[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D541-D542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 38 public bills, H.R. 2739, 
2741-2744, 2746-2778; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 58; H. Con. Res. 39; 
and H. Res. 383-384 were introduced.                     
  Pages H3840-42
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3843-44
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2740, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health, and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
116-62); and
  H.R. 2745, making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-
63).                                                         
Page H3840
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Shalala to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:31 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Dr. Benny 
Tate, Rock Springs Church, Milner, Georgia.              
  Pages H3798-99
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act: The House passed 
H.R. 312, to reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 275 yeas to 146 nays, Roll No. 207. 
                                                         Pages H3816-24
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as adopted.                     
Pages H3816-17
  H. Res. 377, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
5), (H.R. 312), and (H.R. 987) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 
229 yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 206, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 189 nays with one 
answering ``present'', Roll No. 205.                     
Pages H3801-13

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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Amending the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes: 
H.R. 375, to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority 
of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian 
Tribes, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 323 yeas to 96 nays, Roll No. 
208.                                           
  Pages H3813-16, H3824-25
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, May 14th.
  Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 
2019: H.R. 1892, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make 
technical corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security submit quadrennial homeland security reviews, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 415 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 209. 
                                                         Pages H3825-26
Director of the Congressional Budget Office--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the joint appointment by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Dr. 
Phillip Swagel as Director of the Congressional Budget Office for the 
term expiring January 3, 2023.                               
  Page H3835
Discharge Petition: Representative Mast presented to the clerk a motion 
to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H. Res. 
348, providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 336) to make 
improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and 
to authorize the appropriation of funds to Israel, to reauthorize the 
United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the 
wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people, and for other purposes 
(Discharge Petition No. 3).
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that he had issued an Executive Order declaring a 
national emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled 
activities--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to 
be printed (H. Doc. 116-35).                             
  Pages H3835-36
Senate Referrals: S. 1231 was held at the desk. S. 1436 was held at the 
desk.                                                        
  Page H3801
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H3801.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3812, H3812-13, H3824, H3824-
25, and H3825-26. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:35 p.m.