[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 26, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D184-D185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 29 public bills, H.R. 4, 1356-
1383; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 21; and H. Res. 148-152, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H2232-34
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2235-36

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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Kelly (IL) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2105
Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2109
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 and Enhanced Background Checks 
Act of 2019--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 145, 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to require a 
background check for every firearm sale, and providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1112) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, 
United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be 
followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a 
person who is not such a licensee, by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 
194 nays, Roll No. 91, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 90.   
  Pages H2119-28
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Levin (MI) 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 
                                                             Page H2130
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 148, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page H2130
Clerk Designation: Read a letter from the Clerk wherein she designated 
Ms. Gloria Lett, Deputy Clerk, Mr. Robert Reeves, Deputy Clerk, and 
Lloyd Horwich, Legal Counsel, to sign any and all papers and do all 
other acts in case of her temporary absence or disability.   
  Page H2130
Extension of time: Agreed by unanimous consent that debate under clause 
1(c) of rule XV on a motion to suspend the rules relating to S. 47 be 
extended to 50 minutes.                                      
  Page H2141
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Natural Resources Management Act: S. 47, to provide for the 
management of the natural resources of the United States, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 363 yeas to 62 nays, Roll No. 95.    
  Pages H2218-19
Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 
15, 2019: The House passed H.J. Res. 46, relating to a national 
emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 245 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 94. 
                                               Pages H2130-41, H2217-18
  H. Res. 144, the rule providing for consideration of the joint 
resolution (H.J. Res. 46) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 
yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 93, after the previous question was ordered 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 92. 
                                                         Pages H2128-30
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the 
enrollment of the bill S. 47: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 21, 
directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the 
enrollment of the bill S. 47.                                
  Page H2219
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China--
Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the 
following Member on the part of the House to the Congressional-
Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: Representative 
McGovern, Chair.                                         
  Pages H2221-22
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission--Appointment: The Chair announced 
the Speaker's appointment of the following Member to serve as Co-Chair 
of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission: Representative McGovern. 
                                                             Page H2222
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member on the part 
of the House to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission: 
Representative Thompson (CA).                                
  Page H2222
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2127-28, H2128, H2128-29, 
H2129-30, H2217-18, and H2218-19. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:38 p.m.