[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D352]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 1746-
1769; and 1 resolution, H.J. Res. 92, were introduced.   
  Pages H2515-16
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2517-18
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 233, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1431) to 
amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration 
Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board 
member qualifications, public participation, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 115-64).                                               
Page H2504
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Woodall to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2467
Recess: The House recessed at 10:12 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rabbi 
Sanford Akselrad, Congregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, NV.     
  Page H2468
Recess: The House recessed at 2:01 p.m. and reconvened at 3 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2486
Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017--Rule for 
Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 229, providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1430) to prohibit the Environmental 
Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating 
regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent 
or reproducible, by a recorded vote of 231 ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 
198, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 
231 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 197.            
  Pages H2471-78, H2486-87
Question of Privilege: Representative Lofgren rose to a question of the 
privileges of the House and submitted a resolution. The Chair ruled 
that the resolution did not present a question of the privileges of the 
House. Subsequently, Representative Lofgren appealed the ruling of the 
chair and Representative Flores moved to table the appeal. Agreed to 
the motion to table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair by a yea-and-
nay vote of 228 yeas to 190 nays with 2 answering ``present'', Roll No. 
201.                                                     
  Pages H2501-03
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications 
Commission relating to ``Protecting the Privacy of Customers of 
Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services'': The House passed 
S.J. Res. 34, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 
of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal 
Communications Commission relating to ``Protecting the Privacy of 
Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services'', by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 205 nays, Roll No. 202. 
                                            Pages H2489-H2501, H2503-04
  H. Res. 230, the rule providing for consideration of the joint 
resolution (S.J. Res. 34) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 231 ayes 
to 189 noes, Roll No. 200, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 199. 
                                               Pages H2478-86, H2487-88
Investigative Subcommittee of the Committee on Ethics--Appointment: 
Read a letter from Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she 
appointed the following Members to be available to serve on 
investigative subcommittees of the Committee on Ethics for the 115th 
Congress: Representatives Bonamici, Higgins, Jeffries, Keating, 
Krishnamoorthi, Perlmutter, Raskin, Sewell (AL), Soto, and Titus. 
                                                             Page H2504
Senate Referrals: S.J. Res. 30 was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration. S.J. Res. 35 was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration. S.J. Res. 36 was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration.                                              
  Page H2514
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H2471.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2486-87, 
H2487, H2488, H2488-89, H2502-03, and H2503-04. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:47 p.m.