[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D924-D929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 3681-
3691; and 6 resolutions, H. Res. 502-507, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H7088-89
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7089-90
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2997, to transfer operation of air traffic services currently 
provided by the Federal Aviation Administration to a separate not-for-
profit corporate entity, to reauthorize programs of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 115-296); and
  H. Res. 504, providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3354) making appropriationsfor the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2018, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 115-297).         
                                                             Page H7088
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Ross to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6657
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 182 nays with two answering 
``present'', Roll No. 444.                        
  Pages H6657, H6694-95
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act: H. Res. 502, 
providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendments, 
with an amendment, to H.R. 601, to enhance the transparency and 
accelerate the impact of assistance provided under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to promote quality basic education in developing 
countries, to better enable such countries to achieve universal access 
to quality basic education and improved learning outcomes, and to 
eliminate duplication and waste, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 419 
yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 441; and              
  Pages H6660-67, H6677-78
  Designating Each Car's Automation Level Act: H.R. 3388, amended, to 
provide for information on highly automated driving systems to be made 
available to prospective buyers;                         
  Pages H6667-77
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 49, United 
States Code, regarding the authority of the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration over highly automated vehicles, to provide safety 
measures for such vehicles, and for other purposes.''.       
                                                             Page H6677
Recess: The House recessed at 12:35 p.m. and reconvened at 2:15 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6678
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018: The House considered H.R. 3354, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, September 7th. 
                                            Pages H6695-H7072, H7072-87
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-31, modified by 
Rules Committee Print 115-32 and the amendment printed in part A of H. 
Rept. 115-295, shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 
Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-
minute rule.                                                 
                                                             Page H6849
                                                             Agreed to:
  Aderholt en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295: Curbelo (No. 1) that 
appropriates $1.5 million for Oriental Fruit Fly research; the offset 
will be Departmental Administration under the Office of the Secretary 
account; Graves (LA) (No. 2) that reduces the Department of Agriculture 
expense account by $400,000, and increases the Animal and Plant 
Inspection Services accounts by $400,000 to control the outbreaks of 
insect and plant diseases; Soto (No. 3) that increases funding for 
Specialty Crop Pest Program by $1,000,000 for the Huanglongbing Multi-
Agency Coordination efforts; Bera (No. 4) that increases funding for 
Watershed Flood Prevention Operations by $2 million, with the increase 
intended to support the Emergency Watershed Protection Program; Mast 
(No. 5) that increases Natural Resources Conservation Service by $5.6 
million to FY17 appropriated level to support several programs for 
environmentally sustainable agriculture

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and toxic runoff mitigation; Mast (No. 6) that increase National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture by $2 million to support the 
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative's plan to expand postdoctoral 
research, prevention and monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms with 16 of 
the additional 305 fellowships requested in FY18; Nolan (No. 7) that 
increases the USDA's Rural Broadband Program Loan Subsidy funding by 
$479,000, offset with a reduction to general Rural Development 
administrative expenses; Mast (No. 8) that increases the Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Hazard Analysis and Critical Control 
Point program by $1.5 million to continue research on human impact of 
contaminated seafood; Young (IA) (No. 9) that strikes language that 
would prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture from using Commodity 
Credit Corporation funds to purchase, produce, or defray the costs of 
alternative fuels under its memorandum of understanding with the 
Department of Defense; Jackson Lee (No. 13) that prohibits use of funds 
by the National Park Service in contravention of section 320101 of 
title 54, United States Code which provides that it is a national 
policy to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings, and 
objects of national significance for the inspiration and benefit of the 
people of the United States, especially as it relates to National 
Heritage Areas (NHAs); Moore (No. 19) that prohibits funds from being 
provided to entities that contravene 42 usc 1758 (b) (10) or 7 cfr 
245.8, barring recipients of federal aid from having policies that 
overtly identify or stigmatize certain potential recipients of school 
meal subsidies; and Soto (No. 20) that increases the funding of the 
Grassroots Source Water Protection Program by $500,000; 
                                                         Pages H7035-37
  Cicilline amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that strikes language that restricts funding for Executive Order 13547, 
National Ocean Policy;                                   
                                                         Pages H7037-38
  Rodney Davis (IL) amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 
115-295) that prohibits the use of funds provided by the Act to be used 
to revoke exceptions made pursuant to the rule entitled ``Exceptions to 
Geographic Areas for Official Agencies Under the USGSA'' on a date 
before April 14, 2017;                                   
                                                         Pages H7038-39
  Hartzler amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that prohibits USDA from using funds to implement the Paid Lunch Equity 
provision in the National School Lunch Act;              
                                                         Pages H7040-41
  King (IA) amendment (No. 18 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that ensures that no funds may be used on new hires who have not been 
verified through the E-Verify program, except for an employee 
compensated under a local compensation plan established under section 
408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980;                  
                                                         Pages H7042-43
  Diaz-Balart en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295: DeSaulnier (No. 23) 
that adds funding for the University Transportation Center program; 
Hanabusa (No. 24) that increases funding for Assistance to Small 
Shipyards by $7 million; Torres (No. 27) that provides the authorized 
funding level for Section 1441 for the 2015 FAST Act, the Regional 
Infrastructure Accelerator (RIA) Demonstration program; Lowey (No. 30) 
that provides $1 million to support medical fitness standards for 
critical safety personnel on interstate railways; Nolan (No. 31) that 
reduces, and then restores funding for the Federal-State Partnership 
for State of Good Repair Grants by $500,000,000; Torres (No. 34) that 
provides the authorized funding level for MAP-21 Section's 20005(b) & 
FAST Act's Section 3016 FAST Act, the Pilot Program for Transit-
Oriented Development Planning; Nolan (No. 35) that reduces, and then 
restores funding for the Capital Investment Grant program, which is the 
Federal Transit Agency's primary grant program for funding major 
transit capital investments, including heavy rail, commuter rail, light 
rail, street-cars, and bus rapid transit; Velazquez (No. 40) that 
increases the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public 
Housing Capital Fund by $2,000,000; Tenney (No. 41) that increases 
funding to the Community Development Block Grants program by $10 
million and reduces the public housing operating fund allocation by $10 
million; Nadler (No. 42) that increases funding for Housing 
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS by $19 million; the increase is 
offset by reducing the HUD Information Technology fund by the same 
amount; Knight (No. 43) that increases the Community Development Fund 
by $100,000,000; DeSaulnier (No. 45) that adds funds for Section 4 
Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing 
program; Soto (No. 47) that increases funding for Housing for the 
Elderly by $2.5 million; and Nolan (No. 60) that restores the FAA's 
Small Community Air Service Development Program at $10,000,000, which 
provides grant subsidies for airports in smaller rural communities 
looking to create or expand new air service in places where access to 
the national air transportation system is limited;       
                                                         Pages H7043-44
  Lipinski amendment (No. 21 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that decreases the Office of the Secretary of Transportation Salaries 
and Expenses account by $9,000,000 and increases the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration's Salaries and

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Expenses account by the same amount for the purpose of expanding 
NHTSA's connected and automated vehicles oversight and regulatory 
capabilities;                                                
                                                             Page H7044
  Woodall amendment (No. 28 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
ensures greater flexibility for state departments of transportation to 
make targeted recissions;                                
                                                         Pages H7046-47
  Carbajal amendment (No. 37 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that provides $1,000,000 to PHMSA for the finalization of an automatic 
valve shut-off safety rule;                                  
                                                             Page H7050
  Courtney amendment (No. 44 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that provides funding in the Community Development Block Grant program 
to examine the application of grant funds to mitigating and remediating 
the effects of pyrrhotite-related residential damage;    
                                                         Pages H7052-53
  Stivers amendment (No. 48 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
increases funding for Administrative Enforcement Initiative by reducing 
funding from Private Enforcement Initiative;             
                                                         Pages H7053-54
  Thompson (PA) amendment (No. 49 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-
295) that prohibits funds to be used for establishing or collecting 
tolls on I-80 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;       
                                                         Pages H7054-55
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 52 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that provides that the Secretary may make grants to State and local 
authorities for the purpose of undertaking capital projects; 
                                                         Pages H7056-58
  Herrera-Beutler amendment (No. 53 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-
295) that states no Funds can be used to establish or collect tolls on 
Interstate 5 or Interstate 205 in the state of Washington or Oregon; 
                                                         Pages H7058-59
  Barr amendment (No. 55 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
prohibits funding for HUD's rule on ``On-Site Completion of 
Construction of Manufactured Homes,'' their ``Interpretative Bulletin 
for Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards Foundation 
requirements in Freezing Temperature Areas Under CFR 3285.312(b),'' and 
any implementation of the June 2014 memorandum titled ``Construction of 
On-Site Installation of Add-Ons, such as an Attached Garage''; 
                                                         Pages H7060-61
  Perry amendment (No. 57 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
prohibits the use of funds for the NHTSA and FMCSA to finalize the 
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding speed limiting devices (81 Fed. 
Reg. 61941);                                             
                                                         Pages H7061-62
  King (IA) amendment (No. 59 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that ensures that no funds may be used on new hires who have not been 
verified through the E-Verify program;                   
                                                         Pages H7063-64
  Smith (MO) amendment (No. 56 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that prevents funds from being used for a State, or local government 
entity or official if that entity prohibits, or in any way restricts, 
any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the 
citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any 
individual (by a recorded vote of 225 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 455); 
                                                     Pages H7061, H7071
  Carter (TX) en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295: Keating (No. 61) that 
provides funds for the FEMA National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund to 
support regional-level NFIP Community Rating System coordinators; 
Swalwell (CA) (No. 62) that increases by $10 million the Transportation 
Security Administration (TSA) Research and Development account for the 
purpose of TSA conducting evaluations and pilot testing of technology 
to detect intrusions on airport perimeters, offset by a $10 million 
reduction in the Department of Homeland Security Office of the 
Secretary and Executive Management account; Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM) 
(No. 64) that increases DHS Urban Areas Security Initiative by $5 
million and reduces DHS Office of the Secretary and Executive 
Management Operations and Support by the same amount; Higgins (No. 65) 
that increases funding to the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Federal 
Assistance account by $1 million to address radiological and nuclear 
detection training and equipment for state and local law enforcement 
and first responders; Delaney (No. 67) that funds the National 
Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Chemical Security 
Analysis Center, and National Urban Security Technology Laboratory and 
is offset by a reduction in Management Directorate, Operations and 
Support account; Bilirakis (No. 68) that adds $5 million for 
``International Investigations'' (sub account International Operations 
and Visa Security Program) for the purpose of Visa Security Program; it 
is intended to provide ICE additional funds to establish 2 Visa 
Security Posts in high risk areas; Pascrell (No. 69) that provides $1 
million for the State Fire Training Assistance Grant Program, and 
reduce funds for the Department of Homeland Security Management 
Directorate, Operations and Support by $1 million; Kildee (No. 72) that 
adds $20 million to the SAFER Grant program (``Staffing for Adequate 
Fire & Emergency Response Grants''); Correa (No. 73) that reduces 
funding for ICE--Operations and Support (Enforcement and Removal 
Operations) by $10,000,000 and increases

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funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protections (Canine Teams for drug 
interdiction at the Border) by the same amount; Latta (No. 79), as 
modified, that allows the Department of Homeland Security's National 
Programs and Protection Directorate to use funds already allocated to 
the Department by the underlying bill to partner with rental car 
agencies for the purpose of strengthening background checks to guard 
against potential terrorists; Torres (No. 82) that prevents funds from 
being used in contravention of Section of 235B of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to prevent an individual who presents themselves at a 
port of entry to the United States from taking such actions as may be 
necessary for purposes of applying for asylum; Sean Patrick Maloney 
(NY) (No. 86) that prohibits funds from being used for the 
establishments of anchorages on the Hudson River between Yonkers, New 
York and Kingston, New York; and Jackson Lee (No. 89) that prohibits 
the use of funds to limit the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to enhance the use of Federal air marshals on inbound 
international flights considered to be high risk by the Department of 
Homeland Security;                                       
                                                         Pages H7072-74
  Michelle Lujan Girsham (NM) amendment (No. 63 printed in part B of H. 
Rept. 115-295) that prioritizes funding within the DHS Office of the 
Secretary to complete a study on the treatment of detainees and the 
conditions of private detention centers;                 
                                                         Pages H7074-75
  Fitzpatrick amendment (No. 70 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that increases funding to the Department of Homeland Security, Office 
of Inspector General, to meet their budgetary request, so they may 
fully execute their mission of rectifying fraud, waste, and abuse; 
                                                             Page H7076
  Zeldin amendment (No. 85 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
lifts the ban on striped bass fishing in the Block Island Transit Zone 
between Montauk, NY and Block Island, RI; and            
                                                         Pages H7085-86
  King (IA) amendment (No. 88 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295), 
as modified, that ensures that no funds be used on new hires who have 
not been verified through the E-Verify program.          
                                                         Pages H7086-87
                                                              Rejected:
  Mitchell amendment (No. 22 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to reduce by 10% general administrative and departmental 
salary and expense accounts in Division H, and transfers the savings to 
the Spending Reduction Account;                          
                                                         Pages H7044-45
  King (IA) amendment (No. 15 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to ensure that no funds are used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the Davis-Bacon Act (by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 241 
noes, Roll No. 445);                           
                                               Pages H7039-40, H7064-65
  Carter (GA) amendment (No. 17 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to prohibit funds from being used by the Food and Drug 
Administration to finalize, implement, or enforce the draft standard 
memorandum of understanding made available for public comment on 
February 19, 2015, entitled ``Draft Memorandum of Understanding 
Addressing Certain Distributions of Compounded Human Drug Products 
Between the State of [Insert State] and the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration'' (by a recorded vote of 141 ayes to 279 noes, Roll No. 
446);                                             
                                                  Pages H7041-42, H7065
  McClintock amendment (No. 25 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to reduce funding for the Essential Air Service program by 
$150 million and apply the savings to the spending reduction account 
(by a recorded vote of 140 ayes to 280 noes, Roll No. 447); 
                                               Pages H7045-46, H7065-66
  Budd amendment (No. 32 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
sought to eliminate a $900 million allocation for the upgrade of an 
Amtrak rail line between Newark and New York City by increasing funding 
for national New Starts Projects by $400 million and applying savings 
from the elimination of the TIGER Grant program to deficit reduction 
(by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 260 noes, Roll No. 448); 
                                               Pages H7047-49, H7066-67
  Brooks (AL) amendment (No. 33 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to defund Amtrak (by a recorded vote of 128 ayes to 293 
noes, Roll No. 449);                              
                                                  Pages H7049-50, H7067
  Rosen amendment (No. 38 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
sought to increase funding for the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation (NeighborWorks America) by $35M, bringing total 
NeighborWorks appropriations to the same level as FY16 (by a recorded 
vote of 200 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 450);   
                                               Pages H7050-52, H7067-68
  Grothman amendment (No. 39 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to decrease the funding for the Public and Indian Housing 
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program by $177,362,500, excluding 
veterans, elderly, and the disabled (by a recorded vote of 124 ayes to 
295 noes, Roll No. 451);                          
                                                  Pages H7052, H7068-69
  Grothman amendment (No. 46 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to decrease funding for the Project-Based Rental Assistance 
Housing Program by $266,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 139 ayes to 282 
noes, Roll No. 452);                                 
                                                     Pages H7053, H7069
  King (IA) amendment (No. 51 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to ensure that no funds are used to implement, administer, 
or enforce

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the Davis-Bacon Act (by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 241 noes, Roll 
No. 453);                                      
                                               Pages H7055-56, H7069-70
  Grothman amendment (No. 54 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that sought to reduce the funding level for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development by two percent (by a recorded vote of 140 ayes to 
280 noes, Roll No. 454);                       
                                               Pages H7059-60, H7070-71
  Babin amendment (No. 58 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
sought to prohibit funds from being used to implement or enforce the 
Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes 
to 246 noes, Roll No. 456);                    
                                               Pages H7062-63, H7071-72
  Jayapal amendment (No. 66 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
sought to strike the $535 million increase for ICE enforcement and adds 
$30 million to ICE's Office of the Inspector General and $10 million to 
the Department's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; and 
                                                         Pages H7075-76
  Torres amendment (No. 78 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
sought to strike Section 209 of Division E, which grants the Secretary 
of Homeland Security authority to reprogram or transfer funds for the 
purpose of detaining aliens prioritized for removal.     
                                                         Pages H7081-82
                                                             Withdrawn:
  Kildee amendment (No. 26 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have increased 
funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program by $100 million, 
reduced FAA Operations/Air Traffic Control by the same amount; and 
                                                             Page H7046
  Soto amendment (No. 36 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have increased 
funding for the Small Starts program by $48 million.         
                                                             Page H7050
                                      Point of Order sustained against:
  Representative Goodlatte raised a point of order against the content 
of the measure. Representative Goodlatte stated that the measure sought 
to change existing law and constituted legislation on an appropriations 
bill in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. The Chair sustained the point 
of order.                                                    
                                                             Page H7035
  Representative Hensarling raised a point of order against the content 
of the measure. Representative Hensarling stated that the measure 
sought to change existing law and constituted legislation on an 
appropriations bill in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. The Chair 
sustained the point of order.                                
                                                             Page H7035
  Representative Hensarling raised a point of order against the content 
of the measure. Representative Hensarling stated that the measure 
sought to change existing law and constituted legislation on an 
appropriations bill in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. The Chair 
sustained the point of order. Subsequently, Representative Waters 
appealed the ruling of the Chair. The question was then put on 
sustaining the ruling of the Chair, and by voice vote it was agreed 
that the decision of the Chair shall stand as the judgement of the 
Committee.                                                   
                                                             Page H7035
                                                 Proceedings Postponed:
  Castro (TX) amendment (No. 71 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that seeks to increase funding for the CBP Camera Technology 
Initiative;                                              
                                                         Pages H7076-77
  Roybal-Allard amendment (No. 74 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-
295) that seeks to reduce funding for ICE--Operations and Support 
(Enforcement and Removal Operations) by $849,500,000 and increases 
funding for Coast Guard--Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements 
(Polar Icebreaker) by the same amount;                    
                                                          Page H7077-78
  Castro (TX) amendment (No. 75 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that seeks to increase funding for ICE to incorporate body-worn 
cameras;                                                 
                                                         Pages H7078-80
  Correa amendment (No. 76 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
seeks to reduce funding for ICE--Operations and Support (Enforcement 
and Removal Operations) by $100,000,000 and increase funding for Coast 
Guard--Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements (cutters for drug 
interdiction) by the same amount;                            
                                                             Page H7080
  Hunter amendment (No. 77 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
seeks to transfer $5 million dollars from the Coast Guard's Operations 
Expenses to its Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Account, for 
the purpose of supporting Coast Guard Icebreaker sea trials; 
                                                         Pages H7080-81
  King (IA) amendment (No. 80 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295), 
as modified, that seeks to ensure that no funds are used to implement, 
administer, or enforce the Davis-Bacon Act;              
                                                         Pages H7082-83
  Castro (TX) amendment (No. 81 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) 
that seeks to prohibit the use of privatized immigration detention 
facilities; and                                          
                                                         Pages H7083-84
  Jayapal amendment (No. 84 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-295) that 
seeks to prohibit funding from being used to expand or build new 
detention facilities.                                    
                                                         Pages H7084-85
  H. Res. 500, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3354) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 230 ayes to 191 noes, Roll 
No. 443, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 233 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 442.                   
                                                         Pages H6678-94
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in memory of 
the victims of Hurricane Harvey.                             
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Senate Referral: S. 1107 was held at the desk.
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H6660.
Quorum Calls Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and thirteen recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6677, 
H6693-94, H6694, H6694-95, H7064-65, H7065, H7065-66, H7066-67, H7067, 
H7067-68, H7068-69, H7069, H7069-70, H7070-71, H7071, and H7071-72. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 1:32 a.m. on 
Thursday, September 7, 2017.