[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 117 (Friday, July 12, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D833-D835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 3732-
3749; 1 private bill, H.R. 3750; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 53; 
and H. Res. 485-488 were introduced.                     
  Pages H5774-75
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5775-76
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1327, to extend authorization for the September 11th Victim 
Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 116-152); and
  H.R. 36, to provide for research to better understand the causes and 
consequences of sexual harassment affecting individuals in the 
scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics workforce and to 
examine policies to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such 
harassment, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-
153).                                                    
Pages H5773-74
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: The House 
passed H.R. 2500, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, by a recorded vote of 220 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 473. 
Consideration began Wednesday, July 10th.      
  Pages H5733-43, H5750-64
  Rejected the Thornberry motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Armed Services with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 204 ayes to 
212 noes, Roll No. 472.                                  
Pages H5760-63
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.''.   
Page H5764
Agreed to:
  Dingell amendment (No. 440 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that requires the Administrator of the EPA to designate all per and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under section 102(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980;                                   
Pages H5735-37
  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 17 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Rice (NY) (No. 432) 
that requires GAO to conduct an audit of ongoing and planned future DOD 
support for DHS operations to secure the southwest border, with a 
subsequent briefing and report to Congress; Stanton (No. 433) that 
directs the Secretary of Defense to modify the pre-separation 
counseling check-list administered to servicemembers separating from 
the Armed Forces to provide further information regarding the expedited 
naturalization resources available to them; Takano (No. 434) that 
requires the Secretary of Defense to provide the Secretary of Homeland 
Security with a copy of the Certificate of Release or Discharge from 
Active Duty (DD Form 214) for each noncitizen

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honorably discharged from the military for the purposes of including 
such record in an I-213 Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien; 
Aguilar (No. 435) that directs DOD to debrief non-citizens on how to 
apply for naturalization when they transition out of the armed 
services; Aguilar (No. 436) that prohibits persons with DACA or TPS 
from being separated from the Armed Services to be deported; and Pocan 
(No. 439) that requires review of the discharge characterizations of 
former members of the military who were discharged because of their 
sexual orientation; requires boards to change discharge 
characterizations from dishonorable to honorable in such cases; 
                                                         Pages H5740-43
  Tipton amendment (No. 375 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 11th that expresses the sense of Congress that 
military aviation training in Colorado, including the training 
conducted at the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training 
Site, is critical to the national security of the United States and the 
readiness of the Armed Forces (by a recorded vote of 417 ayes to 6 
noes, Roll No. 461);                                     
Pages H5752--53
  Khanna amendment (No. 423 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 11th that prohibits unauthorized military force in 
or against Iran (by a recorded vote of 251 ayes to 170 noes, Roll No. 
463);                                                    
Pages H5753-54
  Lee (CA) amendment (No. 424 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that was debated on July 11th that repeals the Authorization for Use of 
Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (by a recorded vote of 
242 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 464);                     
Pages H5754-55
  Lee (CA) amendment (No. 425 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that was debated on July 11th that expresses the sense of Congress that 
the 2001 AUMF has been utilized beyond the scope that Congress 
intended; and that any new authorization for the use of military force 
to replace the 2001 AUMF should include a sunset clause, a clear and 
specific expression of objectives, targets, and geographic scope, and 
reporting requirements (by a recorded vote of 237 ayes to 183 noes, 
Roll No. 465);                                               
Page H5755
  Thompson (MS) amendment (No. 437 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
143) that prohibits DoD funding to house any foreign nationals who are 
in the custody of and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (by a recorded vote of 213 ayes to 204 noes, Roll No. 469);
                                               Pages H5733-34, H5757-58
  Malinowski amendment (No. 438 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that provides for a one-year prohibition on the sale of air-to-ground 
munitions used in the conflict in Yemen to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
and the United Arab Emirates, while providing an exemption for any 
export or license suspensions that would incur a cost to the United 
States Government (by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 182 noes, Roll No. 
470); and                                      
Pages H5734-35, H5758-59
  Jayapal amendment (No. 441 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that requires the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to 
Congress independent studies regarding potential cost savings with 
respect to the nuclear security enterprise and force structure (by a 
recorded vote of 230 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 471). 
                                                  Pages H5737-40, H5759
Rejected:
  Lee (CA) amendment (No. 49 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that was debated on July 11th that sought to reduce funding from the 
Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account by $16.8 billion (by a 
recorded vote of 115 ayes to 307 noes, Roll No. 459);        
Page H5751
  Amash amendment (No. 50 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 11th that sought to repeal section 1022 of the 
FY2012 NDAA and amend Section 1021 of the FY2012 NDAA to eliminate 
indefinite military detention of any person detained under AUMF 
authority in the U.S., territories, or possessions by providing 
immediate transfer to trial and proceedings by a court established 
under Article III of the Constitution of the United states or by an 
appropriate State court (by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 236 noes, 
Roll No. 460);                                           
Pages H5751-52
  Turner amendment (No. 386 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 11th that sought to strike the provision relating 
to the prohibition on the use of funds for the deployment of low-yield 
ballistic missile warheads and requires the Secretary of Defense to 
certify on the availability of proportional response options (by a 
recorded vote of 201 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 462);        
Page H5753
  Garcia (TX) amendment (No. 428 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that was debated on July 11th that sought to prevent DOD facilities 
from being used to house or detain unaccompanied migrant children (by a 
recorded vote of 198 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 466);    
Pages H5755--56
  Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 429 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
143) that was debated on July 11th that sought to prohibit the 
President from deploying troops on the southern border if the purpose 
of this deployment is to enforce immigration law (by a recorded vote of 
179 ayes to 241 noes with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 467); and
                                                         Pages H5756-57
  Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 430 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
143) that was debated on

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July 11th that sought to prohibit the President from using the 
authorized funds to detain undocumented immigrants in Department of 
Defense facilities (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 245 noes, Roll 
No. 468).                                                    
Page H5757
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical corrections in 
the engrossment, including corrections in spelling, punctuation, 
section and title numbering, cross referencing, conforming amendments 
to the table of contents and short titles, and the insertion of 
appropriate headings.                                        
Page H5765
  H. Res. 476, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2500) was agreed to Wednesday, July 10th.
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 
11th Victim Compensation Fund Act: H.R. 1327, amended, to extend 
authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 
through fiscal year 2090, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 12 
nays, Roll No. 474;                            
  Pages H5743-50, H5764-65
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To extend authorization 
for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal 
year 2092, and for other purposes.''.                        
Page H5765
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, July 15th for Morning 
Hour debate.                                                 
  Page H5570
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and fifteen recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5751, 
H5751-52, H5752-53, H5753, H5753-54, H5754-55, H5755, H5755-56, H5756-
57, H5757, H5757-58, H5758-59, H5759, H5763, H5763-64, and H5764-65. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 2:53 p.m.