[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D959-D964]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 3737-
3753; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 78, were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7314-15
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2582, to authorize the State of Utah to select certain lands 
that are available for disposal under the Pony Express Resource 
Management Plan to be used for the support and benefit of State 
institutions, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 115-
305);
  H.R. 1624, to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to 
treat certain municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets, and for 
other purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 115-306); and
  H. Res. 513, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3697) to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens 
associated with criminal gangs, and for other purposes, and providing 
for proceedings during the period from September 15, 2017, through 
September 22, 2017 (H. Rept. 15-307).                        
Page H7312
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Lucas to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:22 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Rotational Assignment 
Program Act of 2017: H.R. 2453, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to establish the Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program in the 
Department of Homeland Security;                         
  Pages H7232-36
  Pathways to Improving Homeland Security At the Local Level Act: H.R. 
2427, amended, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to direct 
the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce 
and disseminate an annual catalog on Department of Homeland Security 
training, publications, programs, and services for State, local, and 
tribal law enforcement agencies;                         
  Pages H7236-37
  Homeland Threat Assessment Act: H.R. 2470, to require an annual 
homeland threat assessment;                              
  Pages H7237-41
  Unifying Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Enterprise Act: 
H.R. 2468, amended, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish a homeland intelligence doctrine for the Department of 
Homeland Security;                                       
  Pages H7241-42
  Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists Use of Virtual Currencies 
Act: H.R. 2433, to direct the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Intelligence and Analysis to develop and disseminate a threat 
assessment regarding terrorist use of virtual currency; 
                                                         Pages H7242-43
  Department of Homeland Security Data Framework Act of 2017: H.R. 
2454, amended, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
establish a data framework to provide access for appropriate personnel 
to law enforcement and other information of the Department; 
                                                         Pages H7243-45
  Federal Information Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local 
Law Enforcement Act of 2017: H.R. 2442, amended, to amend the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report on the Office for 
State and Local Law Enforcement;                         
  Pages H7245-46
  Department of Homeland Security Classified Facility Inventory Act: 
H.R. 2443, amended, to require an inventory of all facilities certified 
by the Department of Homeland Security to host infrastructure or 
systems classified above the Secret level;               
  Pages H7246-47
  Terrorist Release Announcements to Counter Extremist Recidivism Act: 
H.R. 2471, amended, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
share with State, local, and regional fusion centers release 
information from a Federal correctional facility, including name, 
charging date, and expected place and date of release, of certain 
individuals who may pose a terrorist threat;             
  Pages H7247-48
  Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017: H.R. 931, amended, to 
require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a 
voluntary registry to collect data on cancer incidence among 
firefighters; and                                        
  Pages H7248-51
  Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Boundary 
Modification Act: H.R. 2611, to modify the boundary of the Little Rock 
Central High School National Historic Site, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote 
of 390 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 485. 
                                                  Pages H7251-53, H7287
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center 
for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino 
Veterans of World War II: The House agreed to

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discharge from committee and agree to S. Con. Res. 23, authorizing the 
use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony 
to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of 
World War II.                                                
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Condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place 
during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in 
Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost 
their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences 
to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and 
deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by 
the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, 
rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, 
neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the 
President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the 
threats posed by those groups: The House agreed to take from the 
Speaker's table and pass S.J. Res. 49, condemning the violence and 
domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 
11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the 
first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, 
offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those 
individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those 
individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for 
the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White 
supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and 
urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available 
resources to address the threats posed by those groups.      
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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 13th. 
                        Pages H7253-77, H7277-87, H7288-91, H7291-H7310
Agreed to:
  Culberson en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 115-297: Castro (TX) (No. 81) that 
increases funding for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms; Reichert 
(No. 82) that adds $10 million for competitive and evidence-based 
programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence, which is offset by a 
$10 million reduction from the general administration account for the 
Department of Justice; Demings (No. 84) that increases funding for the 
Minority Business Development Agency by $5 million, offset by a 
reduction to Department of Commerce, Departmental Management, Salaries 
and Expenses; Courtney (No. 86) that directs the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to consider establishing standards for 
acceptable levels of pyrrhotite in concrete aggregate, and to continue 
providing technical assistance to those interested in pyrrhotite 
detection, prevention, and mitigation tools; Lipinski (No. 88) that 
restores $10.1M in funding to maintain on-site Information Technology 
Officers in each National Weather Service Forecast Office; Lipinski 
(No. 89) that restores $1.2M in funding and eliminates the need to cut 
staff in the NWS National Centers for 12 Environmental Prediction or 
consolidate functions into the Weather Prediction Center; Bonamici (No. 
90) that increases funding for ocean acidification program and decrease 
by same to highlight importance of program to help coastal communities; 
Bonamici (No. 92) that increases funding for the National Ocean Service 
to do coastal monitoring and assessment of harmful algal blooms; 
decreases funding by same; Buchanan (No. 93) that increases funding for 
NOAA's National Ocean Service by $8,000,000 to detect, respond to, and 
develop new and innovative technologies to mitigate impacts from some 
of the country's most challenging Harmful Algal Blooms--red tides 
caused by Karenia brevis algae and decreases funding from Department of 
Commerce's Departmental Management by the same amount; Demings (No. 95) 
that restores funding for DOJ Youth Mentoring grants to the FY17 level 
(+5 million), offset by a reduction to Department of Justice, General 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses; Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM) (No. 
96) that increases funds for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant Program by $5 million and reduces DOJ General 
Administration by the same amount; Castro (TX) (No. 97) that increases 
funding for the Body Worn Camera Partnership Initiative; Norman (No. 
98) that transfers funding from the Department of Justice (DOJ) General 
Administration Account to Opioid Abuse Reduction Activities; McSally 
(No. 99) that increases State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) 
funding which reimburses states and localities for the costs of 
incarcerating unlawfully present individuals who have committed crimes 
in the United States by $10 million; Issa (No. 100) that increases 
funding for the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program and equally 
decreases funding for asset forfeiture; Cohen (No. 102) that increases 
funding for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) by $4 million, 
offset by a $4 million reduction to the increased amount allocated in 
the bill to the Drug Enforcement Administration; Brownley (No. 103) 
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Treatment Courts by $3 million, off-set with $3 million from DEA; 
Jackson Lee (No. 107) that restricts the authority of the Secretary of 
Agriculture or any federal agency head from providing assistance and 
benefits to victims of trafficking as permitted by 22 U.S.C. 7105(b) of 
the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (114 
Stat. 1464, Pub. Law 106-386), and that providing victims of 
trafficking access to information about their eligibility to receive 
SNAP benefits does not constitute the type of SNAP recruitment 
activities or ``advertising'' of the SNAP program prohibited by the 
bill and by Section 4018 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (Public Law No: 
113-079); Cicilline (No. 110) that provides funding to provide training 
and resources for first responders on carrying and administering an 
opioid overdose reversal drug or device approved or cleared by the Food 
and Drug Administration, and purchasing such a drug or device for first 
responders to carry; and Murphy (PA) (No. 111) that increases by $2 
million grants that support community initiatives and expand mental 
health and drug treatment; funds facilitate collaboration among the 
criminal justice, juvenile justice, and mental health and substance 
abuse treatment systems to improve access to effective treatment for 
people with mental illnesses involved with the justice system; 
                                                         Pages H7254-56
  McKinley amendment (No. 91 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that provides 
funding for the NOAA Environmental Security Computing Center to support 
an increase in electrical capacity and completion of the build out; 
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  Grothman amendment (No. 106 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that strikes 
language that currently prevents funds from being used to process 
applications for relief from personal firearms disabilities; 
                                                         Pages H7260-61
  Pascrell amendment (No. 109 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that 
provides $100 million for the COPS Hiring Program;       
Pages H7262-63
  Smith (TX) amendment (No. 112 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that 
increases basic research in the physical and biological sciences by 
0.5% of the NSF Research budget;                             
Page H7264
  Zeldin amendment (No. 115 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that lifts the 
ban on striped bass fishing in the Block Island Transit Zone between 
Montauk, NY and Block Island, RI;                        
Pages H7265-66
  Latta amendment (No. 118 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that prohibits 
the ATF from reclassifying the M855 ammunition as armor piercing 
ammunition;                                              
Pages H7267-68
  Gaetz amendment (No. 122 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that prohibits 
NOAA from using funds to relocate the Southeast Fisheries Science 
Center located in Virginia Key, Florida;                     
Page H7268
  Amash amendment (No. 126 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that restricts 
the federal government's use of adoptive forfeiture;     
Pages H7272-73
  Roskam amendment (No. 127 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that prohibits 
bonuses to the Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture division of DOJ 
until they make decisions on the backlog of petitions of remission or 
mitigation on civil asset forfeiture cases;                  
Page H7273
  Walberg amendment (No. 129 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that limits 
funds to carry out Department of Justice Policy Directive 17-1, which 
reinstates the adoptive seizure policy and circumvents state 
limitations on civil asset forfeiture;                   
Pages H7273-74
  Raskin amendment (No. 130 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that prohibits 
funds from being used to implement Order Number 3946-2017 allowing 
Department of Justice components and agencies to forfeit assets seized 
by State or local law enforcement agencies;              
Pages H7274-75
  Cole en bloc amendment No. 4 consisting of the following amendments 
printed in H. Rept. 115-297: Lee (No. 132) that increases funding for 
the Office of Job Corps, off-set with DOL administration funds; 
Bonamici (No. 140) that increases funding for Women Apprenticeships in 
Nontraditional Occupations Grants for local communities to provide pre-
apprenticeship training; Bonamici (No. 143) that reduces Health 
Workforce by $18,270,000 and increases Health Workforce by $18,270,000 
to express support for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development 
programs; Kildee (No. 144) that increases funding for programs that 
reduce lead exposure by $1 million each and decreases General 
Departmental Management in the Office of the Secretary by the same 
amount; Nolan (No. 146) that increases the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention's Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases program by 
$300,000 for additional Lyme Disease research, offset with a reduction 
to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary 
account; Keating (No. 147) that provides funds to support distribution 
of CDC tick-borne disease prevention and early detection materials in 
high-risk areas; Mast (No. 148) that increases the Safe Water Program 
under the CDC's Environmental Health account by $400,000 to match FY17 
program requirements and continue safeguarding public health by 
reducing and investigating environmental threats to water systems and 
addressing public exposure to waterborne contaminants; DeSaulnier (No. 
151) that increases National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding by $1 
million to execute a study on how to improve doctor-patient 
communication; Tonko (No. 153) that specifies that $12.5 million 
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for the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration may be 
used to award competitive grants to strengthen mental health and 
substance use community crisis response systems as authorized in the 
Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act; Denham (No. 157) that 
ensures shelters and centers that administer runaway and homeless youth 
grants do not face an extended gap in grant eligibility due to off-
cycle appropriations from previous years; McSally (No. 159) that 
increases funding for the Older Americans Act (OAA) Title III B 
supportive services account $14.2 million; Bonamici (No. 162) that 
increases funding for State Assessment Grants, Title I, Part B by $8.9 
million; Bonamici (No. 163) that increases funding for Title IV, Part 
A, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, by $1.15 billion and 
decreases by same; DeSaulnier (No. 166) that provides $10 million in 
funding for Statewide Family Engagement Centers in education; Murphy 
(PA) (No. 177) that awards $10 million in grants for training medical 
residents and fellows practicing mental health and addiction treatment 
in under-served and community based settings that integrate primary 
care with mental and substance use disorders prevention and treatment 
services; Sewell (AL) (No. 181) that prohibits Child Care and 
Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds from going to a child care 
provider that has been complicit, due to a health and safety violation, 
in the death of a child in its care and remains exempt from state 
licensure, safety, and oversight requirements; and Griffith (No. 185) 
that adds $2.734 million to the Black Lung Clinics Program in the 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to provide for a 
total of $10 million, the authorized level, with this transfer offset 
by a reduction in HRSA's Program Management account;     
Pages H7275-77
  Foster amendment (No. 139 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that requires 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics to submit an estimate of the resources 
needed to model for various changes in the workforce composition 
because of technological displacement;                   
Pages H7281-82
  Nolan amendment (No. 152 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that increases 
National Cancer Institute funding by $3,819,000, offset with a 
reduction to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the 
Secretary account;                                       
Pages H7285-86
  Kelly amendment (No. 156 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that supports 
funding of the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program to train 
pregnancy and health counselors regarding how to offer adoption as an 
option to women with unplanned pregnancies;              
Pages H7290-91
  Murphy (PA) amendment (No. 179 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that 
provides $10 million in grants to develop, maintain, or enhance a 
database of inpatient psychiatric facilities, crisis stabilization 
units, and residential community mental health and residential 
substance use disorder treatment facilities to address a lack of 
inpatient psychiatric beds;                              
Pages H7305-06
  Burgess amendment (No. 182 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that provides 
$10,000,000 to the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program, per 42 
U.S.C. 280g-3; the amendment is offset by a reduction in the Office of 
the Secretary, General Department Management for $10,000,000; and 
                                                         Pages H7306-07
  Scott (VA) amendment (No. 184 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that 
prohibits the use of funds in this Act to prepare for or facilitate the 
transfer of the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 
                                                             Page H7307
Rejected:
  Rosen amendment (No. 94 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that sought to 
maintain FY17 funding level for National Science Foundation's 
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering 
(CISE);                                                  
Pages H7257-58
  Serrano amendment (No. 123 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that sought 
to prohibit funds in the bill for private prisons;       
Pages H7268-70
  Mitchell amendment (No. 133 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that sought 
to reduce by 10% general administrative and departmental salary and 
expense accounts in Division F, and transfers the savings to the 
Spending Reduction Account;                              
Pages H7278-79
  Sablan amendment (No. 136 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that sought to 
transfer funds from OSHA--Salaries and Expenses-Compliance Assistance-
Federal Assistance to OSHA--Salaries and Expenses-Federal Enforcement 
to fund a Full Time Employment position to increase OSHA enforcement 
presence in the Pacific as a result of recent worker fatalities and 
numerous injuries at construction and other work sites; 
                                                         Pages H7280-81
  Meng amendment (No. 141 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that sought to 
increase funding for the Behavioral Health Workforce and Training 
program by $5 million;                                   
Pages H7282-83
  Meng amendment (No. 142 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that sought to 
increase funding for HRSA's Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program by 
$4 million, consistent with the current enacted level of funding, and 
decrease funding for the Office of the Secretary of the HHS by the same 
amount; and                                                  
Page H7283
  Bonamici amendment (No. 158 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that sought 
to increase Aging and

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Disability Services by $51,000,000 and reduces General Departmental 
Management by $64,000,000 to provide additional funding for Older 
Americans Act Title III, parts B, C, and E nutrition programs. 
                                                         Pages H7291-92
Withdrawn:
  Cohen amendment (No. 101 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have increased funding 
for Legal Services Corporation by $10 million, offset by a $10 million 
reduction to the increased amount allocated in the bill to the U.S. 
Marshals Service;                                        
Pages H7258-59
  Cohen amendment (No. 108 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have provided funds for 
the support of Juvenile Justice;                         
Pages H7261-62
  Tenney amendment (No. 150 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have increased $10 
million to Community Services Block Grants and reduced funding for 
Global Health by $14 million; and                            
Page H7285
  Murphy (PA) amendment (No. 178 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have provided $5 million 
for the creation and operation of a National Mental Health and 
Substance Use Policy Laboratory.                             
Page H7305
Proceedings Postponed:
  Torres amendment (No. 87 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
increase funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program 
which is offset by a reduction in funding for the General 
Administration Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Justice; 
                                                         Pages H7256-57
  Grothman amendment (No. 105 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks 
to reduce the funding level for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives by five percent;                 
Pages H7259-60
  Scott (VA) amendment (No. 113 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks 
to strike section prohibiting the EEOC from using funds to implement 
pay data collection;                                     
Pages H7264-65
  Norton amendment (No. 117 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
prohibit the Federal Bureau of Prisons from requiring individuals in 
halfway houses or on home confinement to pay a subsistence fee; 
                                                         Pages H7266-67
  Flores amendment (No. 124 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
state that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order No. 13547 (75 Fed. 
Reg. 43023, relating to the stewardship of oceans, coasts, and the 
Great Lakes), including the National Ocean Policy developed under such 
Executive Order;                                         
Pages H7269-70
  Buck amendment (No. 125 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
require that localities receiving State Criminal Alien Assistance 
Program funds comply with federal immigration law;       
Pages H7270-72
  Kildee amendment (No. 131 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
increase funding for Youth Employment Activities by $10 million and 
reduce Department of Labor Salaries and Expenses by the same amount; 
                                                         Pages H7277-78
  Pocan amendment (No. 134 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
restore funding to worker protection agencies, offset with DOL/HHS/ED 
program administration funds;                            
Pages H7279-80
  Meng amendment (No. 138 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
increase funding for the Women's Bureau within the Department of Labor 
by $1.064 million, and decrease funding by the same amount for the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics--Prices and Cost of Living Division; 
                                                             Page H7281
  Kildee amendment (No. 145 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
increase funding for the Healthy Start Program by $24.8 million and 
decrease General Departmental Management in the Office of the Secretary 
by the same amount;                                      
Pages H7283-84
  Flores amendment (No. 149 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
increase CDC funding by $40 million for an opioid drug overdose 
prevention program, increase National Cancer Institute funding by $40 
million for pediatric cancer research, increase National Institute on 
Aging funding by $40 million for Alzheimer's research, decrease CMS 
Program Management by $120 million;                      
Pages H7284-85
  Clark amendment (No. 154 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
restore funding to SAMHSA's mental health programs, offset with HHS 
program administration funds;                                
Page H7286
  Murphy (PA) amendment (No. 155 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that 
seeks to support funding of the Infant Adoption Awareness Training 
Program to train pregnancy and health counselors regarding how to offer 
adoption as an option to women with unplanned pregnancies; 
                                                         Pages H7288-90
  Ben Ray Lujan (NM) amendment (No. 160 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) 
that seeks to decrease funding for HHS General Departmental Management 
by $2 million and transfer those funds to the Peer Support Programs; 
                                                         Pages H7292-93
  Lowey amendment (No. 161 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
restore funding to 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, 
offset with Department of Education program administration funds; 
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  Courtney amendment (No. 164 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks 
to increase Funding for Magnet Schools Assistance by $1,184,000; 
decrease funding for Charter School Grants by $1,184,000; 
                                                         Pages H7294-95
  Lewis (MN) amendment (No. 167 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks 
to increase funding for Career and Technical Education (CTE) State 
Grants by $70,246,000;                                   
                                                         Pages H7295-97
  Grothman amendment (No. 168 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks 
to reduce funding for the Department of Education's Program 
Administration, Office of Inspector General, and Office of Student Aid 
Administration by 2%;                                    
                                                         Pages H7297-98
  Grothman amendment (No. 170 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks 
to reduce the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) budget by 
$99,000,000, funding the NLRB at $150,000,000 for FY2018; the amendment 
would also reduce budget authority by $99 million and reduce outlays by 
$92 million;                                             
                                                         Pages H7298-99
  Meadows amendment (No. 172 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
reduce the number of positions and funding at Mine Safety and Health 
Administration by 10%;                                
                                                      Pages H7299-H7300
  Walberg amendment (No. 173 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
prevent funding to implement the National Labor Relations Board's 
Ambush Election rule;                                    
                                                         Pages H7300-01
  Blackburn amendment (No. 174 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks 
to provide for a 1% across the board cut to Division F; 
                                                         Pages H7301-02
  Murphy (PA) amendment (No. 175 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that 
seeks to provide $5 million for grants that enhance infant and early 
childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment 
programs;                                                
                                                         Pages H7302-04
  Murphy (PA) amendment (No. 176 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that 
seeks to provide $9 million to provide access to behavioral health 
integration in pediatric primary care by supporting the development and 
improvement of statewide or regional pediatric mental health care 
telehealth access programs;                              
                                                         Pages H7304-05
  Ellison amendment (No. 186 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
prohibit funds from going federal contracts with willful or repeated 
violators of the Fair Labor Standards Act; and           
                                                         Pages H7307-09
  Gibbs amendment (No. 187 printed in H. Rept. 115-297) that seeks to 
prohibit funds to implement, administer, or enforce the final 
regulations on ``Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and 
Illnesses''.                                             
                                                         Pages H7309-10
  H. Res. 504, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 3354) was agreed to Thursday, September 7th.
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series Act of 2017: H.R. 
3284, amended, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
a Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series.      
  Pages H7229-32
Senate Referrals: S.J. Res. 49 was held at the desk. S. 416 was held at 
the desk. S. 327 was held at the desk. S. 444 was held at the desk. S. 
462 was held at the desk. S. 484 was held at the desk. S. 488 was held 
at the desk. S. 102 was held at the desk. S. 1311 was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Homeland 
Security. S. 1312 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs.                                                     
  Page H7310
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate and message received 
from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House 
today appears on pages H7229 and H7277.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of today and appears on page H7287. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:05 p.m.