[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 105 (Friday, June 22, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D720-D721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 6192-
6205; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 957-959 were introduced.    
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4528, to make technical amendments to certain marine fish 
conservation statutes , and for other purposes (H. Rept. 115-775);
  H.R. 5730, to require testing and evaluation of advanced 
transportation security screening technologies related to the mission 
of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 115-776);
  H.R. 5733, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for 
the responsibility of the National Cybersecurity and Communications 
Integration Center to maintain capabilities to identify threats to 
industrial control systems, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 115-777); and
  H.R. 5766, to improve the security of public areas of transportation 
facilities, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 115-778).   
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Bacon to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
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Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and 
Treatment for Patients and Communities Act: The House passed H.R. 6, to 
provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 396 yeas to 14 nays, Roll No. 288. 
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  Rejected the Tonko motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means with 
instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with an 
amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 185 yeas to 226 nays, Roll No. 287.
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  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-76, modified by 
Rules Committee Print 115-78 and the amendment printed in part A of H. 
Rept. 115-766, shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 
Committee of the Whole.                                      
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Agreed to:
  Walden amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-766) that 
calls for Medicaid, Medicare, and public health reforms to help combat 
the opioid crisis;                                       
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  Barton amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-766) that 
directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to develop high-quality, 
evidence-based opioid analgesic prescribing guidelines for the 
indication-specific treatment of acute pain; in developing such 
guidelines, it would require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to 
gather input through a public workshop and comment period, and to 
provide a report to Congress on how such guidelines will be used to 
protect the public health;                               
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  Curtis amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-766) that 
requires a report from HHS on

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opioid prescribing practices and opioid misuse during pregnancy, and 
evaluating non-opiate pain management practices during pregnancy; 
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  Keating amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-766) that 
directs HHS to issue guidelines for prescribing naloxone in situations 
involving any type of prescription or illicit opioid use; and 
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  Maxine Waters (CA) amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 
115-766) that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
to conduct a survey of organizations that provide substance abuse 
treatment services; under the amendment, HHS is required to develop, 
and submit to Congress, a plan to direct appropriate resources to 
address inadequacies in services or funding for specific types of drug 
addictions identified through the survey.                
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Withdrawn:
  Dunn amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 115-766) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have struck language 
expanding the classes of health care workers who are authorized to 
dispense narcotics for narcotic treatment.               
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  H. Res. 949, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
6), (H.R. 5797), and (H.R. 6082) was agreed to Wednesday, June 20th.
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act: The House agreed to take from the 
Speaker's table and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 931, to 
require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a 
voluntary registry to collect data on cancer incidence among 
firefighters.                                            
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All Circuit Review Act: The House agreed to take from the Speaker's 
table and concur in the Senate amendment to 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.                                              
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Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, June 25th for Morning 
Hour debate.                                                 
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Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
North Korea is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2018--referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
115-136).                                                    
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  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency declared with respect to the Western Balkans is 
to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2018--referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 115-137). 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5570-71 and H5571-72. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:02 p.m.