[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D573-D575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 32 public bills, H.R. 2856-
2887; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 40; and H. Res. 391-393, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H4063-64
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4065-66
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:

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  Supplemental Report on H.R. 1947, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to exempt transfers of funds from Federal agencies to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for nonprofit corporations established 
under subchapter IV of chapter 73 of such title from certain provisions 
of the Economy Act (H. Rept. 116-76, Part 2).                
Page H4063
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Lawrence to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4013
Recess: The House recessed at 11:01 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H4019
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Pastor R. 
Perez Gatling, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, VA. 
                                                             Page H4019
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of 
the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution 
of the United States: The House agreed to discharge from committee and 
agree to H. Res. 354, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage 
and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, 
to the Constitution of the United States.                    
  Page H4024
Recess: The House recessed at 1:32 p.m. and reconvened at 2:27 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4030
Consumers First Act and Setting Every Community Up for Retirement 
Enhancement Act of 2019--Rule for consideration: The House agreed to H. 
Res. 389, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1500) to 
require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to meet its statutory 
purpose, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1994) to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement 
savings, by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 221, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 
yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 220.                
  Pages H4024-30, H4030-31
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Whole Veteran Act: H.R. 2359, amended, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs advancing of whole health transformation; 
                                                         Pages H4032-34
  Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act: H.R. 1812, amended, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment 
counseling and related mental health services to certain individuals; 
                                                         Pages H4034-35
  Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition 
Improvement Act of 2019: H.R. 2326, amended, to amend the Social 
Security Act, to amend the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' 
Benefits Improvement Act of 2012, and to direct the Secretaries of 
Veterans Affairs, Defense, Labor, and Homeland Security, and the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to take certain 
actions to improve transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces 
who separate, retire, or are discharged from the Armed Forces; 
                                                         Pages H4035-39
  Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act: H.R. 2333, to direct 
the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an assessment 
of the responsibilities, workload, and vacancy rates of Department of 
Veterans Affairs suicide prevention coordinators;        
  Pages H4039-41
  Fostering Intergovernmental Health Transparency in Veteran Suicides 
Act: H.R. 2340, amended, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
provide to Congress notice of any suicide or attempted suicide of a 
veteran in a Department of Veterans Affairs facility;    
  Pages H4041-42
  Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019: H.R. 
1200, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2019, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans;                               
  Pages H4042-43
  Veterans' Care Quality Transparency Act: H.R. 2372, amended, to 
direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an 
assessment of all memoranda of understanding and memoranda of agreement 
between Under Secretary of Health and non-Department of Veterans 
Affairs entities relating to suicide prevention and mental health 
services;                                                
  Pages H4043-45
  Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan 
Act of 2019: H.R. 2045, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition 
Administration and the Under Secretary for Veterans Economic 
Opportunity and Transition of the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
                                                         Pages H4045-48
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to establish in the Department the Veterans Economic 
Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes.''. 
                                                             Page H4048
  Amending title 38, United States Code, to exempt transfers of funds 
from Federal agencies to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
nonprofit corporations established under subchapter IV of

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chapter 73 of such title from certain provisions of the Economy Act: 
H.R. 1947, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt 
transfers of funds from Federal agencies to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for nonprofit corporations established under subchapter IV of 
chapter 73 of such title from certain provisions of the Economy Act; 
                                                         Pages H4048-51
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to exempt transfers of funds from Federal agencies to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for nonprofit corporations established 
under subchapter IV of chapter 73 of such title from certain provisions 
of the Economy Act, and for other purposes.''.               
Page H4051
Permission to File Report: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to file a supplemental 
report on H.R. 1947, to amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt 
transfers of funds from Federal agencies to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for nonprofit corporations established under subchapter IV of 
chapter 73 of such title from certain provisions of the Economy Act. 
                                                             Page H4049
Consensus Calendar: Representative Courtney presented to the clerk a 
motion to place on the Consensus Calendar the bill H.R. 748, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost 
employer-sponsored health coverage, it having accumulated 290 
cosponsors.                                                  
  Page H4063
Senate Referral: S. 163 was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce.                                                    
  Page H4061
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H4024.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4030-31, H4031. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:18 p.m.