[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 31 (Friday, February 26, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D179-D180]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 4633-
4647; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 120, were introduced. 
                                                       Pages H999-H1000
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  Pages H1000-01
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
SHARE Act: The House passed H.R. 2406, to protect and enhance 
opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, by a 
recorded vote of 242 ayes to 161 noes, Roll No. 101. Consideration 
began yesterday, February 25th.                           
  Pages H955-91
  Rejected the Lawrence 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 165 yeas to 
238 nays, Roll No. 100.                                   
Pages H989-90
  Pursuant to the Rule, the 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.                         
Page H955
Agreed to:
  Wittman amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that deletes 
Title XII which has been enacted into law already, removes outdated 
year references in short titles, makes expenditures under the Federal 
Land Transaction Facilitation Act subject to appropriation, and adds 
the text of H.R. 3279, as passed by the House, as a new title XVII; 
                                                          Pages H962-63
  Costa amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 114-429), as modified, 
that adds the Administrator of U.S. Small Business Administration or a 
designated representative to the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage 
Conservation Council Advisory Committee's membership;         
Page H968
  Smith (MO) amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that adds a 
specification that closures of hunter access corridors shall be clearly 
marked with signs and dates of closures, but shall not include barriers 
on the corridor;                                          
Pages H968-69
  Meng amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that permits more 
than one U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Officer to be 
placed in a U.S. diplomatic or consular post in an African country with 
a significant population of African elephants in order to assist local 
wildlife rangers in the protection of such elephants;         
Page H969
  Huffman amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that requires 
GAO to conduct a study examining the effect of a ban of the trade of 
fossilized ivory from mammoths and mastodons on the illegal importation 
and trade of African and Asian elephant ivory within the United States;
                                                          Pages H969-70
  Newhouse amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that requires 
the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service to publish a notice in the Federal 
Register, with a justification, for the closure of any public road on 
Forest System lands;                                      
Pages H972-73
  Fleming amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that requires 
the Forest Administrator to amend the travel plan for the Kisatchie 
National Forest in Louisiana to allow Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) 
access on roads nominated by the Secretary of

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Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, except when such designation would 
pose an unacceptable safety risk; if a road is denied, the Forest 
Administrator must publish a notice in the Federal Register with a 
justification for the closure;                            
Pages H973-74
  Hardy amendment (No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that adds the 
text of H.R. 373, the Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act, to the 
end of the bill; expedites access to federal lands for volunteer search 
and rescue groups to assist in recovering the remains of a deceased 
individual believed to be located on federal lands;       
Pages H976-77
  Smith (MO) amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that 
prohibits USDA and NFS from issuing restrictions and regulations on 
hunting and recreational fishing in the Mark Twain National Forest (by 
a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 95); 
                                                    Pages H971-72, H986
  Griffith amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that allows a 
person who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, 
or receiving a firearm or ammunition to transport a firearm or 
ammunition for any lawful purpose from any place where the person may 
lawfully possess, carry, or transport the firearm or ammunition to any 
other such place if, during the transportation, the firearm is unloaded 
(by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 165 noes, Roll No. 96); 
                                                 Pages H974-76, H986-87
  Ribble amendment (No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that reissues 
the 2011 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to delist the gray 
wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming from the Endangered Species 
Act (by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 171 noes, Roll No. 97); and 
                                                 Pages H977-80, H987-88
  Young (AK) amendment (No. 15 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that 
prohibits the Fish and Wildlife Service from issuing a final rule that 
preempts state management authority which is protected by law in 
Alaska; withdraws a final rule issued by the National Park Service of 
the same issue (by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 169 noes, Roll No. 
98).                                                
Pages H980-81, H988
Rejected:
  Beyer amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that sought to 
prohibit an individual who is prohibited from possessing a firearm by 
the Gun Control Act from using a public target range (by a recorded 
vote of 161 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 92);         
Pages H963-65, H984
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that sought 
to strike Title III, exemption to import polar bear trophies taken in 
sport (by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 242 noes, Roll No. 93); 
                                                 Pages H965-68, H984-85
  Beyer amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that sought to 
strike language that requires state approval of federal fishing 
regulations in waters under the jurisdiction of the National Park 
Service and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (by a recorded 
vote of 169 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 94); and 
                                                 Pages H970-71, H985-86
  Huffman amendment (No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that sought to 
designate the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as 
wilderness and a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System 
(by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 99). 
                                                 Pages H981-83, H988-89
Withdrawn:
  Lowenthal amendment (No. 17 printed in H. Rept. 114-429) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have authorized the 
Department of Interior, after public comment and if approved 
unanimously by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, to raise the 
price of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (``Duck 
Stamp'') by the rate of inflation, in order to preserve waterfowl 
habitat.                                                      
Page H983
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                  
Page H991
  H. Res. 619, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2406) was agreed to yesterday, February 25th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, February 29th for 
Morning Hour debate.                                          
  Page H992
Quorum Calls--Votes:One yea-and-nay vote and nine recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H984, 
H984-85, H985-86, H986, H986-87, H987, H988, H988-89, H990, and H990-
91. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:51 p.m.