[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 145 (Friday, September 8, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D946-D947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 3711-
3725; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 511-512, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H7216-17
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7217-18
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 446, resolution of inquiry requesting the President and 
directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain 
documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of 
former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 115-300); and
  H.R. 931, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
develop a voluntary registry to collect data on cancer incidence among 
firefighters, with an amendment (H. Rept. 115-301).          
Page H7216
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H7185, H7197
Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act: The House 
concurred in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate 
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 yea-and-nay vote of 316 yeas to 90 nays, Roll No. 480. 
                                                         Pages H7191-97
  H. Res. 509, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill 
(H.R. 601) was agreed to by voice vote, after the previous question was 
ordered without objection.                               
Pages H7187-91
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. Further 
proceedings were postponed.                 
  Pages H7197-H7200, H7201-08
Agreed to:
  Pearce amendment (No. 63 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
debated on September 7th that prevents funds from being used to 
implement the Bureau of Land Management's ``Waste Prevention, 
Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation'' rule (by a 
recorded vote of 216 ayes to 186 noes, Roll No. 484); and 
                                                      Pages H7199-H7200
  Smith (MO) amendment (No. 72 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that 
restricts federal agencies from using funds to pay legal fees under any 
lawsuit settlement regarding a case that arises under the Clean Air 
Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. 
                                                         Pages H7202-03
Rejected:
  Blackburn amendment (No. 55 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
debated on September 7th that sought to call for 1% across the board 
cuts (by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 481); 
                                                         Pages H7197-98
  Palmer amendment (No. 56 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
debated on September 7th that

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sought to ensure that none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for the Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Enforcement 
Division (by a recorded vote of 178 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 482); 
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Pages H7198-99
  Carbajal amendment (No. 57 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
debated on September 7th that sought to state that none of the funds 
made available by this Act may be used to process any application under 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) for a 
permit to drill or a permit to modify, that would authorize use of 
hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment in the Pacific 
Outer Continental Shelf (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 230 noes, 
Roll No. 483).                                               
Page H7199
Withdrawn:
  Knight amendment (No. 69 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have prohibited funds 
related to certain mineral contracts                     
Pages H7201-02
Proceedings Postponed:
  Mullin amendment (No. 73 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
prohibit funds for enforcing the Obama Administration's EPA methane 
rule;                                                    
Pages H7203-04
  Mullin amendment (No. 74 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
prohibit funds for implementing the Obama Administration's Social Cost 
of Carbon rule;                                          
Pages H7204-05
  Polis amendment (No. 75 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
prohibit funds from being used to support the closure or consolidation 
of any regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency; 
                                                         Pages H7205-06
  Polis amendment (No. 76 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
prohibit the use of funds to pursue any extra-legal ways to transfer 
Federal lands to private owners in contravention of existing law; and 
                                                         Pages H7206-07
  Norman amendment (No. 77 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
reduce total appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency by 
$1,869,087,000.                                          
Pages H7207-08
  H. Res. 504, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 3354) was agreed to yesterday, September 7th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, September 11th for 
Morning Hour debate.                                         
  Page H7200
Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 601: The House 
agreed to take from the Speaker's table and agree to S. Con. Res. 24, 
providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 601. 
                                                         Pages H7200-01
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7196-97, 
H7197-98, H7198-99, H7199, and H7199-H7200. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12:48 p.m.