[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 121 (Thursday, July 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D874]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 35 public bills, H.R. 3819-
3853; 1 private bill, H.R. 3854; and 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 73; and 
H. Res. 502-505, were introduced.                        
  Pages H7149-51
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7152-53
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2943, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all 
fact sheets of the Department of Veterans Affairs in English and 
Spanish, with amendments (H. Rept. 116-158);
  H.R. 397, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a 
Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension 
Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to 
make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-159, Part 1);
  H.R. 3298, to increase entitlement funding for child care, with 
amendments (H. Rept. 116-160); and
  H.R. 3299, to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their 
filing status for income tax returns outside the statute of 
limitations, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that 
all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the 
same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 116-161).                                
                                                             Page H7149
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Malinowski to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7093
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H7093, H7128
Raise the Wage Act: The House passed H.R. 582, to provide for increases 
in the Federal minimum wage, by a recorded vote of 231 ayes to 199 
noes, Roll No. 496.                                    
  Pages H7095-7128
  Rejected the Meuser motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Education and Labor with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 210 ayes to 
218 noes, Roll No. 495.                                  
                                                         Pages H7126-28
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-155, 
shall be considered as adopted.                              
                                                             Page H7095
  Agreed to:
  O'Halleran amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-155) 
that requires the Government Accountability Office, in consultation 
with specified experts, to submit a report to Congress on the economic 
and employment impacts (nationally, regionally, and locally) of the 
four minimum wage increases in the bill (standard, tipped minimum, 
youth, and 14(C)) with the report to be prepared after the second wage 
increase and before the third wage increase; requires Congress to 
assess the report's findings and to take any appropriate legislative 
action, including action to delay or otherwise modify the next 
scheduled wage increases (by a recorded vote of 248 ayes to 181 noes, 
Roll No. 494).                                               
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  H. Res. 492, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
582) was agreed to yesterday, July 17th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, July 19th, and further 
when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on 
Tuesday, July 23rd for Morning Hour debate.                  
  Page H7134
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H7125-26, H7127, and H7128. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 2:55 p.m.