[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 11, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1072-D1073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 4006-
4027; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 567-568 were introduced. 
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  Pages H7975-76
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Newhouse to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:42 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. 
Molly Fraser, Gig Harbor United Methodist Church, Gig Harbor, 
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  Page H7926
Privileged Resolution--Intent to Offer: Representative Al Green (TX) 
announced his intent to offer a privileged resolution.   
  Pages H7928-30
Privileged Resolution: Pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, the 
Speaker designated this as the time for Representative Al Green (TX) to 
offer the resolution previously noticed. Subsequently, the resolution 
was not offered.                                             
  Page H7935
Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017--Rule for 
Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 562, providing for 
consideration of the bill (S. 585) to provide greater whistleblower 
protections for Federal employees, increased awareness of Federal 
whistleblower protections, and increased accountability and required 
discipline for Federal supervisors who retaliate against 
whistleblowers, by a recorded vote of 234 ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 
561, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 
227 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 560.            
  Pages H7930-35, H7935-36
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  National Institute of Standards and Technology Small Business 
Cybersecurity Act of 2017: H.R. 2105, amended, to require the Director 
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to disseminate 
guidance to help reduce small business cybersecurity risks; 
                                                         Pages H7936-39
  Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology 
Transfer Improvements Act of 2017: H.R. 2763, amended, to amend the 
Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research 
program and Small Business Technology Transfer program; 
                                                         Pages H7939-45
  Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act: S. 190, to provide for 
consideration of the extension under the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act of nonapplication of No-Load Mode energy efficiency standards to 
certain security or life safety alarms or surveillance systems; 
                                                         Pages H7945-46
  National Clinical Care Commission Act: S. 920, to establish a 
National Clinical Care Commission;                       
  Pages H7946-48
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 259 Nassau Street, Suite 2 in Princeton, New Jersey, as the ``Dr. 
John F. Nash, Jr. Post Office'': H.R. 2302, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at

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259 Nassau Street, Suite 2 in Princeton, New Jersey, as the ``Dr. John 
F. Nash, Jr. Post Office'';                                  
  Page H7948
  Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2017: H.R. 378, amended, to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to enhance the authority under which 
Federal agencies may pay cash awards to employees for making cost 
saving disclosures;                                      
  Pages H7948-50
  Amending title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to 
disclose information to certain recipients: H.R. 2196, amended, to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose 
information to certain recipients;                       
  Pages H7950-51
  All Circuit Review Act: H.R. 2229, to amend title 5, United States 
Code, to provide permanent authority for judicial review of certain 
Merit Systems Protection Board decisions relating to whistleblowers; 
                                                         Pages H7951-52
  Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act: H.R. 2989, amended, 
to establish the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission; 
                                                         Pages H7952-54
  Thrift Savings Plan Modernization Act of 2017: H.R. 3031, amended, to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for flexibility in making 
withdrawals from a Thrift Savings Plan account; and      
  Pages H7954-55
  FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017: H.R. 3243, to amend title 40, United 
States Code, to eliminate the sunset of certain provisions relating to 
information technology, and to amend the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to extend the sunset relating to the Federal 
Data Center Consolidation Initiative, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
418 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 563. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 4:14 p.m. and reconvened at 4:29 p.m. 
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Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, October 
10th.
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the 
``Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office'': H.R. 452, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the ``Specialist 
Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 418 
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 562.             
  Pages H7957-58
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers 
Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized 
hostilities in the Republic of Yemen: Agreed by unanimous consent that 
the provisions of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution shall apply to 
House Concurrent Resolution 81, directing the President pursuant to 
section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed 
Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Republic of Yemen, not 
earlier than November 2, 2017, but on the same terms that would have 
adhered on October 13, 2017.                                 
  Page H7959
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7935-36, 
H7936, H7957-58, and H7958. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:28 p.m.