[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 105 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D733-D735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 31 public bills, H.R. 3398-
3428; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 456 were introduced.     
  Pages H5035-37
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5038-39
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  Committee on Appropriations. Further Revised Suballocation of Budget 
Allocations for Fiscal Year 2020 (H. Rept. 116-124).         
Page H5035
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2020: The House considered of H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. Consideration is expected to 
resume the week of June 24th.                            
  Pages H5011-22
Agreed to:
  Raskin amendment (No. 195 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) that 
increases and decreases funding by $1,000,000 for Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps in order to support construction 
projects on military facilities and facilities that serve the military 
community where health and safety are at risk;           
Pages H5011-12
  Lesko (No. 196) that increases and decreases the Veterans Health 
Administration account by $3,000,000 to be directed towards female only 
inpatient clinics; McCarthy (No. 197) that increases and decreases 
funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Construction, 
Major Projects account by $39.732 million to support the timely 
completion of construction of VA facilities authorized by Public Law 
111-82; Lynch (No. 200) that increases funding for Medical Services by 
$1 million, with the intention of it being directed to Public-Private 
Partnerships to reduce veteran suicides; will be offset by a reduction 
to the General Administration Account; Barr (No. 201) that transfers 
$5,000,000 from the VHA's Medical Community of Care Account to the 
VHA's Medical Services account for the explicit use for the VA's 
Adaptive Sports Grant (ASG) Program equine assisted therapy, given the 
promising results reported using equine assisted therapy for veterans 
with post-traumatic stress disorder; Welch (No. 202) that increases and 
decreases funding for the VA medical services account by $1 million for 
the purpose of encouraging the VA to collaborate with states on their 
efforts to conduct educational outreach and help veterans enroll in the 
burn pits registry; Allen (No. 203) that increases and decreases 
Military Construction, Army by $37,000,000 to fulfill the President's 
budget request for construction of the Cyber Instructional Facility at 
Fort Gordon; Connolly (No. 204) that increases and decreases VAOIG 
funding by $1,000,000 to encourage the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Office of Inspector General to devote sufficient resources to oversight 
of the Washington DC VA Medical Center; Bost (No. 205) that increases 
and decreases by $1,000,000 to emphasize the positive pro-bono legal 
services done by public university law schools to help veterans and 
their dependents in underserved areas; Sewell (AL) (No. 207) that adds 
and subtracts funding from the Medical Community Care account to 
instruct the Veterans Health Administration to prioritize funding for 
the modernization of medical transportation programs for Veterans, 
particularly those who are rural, underserved or female; Ruiz (No. 209) 
that increases

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and decreases funding to VA Medical Services account by $1,000,000 to 
conduct educational outreach to veterans to enroll in the burn pits 
registry, additional research using the registry, and other activities 
concerning the maintenance of the registry; Johnson (LA) (No. 210) that 
increases and decreases funds by $1 to show Congressional intent for 
the Army to prioritize modernization funding for its Combat Development 
Centers (CDC) in order to properly prepare and equip the Army for 
training scenarios; Johnson (LA) (No. 211) that increases and decreases 
funds by $1 to show Congressional intent to ensure the Air Force 
continues to follow its revised plan for construction and upgrades to 
the Weapons Generation Facility enterprise and its critical function to 
the national security interests of the United States; Gottheimer (No. 
212) that increases and decreases funding for the General 
Administration Fund at the VA by $1 million to address staffing 
shortages across the board at the VA; Gottheimer (No. 213) that 
increases funding by $5 million for the Veterans Health Administration 
to hire more mental health professionals, the most-needed occupation 
according to the VA's Inspector General; Steil (No. 214) that increases 
and decreases by $1,000,000 to express the Congressional intent that 
the VA suicide prevention and treatment programs should be adequately 
funded; Blunt Rochester (No. 215) that increases and decreases by 
$1,000,000 the Veterans Health Administration medical services account 
for the purpose of expressing concern over uncompensated care for 
veterans under a certain service-connected disability rating at State 
veterans nursing homes; Hill (AR) (No. 216) that transfers $1.5 million 
from the General Administration account to programs within the Medical 
Services account, including homeless assistance programs and suicide 
prevention outreach; Carbajal (No. 217) that increases and decreases 
funding by $5,000,000 to direct the Secretary to change the phone 
system to have local Community Based Outpatient Center answer calls 
rather than having all calls routed to the major VA Medical Centers in 
an effort to reduce wait times for veterans on the phone and to provide 
more timely health services; Carbajal (No. 218) that provides $3 
million for the Veterans Transportation Program to assist veterans in 
attending to all their medical appointments in a timely manner; Porter 
(No. 222) that increases funding by $1,000,000 for the Veterans Crisis 
Line; Porter (No. 223) that increases funding by $2,000,000 for VA 
homeless assistance programs to combat Veteran homelessness; Pappas 
(No. 224) that increases and decreases by $10 million to specify 
improvements to the environment of care for women veterans in VA 
facilities should be made; Kim (No. 225) that increases and decreases 
the Air Force account by $7,000,000 to address road safety issues at 
military bases; and Houlahan (No. 227) that increases the Veterans 
Health Administration Medical Services' account by $1.7 million in 
order to increase the minimum amount that must spent on gender-specific 
care for women at the VA with an appropriate offset;     
Pages H5012-15
  Cunningham amendment (No. 219 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) 
that prevents any military construction funding from being used towards 
a new Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round;             
Page H5017
  Cunningham amendment (No. 226 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) 
that prohibits funds to future defense projects that do not conform 
with military resilience standards;                          
Page H5019
  Kim amendment (No. 228 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) that 
increases and decreases the Army Reserve account by $7,000,000 to 
address road safety issues at military bases;            
Pages H5019-20
  Bost amendment (No. 206 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) that 
prohibits the use of funds in contravention of the Executive Order 
titled ``Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure 
Projects'' (by a recorded vote of 373 ayes to 51 noes, Roll No. 396); 
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  Golden amendment (No. 220 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) that 
increases funds for the VA Medical Facilities account by $5 million (by 
a recorded vote of 418 ayes to 6 noes, Roll No. 397); and 
                                               Pages H5017-18, H5020-21
  McAdams amendment (No. 221 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) 
that increases and decreases by $1 with the intent to instructs the 
Department of Veterans Affairs submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an 
implementation plan, including expected timeline and resource 
requirements, for the Department of Veterans Affairs to complete the 
requirements of Section 302 of Public Law 115-174 (by a recorded vote 
of 420 ayes to 3 noes, Roll No. 398).          
Pages H5018-19, H5021-22
Withdrawn:
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 198 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) 
that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have prohibited 
the Department of Veterans Affairs from interfering with a veteran's 
participation in a state medical cannabis program, denying a veteran 
who participates in a state medical cannabis program from being denied 
VA services, and interfering with the ability of VA health care 
providers to recommend participation in state medical cannabis 
programs; and                                            
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  Walberg amendment (No. 199 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-119) 
that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have prohibited 
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use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce proposed rules 
limiting veterans' ability to access care from a prosthetist of their 
choice.                                                      
Page H5016
  H. Res. 445, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3055) and relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) was agreed 
to Wednesday, June 19th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, June 24th for Morning 
Hour debate.                                                 
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Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
North Korea is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2019--referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
116-44).                                                     
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Three recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5020, H5020-21, and H5021-22. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:11 p.m.