[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 177 (Wednesday, November 1, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1154-D1156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 4200-
4218; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 89; and H. Res. 599, 602, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H8384-85
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H8386-87
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3441, to clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint 
employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938, with an amendment (H. Rept. 115-379);
  H.R. 3387, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve public 
water systems and enhance compliance with such Act, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 115-380);
  H. Res. 600, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 849) to 
repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H. Rept. 115-
381);
  H. Res. 601, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3922) to 
extend funding for certain public health programs, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 115-382); and
  H.R. 2201, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt certain 
micro-offerings from the registration requirements of such Act, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 115-383).                           
Page H8384
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Marshall to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H8297
Recess: The House recessed at 11:16 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H8306
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
Michael W. Waters, Joy Tabernacle AME Church, Dallas, TX.    
  Page H8306
Unanimous Consent Agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that it be in 
order at any time to consider House Resolution 599 in the House, if 
called up by the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his 
designee; that the resolution be considered as read; that the previous 
question be considered as ordered on the resolution and preamble to 
adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the 
question except for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled 
by Representative Royce and Representative Khanna or their respective 
designees; and that notwithstanding any previous order of the House, 
the provisions of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution shall not 
apply to House Concurrent Resolution 81.                     
  Page H8318
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017: H.R. 3903, amended, to 
amend the Securities Act of 1933 to expand the ability to use testing 
the waters and confidential draft registration submissions, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 599; 
                                               Pages H8318-20, H8361-62
  Amending the Securities Act of 1933 to codify certain qualifications 
of individuals as accredited investors for purposes of the securities 
laws: H.R. 1585, amended, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 to codify 
certain qualifications of individuals as accredited investors for 
purposes of the securities laws;                         
  Pages H8320-23
  Helium Extraction Act of 2017: H.R. 3279, to amend the Mineral 
Leasing Act to provide that extraction of helium from gas produced 
under a Federal mineral lease shall maintain the lease as if the helium 
were oil and gas;                                            
  Page H8323
  Repealing the Act entitled ``An Act to confer jurisdiction on the 
State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac 
and Fox Indian Reservation'': H.R. 1074, to repeal the Act entitled 
``An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses 
committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian 
Reservation'';                                           
  Pages H8323-24
  Providing for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary 
interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie

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County, Iowa: H.R. 2600, amended, to provide for the conveyance to the 
State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by the United States in 
certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa;              
  Pages H8324-25
  Indiana Dunes National Park Act: H.R. 1488, amended, to retitle 
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as Indiana Dunes National Park; 
                                                         Pages H8325-26
  Foreign Terrorist Organizations Passport Revocation Act of 2017: H.R. 
425, amended, to authorize the revocation or denial of passports to 
individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations; and 
                                                         Pages H8363-65
  Urging adherence to the ``one country, two systems'' policy as 
prescribed in the Joint Declaration between the Government of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government of the People's 
Republic of China on the Question of the Hong Kong: H. Res. 422, 
amended, urging adherence to the ``one country, two systems'' policy as 
prescribed in the Joint Declaration between the Government of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government of the People's 
Republic of China on the Question of the Hong Kong;      
  Pages H8365-68
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Urging adherence to the 
`one country, two systems' policy as prescribed in the Joint 
Declaration between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the 
Question of Hong Kong.''.                                    
Page H8368
Recess: The House recessed at 5:07 p.m. and reconvened at 5:16 p.m. 
                                                             Page H8356
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017: The House passed H.R. 2936, to 
expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 
improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, 
on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, 
fire-prone forested lands, by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 188 noes, 
Roll No. 598.                                     
  Pages H8326-56,  H8356
  Rejected the O'Halleran motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 230 
noes, Roll No. 597.                                      
Pages H8359-60
  Pursuant to the Rule, it shall be in order to consider as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 115-36, in lieu of the amendments in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committees on Agriculture and Natural 
Resources now printed in the bill.                           
Page H8340
Agreed to:
  Schrader amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 115-378) that strikes 
``produce timber'' as a forest management activity designated for 
Categorical Exclusion;                                       
Page H8350
  Cardenas amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 115-378) that requires 
the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with other relevant 
Departments, to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility, safety and 
cost effectiveness of using unmanned aerial vehicles for the purposes 
of supporting wildfire response and suppression as well as forest 
restoration and management;                                  
Page H8352
  DeFazio amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 115-378) that adds land 
exclusions to Sec. 913, including Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural 
Area, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Wilderness Act, lands managed under 
the National Trails System; and                          
Pages H8352-53
  Pearce amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 115-378) that establishes 
a pilot program to demonstrate effective tools and techniques for 
safeguarding natural resources (by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 184 
noes, Roll No. 596).                           
Pages H8354-56, H8358-59
Rejected:
  Khanna amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 115-378) that sought to 
strike Subtitle B of Title III, the Forest Management Activity 
Arbitration Pilot Program, from the bill (by a recorded vote of 189 
ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 594); and              
Pages H8350-51, H8357
  O'Halleran amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 115-378) that sought 
to strike sections 801 and 903 (by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 226 
noes, Roll No. 595).                           
Pages H8351-52, H8357-58
Withdrawn:
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 115-378) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have directed OPM to 
create a ``wildland firefighter'' occupational series.   
Pages H8353-54
  H. Res. 595, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2936) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 184 noes, Roll 
No. 593, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 232 yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 592.                   
Pages H8309-18
Clerk to Correct Engrossment: Agreed by unanimous consent that, in the 
engrossment of H.R. 3903, the Clerk be authorized to make such 
technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to

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reflect the actions of the House in amending the bill.       
  Page H8362
Clerk to Correct Engrossment: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
Clerk be authorized to make technical corrections in the engrossment of 
H.R. 2936, to include corrections in spelling, punctuation, section 
numbering and cross-referencing, and the insertion of appropriate 
headings.                                                    
  Page H8362
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 African-American 
soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the United States 
Army who had been captured in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the 
Bulge on December 17, 1944: The House agreed to discharge from 
committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 43, providing official recognition 
of the massacre of 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field 
Artillery Battalion of the United States Army who had been captured in 
Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944. 
                                                             Page H8362
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H8318.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8316-17, 
H8317-18, H8357, H8357-58, H8358-59, H8360, H8360-61, and H8361-62. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:14 p.m.