[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D438]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 5073-
5087; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 707-708 were introduced.    
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2067-68
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 706, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4901) to 
reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, and for 
other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution 
(H.J. Res. 88) disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of 
Labor relating to the definition of the term ``Fiduciary''; and 
providing for proceedings during the period May 2, 2016, through May 9, 
2016 (H. Rept. 114-533).                                     
Page H2065
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Jenkins (WV) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:51 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend 
Dr. Wade Stevenson, Gideon Missionary Baptist Church, Waukegan, 
Illinois.                                                    
  Page H2005
Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act: The House passed H.R. 4498, to 
clarify the definition of general solicitation under Federal securities 
law, by a yea-and-nay vote of 325 yeas to 89 nays, Roll No. 171. 
                                               Pages H2008-14, H2037-46
Rejected:
  Maxine Waters (CA) amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-530) that 
sought to limit the types of fees ``demo day'' sponsors can collect, 
limit attendance at ``demo days'' to only individuals with financial 
sophistication, and require an issuer to be a real business (by a yea-
and-nay vote of 139 yeas to 272 nays, Roll No. 170).     
Pages H2044-45
  H. Res. 701, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
4498) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 240 ayes to 177 noes, Roll 
No. 169, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 238 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 168.                   
Pages H2036-37
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016: H.R. 4923, 
amended, to establish a process for the submission and consideration of 
petitions for temporary duty suspensions and reductions, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 415 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 166; 
                                                  Pages H2014-19, H2035
  No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act: H.R. 4240, amended, to require an 
independent review of the operation and administration of the Terrorist 
Screening Database (TSDB) maintained by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and subsets of the TSDB;                   
  Pages H2019-22
  Email Privacy Act: H.R. 699, amended, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to update the privacy protections for electronic 
communications information that is stored by third-party service 
providers in order to protect consumer privacy interests while meeting 
law enforcement needs, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 167; and         
  Pages H2022-28, H2035-36
  Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: S. 1890, to amend chapter 90 of 
title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal jurisdiction for the 
theft of trade secrets, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 2 
nays, Roll No. 172.                            
  Pages H2028-30, H2046-47
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2035, 
H2035-36, H2036-37, H2037, H2045, H2046, H2046-47. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:16 p.m.