[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 81 (Thursday, May 17, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D544-D546]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 5857-
5873; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 901-903 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative DesJarlais to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess:The House recessed at 11:09 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Monsignor 
John Zenz, Holy Name Parish, Birmingham, Michigan.       
  Pages H4148-49
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 188 nays with two answering 
``present'', Roll No. 192.                        
  Pages H4149, H4163-64
Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018: The House considered H.R. 2, to 
provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other 
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023. 
Consideration began yesterday, May 16th. 
                Pages H4164-73, H4173-88, H4188-99, H4199-201, H4201-05
Agreed to:
  Herrera-Beutler amendment (No. 10 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-
677) that directs the payment of a portion of stewardship project 
revenues to the county in which the stewardship project occurs; 
                                                         Pages H4164-65
  Gosar amendment (No. 11 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) that 
authorizes counties to be included in Good Neighbor Authority 
cooperative agreements and contracts in order to improve forest health 
and bolster watershed restoration;                       
Pages H4165-66
  Gianforte amendment (No. 12 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) 
that authorizes expedited salvage operations for areas burned by 
wildfire to salvage dead trees and reforest to prevent re-burn, provide 
for the utilization of burned trees, or to provide a funding source for 
reforestation; requires a two month environmental assessment for 
reforestation activities and at least 75% of the burned area be 
reforested;                                              
Pages H4166-67
  Pearce amendment (No. 15 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) that 
allows the Village of Santa Clara to purchase land from the United 
States Forest Service that was formerly part of Fort Bayard Military 
Reservation;                                                 
Page H4170
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 16 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) that 
streamlines the Forest Service application process required to 
construct broadband infrastructure on federal land;      
Pages H4170-72
  Westerman amendment (No. 17 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) 
that instructs the Department of Agriculture and the Department of 
Interior to provide Congress a yearly report tabulating the metrics 
surrounding wildfire prevention, including the number of acres treated 
and agency response time;                                    
Page H4172
  Pearce amendment (No. 18 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) that 
reauthorizes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program for 
another 10 years;                                            
Page H4172
  Tipton amendment (No. 19 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) that 
authorizes the U.S. Forest Service to convey 3.61 acres of Forest 
Service Land to Dolores County, Colorado for the strict purpose of 
building a fire station;                                 
Pages H4172-73
  Thornberry amendment (No. 20 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) 
that establishes Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training 
Centers to limit subjectivity and increase the accuracy of grading 
cattle across the country;                                   
Page H4173
  Conaway amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that makes 
technical and conforming changes, in addition to making amendments to 
titles IV, VI and XI of H.R. 2; these amendments consist of changes to 
nutrition programs, requiring consultation between USDA and NTIA on 
broadband loan and grant programs and establishing a food access 
liaison at USDA;                                         
Pages H4177-81
  LaHood amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that streamlines 
the sign up process for Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss 
Coverage (PLC) by directing the Secretary of Agriculture to change the 
regulatory requirements from an annual sign up to a ``one and done'' 
process for ARC and PLC only;                                
Page H4184
  Faso amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that expands 
USDA's ability to assess natural resource concerns through enhanced 
measurement, evaluation, and reporting on conservation program 
outcomes;                                                
Pages H4185-86
  Fortenberry amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that 
provides sequencing and prioritization for volunteer visits and 
improves communication and coordination between USDA, USAID and 
implementing partners; the amendment also establishes a geographically 
defined crop yield metrics system and an Internet-based resource for

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data and knowledge sharing among the participants, stakeholders and the 
public;                                                  
Pages H4188-89
  MacArthur amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that ensures 
that if an individual becomes ineligible to participate in the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program as a household member due to 
failure to meet the requirements under subparagraph (B), the remaining 
household members (including children), shall not become ineligible to 
apply to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
due to such individuals ineligibility;                   
Pages H4189-91
  Holding amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that ends 
eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for 
convicted violent rapists, pedophiles and murderers after enactment 
into law;                                                    
Page H4191
  Gonzalez-Colon amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that 
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study on 
developing a Thrifty Food Plan to calculate the amount of the 
Nutritional Assistance Program for Puerto Rico;          
Pages H4191-92
  Young (AK) amendment (No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that 
expands access to traditional foods for native populations first 
created in Sec. 4033 of PL 113-79;                           
Page H4194
  Gonzlez-Colon amendment (No. 15 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that 
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide an extension of study 
on comparable access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance for Puerto 
Rico;                                                    
Pages H4194-95
  Faso amendment (No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that provides 
states the flexibility to contract out administrative functions of SNAP 
(by a recorded vote of 222 ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 196); 
                                                  Pages H4192-94, H4198
  Westerman amendment (No. 13 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) 
that requires the Forest Service to consider long-term health of our 
nations forests when developing collaborative management plans, and 
shields agency decision making from certain injunctions on sustainable 
forest management (by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 191 noes, Roll No. 
198);                                       
Pages H4167-68, H4199-H4200
  Young (AK) amendment (No. 14 printed in part C of H. Rept. 115-677) 
that exempts all National Forests in Alaska from the U.S. Forest 
Service Roadless Rule (by a recorded vote of 208 ayes to 207 noes, Roll 
No. 199);                                      
Pages H4168-70, H4200-01
  Turner amendment (No. 18 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that ensures 
that newly designated 1890 Institution's base funding is calculated by 
using the same formula as already established 1890 Institutions; 
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  Stefanik amendment (No. 19 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that adds 
invasive vegetation to Section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act; and                                                     
Page H4204
  Cheney amendment (No. 20 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that directs 
the USFS and DOI to make vacant allotments available to grazing permit 
or lease holders in the event of a natural disaster, conflict with 
wildlife, or court-issued injunction; to prevent a court injunction in 
the event that the federal agency is unable to make a vacant allotment 
available.                                               
Pages H4204-05
Rejected:
  Foxx amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that sought to 
modernize and reform the sugar program by removing barriers to domestic 
production and implementing market reforms (by a recorded vote of 137 
ayes to 278 noes, Roll No. 193);                  
Pages H4174-77, H4196
  McClintock amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that sought 
to phase out agricultural subsidies (by a recorded vote of 34 ayes to 
380 noes, Roll No. 194);                       
Pages H4181-84, H4196-97
  McClintock amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that sought 
to amend SNAP work requirements to repeal geographic area waivers to 
allow states to exempt only 5% of SNAP recipients, set the same hour 
per week work requirement for married parents as for single parents, 
exempt parents of children under 3 instead of children under 6, and 
require participants in training programs to go through E Verify (by a 
recorded vote of 83 ayes to 330 noes, Roll No. 195); and 
                                               Pages H4186-88, H4197-98
  Biggs amendment (No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that sought to 
repeal the bioenergy subsidy programs established in title IX of the 
2002 farm bill (by a recorded vote of 75 ayes to 340 noes, Roll No. 
197).                                          
Pages H4195-96, H4198-99
Withdrawn:
  Rogers (AL) amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that amends 
the Conservation Title to cap the number of CRP acres at 24 million a 
year.                                                        
Page H4185
Proceedings Postponed:
  Russell amendment (No. 17 printed in H. Rept. 115-679) that seeks to 
amends the Agricultural Risk Protection act of 2000 to prohibit the 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) from awarding value-added agricultural 
product market development grants to support the marketing of beer, 
wine, distilled spirits, hard cider, or other alcohol products; the 
amendment also rescinds $8 million of the unobligated funds that were 
previously provided to USDA for grants.                  
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  H. Res. 891, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
5698), (S. 2372), and (H.R. 2) was agreed to yesterday, May 16th.
  H. Res. 900, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 2) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 188 noes, Roll 
No. 191, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 228 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 190.                   
Pages H4150-63
Unanimous Consent Agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that during 
further consideration of H.R. 2 in the Committee of the Whole, pursuant 
to House Resolution 900, amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 
115-679 may be considered out of sequence.                   
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Discharge Petition: Representative Doyle presented to the clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H. 
Res. 873, providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. 
Res. 129) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal 
Communications Commission relating to ``Restoring Internet Freedom'' 
(Discharge Petition No. 11).
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted an Agreement on Social Security between the United States 
of America and the Republic of Slovenia--referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 115-125). 
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  Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted an Agreement 
on Social Security between the United States of America and Iceland--
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed 
(H. Doc. 115-127).                                           
Page H4205
Senate Referral: S. 2349 was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.                                                   
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H4164.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4162, 
H4162-63, H4163-64, H4196, H4197, H4197-98, H4198, H4199, H4199-H4200, 
and H4200-01. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m.