchable data (by a recorded vote 
of 173 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 59).           
Pages H533-35, H536-37
  H. Res. 595, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1675) and (H.R. 766) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 
175 noes, Roll No. 56, after the previous question was ordered by a 
recorded vote of 240 ayes to 176 noes, Roll No. 55.      
Pages H510-518
Establishing the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: 
The House agreed to take from the Speaker's table and agree to S. Con. 
Res. 28, to establish the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural 
Ceremonies for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice 
President-elect of the United States on January 20, 2017.     
  Page H539
Authorizing the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol 
by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: The House 
agreed to take from the Speaker's table and agree to S. Con. Res. 29, 
to authorize the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the 
Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in 
connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the 
inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the 
United States.                                            
  Pages H539-40
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center: 
The House agreed to discharge from committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 
109 authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor 
Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the 
foot soldiers who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
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Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow, February 4.    
  Page H540
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13396 of February 7, 2006 with respect to the situation in or in 
relation to Cote d'Ivoire is to continue in effect beyond February 7, 
2016--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be 
printed (H. Doc. 114-97).                                     
  Page H540
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page 509.
Senate Referral: S. 2306 was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H517-18, 
H518, H535, H536, H536-37, H538, and H538-39. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:40 p.m.