[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 109 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D759-D761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 33 public bills, H.R. 5651-
5683; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 142; and H. Res. 810-814 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H4546-48
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4549-50
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker:  Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Webster (FL) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4471
Decorum Statement: The Chair made the following announcement regarding 
decorum in the House Chamber: ``The Chair has the responsibility under 
clause 2 of rule 1 to preserve order and decorum. As the Chair ruled on 
June 12, 2003, an exhibition involving Members trafficking the well is 
a breach of decorum.''.                                      
  Page H4478
Recess: The House recessed at 11:15 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H4478
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016--Rule for 
Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 809, providing for 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 524) 
to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the 
national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, by a 
recorded vote of 243 ayes to 177 noes, Roll No. 388, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 244 yeas to 179 nays, 
Roll No. 387.                                  
  Pages H4482-97, H4522-23
  Pursuant to Sec. 2 of H. Res. 809, upon adoption of the resolution, 
the House was considered to have: (1) taken from the Speaker's table 
the bill S. 2943, (2) stricken all after the enacting clause of such 
bill and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 4909, as 
passed by the House, and (3) passed the Senate bill as so amended. 
                                                         Pages H4482-83
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017: The 
House passed H.R. 5485, making appropriations for financial services 
and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 239 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 398. 
                                  Pages H4497-H4522, H4523-36, H4536-44
  Rejected the Peters motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 183 yeas to 241 
nays, Roll No. 397.                                      
Pages H4542-44
Agreed to:
  Duffy amendment (No. 26 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce a new 
regulatory action of $100 million or more;               
Pages H4497-98
  Crenshaw en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 114-639: Duffy (No. 27) that prohibits 
funds from being used with respect to the case Rainey v. Merit Systems 
Protection Board; Zeldin (No. 48) that prohibits funds from being used 
by the GSA to market or sell Plum Island, NY; Jeffries (No. 53) that 
precludes the relocation of an Office of Disability Adjudication and 
Review, of the Social Security Administration, away from the population 
center it mainly serves; Grayson (No. 56) that increases the minimum 
funding level for Tax Counseling for the Elderly by 50%; Comstock (No. 
59) that increases resources for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas (HIDTA) Program, offset by resources for GSA rental space; Speier 
(No. 60) that increases funding for the Federal Trade Commission by $1 
million for additional enforcement of the Do Not Call Registry and 
education for the public about avoiding telemarketer deception and 
abuse; Himes (No. 61) that increases funding for the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board by $1,784,000; Rice (NY) (No. 62) that 
increases funding for the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) by $800,000; 
Lynch (No. 63) that increases funding for the Financial Crimes 
Enforcement Network (FinCEN) by $3,300,000; Walberg (No. 64) that 
increases funding for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program 
(HIDTA) by $2 million; Connolly (No. 65) that reduces the General 
Services Administration's Federal Building Fund Rental of Space Account 
by $5 million and increases the IT Oversight and Reform Office by $5 
million; Meng (No. 66) that increases funding for Small Business 
Development Centers by $5 million; Engel (No. 67) that prohibits funds 
made available by this Act from being used to lease or purchase new 
light duty vehicles unless those vehicles meet the requirements of 
President Obama's May 24, 2011 Executive Order on Federal Fleet 
Performance; and Grayson (No. 69) that prohibits the government from 
entering into a contract with an entity that discloses, as it is 
required to by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that it has been 
convicted of fraud or another criminal offense in the last three years 
in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a 
public contract or subcontract; prohibits the government from 
contracting with entities that have been

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notified of any delinquent Federal taxes for which the liability 
remains unsatisfied;                                  
Pages H4498-H4500
  Gosar amendment (No. 30 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
the use of funds to pay a performance bonus to any senior IRS employee;
                                                         Pages H4502-03
  Hudson amendment (No. 33 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funding to propose or finalize a regulatory action until January 21, 
2017;                                                    
Pages H4506-07
  Lance amendment (No. 37 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds from being used to give Iran access to the U.S. dollar; 
                                                             Page H4512
  Luetkemeyer amendment (No. 39 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that 
prohibits funding for Operation Choke Point;             
Pages H4514-15
  Davidson amendment (No. 25 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that was 
debated on July 6 that prohibits the use of funds to change the 
Selective Service System registration requirements (by a recorded vote 
of 217 ayes to 203 noes, Roll No. 379);                      
Page H4517
  Garrett amendment (No. 28 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
the Securities and Exchange Commission from proposing or implementing a 
rule that mandates the use of universal proxy ballots during proxy 
contests (by a recorded vote of 243 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 380); 
                                               Pages H4500-01, H4517-18
  Garrett amendment (No. 29 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
the use of funds to designate any nonbank financial company as ``too 
big to fail'' or as a ``systemically important financial institution'' 
or to make a determination that material financial distress at a 
nonbank financial company could pose a threat to U.S. financial 
stability (by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 182 noes, Roll No. 381); 
                                                Pages H4501-02 H4518-19
  Gosar amendment (No. 31 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
the use of funds made available by this Act to be used to provide 
financial assistance to Sanctuary Cities (by a recorded vote of 236 
ayes to 182 noes, Roll No. 382);                  
Pages H4503-04, H4519
  Guinta amendment (No. 32 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that makes no 
funds available to the CFPB to enforce or administer guidance 
pertaining to indirect auto lending (by a recorded vote of 260 ayes to 
162 noes with 1 answering ``present'', Roll No. 383); 
                                               Pages H4504-06, H4519-20
  Huizenga (MI) amendment (No. 34 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that 
states no funds appropriated in this Act may be used to enforce a SEC 
rule pursuant to Section 1502 of Dodd-Frank relating to ``conflict 
minerals'' (by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 384); 
                                               Pages H4507-10, H4520-21
  Huizenga (MI) amendment (No. 35 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that 
states no funds shall be made available to finalize, implement, 
administer, or enforce the Securities and Exchange Commission's Pay 
Ratio Disclosure rules (by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 185 noes, 
Roll No. 385);                                    
Pages H4510-12, H4521
  Roskam amendment (No. 45 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
any funds from being used to issue a license pursuant to any Office of 
Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) memo regarding section 5.1.1 of Annex II 
to the JCPOA, including the OFAC memo titled, ``Statement of Licensing 
Policy For Activities Related to the Export Or Re-Export to Iran of 
Commercial Passenger Aircraft and Related Parts and Services'' and any 
other OFAC memo of the same substance;                   
Pages H4528-29
  Roskam amendment (No. 46 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
any funds from being used to authorize a transaction by a U.S. 
financial institution (as defined under section 561.309 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations) that is ordinarily incident to the export 
or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic 
of Iran;                                                 
Pages H4529-30
  Zeldin amendment (No. 51 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds made available by the Act to be used to pay final judgments, 
awards, compromise settlements, or interest and costs specified in the 
judgments to Iran using amounts appropriated under section 1304 of 
title 31, United States Code, or interest from amounts appropriated 
under such section;                                      
Pages H4532-33
  Zeldin amendment (No. 52 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds made available by the Act to be used to circumvent the conditions 
of Section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
Divestment Act of 2010;                                      
Page H4533
  Jenkins (WV) amendment (No. 58 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that 
increases funding for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) 
by $2 million with an offset;                            
Pages H4534-35
  Messer amendment (No. 40 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds from being used by the CFPB to commence any administrative 
adjudication or civil action beyond the 3 year statute of limitation 
established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act (by a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 
389);                                             
Pages H4524-25, H4537
  Palmer amendment (No. 41 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds from being used to implement D.C.'s Reproductive Health Non-
Discrimination Amendment Act (RHNDA) (by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 
192 noes, Roll No. 390);                       
Pages H4525-26, H4537-38

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  Mullin amendment (No. 43 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds from being used to finalize, implement, administer or enforce 
CPSC's proposed rule on Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines for 
Voluntary Recall Notices (by a recorded vote of 240 ayes to 179 noes, 
Roll No. 391);                                 
Pages H4526-27, H4538-39
  Posey amendment (No. 44 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds under this Act from being used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or codify into regulation, the SEC's guidance relating to ``Commission 
Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change'' (by a 
recorded vote of 230 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 392); 
                                                  Pages H4527-28, H4539
  Gallego amendment (No. 68 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that Specifies 
that no funds may be used to revise any policy or directive related to 
hiring preferences for veterans of the Armed Forces (by a recorded vote 
of 409 ayes to 14 noes, Roll No. 395); and           
Pages H4535, H4541
  Hartzler amendment (No. 70 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that 
prohibits the CFPB from implementing any contract with a vendor to 
provide informational messages (by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 179 
noes, Roll No. 396).                           
Pages H4535-36, H4541-42
Rejected:
  Blackburn amendment (No. 22 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that was 
debated on July 6 that sought to provide for a one percent across the 
board cut to the bill's discretionary spending levels (by a recorded 
vote of 182 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 377);             
Pages H4515-16
  Buck amendment (No. 23 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that was debated 
on July 6 that sought to reduce the salary of the IRS Commissioner to 
$0 annually from date of enactment through January 20, 2017 (by a 
recorded vote of 197 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 378);    
Pages H4516-17
  King (IA) amendment (No. 38 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that sought 
to defund an Executive Order which directs Federal agencies to provide 
foreign-language services to anyone who might seek to engage with 
federal, state, and local governments (by a recorded vote of 192 ayes 
to 232 noes, Roll No. 386);                    
Pages H4513-14, H4521-22
  Carney amendment (No. 50 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that sought to 
extend the redesignation period for HUBZones to 7 years (by a recorded 
vote of 131 ayes to 292 noes, Roll No. 393); and 
                                               Pages H4531-32, H4539-40
  Yarmuth amendment (No. 54 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that prohibits 
funds from being used in contravention of Section 317 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 232 noes, 
Roll No. 394).                                 
Pages H4533-34, H4540-41
Withdrawn:
  Sanford amendment (No. 47 printed in H. Rept. 114-639) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have prohibited the use 
of funds to enforce regulations limiting the rights of Americans to 
travel to Cuba.                                          
Pages H4530-31
  H. Res. 794, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
5485) was agreed to Tuesday, July 5th.
Recess: The House recessed at 7:46 p.m. and reconvened at 8 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4536
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H4482.
Senate Referral: S. Con. Res. 38 was held at the desk.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and nineteen recorded 
votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages 
H4515-16, H4516-17, H4517, H4517-18, H4518-19, H4519, H4519-20, H4520-
21, H4521, H4521-22, H4522-23, H4523, H4537, H4537-38, H4538-39, H4539, 
H4539-40, H4540-41, H4541, H4541-42, H4543-44, and H4544. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:24 p.m.