[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 172 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1083-D1084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 6415-
6423; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 104; and H. Con. Res. 177-178 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H7118-19
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H7119
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Bost to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7061
Recess: The House recessed at 10:49 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H7066
Unanimous Consent Agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
question of adopting a motion to recommit on H.R. 6392 may be subject 
to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20.         
  Page H7074
Unanimous Consent Agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
question of adopting a motion to recommit on H. Res. 933 may be subject 
to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20.         
  Page H7086
Recess: The House recessed at 3:54 p.m. and reconvened at 5:10 p.m. 
                                                             Page H7096
Providing amounts for further expenses of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce: The House agreed to H. Res. 933, providing amounts for 
further expenses of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the One 
Hundred Fourteenth Congress, by a recorded vote of 234 ayes to 181 
noes, Roll No. 595, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-
and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 594. 
                                               Pages H7086-95, H7096-97
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017--Rule for 
consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 937, providing for 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 2943) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, by a recorded vote 
of 277 ayes to 139 noes, Roll No. 597, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 596. 
                                               Pages H7069-74, H7097-98

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Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016: The House passed 
H.R. 6392, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to 
certain enhanced supervision, by a yea-and-nay vote of 254 yeas to 161 
nays, Roll No. 599.                         
  Pages H7074-86, H7098-H7100
  Rejected the Maxine Waters (CA) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Financial Services with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
178 yeas to 236 nays, Roll No. 598.            
Pages H7084-86, H7098-99
Agreed to:
  Davidson amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 114-839) that 
prohibits the use of international standards not specifically provided 
in the bill.                                             
Pages H7083-84
  H. Res. 934, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 34) and providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 6392) was agreed to yesterday, November 30th.
Protection of the Right of Tribes to stop the Export of Cultural and 
Traditional Patrimony Resolution: The House agreed to take from the 
Speaker's table and concur in the Senate amendments to H. Con. Res. 
122, 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.                                             
  Page H7100
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appear on pages H7069 and 
H7096.
Senate Referrals: S. 2971 was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure. S. 3183 was held at the desk. S. 
3386 was held at the desk.                                   
  Page H7117
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7096, 
H7097, H7097-98, H7098, H7098-99, H7099-H7100. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:55 p.m.