[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 24 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D132-D133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 75 public bills, H.R. 1032-
1107; 1 private bill, H.R. 1107; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 109-112, 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H1457-62
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1164-65
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Murphy to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1395
Recess: The House recessed at 10:15 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                         Pages H1396-97
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2019: H.R. 494, amended, to amend the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Juvenile 
Accountability Block Grant program;                      
  Pages H1403-06
  Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019: H.R. 450, amended, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to 
prevent certain frauds against veterans, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
417 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 70; 
                                               Pages H1406-09, H1416-17
  Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2019: H.R. 507, to direct the 
Attorney General to study issues relating to human trafficking, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 71; and 
                                               Pages H1409-13, H1417-18
  Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act: H.R. 752, to amend titles 5 
and 28, United States Code, to require the maintenance of databases on 
awards of fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain 
administrative proceedings and court cases to which the United States 
is a party.                                              
  Pages H1413-15
Veterans' Access to Child Care Act: The House considered H.R. 840, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain 
medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, February 8th. 
                                                         Pages H1418-31
  Pursuant to the Rule, it shall be in order to consider as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 116-3.                                   
Pages H1421-22
Agreed to:
  Brindisi amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that clarifies 
that veterans who receive covered health care services at VA community-
based out-patient clinics are eligible for child care assistance; 
                                                             Page H1422
  Radewagen amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that clarifies 
that the child care benefit

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be made available for veterans while they are traveling to or attending 
VA appointments and not at any other time;               
Pages H1423-24
  Rose (NY) amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that includes 
substance or drug abuse counseling in the definition of ``covered 
health care services'';                                      
Page H1424
  Lee (NV) amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that specifies 
that all Vet Centers, not just Vet Centers located within a physical 
area in which VA has jurisdiction, would also be a place where veterans 
could be eligible for no-cost child care;                    
Page H1426
  Barr amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that require a study 
of the effects of child care assistance provided under section 2 of the 
underlying bill and on compliance with treatment protocols; 
                                                         Pages H1426-27
  Cisneros amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that requires 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a feasibility study to 
determine how the Department of Veterans Affairs could provide child 
care assistance for veterans who receive covered health care services 
from non-Department facilities;                          
Pages H1427-28
  Cisneros amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that include 
intensive health care services related to physical therapy for a 
service-connected disability in the definition of ``covered health care 
services'';                                                  
Page H1428
  Rodney Davis (IL) amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that 
prevents interpretation by the VA that only one of the two parents 
could be considered the primary caretaker;               
Pages H1428-29
  Sablan amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that clarifies 
that veterans who receive telemental health services furnished by the 
Department as opposed to in-person mental health services would be 
eligible for child care assistance authorized under the bill; and 
                                                         Pages H1429-39
  Cloud amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that directs the 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an annual report to 
Congress on its processing system for child care payments to veterans 
and private care providers; moreover, the VA must identify the number 
of unprocessed child care claims that have been left unresolved in its 
report.                                                  
Pages H1430-31
Proceedings Postponed:
  Bergman amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 116-6) that seeks to 
prohibit the VA from constructing new structures to be used as 
childcare centers.                                       
Pages H1424-26
  H. Res. 105, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
840) and adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 86) was agreed to by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 69, after the 
previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 189 
nays, Roll No. 68. Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 105, H. Res. 86 was 
agreed to.                           
Pages H1399-H1403, H1415-16, H1418
Clerk to Correct Engrossment: Agreed by unanimous consent that in the 
engrossment of H.R. 494, the Clerk be directed to make the change 
placed at the desk.                                          
  Page H1431
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H1399.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1415-17, H1416, H1416-17, and 
H1417-18. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:52 p.m.