[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 162 (Monday, November 14, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1030-D1032]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 6297-
6314 and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 171; and H. Res. 922-924 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H6178-79
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6179-81
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1192, to amend the Public Health Service Act to foster more 
effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people 
with pre-diabetes, diabetes, and the chronic diseases and conditions 
that result from diabetes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-801);
  H.R. 1209, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 114-802);
  H.R. 2713, to amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to 
extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse 
specialist programs, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 114-803);
  H.R. 4365, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with regard to the 
provision of emergency medical services, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
114-804, Part 1);
  H.R. 2566, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the 
integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable 
discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such 
communications, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-805);
  H.R. 2669, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to expand and 
clarify the prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller 
identification information, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 114-806);
  H.R. 4937, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize 
pipeline safety programs and enhance pipeline safety, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-807, Part 1);
  S. 546, to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, 
Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council to 
provide recommendations on emergency responder training and resources 
relating to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads, and for 
other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-808);
  H.R. 5458, to provide for coordination between the TRICARE program 
and eligibility for making contributions to a health savings account, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-809, Part 1);
  H.R. 5711, to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing 
certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with 
the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the 
Islamic Republic of Iran, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-810);
  H.R. 4150, to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the hours of employment of 
physicians and physician assistants employed on a full-time basis by

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the Department of Veterans Affairs, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-
811);
  H.R. 4757, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the 
eligibility for headstones, markers, and medallions furnished by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for deceased individuals who were awarded 
the Medal of Honor and are buried in private cemeteries, with 
amendments (H. Rept. 114-812);
  H.R. 5047, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 
Secretary of Labor to provide information to veterans and members of 
the Armed Forces about articulation agreements between institutions of 
higher learning, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-813);
  H.R. 5099, to establish a pilot program on partnership agreements to 
construct new facilities for the Department of Veterans Affairs, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 114-814);
  H.R. 5399, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that 
physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs fulfill the ethical 
duty to report to State licensing authorities impaired, incompetent, 
and unethical health care activities (H. Rept. 114-815);
  H.R. 5428, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to authorize 
spouses of servicemembers to elect to use the same residences as the 
servicemembers (H. Rept. 114-816);
  H.R. 5600, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a 
pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance 
therapy technology to veterans, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-817);
  H. Res. 921, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5711) to 
prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain 
transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the 
export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic 
Republic of Iran; providing for consideration of the bill (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; and providing for proceedings during 
the period from November 18, 2016, through November 28, 2016 (H. Rept. 
114-818);
  H.R. 5715, to prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States 
from providing financing that would benefit Iran, with amendments (H. 
Rept. 114-819);
  H.R. 2333, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire 
certain property related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in 
Fort Scott, Kansas, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-820);
  H.R. 5984, to authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 
Water Rights Settlement, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-821);
  S. 3028, to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the Daniel J. Evans 
Wilderness (H. Rept. 114-822);
  H.R. 5341, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
recalculation of basic annuity benefits for certain air traffic 
controllers, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-823);
  H.R. 2532, to amend title 5, United States Code, to enhance the 
authority under which Federal agencies may pay cash awards to employees 
for making cost saving disclosures, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-824); and
  H.R. 6009, to ensure the effective processing of mail by Federal 
agencies, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-825).     
Pages H6177-78
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Collins (NY) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6111
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act: H.R. 1192, amended, 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective 
implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-
diabetes, diabetes, and the chronic diseases and conditions that result 
from diabetes;                                           
  Pages H6113-15
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Public Health 
Service Act to foster more effective implementation and coordination of 
clinical care for people with a complex metabolic or autoimmune 
disease, a disease resulting from insulin deficiency or insulin 
resistance, or complications caused by such a disease, and for other 
purposes.''.                                                 
Page H6115
  Improving Access to Maternity Care Act: H.R. 1209, amended, to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of 
maternity care health professional shortage areas;       
  Pages H6115-17
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Public Health 
Service Act to distribute maternity care health professionals to health 
professional shortage areas identified as in need of maternity care 
health services.''.                                          
Page H6117
  Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act: H.R. 2713, amended, 
to amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend advanced 
education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs;
                                                         Pages H6117-18
  Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016: H.R. 
4365, amended, to amend

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the Controlled Substances Act with regard to the provision of emergency 
medical services;                                        
  Pages H6118-20
  Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act: 
H.R. 985, amended, to enable concrete masonry products manufacturers to 
establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, 
education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets for 
concrete masonry products, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 355 yeas to 
38 nays, Roll No. 575;                         
  Pages H6120-26, H6132-33
  Outdoor Recreation's Economic Contributions Act of 2016: H.R. 4665, 
amended, to require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment 
and analysis of the outdoor recreation economy of the United States; 
                                                         Pages H6126-27
  Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act: H.R. 2566, amended, 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of 
voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable 
discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such 
communications; and                                      
  Pages H6127-29
  Anti-Spoofing Act: H.R. 2669, amended, to amend the Communications 
Act of 1934 to expand and clarify the prohibition on provision of 
inaccurate caller identification information, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 382 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 576.      
  Pages H6129-32, H6135-36
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to expand and clarify the prohibition on 
provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification 
information, and for other purposes.''.                      
Page H6136
Recess: The House recessed at 3:45 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6132
Oath of Office--First Congressional District of Hawaii: Representative-
elect Colleen Wakako Hanabusa presented herself in the well of the 
House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier, 
the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter received 
from Mr. Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer, State of Hawaii, 
indicating that, according to the preliminary results of the Special 
Election held November 8, 2016, the Honorable Colleen Wakako Hanabusa 
was elected Representative to Congress for the First Congressional 
District, State of Hawaii.                               
  Pages H6133-34
Oath of Office--First Congressional District of Kentucky: 
Representative-elect James Comer presented himself in the well of the 
House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier, 
the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter received 
from Ms. Mary Sue Helm, Executive Director, Kentucky Office of 
Elections, indicating that, according to the preliminary results of the 
Special Election held November 8, 2016, the Honorable James Comer was 
elected Representative to Congress for the First Congressional 
District, Commonwealth of Kentucky.                      
  Pages H6133-34
Oath of Office--Second Congressional District of Pennsylvania: 
Representative-elect Dwight Evans presented himself in the well of the 
House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier, 
the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter received 
from Jonathan Marks, Commissioner, Bureau Commissions, Elections and 
Legislation, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, indicating that, according 
to the preliminary results of the Special Election held November 8, 
2016, the Honorable Dwight Evans was elected Representative to Congress 
for the Second Congressional District, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
                                                         Pages H6133-34
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentlewoman from Hawaii 
and the gentlemen from Kentucky and Pennsylvania, the whole number of 
the House is 435.                                            
  Page H6135
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that the order of the House 
of January 5, 2016, regarding morning-hour debate not apply tomorrow. 
                                                             Page H6136
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on pages H6112-13.
Senate Referrals: S. 2959 was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources. S. Con. Res. 55 was held at the desk. S. 2360 was held at 
the desk.                                                    
  Page H6150
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6132-33 and H6135-36. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 9:25 p.m.