[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 80 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D553-D554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 5282-
5292, 5294-5302; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 741, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H2879-80
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H2881
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4894, to repeal title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act (H. Rept. 114-574, Part 1);
  H.R. 496, to establish the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in the 
State of California, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 114-575);
  H.R. 4680, to prepare the National Park Service for its Centennial in 
2016 and for a second century of promoting and protecting the natural, 
historic, and cultural resources of our National Parks for the 
enjoyment of present and future generations, and for other purposes, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-576, Part 1); and
  H.R. 5293, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 114-577).                                              
Page H2879
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H2847, H2867
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2017: The House passed H.R. 4974, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2017, by a yea-and-nay vote of 295 yeas to 129 nays, Roll No. 228. 
Consideration began yesterday, May 18th.                 
  Pages H2849-67
  Agreed to the engrossment and third reading of the bill by a recorded 
vote of 241 ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 227.                  
Page H2866
Agreed to:
  Gosar amendment that prohibits the use of funds for the Veterans 
Experience Office;                                       
Pages H2850-51
  Gosar amendment that prohibits the use of funds to carry out the 
memorandum from the Veterans Benefit Administration known as Fast 
Letter 13-10 or to prohibit the use of funds to create or maintain any 
patient record-keeping system other than those approved by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office;               
Page H2851
  Mica amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of May 18, 
2016) that increase funding for Veterans Health Administration-Medical 
Services by $10 million;                                 
Pages H2851-52
  Gosar amendment that prohibits the use of funds to be used in 
contravention of sections 575.106 or 575.206 of title 5, Code of 
Federal Regulations;                                     
Pages H2852-53
  Jackson Lee amendment that prohibits the use of funds to be used by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contravention of subchapter III of 
chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code;              
Pages H2855-57
  Gibson amendment that prohibits the use of funds to be used to 
enforce VA Adjudication Procedure Manual M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 
Chapter 1, Section H, Topic 28.h related to Developing Claims Based on 
Service Aboard Ships Offshore the RVN;                       
Page H2857
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
May 17, 2016) that was debated on May 18th that prohibits the use of 
funds to implement, administer, or enforce any Veterans Health 
Administration Directive relating to the prohibition on VA providers 
from completing forms seeking recommendations on opinions regarding a 
Veteran's participation in a state marijuana program (by a recorded 
vote of 233 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 221);             
Pages H2861-62
  Fleming amendment that was debated on May 18th that prohibits the use 
of funds to modify a military installation in the United States, 
including construction or modification of a facility on a military 
installation, to produce housing for unaccompanied alien children (by a 
recorded vote of 219 ayes to 202 noes, Roll No. 222); and 
                                                         Pages H2862-63
  Huffman amendment that was debated on May 18th that prohibits the use 
of funds to implement section 8(d)(2) of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs National Cemetery Administration Directive 3220 of

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November 22, 2005 (by a recorded vote of 265 ayes to 159 noes with 1 
answering ``present'', Roll No. 223).                        
Page H2863
Rejected:
  Mulvaney amendment that was debated on May 18th that sought to strike 
Overseas Contingency Operations, Military Construction, Army (by a 
recorded vote of 52 ayes to 372 noes, Roll No. 217);         
Page H2859
  Mulvaney amendment that was debated on May 18th that sought to strike 
Overseas Contingency Operations, Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps (by a recorded vote of 51 ayes to 371 noes, Roll No. 218); 
                                                         Pages H2859-60
  Mulvaney amendment that was debated on May 18th that sought to strike 
Overseas Contingency Operations, Military Construction, Air Force (by a 
recorded vote of 56 ayes to 363 noes, Roll No. 219);     
Pages H2860-61
  Mulvaney amendment that was debated on May 18th that sought to strike 
Overseas Contingency Operations, Military Construction, Defense-Wide 
(by a recorded vote of 64 ayes to 360 noes, Roll No. 220);   
Page H2861
  Gosar amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to 
implement, administer, or enforce the exception in clause (iii) of 
section 1.218(a)(8) of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations (by a 
recorded vote of 200 ayes to 225 noes, Roll No. 224); 
                                               Pages H2853-54, H2863-64
  Perry amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to be used 
to implement or enforce Executive Order 13502 (by a recorded vote of 
209 ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 225); and       
Pages H2854-55, H2864-65
  Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) amendment that sought to prohibit the use 
of funds to be used in contravention of Executive Order no. 13672 of 
July 21, 2014 (``Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal 
Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 
11246, Equal Employment Opportunity'') (by a recorded vote of 212 ayes 
to 213 noes, Roll No. 226).                       
Pages H2857-59, H2865
Withdrawn:
  Heck (WA) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have designated holes 10 through 18 at the golf course at 
American Lake Veterans Hospital on a portion of Joint Base Lewis-
McChord, which were designed by Jack Nicklaus on a pro bono basis, as 
the ``Nicklaus Nine''; and                                   
Page H2849
  Gibson amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited the use of funds by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to preclude the territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam 
from inclusion in the meaning of the Republic of Vietnam under the 
Agent Orange Act of 1991 and the amendments made by that Act. 
                                                         Pages H2849-50
  H. Res. 736, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4974) and (H.R. 5243) was agreed to yesterday, May 18th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, May 23rd for Morning 
Hour debate.                                                 
  Page H2871
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H2869.
Senate Referral: S. 1635 was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs.                                                     
  Page H2877
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and eleven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2859, 
H2859-60, H2860-61, H2861, H2861-62, H2862-63, H2863, H2863-64. H2864-
65, H2865, H2866, and H2867. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:42 p.m.