[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D390-D391]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 97 public bills, H.R. 2195-
2291; and 15 resolutions, H.J. Res. 56; H. Con. Res. 33; and H. Res. 
302-314 were introduced.                                 
  Pages H3251-56
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3259-60
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cisneros to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. 
Jesse Bernard Bilberry, Jr., Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, 
LA.                                                          
  Page H3223
Save the Internet Act of 2019: The House passed H.R. 1644, to restore 
the open internet order of the Federal Communications Commission, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 167. Consideration 
began yesterday, April 9th.                              
  Pages H3224-39
  Rejected the Walden motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 204 ayes to 
216 noes, Roll No. 166.                                  
Pages H3237-39
Agreed to:
  Davids (KS) amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-37) 
that requires that within 1 year of enactment, the GAO shall produce a 
report examining the FCC's efforts to assess competition in the 
wireline and wireless broadband internet access markets, and how the 
FCC can better assess competition, and what steps, if any the FCC can 
take to better increase competition in the wireless and wireline 
broadband internet access markets;                       
Pages H3224-26
  Stanton amendment (No. 8 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-37) that 
directs the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to engage 
tribal stakeholders and providers to ensure accessible and affordable 
broadband on tribal lands;                               
Pages H3226-29
  Trone amendment (No. 9 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-37) that 
finds that annual FCC reports on the state of broadband deployment are 
important to fostering further deployment and that Congress relies on 
the accuracy of these reports; requires that 1) the FCC may not release 
such a report based on information it knows to be inaccurate and 2) the 
Commission use its best efforts to ensure all future reports are 
accurate and to correct past inaccuracies prior to the report's 
release;                                                 
Pages H3229-30
  Brindisi amendment (No. 10 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-37) that 
requires the GAO to produce a report about the ways in which the U.S. 
government can promote the deployment of broadband Internet access 
service, especially to rural areas and areas currently unserved by 
high-speed broadband access;                             
Pages H3230-32
  Spanberger amendment (No. 11 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-37) 
that requires the GAO to determine the accuracy and granularity of 
broadband maps produced by the FCC, and to submit to Congress a report 
that identifies programs and actions restored under 2(b) that rely on 
these maps and that makes recommendations for how the FCC can produce 
more accurate maps;                                      
Pages H3232-33
  Delgado amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-37) that 
was debated on April 9th that requires GAO to produce a report, within 
1 year, reviewing the benefits to consumers of broadband internet 
access providers offering broadband internet access service on a 
standalone basis and what steps Congress can take to increase the 
availability of standalone broadband internet access service to 
consumers, particularly those living in rural areas (by a recorded vote 
of 363 ayes to 60 noes, Roll No. 163);                       
Page H3235
  Wexton amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-37) that 
was debated on April 9th that requires the Federal Communications 
Commission to submit to Congress within 30 days a plan

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for how the Commission will evaluate and address problems with the 
collection on Form 477 of data regarding the deployment of broadband 
Internet access service (by a recorded vote of 376 ayes to 46 noes, 
Roll No. 164); and                                       
Pages H3235-36
  McAdams amendment (No. 12 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-37) that 
affirms that ISPs can still block unlawful content, such as child 
pornography or copyright-infringing materials (by a recorded vote of 
423 ayes with none voting ``no'', Roll No. 165). 
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  H. Res. 294, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1644) and (H.R. 2021) was agreed to yesterday, April 9th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 12th. 
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Investigative Subcommittees of the Committee on Ethics--Appointment: 
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members 
of the House to be available to serve on investigative subcommittees of 
the Committee on Ethics for the 116th Congress: Representatives 
Bonamici, Higgins (NY), Keating, Krishnamoorthi, Perlmutter, Raskin, 
Sewell (AL), Soto and Titus.                                 
  Page H3249
Investigative Subcommittees of the Committee on Ethics--Appointment: 
Read a letter from Representative McCarthy, Minority Leader, in which 
he appointed the following Members of the House to be available to 
serve on investigative subcommittees of the Committee on Ethics for the 
116th Congress: Representatives Flores, Rose (TN), Olson, Wagner, 
Katko, Cline, Huizenga, Rouzer, Rutherford and Hartzler.     
  Page H3249
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to Somalia 
that was declared on April 12, 2010 is to continue in effect beyond 
April 12, 2019--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 116-27).                      
  Page H3243
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3235, 
H3236, H3236-37, H3238-39, and H3239. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:20 p.m.