[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D203-D204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 27 public bills, H.R. 1238-
1264; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 30-31; and H. Res. 157-159, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H1391-93
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1393-94
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 156, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1004) to 
amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to require the 
publication of information relating to pending agency regulatory 
actions, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 1009) to amend title 44, United States Code, to require the 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to 
review regulations, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 115-21); and
  Report of the Joint Economic Committee on the 2017 Economic Report of 
the President (H. Rept. 115-22).                             
Page H1391
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Jody B. Hice (GA) to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H1359
Recess: The House recessed at 10:21 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1361
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Chaplain 
Harvey Klee, American Legion National Chaplain, Bluffton, TX. 
                                                             Page H1361
Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy--Appointment: 
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following 
individual on the part of the House to the Board of Visitors to the 
United States Air Force Academy: Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Swezey, U.S. 
Air Force, Retired, of Franklin, Wisconsin.                  
  Page H1368
Recess: The House recessed at 1 p.m. and reconvened at 1:46 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1368
Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome 
Act: The House began consideration of H.R. 998, to provide for the 
establishment of a process for the review of rules and sets of rules. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, March 1st. 
                                                         Pages H1363-85
Agreed to:
  Cummings amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 115-20) that provides 
that a Commission member must not have been a registered lobbyist 
during the two-year period prior and must file financial disclosure 
reports in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act; 
                                                         Pages H1376-77
  McSally amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 115-20) that expands the 
scope of the nature of the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission's 
review to ensure a rule or set of rules is compliant with certain 
provisions of the Congressional Review Act; and          
Pages H1378-79
  DeSaulnier amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 115-20) that requires 
the consideration of impacts to public health prior to repealing any 
federal rules under the bill (by a recorded vote of 348 ayes to 75 
noes, Roll No. 105).                              
Pages H1377-78, H1383
Rejected:
  McNerney amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 115-20) that sought to 
exempt from the bill rules relating to the physical and cyber security 
of the bulk-power system;                                    
Page H1381

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  Plaskett amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 115-20) that sought to 
provide that no funding will be authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act (by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 243 noes, 
Roll No. 106);                                 
Pages H1379-81, H1383-84
  Krishnamoorthi amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 115-20) that 
sought to ensure that the SCRUB Act will not in any way hinder the safe 
and legal development and deployment of unmanned aerial systems (by a 
recorded vote of 189 ayes to 234 noes, Roll No. 107); and 
                                               Pages H1381-82, H1384-85
  Krishnamoorthi amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 115-20) that 
sought to ensure that the SCRUB Act will not in any way weaken the 
protections afforded by noise restriction policies at and around 
airports (by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 108). 
                                                  Pages H1382-83, H1385
  H. Res. 150, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
998) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 83) was agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 225 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 104, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 191 nays, 
Roll No. 103.                                            
Pages H1369-70
Recess: The House recessed at 4:27 p.m. and reconvened at 8:35 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1386
President Trump's Address to the Joint Session of Congress: President 
Donald J. Trump delivered a message to a joint session of Congress, 
pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 23. He was escorted into the 
House Chamber by a committee comprised of Representatives McCarthy, 
Scalise, McMorris Rodgers, Stivers, Messer, Collins (GA), Smith (MO), 
Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn, Crowley, Sanchez, Ben Ray Lujan (NM), and 
Swalwell (CA) and Senators McConnell, Cornyn, Hatch, Thune, Barrasso, 
Blunt, Gardner, Schumer, Durbin, Murray, Leahy, Stabenow, Klobuchar, 
and Manchin. The President's message was referred to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered printed (H. Doc. 
115-1).                                                  
  Pages H1386-90
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H1368.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1369, 
H1369-70, H1383, H1383-85, H1384-85, and H1385. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:17 p.m.