[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 17, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D48-D50]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 4810-
4818; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 697-698, were introduced. 
                                                          Pages H477-78
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  Page H478
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 696, providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to 
the bill (H.R. 195) to amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict 
the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to 
Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United 
States, and for other purposes; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of 
rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported 
from the Committee on Rules; and providing for motions to suspend the 
rules (H. Rept. 115-520).                                     
Page H477
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Valadao 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. 
                                                              Page H419
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 185 nays with one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 26.                           
  Pages H420, H454-55
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Tuesday, January 
16th.
  Family Self-Sufficiency Act: H.R. 4258, amended, to promote the 
development of local strategies to coordinate use of assistance under 
sections 8 and 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 with public 
and private resources, to enable eligible families to achieve economic 
independence and self-sufficiency, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 412 
yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 22; and                          
  Pages H429-30
  Expanding Investment Opportunities Act: H.R. 4279, amended, to direct 
the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise any rules necessary to 
enable closed-end companies to use the securities offering and proxy 
rules that are available to other issuers of securities, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 25.          
  Page H454
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act and Millennium Challenge Act 
Modernization Act: H.R. 3445, amended, to enhance the transparency and 
accelerate the impact of programs under the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act and the Millennium Challenge Corporation; and 
                                                          Pages H430-35
  Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017: H.R. 3776, amended, to support United 
States international cyber diplomacy.                     
  Pages H435-39
Recess: The House recessed at 4:23 p.m. and reconvened at 5:02 p.m. 
                                                              Page H452
World Bank Accountability Act: The House passed H.R. 3326, to increase 
accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management 
effectiveness at the World Bank, by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 184 
noes, Roll No. 24.                               
  Pages H440-52, H452-54
  Pursuant to the Rule, it shall be in order to consider as an original 
bill for purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial 
Services now printed in the bill.                             
Page H448
Agreed to:
  Norman amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-518) that 
modifies a Treasury reporting requirement to ensure that the World Bank 
is promoting reduction of government barriers to entrepreneurship as an 
important component of poverty reduction;                 
Pages H449-50
  Barr amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-518) that 
makes U.S. opposition to IDA assistance for a foreign government 
mandatory if the government knowingly fails to enforce UN Security 
Council sanctions against North Korea; includes Presidential waiver 
authority; and                                            
Pages H451-52
  Connolly amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-518) that 
requires a report on steps taken by the World Bank to ensure G-5 visa 
holders employed by World Bank diplomats and staff are informed of the 
protections afforded to them pursuant to the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (by a recorded vote 
of 420 ayes with none voting ``no'', Roll No. 23). 
                                                 Pages H450-51, H452-53
  H. Res. 693, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3326) and (H.R. 2954) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 
188 noes, Roll No. 21, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 20.    
Pages H423-29
Recess: The House recessed at 9:06 p.m. and reconvened at 9:57 p.m. 
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Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Global Health Innovation Act: H.R. 1660, to direct the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development to submit to 
Congress a report on the development and use of global health 
innovations in the programs, projects, and activities of the Agency. 
                                                          Pages H439-40
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace 
process is to continue in effect beyond January 23, 2018--referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
115-90).                                                      
  Page H430
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H423.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H428-29, 
H429, H430, H452-53, H453-54, H454, and H454-55. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:58 p.m.

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