[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D135-D136]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 4532-
4550; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 115 and H. Res. 612-614 were 
introduced.                                               
  Pages H773-74
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H775-76
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Loudermilk to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H713
Recess: The House recessed at 10:48 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H718
Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies--Appointment: Pursuant to S. 
Con. Res. 28, 114th Congress, and the order of the House of January 6, 
2015, the Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following 
Members on the part of the House to the Joint Congressional Committee 
on Inaugural Ceremonies: Representatives Ryan (WI), McCarthy, and 
Pelosi.                                                       
  Page H721
Consideration of Suspension: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
Speaker be authorized to entertain motions to suspend the rules as 
though under clause 1 of rule 15 relating to H.R. 757, to improve the 
enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North Korea, any 
time through the legislative day of Friday, February 12, 2016. 
                                                              Page H721
Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act--Rule for consideration: The 
House agreed to H. Res. 611, providing for consideration of the bill 
(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, and providing for proceedings during 
the period from February 15, 2016, through February 22, 2016, by a 
recorded vote of 237 ayes to 174 noes, Roll No. 78, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 237 yeas to 178 nays, 
Roll No. 77.                                     
  Pages H722-28, H749-50
Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act: The House passed H.R. 
3442, to provide further means of accountability of the United States 
debt and promote fiscal responsibility, by a recorded vote of 267 ayes 
to 151 noes, Roll No. 76.                                 
  Pages H728-49
  Rejected the Doggett motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 238 noes, 
Roll No. 75.                                              
Pages H747-48
Agreed to:
  Grijalva amendment (No. 1 printed part A of H. Rept. 114-420) that 
requires the Secretary of the Treasury's report to also include 
historical levels of federal revenue, including corporate and 
individual federal income taxes as a percent of gross domestic product;
                                                              Page H736
  Huelskamp amendment (No. 2 printed part A of H. Rept. 114-420) that 
requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide weekly reporting of 
extraordinary measures and projected exhaustion date upon notification 
the debt limit has been reached;                          
Pages H737-38
  Newhouse amendment (No. 3 printed part A of H. Rept. 114-420) that 
directs the Secretary of the Treasury to include in the debt report to 
Congress whether the President recommends that Congress adopt a 
balanced budget amendment to control the accumulation of future debt; 
                                                          Pages H738-39
  Messer amendment (No. 6 printed part A of H. Rept. 114-420) that 
requires the Secretary to report on extraordinary measures the Treasury 
Department intends to use if the debt limit is not lifted, project how 
long such measures will fund the federal government, and project the 
administrative costs to the Treasury Department associated with taking 
such actions; and                                         
Pages H741-42
  Duffy amendment (No. 5 printed part A of H. Rept. 114-420) that 
requires the Secretary of the

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Treasury to notify Congress whether it is able to pay only principal 
and interest on the national debt, as opposed to other obligations, in 
the event that the debt limit is reached (by a recorded vote of 240 
ayes to 176 noes, Roll No. 72).                  
Pages H740-41, H744-45
Rejected:
  Kelly (IL) amendment (No. 4 printed part A of H. Rept. 114-420) that 
sought to require the Secretary of the Treasury's report to also 
include an economic forecast of the negative consequences of failing to 
raise the debt limit, including costs associated with public health and 
safety (by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 234 noes, Roll No. 71); 
                                                    Pages H739-40, H744
  Grijalva amendment (No. 7 printed part A of H. Rept. 114-420) that 
sought to require the Secretary of the Treasury's report to also 
include individual salary and wage information, as well as projections 
of consumer spending and the impact of spending cuts on gross domestic 
product (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes to 245 noes, Roll No. 73); and 
                                                 Pages H742-43, H745-46
  Takano amendment (No. 8 printed part A of H. Rept. 114-420) that 
sought to require the report to include the impact the threat of 
default would have on the economy, including, but not limited to, the 
impact on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), interest rates, employment, 
household wealth, and retirement assets (by a recorded vote of 190 ayes 
to 227 noes, Roll No. 74).                          
Pages H743-44, H746
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                  
Page H750
  H. Res. 609, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3442) and (H.R. 3293) was agreed to yesterday, February 10th.
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H728.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H744, 
H745, H745-46, H746, H748, H748-49, H749 and H750. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m.