[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 11, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D996-D998]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 4279-
4294; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 60-61; and H. Res. 552 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H7664-65
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7665-67
Reports Filed:Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3691, to require the TSA to develop a plan to ensure that TSA 
material disseminated in major airports can be better understood by 
more people accessing such airports, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
116-201); and
  H.R. 335, to require the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal 
Blooms and Hypoxia to develop a plan for reducing, mitigating, and 
controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in South Florida, and for 
other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-202, Part 1). 
                                                             Page H7664
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Torres to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7599
Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H7603
 Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019: The House 
passed 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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 248 yeas to 180 nays, 
Roll No. 521.                                            
  Pages H7622-34
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-29, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-200, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.      
Page H7630
Agreed to:
  Crist amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-200) that 
codifies the Well Control Rule and the Production Safety Systems Rule 
in their original forms; and                             
Pages H7630-31
  Barragan amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-200) that 
contracts the study entitled ``Review and Update of Bureau of Safety 
and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations 
Inspection Program'' to the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, 
and Medicine.                                            
Pages H7631-32
Rejected:
  Gosar amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-200), as 
modified, that sought to allow the bill to go into effect when DOI, in 
consultation

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with USFWS, certifies that the offshore energy moratorium in the bill 
will not kill a substantial number of minority and women jobs (by a 
recorded vote of 182 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 520).    
Pages H7632-33
  H. Res. 548, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
205), (H.R. 1146), and (H.R. 1941) was agreed to yesterday, September 
10th.
Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: The House passed 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 238 yeas to 139 nays, Roll No. 
525.                                           
  Pages H7606-22, H7634-38
  Rejected the Graves (LA) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 194 yeas to 
233 nays, Roll No. 524.                                  
Pages H7636-38
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-31, modified by the 
amendment printed in part E of H. Rept. 116-200, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.      
Page H7615
Agreed to:
  Lesko amendment (No. 3 printed in part F of H. Rept. 116-200) that 
requires the Department of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Department of Defense, to confirm that this legislation poses no 
national security risk due to potential increases in dependence on 
foreign oil;                                             
Pages H7617-18
  Langevin amendment (No. 4 printed in part F of H. Rept. 116-200) that 
requires a GAO study on the impacts of offshore drilling on coastal 
communities and coastal economies;                       
Pages H7618-19
  Rouda amendment (No. 5 printed in part F of H. Rept. 116-200) that 
adds a provision to the bill that would direct the Department of the 
Interior to make the information from the inspections and payments made 
into the `Ocean Energy Safety Fund' required by the bill available to 
the public, including information related to the operators, facilities, 
amounts paid into the fund, and inspection results;          
Page H7619
  Levin (MI) amendment (No. 6 printed in part F of H. Rept. 116-200) 
that establishes a moratorium on oil, gas, and methane hydrate-related 
seismic activities in the Atlantic Ocean; and            
Pages H7619-21
  Rouda amendment (No. 8 printed in part F of H. Rept. 116-200) that 
adds a provision to the bill that would require the Department of 
Commerce to complete an economic impact study/assessment of potential 
damage related to offshore oil drilling--including tourism, commercial 
fishing, recreational fishing, boating, transportation, and other 
waterfront-related and coastal-related business.             
Page H7622
Rejected:
  McClintock amendment (No. 1 printed in part F of H. Rept. 116-200) 
that sought to allow (but does not mandate) the Pacific OCS planning 
area to be included in a future five-year leasing plan under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act;                             
Pages H7615-16
  Gosar amendment (No. 2 printed in part F of H. Rept. 116-200) that 
sought to change the name of the bill to the Russian Energy Reliance 
and U.S. Poverty Act (by a recorded vote of 161 ayes to 272 noes, Roll 
No. 522); and                                  
Pages H7616-17, H7634-35
  Gosar amendment (No. 7 printed in part F of H. Rept. 116-200) that 
sought to allow the bill to go into effect when DOI, in consultation 
with DOL, certifies that the offshore energy moratorium in the bill 
will not kill a substantial number of minority and women jobs (by a 
recorded vote of 179 ayes to 252 noes, Roll No. 523). 
                                               Pages H7621-22, H7635-36
  H. Res. 548, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
205), (H.R. 1146), and (H.R. 1941) was agreed to yesterday, September 
10th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, September 12th. 
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Consensus Calendar: Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) presented to 
the clerk a motion to place on the Consensus Calendar the bill H.R. 
1980, to establish in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive 
women's history museum, it having accumulated 290 cosponsors. 
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Senate Referrals: S. 1881 was held at the desk. S. 2035 was referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security.                   
  Page H7606, H7662
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H7606.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7633, 
H7634, H7635, H7635-36, H7637-38, and H7638. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:20 p.m.

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