[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D585-D587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 50 public bills, H.R. 2888-
2937; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 41-43; and H. Res. 394-399, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H4117-19
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4121-22
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative DeSaulnier to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4069
Recess: The House recessed at 10:38 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H4073
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. 
William Johnson, Immanuel United Church of Christ, Ellinwood, Kansas. 
                                                             Page H4073
Consumers First Act: The House passed H.R. 1500, to require the 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to meet its statutory purpose, by 
a recorded vote of 231 ayes to 91 noes, Roll No. 228. 
                                                      Pages H4075-H4110
  Rejected the Steil motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Financial Services with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 
231 noes, Roll No. 227.                                  
Pages H4108-10
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-15 shall be 
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, 
in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill. 
                                                             Page H4082
Agreed to:
  Velazquez amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
reinstitutes Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 reporting 
requirements and prevents further action by the CFPB without 
congressional approval;                                  
Pages H4086-87
  Adams amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
reestablishes an interagency memorandum of understanding between the 
CFPB and the Department of Education concerning the sharing of student 
borrower complaints to allow for cooperative supervision and oversight 
of student loan servicers;                               
Pages H4088-90
  Lawson (FL) amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) 
that adds a monthly reporting requirement that CFPB provide Congress 
with the number of investigations opened and closed relating to 
potential fair lending violations, how many fair lending enforcement 
actions taken or referred, analysis of consumer complaints relating to 
potential fair lending violations, and stats on how many Office of Fair 
Lending and Equal Opportunity staff are dedicated to supervision and 
enforcement;                                             
Pages H4090-91
  Pressley amendment (No. 5 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
requires the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to 
issue a quarterly report on debt collection complaints and enforcement 
actions;                                                 
Pages H4091-92
  Cohen amendment (No. 8 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to require 
consumer reporting agencies to disclose free credit scores, if 
requested; also directs the CFPB to develop regulations establishing a 
mandatory consistent format and to determine if agencies should 
disclose any other consumer information appropriate with respect to 
consumer financial education;                            
Pages H4094-96
  Bonamici amendment (No. 9 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
requires the Assistant Director and Student Loan Ombudsman to issue an 
annual report to Congress on risks to young consumers and student 
borrowers;                                               
Pages H4096-97
  Case amendment (No. 10 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
adds expertise in consumer privacy to the membership of the Consumer 
Advisory Board;                                          
Pages H4097-98
  Golden amendment (No. 11 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
adds representatives of service

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members, veterans, and their families to the list of individuals who 
qualify for appointment to the Consumer Advisory Board; 
                                                         Pages H4098-99
  Escobar amendment (No. 12 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
directs CFPB to seek to appoint representatives of military- and 
veteran-serving financial institutions in Advisory Committees; 
                                                             Page H4099
  Neguse amendment (No. 13 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
requires the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to 
issue an annual report to Congress of consumer complaints from older 
Americans, including a state-by-state breakdown of complaints by type 
of consumer financial product or service and any legislative or 
regulatory recommendations by the Director;           
Pages H4099-H4100
  DeSaulnier amendment (No. 15 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) 
that requires the Bureau to collect additional data from student loan 
servicers to provide a comprehensive view of loan portfolio 
performance, and to include findings from this information in the 
annual Ombudsman report;                                 
Pages H4101-02
  Tlaib amendment (No. 16 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
adds a quarterly reporting requirement that CFPB provide Congress with 
the number of investigations opened and closed relating to payday/car-
title lenders, how many enforcement actions taken, an estimate of how 
much in fees payday/car-title customers paid, how many times in the 
previous 12 months a payday customer rolled over their loan, and how 
many car title loan borrowers lost their car in the previous 12 months;
                                                         Pages H4102-03
  Stevens amendment (No. 14 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
ensures that the Consumer Advisory Board is comprised of individuals 
who represent community banks, credit unions, small business owners, or 
economic growth experts (by a recorded vote of 418 ayes to 10 noes, 
Roll No. 225); and                                
Pages H4100-01, H4107
  Green (TX) amendment (No. 17 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) 
that reinstates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final rule 
governing forced arbitration, within 60 days of enactment (by a 
recorded vote of 235 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 226). 
                                               Pages H4103-04, H4107-08
Rejected:
  Steil amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
sought to strike the findings in the bill and inserts language 
requiring the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau (CFPB) in meeting its statutorily mandated obligations, the 
prevalence of discriminatory practices in lending, and the workplace 
rights of CFPB staff (by a recorded vote of 190 ayes to 234 noes, Roll 
No. 222);                                      
Pages H4087-88, H4104-05
  Burgess amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
sought to strike the section requiring all consumer complaints to be 
made available to the public on a CFPB website (by a recorded vote of 
191 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 223); and       
Pages H4092-93, H4105-06
  Burgess amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-79) that 
sought to permanently subject funding for the CFPB to Congressional 
appropriation and authorizes for FY2020 an amount equal to the 
aggregate amount of funds transferred by the Board of Governors to the 
CFPB during FY2019 (by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 235 noes, Roll 
No. 224).                                      
Pages H4093-94, H4106-07
  H. Res. 389, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1500) and (H.R. 1994) was agreed to yesterday, May 21st.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center 
for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I: The House 
agreed to discharge from committee and agree to S. Con. Res. 14, 
authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center 
for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I. 
                                                             Page H4110
Authorizing the printing of a commemorative document in memory of the 
late President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush: The 
House agreed to discharge from committee and agree to S. Con. Res. 6, 
authorizing the printing of a commemorative document in memory of the 
late President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush. 
                                                         Pages H4110-11
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, May 23rd.      
  Page H4111
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H4075.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4104-05, H4105-06, H4106-07, 
H4107, H4108, H4109-10, and H4110. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:24 p.m.

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