[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D623-D625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





House of Representatives

Chamber Action
     Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 12 public bills, 
     H.R. 5403-5414; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 769, 772, were 
     introduced.
     l Cosponsors:                                       30Reports 
     Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3738, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act to improve the transparency, accountability, governance, 
and operations of the Office of Financial Research, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 114-608);
  H.R. 4638, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow for 
the creation of venture exchanges to promote liquidity of venture 
securities, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-
609);
  H. Res. 770, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5278) to 
establish an Oversight Board to assist the Government of Puerto Rico, 
including instrumentalities, in managing its public finances, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 114-610); and
  H. Res. 771, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5325) 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-611). 
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      Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
     Representative Bost to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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      Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest 
     Chaplain, Reverend Brian Britton, The Dwelling Place 
     Churches, Williamsburg, Virginia.                       30Journal: 
     The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
     vnal: oice vote.                                30Recess: The 
     House recessed at 10:06 a.m. for the purpose of receiving His 
     HouseExcellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. The 
     House reconvened at 12:46 p.m., and agreed that the 
     proceedings had during the Joint Meeting be printed in the 
     Record.                                                 30Joint 
     Meeting To Receive His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime 
     Ministet Meer of India: The House and Senate met in a joint 
     session to receive His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime 
     Minister of

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     India. He was escorted into the Chamber by a committee 
     comprised of Representatives Scalise, McMorris Rodgers, 
     Walden, Messer, Jenkins (KS), Royce, Holding, Poe (TX), 
     Wilson (SC), Lummis, Pelosi, Hoyer, Becerra, Crowley, Bera, 
     McDermott, Pallone, Gabbard, Lowey, Edwards, Van Hollen, and 
     Eshoo; and Senators McConnell, Cornyn, Hatch, Blunt, 
     Barrasso, Wicker, Corker, Portman, Durbin, Murray, Stabenow, 
     Klobuchar, and Cardin.                              30 
     Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend 
     tion--he rules and pass the following measure which was 
     debated on Tuesday, June 7th:
     Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act: H.R. 
     3826, amended, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land 
     exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon, 
     by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 401 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 
     275.                                               
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     Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016: The House passed 
     H.R. 4775, to facilitate efficient State implementation of 
     ground-level ozone standards, by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 
     yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 282.                     90[D08JN6-
     43]{D624}Rejected t
  Rejected the Rush motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 
239 noes, Roll No. 281.                                  
Pages H3535-37
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.                        
Page H3525
Agreed to:
  Gosar amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 114-607) that ensures that 
the study on Ozone formation contained in the bill analyzes the 
relative contribution from wildfires; and                
Pages H3529-30
  Whitfield amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-607) that provides 
that no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act; such 
requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized 
(by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 170 noes, Roll No. 276). 
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Rejected:
  Rush amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-607) that sought to 
provide federal, state, local, or tribal permitting agencies the 
ability to opt-out of section 3(d) if they determine that issuing a 
preconstruction permit under an outdated and less protective air 
quality standard will increase air pollution, slow permitting, increase 
regulatory uncertainty, foster litigation, shift the burden of 
pollution control from new sources to existing sources, or increase the 
overall cost of achieving the new or revised national ambient air 
quality standard in the applicable area (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes 
to 235 noes, Roll No. 277);                    
Pages H3527-28, H3532-34
  Pallone amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 114-607) that sought to 
strike the consideration of technological feasibility when determining 
national ambient air quality standards to preserve health based 
standards (by a recorded vote of 169 ayes to 242 noes, Roll No. 278); 
                                               Pages H3528-29, H3533-34
  Polis amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 114-607) that sought to 
amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the prohibitions against aggregating 
emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well and 
emissions; additionally, it requires the EPA to issue a rule adding 
hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants (by a recorded 
vote of 160 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 279); and 
                                                  Pages H3530-31, H3534
  Norton amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 114-607) that sought to 
provide that the provisions of the bill would not apply if the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration, in 
consultation with the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, finds 
that the application of any section could harm human health or the 
environment (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 280).
                                                Pages H3531-32, H334-35
  H. Res. 767, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
4775) and the concurrent resolutions (H. Con. Res. 89) and (H. Con. 
Res. 112) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 163 noes, 
Roll No. 274, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 230 yeas to 163 nays, Roll No. 273.              
Pages H3509-17
     Consideration of Presidential Veto Message:  Agreed by 
     unanimous consent that when a veto message on House Joint 
     Resolution 88 is laid before the House on this legislative 
     day, then after the message is read and the objections of the 
     President are spread at large upon the Journal, further 
     consideration of the veto message and the joint resolution 
     shall be postponed until the legislative day of June 22, 
     2016, and that on that legislative day, the House shall 
     proceed to the constitutional question of reconsideration and 
     dispose of such question without intervening motion.
     ns: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
     followiensiong measure:
     Securing America's Future Energy: Protecting our 
     Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act: S. 
     2276, amended, to amend title 49,

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     United States Code, to provide enhanced safety in pipeline 
     transportation.                                
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     Recess: The House recessed at 7:46 p.m. and reconvened at 
     10:03 p.m.
     ial Veto Message--Disapproving the rule submitted by the 
     Deparidenttment of Labor relating to the definition of the 
     term ``Fiduciary'':  Read a message from the President 
     wherein he transmitted his Memorandum of Disapproval of H.J. 
     Res. 88, disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of 
     Labor relating to the definition of the term ``Fiduciary'', 
     and explained his reasons therefore--ordered printed (H. Doc. 
     114-140).                                           90[D08JN6-
     52]{D625}Pursuant t
   Pursuant to the order of the House of today, further consideration 
of the veto message and the joint resolution are postponed until the 
legislative day of June 22, 2016, and that on that legislative day, the 
House shall proceed to the constitutional question of reconsideration 
and dispose of such question without intervening motion.     
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      Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the 
     Clerk and subsequently presented to the House today appears 
     on page H3505.
     Senate Referral: S. 2487 was held at the desk.
     Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and seven 
     recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and 
     appear on pages H3515-16, H3516, H3517, H3532, H3532-33, 
     H3533-34, H3534, H3534-35, H3536-37, and H3537. There were no 
     quorum calls.
     Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:04 
     p.m.