[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 158 (Tuesday, October 3, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 3913-
3936; and 1 resolution, H. Res. were introduced.         
  Pages H7749-50
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7750-52
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 553, providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution 
(H. Con. Res. 71) establishing the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027 (H. 
Rept. 115-239).                                          
Pages H7748-49
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Foxx to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7675
Recess: The House recessed at 11:07 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H7682
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Pastor 
Kevin McKee, Chapel on the Campus, Baton Rouge, LA.      
  Pages H7682-83
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017: S. 652, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a program for early 
detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing 
newborns, infants, and young children;                   
  Pages H7694-98
  Protecting Girls' Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act: 
H.R. 2408, to enhance the transparency, improve the coordination, and 
intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and 
secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women 
and girls;                                            
  Pages H7698-H7700
  Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017: H.R. 1918, 
amended, to oppose loans at international financial institutions for 
the Government of Nicaragua unless the Government of Nicaragua is 
taking effective steps to hold free, fair, and transparent elections; 
                                                         Pages H7700-04
  Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017: H.R. 1624, amended, to require 
the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal 
obligations as level 2A liquid assets;                   
  Pages H7704-06
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To require the appropriate 
Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as no 
lower than level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes.''. 
                                                             Page H7706
  Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber 
Threats to Our Children Act of 2017: S. 782, amended, to reauthorize 
the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 417 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 550; and 
                                                  Pages H7706-09, H7728
  Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act: S. 178, to prevent elder 
abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system's response to 
victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases.           
  Pages H7709-12
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: The House passed H.R. 36, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn 
children, by a recorded vote of 237 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 549. 
                                               Pages H7686-94, H7712-28
  Rejected the Brownley (CA) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to 
the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 187 
yeas to 238 nays, Roll No. 548.                          
Pages H7725-27
  H. Res. 548, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
36) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 233 yeas to 187 nays, Roll 
No. 547, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 233 yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 546.                   
Pages H7686-94
Senate Referral: S. 396 was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources.                                           
  Pages H7704, H7745
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H7704.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7693-94, 
H7694, H7726-27, H7727, H7728. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:28 p.m.