[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 26, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D453-D454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 38 public bills, H.R. 10, 
2146-2182; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 99; and H. Res. 279, 281-285 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H2894-97
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H2898
 Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 280, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1694) to 
require additional entities to be subject to the requirements of 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes; providing for 
consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving a 
requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration 
of certain

[[Page D454]]

resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 115-96). 
                                                             Page H2894
 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Woodall to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2851
Recess: The House recessed at 10:43 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2856
 Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. 
Michael D. Gutierrez, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Baldwin 
Park, CA.                                                    
  Page H2856
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 237 yeas to 161 nays with 2 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 228.                                     
  Pages H2856, H2877-78
 Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017: The 
House passed H.R. 1695, to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
provide additional responsibilities for the Register of Copyrights, by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 378 yeas to 48 nays, Roll No. 227. 
                                                         Pages H2860-77
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-13 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in 
the bill.                                                    
Page H2860
Agreed to:
  Judy Chu (CA) amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 115-95) that 
specifies that nothing in the bill shall impact the mandatory deposit 
requirements of title 17; and                            
Pages H2875-76
  Deutch amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 115-95) that requires the 
Register of Copyrights to be capable of identifying and supervising a 
Chief Information Officer or similar official responsible for managing 
information technology systems (by a recorded vote of 410 ayes to 14 
noes, Roll No. 226).                              
Pages H2874-75, H2876
  H. Res. 275, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1695) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 237 ayes to 186 noes, Roll 
No. 225, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 234 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 224.                   
Pages H2860-68
  Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 275, H. Res. 254 was laid on the 
table.                                                       
Page H2860
Health Information Technology Advisory Committee--Appointment: Read a 
letter from Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she 
appointed the following individual to the Health Information Technology 
Advisory Committee: Dr. Steven Lane of Palo Alto, California. 
                                                             Page H2880
Recess: The House recessed at 6:22 p.m. and reconvened at 11:31 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2893
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2867, 
H2867-68, H2876, H2877, H2877-78. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:32 p.m.