[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 12, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D254]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 6 and 
1678-1702; 1 private bill, H.R. 1703; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 217-
219, were introduced.                                    
  Pages H2678-80
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2681-82
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Espaillat to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2649
Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2654
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rabbi 
Claudio J. Kogan, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of 
Medicine, Edinburg, TX.                                      
  Page H2654
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Calling for accountability and justice for the assassination of Boris 
Nemtsov: H. Res. 156, amended, calling for accountability and justice 
for the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
416 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 121;               
  Pages H2657-60, H2673-74
  Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act: H.R. 596, amended, to prohibit 
United States Government recognition of Russia's annexation of Crimea, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 427 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 122; 
                                                  Pages H2660-62, H2675
   Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To prohibit United States 
Government recognition of the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty 
over Crimea, and for other purposes.''.                      
Page H2675
  Vladimir Putin Transparency Act: H.R. 1404, amended, to strengthen 
the United States response to Russian interference by providing 
transparency on the corruption of Russian President Vladimir Putin; 
                                                         Pages H2662-64
  Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence 
Networks Act: H.R. 1617, to direct the Director of National 
Intelligence to submit intelligence assessments of the intentions of 
the political leadership of the Russian Federation;      
  Pages H2664-65
  Electronic Message Preservation Act: H.R. 1582, to amend title 44, 
United States Code, to require preservation of certain electronic 
records by Federal agencies, to require a certification and reports 
relating to Presidential records;                        
  Pages H2665-67
  Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019: H.R. 1608, to 
amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to increase the transparency 
of Federal advisory committees; and                      
  Pages H2667-71
  Federal Register Modernization Act: H.R. 1654, amended, to amend 
title 44, United States Code, to modernize the Federal Register, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 426 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 123. 
                                               Pages H2671-73, H2675-76
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to Iran that 
was declared on March 15, 1995 is to continue in effect beyond March 
15, 2019--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to 
be printed (H. Doc. 116-20).                                 
  Page H2657
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2673-74, H2675, and H2675-76. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:08 p.m.