[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 16, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D51-D53]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 49 public bills, H.R. 582-630; 
3 private bills, H.R. 631-633; and 14 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 4; and 
H. Res. 46-51, 53-56, were introduced.                    
  Pages H673-76
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page H678
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 52, providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. 
Res. 28) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, 
and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to 
suspend the rules (H. Rept. 116-3).                           
Page H673
Speaker:  Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Sires to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H605
Recess: The House recessed at 11:21 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H614
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 46, electing Members 
to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. 
                                                              Page H617
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Monday, January 
14th.
  Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019: 
H.R. 190, to amend the Small Business Act to eliminate the inclusion of 
option years in the award price for sole source contracts, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 415 yeas to 6 nays, Roll No. 36.          
  Page H626
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019: The House passed H.R. 268, 
making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, by a yea-and-nay vote of 237 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 39. 
                                                          Pages H626-62
  Rejected the Dunn motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 193 ayes to 231 
noes, Roll No. 38.                                        
Pages H660-61
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-2, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-2, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.       
Page H639
Agreed to:
  Bishop (GA) amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) 
that increases emergency assistance funding to agricultural producers 
who suffered losses from hurricanes, wildfires and other agricultural 
related losses in 2018;                                   
Pages H646-47

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  Velazquez amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
provides $5 million to conduct an independent study, including a survey 
of participants, on the impact of the additional benefits provided 
through disaster nutrition assistance on the food insecurity, health 
status, and well-being of program participants;               
Page H650
  Velazquez amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
provides $25 million for Cano Martin Pena channel ecosystem 
restoration;                                              
Pages H650-51
  Thompson (CA) amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) 
that clarifies that winegrape growers whose crops were tainted by smoke 
from a 2018 wildfire are eligible for assistance under this Act, even 
if the damage is discovered after the grapes have been removed from the 
vine;                                                     
Pages H651-52
  Thompson (CA) amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) 
that increases funding by $50 million for the Community Development 
Fund to help address unmet infrastructure needs for grantees that 
received allocations for disasters that occurred in 2017;     
Page H652
  Graves (LA) amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) 
that extends eligibility to Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA projects, 
but ensures they do not receive funding in excess of the amount at 
which they are authorized;                                
Pages H652-53
  Richmond amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
amends section to clarify that the process for addressing duplication 
of benefits should be handled in accordance with current law; 
                                                          Pages H653-54
  Westerman amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
increases the funding for USFS State and Private Forestry account, with 
the goals of helping state and private forest managers recover from the 
catastrophic fires of 2018 and helping these land managers prepare for 
the next fire season;                                     
Pages H454-55
  Jayapal amendment (No. 12 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
restricts DHS funding from being used for the construction or expansion 
of immigration detention facilities;                      
Pages H655-56
  Sablan amendment (No. 13 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
increases the funding for the Northern Marianas Medicaid program by $16 
million to help the islands in recovery from Typhoon Mangkhut and Super 
Typhoon Yutu;                                             
Pages H656-58
  Sablan amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
increases funding for the Marianas food stamps block grant by 
$15,000,000 to cover the cost of households, not previously eligible 
for aid, who remain in need of assistance because of continuing income 
loss after Typhoon Mangkhut and Super Typhoon Yutu; out of total 
population of 53,883, the Food and Nutrition Service reports 40,377 
people qualified for disaster nutrition benefits;             
Page H658
  Gonzalez-Colon (PR) amendment (No. 15 printed in part B of H. Rept. 
116-2) that increases the amount of nutritional assistance appropriated 
in Sec. 101 by $5,000,000;                                
Pages H658-59
  Stewart amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
provides increased funding for hazardous fuels management activities to 
increase the resiliency of federal forests, to protect against 
catastrophic wildfires and reduce the amount of damage caused by such 
fires (agreed by unanimous consent to withdraw the earlier request for 
a recorded vote to the end that the Chair put the question de novo); 
and                                                    
Pages H651, H659
  McGovern amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
states that none of the funds in this bill for the Army Corps of 
Engineers or Department of Homeland Security may be used to plan, 
develop, or construct the border wall (by a recorded vote of 230 ayes 
to 197 noes, Roll No. 37).                          
Pages H647-49, H659
Rejecccted:
  Rice (SC) amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-2) that 
sought to remove the prohibition on the Secretary of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development's ability to waive requirements related 
to the environment.                                       
Pages H649-50
  H. Res. 43, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
268) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 193 nays, Roll 
No. 35, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 230 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 34.                     
Pages H618-26
Question of Privilege: Representative Rush rose to a question of the 
privileges of the House and submitted a resolution (H. Res. 53). 
Subsequently, Representative Hoyer moved to refer the resolution to the 
Committee on Ethics and was recognized for one hour on the motion. The 
motion to refer was agreed to by voice vote, after the previous 
question was ordered without objection.                   
  Pages H662-63
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, January 17th.   
  Page H663
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members of the 
House to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: 
Representatives Himes, Sewell (AL), Carson (IN), Speier, Quigley, 
Swalwell (CA), Castro (TX), Heck, Sean Patrick Maloney (NY), Demings, 
and Krishnamoorthi.                                           
  Page H665

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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, 2019--referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
116-7).                                                       
  Page H662
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H671.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H624-25, 
H625-26, H626, H659, H660-61, and H661. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:42 p.m.