[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 28 (Thursday, February 16, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D175-D176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 96 public bills, H.R. 1101-
1196; 3 private bills, H.R. 1197-1199; and 24 resolutions, H.J. Res. 
76-82; H. Con. Res. 28-29; and H. Res. 131-145 were introduced. 
                                                      Pages H1296-H1303
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1306-07
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 393, to provide for an exception to a limitation against 
appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of 
relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed 
Forces (H. Rept. 115-13).                                    
Page H1296
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Rogers (KY) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1247
Recess: The House recessed at 10:45 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1255
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H1255, H1280
Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Mulvaney, wherein 
he resigned as Representative for the Fifth Congressional District of 
South Carolina, effective immediately.                       
  Page H1255
Whole Number of the House: The Chair announced to the House that, in 
light of the resignation of the gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. 
Mulvaney, the whole number of the House is 431.              
  Page H1255
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Bishop (MI) 
wherein he resigned from the Committees on the Judiciary and Education 
and the Workforce.                                           
  Page H1259
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 131, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page H1259
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the

[[Page D176]]

final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to ``Non-
Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure 
Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska'': The House passed 
H.J. Res. 69, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 
of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of 
the Interior relating to ``Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public 
Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in 
Alaska'', by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 98. 
                                               Pages H1259-68, H1278-79
  H. Res. 123, the rule providing for consideration of the joint 
resolutions (H.J. Res. 43) and (H.J. Res. 69) was agreed to yesterday, 
February 15th.
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health 
and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by 
project recipients in selecting subrecipients: The House passed H.J. 
Res. 43, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary 
of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X 
requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients, by a 
recorded vote of 230 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 99. 
                                               Pages H1268-78, H1279-80
  H. Res. 123, the rule providing for consideration of the joint 
resolutions (H.J. Res. 43) and (H.J. Res. 69) was agreed to yesterday, 
February 15th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 1 p.m. tomorrow, February 17.   
  Page H1280
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members on 
the part of the House to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe: Representatives Jackson Lee and Moore.               
  Page H1280
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1279 and 
H1279-80. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:04 p.m.