[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D231-D234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 59 public bills, H.R. 1579-
1637; and 13 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 24; and H. Res. 182-193 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H2581-84
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2586-87
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Takano to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2507
Recess: The House recessed at 10:48 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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For the People Act of 2019: The House considered H.R. 1, to expand 
Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money 
in politics, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants. 
Consideration began yesterday, March 6th.      
  Pages H2515-47, H2555-71
Agreed to:
  Lofgren en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16: Porter (No. 35) that 
expands the ban prohibiting foreign nationals from contributing to 
elections under Section 319 of FECA to also ban foreign nationals from 
contributing to state or local ballot initiatives or referenda; Pocan 
(No. 36) that requires the creation of a single lobbying information 
disclosure portal that combines information currently held and made 
available to the public by the House, Senate, and DOJ; Ruiz (No. 40) 
that prohibits federal funds from being spent at businesses owned or 
controlled by the President, Vice President, or a Cabinet Member; 
Takano (No. 41) that establishes that a federal officeholder or 
candidate for

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federal office must resolve their campaign contributions within 6 years 
of leaving office or campaign; Meng (No. 42) that requires the Election 
Assistance Commission poll worker training manual to ensure services 
are delivered in a culturally competent manner; Schneider (No. 44) that 
requires FEC to report to Congress within 180 days how to ensure 
financial disclosure for PACs and Super PACs established before 
Election Day but whose first disclosure would occur after Election Day, 
as well as their use of debt that is paid off after Election Day for 
disbursements made before Election Day; Brown (MD) (No. 46) that 
requires States to include in their annual report on voter registration 
statistics, the breakdown of race, ethnicity, age and gender of the 
individuals whose information is included in the report; Espaillat (No. 
50) that requires the GAO to study the extent to which state 
redistricting commissions have met the membership diversity 
requirements in the bill; O'Halleran (No. 51) that prohibits senior 
executive branch officials from violating the Federal Travel 
Regulations with taxpayer funds, requires federal agencies to disclose 
quarterly reports to Congress detailing senior officials' travel on 
government aircraft, and requires the Office of Government Ethics to 
issue a report to Congress on recommendations to strengthen the Federal 
Travel Regulations; O'Halleran (No. 52) that requires DOD to regularly 
disclose reports to Congress detailing the direct and indirect costs to 
the Department in support of presidential travel, including any costs 
incurred for travel to properties owned or operated by the President or 
his immediate family; codifies a recent GAO recommendation regarding 
DOD costs of presidential travel; O'Halleran (No. 53) that requires DOD 
to provide Congress regular reports on direct and indirect costs to the 
Department in support of travel on military aircraft provided to senior 
executive branch officials, including whether any spousal travel 
provided was reimbursed to the federal government; McAdams (No. 55) 
that decreases, from 20% to 10%, the threshold by which an individual 
qualifies as a ``lobbyist'' under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; 
Phillips (No. 59) that expands the scope of the revolving door 
restriction to include a prohibition on ``lobbying activity'' for 
former government officials leaving public service during the two-year 
cooling off period; Phillips (No. 60) that ensures the FEC Blue Ribbon 
Advisory Panel consists of individuals with diverse party affiliation 
and diverse gender and ethnic backgrounds; Harder (No. 65) that states 
that any person or entity that makes a lobbying contact with a covered 
legislative branch official or a covered executive branch official 
shall indicate whether the person or entity is registered as a 
lobbyist; Horsford (No. 66) that requires all forms made available by 
the FEC to allow for accent symbols; and Finkenauer (No. 67) that 
exempts the State of Iowa's current nonpartisan redistricting system 
from the Sec. 2401 requirement;                          
Pages H2515-19
  Green (TX) amendment (No. 26 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that directs the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot 
program under which the Commission shall provide funds during the one-
year period beginning after the date of enactment, to local educational 
agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to 
secondary school students in the 12th grade;             
Pages H2525-26
  Grijalva amendment (No. 27 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
provides that States shall permit an individual who receives a vote by 
mail ballot to cast the ballot on the date of the election by 
delivering the ballot to a polling place;                
Pages H2526-28
  Moore amendment (No. 29 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
requires voting registration materials to be sent with notification of 
restoration of rights;                                   
Pages H2528-30
  Moore amendment (No. 30 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
calls for a GAO report on the challenges and progress made in making 
elections accessible for those with disabilities, including an 
assessment of the impact of changes included in H.R. 1; 
                                                         Pages H2530-31
  Lujan amendment (No. 34 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
revises Title III, Part 3, Election Infrastructure Innovation Grant 
Program, to include an emphasis on increasing voter participation, 
engage the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and 
increase funding for the competitive grants;             
Pages H2535-36
  Pocan amendment (No. 37 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
ends the practice of prison gerrymandering whereby incarcerated persons 
are counted in Census population counts as residents of correctional 
facilities and not their most recent residence prior to imprisonment; 
                                                         Pages H2537-38
  Pocan amendment (No. 38 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
requires states to seek to ensure that any voting machine used for the 
purposes of a federal election, by 2022, is manufactured in the United 
States;                                                  
Pages H2538-39
  Frankel (FL) amendment (No. 39 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that clarifies that election administration improvement grants may be 
used to implement and model best practices for ballot design, ballot 
instructions, and the testing of ballots;                
Pages H2539-40
  Beyer amendment (No. 43 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
provides grants to states to encourage involvement of minors in 
election activities;                                     
Pages H2540-42

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  Brown (MD) amendment (No. 45 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that ensures Sunday early voting;                        
Pages H2542-44
  Brown (MD) amendment (No. 47 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16), 
as modified, that adds early voting to the minimum notification 
requirement for voters affected by polling place changes; instead of 
only requiring the State to notify individuals no later than seven days 
before the date of the election, this would include not later than 
seven days prior to the first day of early voting as well, whichever 
comes first;                                             
Pages H2544-45
  Brown (MD) amendment (No. 48 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that requires a portion of the early voting hours of operations to 
occur outside of normal business hours to ensure maximum accessibility 
to working individuals;                                  
Pages H2545-46
  Brown (MD) amendment (No. 49 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that requires the States to include in their bi-annual report to 
Congress on the operation of the voter information hotline, a 
description of any actions taken in response to reports of voter 
intimidation or suppression;                             
Pages H2546-47
  Raskin amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
was debated on March 6th that prevents corporate expenditures for 
campaign purposes unless the corporation has established a process for 
determining the political will of its shareholders (by a recorded vote 
of 219 ayes to 215 noes, Roll No. 109);                      
Page H2555
  Case amendment (No. 56 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
incentives political party committees to prioritize small dollar 
donations (up to $200) to provide enhanced support for candidates; 
                                                         Pages H2560-61
  Houlahan amendment (No. 57 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
modifies Section 1611 (Early Voting) to require that States provide for 
ten hours of early voting per day rather than four hours, as specified 
in the base text;                                        
Pages H2561-62
  Phillips amendment (No. 58 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
clarifies the authority of FEC attorneys, including the General 
Counsel, to represent the FEC in actions before the Supreme Court; 
                                                         Pages H2562-64
  Levin (MI) amendment (No. 61 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that prohibits violators of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
and their immediate family members from serving on redistricting 
commissions;                                                 
Page H2564
  Trahan amendment (No. 62 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
prohibits agents registered under the Foreign Agents Act from serving 
on an independent redistricting commission;              
Pages H2564-65
  Trahan amendment (No. 63 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
extends the guarantee of residency for purposes of voting to family 
members of absent military personnel;                    
Pages H2565-66
  Kim amendment (No. 64 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
requires all paper ballots used in an election for Federal office must 
be printed in the US on paper manufactured in the US;    
Pages H2566-67
  Spanberger amendment (No. 68 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that requires the Director of National Intelligence to provide state 
election officials and Congress an assessment regarding risks and 
threats to election infrastructure 180 days before a general election; 
and                                                      
Pages H2567-68
  Slotkin amendment (No. 69 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
expands the ban on foreign money entering elections to include 
electioneering communications.                           
Pages H2568-71
Rejected:
  Hice (GA) amendment (No. 23 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that sought to remove the granting of subpoena authority to the 
Director of the Office of Government Ethics;             
Pages H2519-20
  Rodney Davis (IL) amendment (No. 28 printed in part B of H. Rept. 
116-16) that sought to require the Judicial Conference of the United 
States to implement a judicial code that is at least as stringent as 
the requirements placed on Members of Congress;              
Page H2528
  Davidson (OH) amendment (No. 31 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that sought to ensure that states that have taken appropriate measures 
to increase voter turnout are not subject to additional federal voter 
registration mandates;                                   
Pages H2531-32
  Cole amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that was 
debated on March 6th that sought to restore a provision currently in 
law that bars government contractors from disclosing campaign 
contributions as part of the bidding process (by a recorded vote of 199 
ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 110);                         
Pages H2555-56
  Pressley amendment (No. 24 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
sought to lower the mandatory minimum voting age to age 16 in federal 
elections (by a recorded vote of 126 ayes to 305 noes with two 
answering ``present'', Roll No. 111);          
Pages H2520-21, H2556-57
  Green (TN) amendment (No. 25 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that sought to express a sense of Congress that free speech should be 
protected (by a recorded vote of 200 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 112); 
                                                  Pages H2521-25, H2557
  Davidson (OH) amendment (No. 32 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that sought to strike Title IV, subtitle F, which would allow the SEC 
to require disclosure of political contributions made by

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public corporations (by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 238 noes, Roll 
No. 113); and                                  
Pages H2532-34, H2557-58
  Davidson (OH) amendment (No. 33 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) 
that sought to protect the ability of 501(c)4s to advocate for causes 
by striking a provision intended to allow for additional IRS regulation 
of 501(c)4s (by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 114).
                                               Pages H2534-35, H2558-59
Proceedings Postponed:
  Brindisi amendment (No. 54 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-16) that 
seeks to direct states to equalize polling hours across the state 
within certain parameters; provide exceptions for municipalities to set 
longer hours.                                            
Pages H2559-60
  H. Res. 172, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1) was agreed to yesterday, March 6th.
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that 
are contradictory to the values and aspirations that define the people 
of the United States and condemning anti-Muslim discrimination and 
bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance that 
are contrary to the values and aspirations of the United States: H. 
Res. 183, amended, condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of 
intolerance that are contradictory to the values and aspirations that 
define the people of the United States and condemning anti-Muslim 
discrimination and bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of 
intolerance that are contrary to the values and aspirations of the 
United States, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 407 yeas to 23 nays with 
one answering ``present'', Roll No. 108.                 
  Pages H2547-55
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2554, 
H2555, H2556, H2556-57, H2557, H2558, and H2558-59. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:53 p.m.
Program for Friday: Complete consideration of H.R. 1--For the People 
Act of 2019.