[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D492-D493]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 5697-
5713; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 120; and H. Res. 876-878, 880-882 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H3833-34
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3834-35
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 879, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3053) to 
amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 115-665).                                      
Pages H3825, H3833
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Marshall to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3785
Recess: The House recessed at 10:19 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H3787
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
those who have been killed or wounded in service to our country and all 
those who serve and their families.                          
  Page H3787
Administration of the Oath of Office to an Officer of the House: The 
Speaker administered the Oath of Office to Father Patrick J. Conroy of 
the State of Oregon, to exercise temporarily the duties of Chaplain of 
the House of Representatives, effective Friday, May 25, 2018. 
                                                             Page H3787
Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Dent, wherein he 
resigned as Representative for the Fifteenth Congressional District of 
Pennsylvania, effective at 11:59 p.m. on May 12, 2018.       
  Page H3797
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:

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  Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act: H.R. 3170, to 
amend the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small 
business development center counselors;               
  Pages H3797-H3800
  Change Order Transparency for Federal Contractors Act: H.R. 4754, to 
amend the Small Business Act to provide prospective construction 
contractors with information about an agency's policies on the 
administration of change orders to allow such contractors to make 
informed business decisions regarding the pricing of bids or proposals;
                                                         Pages H3800-01
  Women's Business Centers Improvements Act: H.R. 1680, amended, to 
amend the Small Business Act to improve the women's business center 
program;                                                 
  Pages H3801-06
  Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act: H.R. 1702, 
amended, to amend the Small Business Act to improve the small business 
development centers program;                             
  Pages H3806-08
  Spurring Business in Communities Act: H.R. 4111, to amend the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the number of small business 
investment companies in underlicensed States;            
  Pages H3808-10
  Main Street Employee Ownership Act of 2018: H.R. 5236, amended, to 
expand opportunities available to employee-owned business concerns 
through Small Business Administration loan programs; and 
                                                         Pages H3810-12
  Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018: H.R. 4743, 
amended, to amend the Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of 
Credit Risk Management within the Small Business Administration. 
                                                         Pages H3812-15
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection relating to ``Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance 
with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act'': The House passed S.J. Res. 57, 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection relating to ``Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance 
with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act'', by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 
yeas to 175 nays with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 171. 
                                                         Pages H3815-23
  H. Res. 872, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
5645) and (H.R. 2152) and the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 57) was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 170, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 
yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 169.                          
Pages H3796-97
Privileged Resolution--Intent to Offer: Representative Crowley 
announced his intent to offer a privileged resolution.   
  Pages H3823-24
Question of Privilege: Representative Crowley rose to a question of the 
privileges of the House and submitted a privileged resolution. Upon 
examination of the resolution, the Chair determined that the resolution 
qualified. Subsequently, the House agreed to the McCarthy motion to 
table H. Res. 878, raising a question of the privileges of the House, 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 172. 
                                                             Page H3824
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted the text of a proposed Agreement for Cooperation between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
the United Mexican States Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, 
as well as his written approval, authorization, and determination 
concerning the Agreement, and an unclassified Nuclear Proliferation 
Assessment Statement concerning the Agreement--referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 115-
116).                                                        
  Page H3795
  Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted proposed 
rescissions of budget authority--referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 115-117). 
                                                             Page H3832
Quorum Calls Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3796, 
H3796-97, H3822-23, H3824. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:26 p.m.