[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 12 (Monday, January 23, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D62-D64]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 599-615; 
1 private bill, H.R. 616; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 30; H. Con. Res. 
11; and H. Res. 54, were introduced.                      
  Pages H607-08
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page H609
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 55, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to 
prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H. Rept. 115-5).          
Page H607
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Meadows to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H563
Recess: The House recessed at 12:11 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                              Page H564

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Recess: The House recessed at 2:16 p.m. and reconvened at 3:29 p.m. 
                                                              Page H566
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act: H.R. 511, to provide for 
consideration of the extension under the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act of nonapplication of No-Load Mode energy efficiency standards to 
certain security or life safety alarms or surveillance systems; 
                                                          Pages H566-68
  Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards 
Act: H.R. 587, to amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any 
inaction by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate 
change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission 
for purposes of rehearing and court review;               
  Pages H568-69
  Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2017: H.R. 590, to 
foster civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy 
technologies and enhance the licensing and commercial deployment of 
such technologies;                                        
  Pages H569-71
  EPS Improvement Act of 2017: H.R. 518, to amend the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act to exclude power supply circuits, drivers, and devices 
designed to be connected to, and power, light-emitting diodes or 
organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination from energy 
conservation standards for external power supplies;       
  Pages H571-72
  Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2017: H.R. 
290, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for greater 
transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal 
Communications Commission;                                
  Pages H572-76
  Anti-Spoofing Act of 2017: H.R. 423, to amend the Communications Act 
of 1934 to expand and clarify the prohibition on provision of 
misleading or inaccurate caller identification information, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 398 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 60; 
                                                    Pages H576-79, H591
  Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act: H.R. 588, to direct the 
Federal Communications Commission to conduct a study on network 
resiliency during times of emergency;                     
  Pages H579-81
  Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017: H.R. 555, to direct the Federal 
Communications Commission to amend its rules so as to prohibit the 
application to amateur stations of certain private land use 
restrictions;                                             
  Pages H581-83
  Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017: H.R. 460, 
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;                                           
  Pages H583-86
  Amending the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate the reporting 
obligations of the Federal Communications Commission in order to 
improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens: H.R. 599, 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate the reporting 
obligations of the Federal Communications Commission in order to 
improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens; and 
                                                          Pages H586-88
  Kari's Law Act of 2017: H.R. 582, to amend the Communications Act of 
1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a configuration 
that permits users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 without dialing 
any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 408 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 61. 
                                                    Pages H588-90, H592
Recess: The House recessed at 5:41 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                          Pages H590-91
Governing Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's reappointment of the following 
individuals to serve as the Governing Board of the Office of 
Congressional Ethics, pursuant to section 4(c) of H. Res. 5, 115th 
Congress, and the order of the House of January 3, 2017: Nominated by 
the Speaker after consultation with the Minority Leader: Mr. Richard 
Norman ``Doc'' Hastings of Washington, Chairman; Mr. James M. Eagen III 
of Colorado; Ms. Allison R. Hayward of Virginia; and Ms. Judy Biggert 
of Illinois, Alternate. Nominated by the Minority Leader after 
consultation with the Speaker: Mr. David Skaggs of Colorado, Co-
Chairman; Brigadier General (retired) Belinda Pinckney of Virginia; Ms. 
Karan English of Arizona; and Mr. Mike Barnes of Maryland, Alternate. 
                                                              Page H594
Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Pompeo, wherein 
he resigned as Representative for the Fourth Congressional District of 
Kansas, effective upon confirmation as Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency.                                          
  Page H606
Whole Number of the House: The Chair announced to the House that, in 
light of the resignation of the gentleman from Kansas, Mr. Pompeo, the 
whole number of the House is 434.                             
  Page H606
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of the 
House to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Representative 
Hurd.                                                         
  Page H606

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Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H591 and H591-92. There were 
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 9:22 p.m.