[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 177 (Thursday, December 8, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1114-D1117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 50 public bills, H.R. 6476-
6525; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 183; and H. Res. 951-955, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H7567-69
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H7571
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5253, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to improve visa security, visa 
applicant vetting, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
114-850, Part 1);
  H.R. 3094, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act to transfer to States the authority to manage red 
snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
114-851);
  H.R. 5003, to reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-852, Part 1);

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  H.R. 5033, to improve the Governmentwide management of unnecessarily 
duplicative Government programs and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-853);
  H.R. 1738, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to modernize and implement the national 
integrated public alert and warning system to disseminate homeland 
security information and other information, and for other purposes, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-854, Part 1);
  H.R. 4383, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance 
Department of Homeland Security coordination on how to identify and 
record information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of 
human trafficking, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
114-855, Part 1);
  H.R. 3062, to prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying out 
certain projects (H. Rept. 114-856, Part 1);
  H.R. 4579, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land in the 
State of Utah from all forms of public appropriation, to provide for 
the shared management of the withdrawn land by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced 
weapons testing and pilot training, enhance public safety, and provide 
for continued public access to the withdrawn land, to provide for the 
exchange of certain Federal land and State land, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-857, Part 1);
  H.R. 5714, to restore the financial solvency and improve the 
governance of the United States Postal Service in order to ensure the 
efficient and affordable nationwide delivery of mail, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 114-858, Part 1);
  H.R. 5707, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
certain index fund investments from the Postal Service Retiree Health 
Benefits Fund, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-859, Part 1);
  H.R. 6008, to provide transit benefits to Federal employees who use 
the services of transportation network companies within the national 
capital region, and for other purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 114-
860, Part 1);
  H.R. 5204, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to provide an exclusion from income for student 
loan forgiveness for students who have died or become disabled, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-861, Part 1);
  H.R. 4220, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate 
water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and 
efficiency, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-862); and
  H.R. 5879, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the 
credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 114-863).                            
Pages H7566-67
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H7401, H7527
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, December 
7th:
  Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016: H.R. 4919, amended, to amend the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, to reauthorize 
the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program, and to promote 
initiatives that will reduce the risk of injury and death relating to 
the wandering characteristics of some children with autism, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 346 yeas to 66 nays, Roll No. 619.       
  Page H7412
Ensuring funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline: The House 
agreed to take from the Speaker's table and pass S. 2974, to ensure 
funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.          
  Page H7412
Unanimous Consent Agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
question of adopting a motion to recommit on S. 612 may be subject to 
postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20.        
  Pages H7412-13
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016: Pursuant to H. Res. 949, the House concurred in the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2016, with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 114-70, modified by the amendment printed in H. Rept. 114-849, by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 326 yeas to 96 nays, Roll No. 620. 
                                                      Pages H7498-H7526
  H. Res. 949, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 2028) and providing for consideration of 
the bill (S. 612) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 
180 nays, Roll No. 618, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 617. 
                                                         Pages H7403-11
Designating the Federal building and United States courthouse located 
at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the ``George P. Kazen 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse'': The House passed S. 
612, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the

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``George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', by a 
recorded vote of 360 ayes to 61 noes, Roll No. 622. 
                                               Pages H7413-98, H7526-27
  Rejected the Doyle 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 yea-and-nay vote of 184 yeas to 
236 nays, Roll No. 621.                           
Pages H7497-98, H7526
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-69 shall be 
considered as adopted.                                       
Page H7413
  H. Res. 949, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 2028) and providing for consideration of 
the bill (S. 612) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 
180 nays, Roll No. 618, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 617. 
                                                         Pages H7403-11
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the 
enrollment of S. 612: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 183, directing 
the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of 
S. 612.                                                      
  Page H7527
Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016: The House agreed to 
discharge from committee and pass H.R. 6450, as amended by 
Representative Chaffetz, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to 
strengthen the independence of the Inspectors General.   
  Pages H7527-31
Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016: The House agreed to 
discharge from committee and pass H.R. 6451, to improve the Government-
wide management of Federal property.                     
  Pages H7531-33
Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act: The House agreed to discharge 
from committee and pass H.R. 6452, to implement the Convention on the 
Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the 
North Pacific Ocean, and to implement the Convention on the 
Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South 
Pacific Ocean.                                           
  Pages H7533-40
Authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence 
Agency Retirement and Disability System: The House agreed to discharge 
from committee and pass H.R. 6480, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System.                                                  
  Pages H7540-50
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 3 p.m. on Monday, December 12th. 
                                                             Page H7551
Commission on International Religious Freedom--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following individual on the 
part of the House to the Commission on International Religious Freedom 
for a term ending May 14, 2018: Dr. Tenzin Dorjee, Fullerton, CA, to 
succeed Ms. Hannah Rosenthal.                                
  Page H7551
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity--
Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment, upon 
recommendation of the Majority Leader, of the following individual on 
the part of the House to the National Advisory Committee on 
Institutional Quality and Integrity to fill the existing vacancy 
thereon: Mr. Brian Jones, Washington, DC.                    
  Page H7551
Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission--Appointment: 
Read a letter from Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she 
appointed the following individual to the Virgin Islands of the United 
States Centennial Commission: Ms. Stacey Plaskett, United States Virgin 
Islands.                                                     
  Page H7551
Amending chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to clarify the 
exception to foreign sovereignty immunity set forth in section 
1605(a)(3) of such title: The House agreed to take from the Speaker's 
table and pass H.R. 6477, to amend chapter 97 of title 28, United 
States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign sovereignty immunity 
set forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title.           
  Pages H7551-52
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted an Agreement on Social Security between the United States 
of America and Brazil--referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and 
ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 114-186).                     
  Page H7564
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H7561.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7410-11, 
H7411, H7412, H7525-26, H7526, and H7527. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

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