[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 21, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D956-D959]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R.6091-
6115; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 158-159; and H. Res. 880-881 were 
introduced.                                           
  Pages H5798-H5801
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5801-02
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5995, to strike the sunset on certain provisions relating to the 
authorized protest of a task or delivery order under section 4106 of 
title 41, United States Code (H. Rept. 114-779);

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  H.R. 2315, to limit the authority of States to tax certain income of 
employees for employment duties performed in other States (H. Rept. 
114-780);
  H. Res. 879, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5931) to 
provide for the prohibition on cash payments to the Government of Iran, 
and for other purposes, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of 
rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported 
from the Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 114-781); and H.R. 5982, to amend 
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc 
consideration in resolutions of disapproval for ``midnight rules'', and 
for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-782, Part 1).               
Page H5798
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Ribble to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5715
Recess: The House recessed at 11:01 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5721
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend 
Clarence A. Williams, Greater Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal 
Church, St. Petersburg, FL.                                  
  Page H5722
Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act: The House agreed 
to take from the Speaker's table and concur in the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 1475, to authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War 
Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund 
that Wall of Remembrance.                                    
  Page H5741
Global Anti-Poaching Act: The House agreed to take from the Speaker's 
table and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2494, to support 
global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen the capacity of partner 
countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife 
trafficking countries.                                   
  Pages H5741-43
Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its 
Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International 
Covenants on Human Rights: The House agreed to discharge from committee 
and agree to H. Res. 220, as amended by Representative Royce, 
condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its 
Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International 
Covenants on Human Rights.                               
  Pages H5743-45
GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016: The 
House agreed to take from the Speaker's table and pass H.R. 5995, to 
strike the sunset on certain provisions relating to the authorized 
protest of a task or delivery order under section 4106 of title 41, 
United States Code.                                          
  Page H5745
Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act: The 
House passed H.R. 3438, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
postpone the effective date of high-impact rules pending judicial 
review, by a recorded vote of 244 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 535. 
                                                         Pages H5755-64
  Rejected the Thompson (MS) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to 
the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 182 ayes 
to 240 noes, Roll No. 534.                               
Pages H5762-63
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill 
shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
under the five-minute rule.                                  
Page H5758
Rejected:
  Cicilline amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-777) that sought 
to exempt from the requirements of the legislation any rule that would 
reduce the cost of healthcare for people over the age of 65 (by a 
recorded vote of 189 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 532); and 
                                               Pages H5758-59, H5760-61
  DelBene amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-777) that sought to 
exempt from the bill's requirements rules relating to improving the 
affordability of higher education (by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 
237 noes, Roll No. 533).                          
Pages H5759-60, H5761
  H. Res. 875, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3438) and (H.R. 5719) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 
181 noes, Roll No. 525, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 237 yeas to 171 nays, Roll No. 524. 
                                                         Pages H5732-37
Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act: The House passed H.R. 5461, 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees on the estimated total assets 
under direct or indirect control by certain senior Iranian leaders and 
other figures, by a yea-and-nay vote of 282 yeas to 143 nays, Roll No. 
536.                                    
  Pages H5737-38, H5745-55, H5764
Agreed to:
  Poliquin manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-778) that 
adds Committee on Foreign Affairs to the reporting requirements in the 
bill;                                                        
Page H5753
  Young (IN) amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-778) that adds 
three additional provisions to the bill's required report on Iranian 
leadership financial assets; and                         
Pages H5753-54
  Lance amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 114-778) that adds head of 
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to list of Iranian leaders. 
                                                         Pages H5754-55

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  H. Res. 876, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
5461) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 247 ayes to 174 noes, Roll 
No. 527, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 242 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 526.         
                                               Pages H5726-31, H5737-38
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures which were debated on Tuesday, 
September 20th:
  Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016: H.R. 3957, amended, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily allow expensing 
of certain costs of replanting citrus plants lost by reason of 
casualty, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas to 20 nays, Roll No. 
528;                                                     
  Pages H5738-39
  Expanding Seniors Receiving Dialysis Choice Act of 2016: H.R. 5659, 
amended, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect 
to expanding Medicare Advantage coverage for individuals with end-stage 
renal disease (ESRD), by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 423 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 529;                                
  Page H5739
  Sustaining Healthcare Integrity and Fair Treatment Act of 2016: H.R. 
5713, amended, to provide for the extension of certain long-term care 
hospital Medicare payment rules, clarify the application of rules on 
the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-
excepted long-term care hospitals, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 420 
yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 530;                            
  Pages H5739-40
  Providing for the extension of the enforcement instruction on 
supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in 
critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016: H.R. 5613, 
amended, to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on 
supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in 
critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 420 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 531; 
                                                         Pages H5740-41
  Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act: H.R. 5859, amended, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the major 
metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 395 yeas to 30 nays, Roll No. 537; 
                                                         Pages H5764-65
  Amending title 49, United States Code, to include consideration of 
certain impacts on commercial space launch and reentry activities in a 
navigable airspace analysis: H.R. 6007, to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to include consideration of certain impacts on commercial 
space launch and reentry activities in a navigable airspace analysis, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 425 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll 
No. 538;                                                 
  Pages H5765-66
  Directing the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the 
appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain 
announcements: H.R. 5977, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of 
certain announcements, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 424 yeas to 1 
nay, Roll No. 539;                                           
  Page H5766
  Airport Construction and Alteration Reform Act of 2016: H.R. 6014, 
amended, to direct the Federal Aviation Administration to allow certain 
construction or alteration of structures by State departments of 
transportation without requiring an aeronautical study, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 425 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 540; and 
                                                         Pages H5766-67
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To allow the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into reimbursable 
agreements for certain airport projects.''.                  
Page H5767
  Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation (BABIES) Act: H.R. 5147, 
amended, to amend title 40, United States Code, to require that male 
and female restrooms in public buildings be equipped with baby changing 
facilities, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 389 yeas to 34 nays, Roll 
No. 541;                                                 
  Pages H5767-68
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 40, United 
States Code, to require restrooms in public buildings to be equipped 
with baby changing facilities.''.                            
Page H5768
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act: H.R. 2315, to 
limit the authority of States to tax certain income of employees for 
employment duties performed in other States;             
  Pages H5768-72
  Protection of the Right of Tribes to stop the Export of Cultural and 
Traditional Patrimony Resolution: H. Con. Res. 122, amended, supporting 
efforts to stop the theft, illegal possession or sale, transfer, and 
export of tribal cultural items of American Indians, Alaska Natives, 
and Native Hawaiians in the United States and internationally; 
                                                         Pages H5772-74
  Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail 
Initiative Act: H.R. 4712, amended, to direct the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to provide for an option under the Secure Mail Initiative 
under which a person to whom a document is sent under that initiative 
may require that

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the United States Postal Service obtain a signature from that person in 
order to deliver the document;                           
  Pages H5774-76
  Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016: H.R. 5064, 
amended, to amend the Small Business Act to allow small business 
development centers to assist and advise small business concerns on 
relevant cyber security matters;                         
  Pages H5776-79
  Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act: H.R. 5094, amended, to 
contain, reverse, and deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, to assist 
Ukraine's democratic transition; and                     
  Pages H5782-87
  Global Development Lab Act: H.R. 3924, amended, to establish in the 
United States Agency for International Development an entity to be 
known as the United States Global Development Lab.       
  Pages H5787-89
Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2016: The House 
agreed to discharge from committee and agree to H.R. 5708, as amended 
by Representative Royce, to oppose loans at international financial 
institutions for the Government of Nicaragua unless the Government of 
Nicaragua is taking effective steps to hold free, fair, and transparent 
elections.                                               
  Pages H5779-82
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To oppose loans at 
international financial institutions for the Government of Nicaragua, 
other than to address basic human needs or promote democracy, unless 
the Government of Nicaragua is taking effective steps to hold free, 
fair, and transparent elections, and for other purposes.''. 
                                                             Page H5782
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H5726__.
Senate Referral: S. 3076 was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs.                                                     
  Page H5798
Quorum Calls--Votes: Twelve yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5735-36, 
H5736-37, H5737, H5737-38, H5738-39, H5739, H5739-40, H5740-41, H5760-
61, H5761, H5763, H5763-64, H5764, H5764-65, H5765-66, H5766, H5767 and 
H5767-68. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:24 p.m.