[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D987]
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House of Representatives

Chamber Action
     Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, 
     H.R. 4261-4278; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 549-551 were 
     introduced.                                         30Additional 
     Cosponsors:                                         30Reports 
     Filed: There were no reports filed today.
     Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
     FiledRepresentative Dingell to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
     today.                                                  30Recess: 
     The House recessed at 10:28 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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     Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, 
     Pastor Kevin Yriarte, Journey of Faith Church, Covina, CA. 
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     Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019, 
     Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, and Coastal 
     and Marine Economies Protection Act--Rule for Consideration: 
     The House agreed to H. Res. 548, providing for consideration 
     of the bill (H.R. 205) to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy 
     Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on 
     leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico; providing for 
     consideration of the bill (H.R. 1146) to amend Public Law 
     115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to 
     repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas 
     program; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
     1941) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to 
     prohibit the Secretary of the Interior including in any 
     leasing program certain planning areas, by a yea-and-nay vote 
     of 231 yeas to 196 nays, Roll No. 518, after the previous 
     question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 196 
     nays, Roll No. 517.                       30Suspensions: The House 
     agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: 
     House Homebuyer Assistance Act of 2019: H.R. 2852, amended, 
     to amend the National Housing Act to authorize State-licensed 
     appraisers to conduct appraisals in connection with mortgages 
     insured by the FHA and to require compliance with the 
     existing appraiser education requirement, by a \2/3\ yea-and-
     nay vote of 419 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 519; 
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     Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 
     2019: H.R. 3620, amended, to provide rental assistance to 
     low-income tenants in certain multifamily rural housing 
     projects financed by the Rural Housing Service of the 
     Department of Agriculture, and to develop and implement a 
     plan for preserving the affordability of rural rental 
     housing;                                       
       Pages H7573-76
     Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2019: H.R. 281, amended, 
     to amend the Federal Reserve Act to require Federal Reserve 
     banks to interview at least one individual reflective of 
     gender diversity and one individual reflective of racial or 
     ethnic diversity when appointing Federal Reserve bank 
     presidents;                                    
       Pages H7576-79
     Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2019: 
     H.R. 241, amended, to amend the Bank Service Company Act to 
     provide improvements with respect to State banking agencies; 
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       Pages H7579-81
     Safe Housing for Families Act of 2019: H.R. 1690, amended, to 
     require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally 
     assisted housing.                              
       Pages H7581-83
     Recess: The House recessed at 2:23 p.m. and reconvened at 
     2:45 p.m.
     Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President 
     wherein he notified Congress that the national emergency 
     declared in Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 2018 with 
     respect to the threat of foreign interference in United 
     States elections, is to continue in effect beyond September 
     12, 2019--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on House 
     Administration, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 116-60). 
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  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
he issued an Executive Order modernizing sanctions to combat 
terrorism--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to 
be printed (H. Doc. 116-61).                                 
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     Senate Referrals: S. 349 was held at the desk. S. 1689 was 
     held at the desk.                                       30Senate 
     Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
     subte Mesequently presented to the House today appears on 
     page H7566.
     Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during 
     the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7584, H7584-85, 
     and H7585-86. There were no quorum calls.
     Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:07 
     p.m.