[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 156 (Thursday, September 26, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1082-D1083]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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House of Representatives

Chamber Action
     Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 40 public bills, 
     H.R. 4499-4538; 1 private bill, H.R. 4539; and 11 
     resolutions, H.J. Res. 76; H. Con. Res. 66-68; and H. Res. 
     596-602 were introduced.                            30Additional 
     Cosponsors:                                         30Reports 
     Filed: There were no reports filed today.
     Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
     FiledRepresentative Lawrence to act as Speaker pro tempore 
     for today.                                              30Recess: 
     The House recessed at 10:35 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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     Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative 
     Timmons wherein he resigned from the Committee on the Budget.
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     Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative 
     Timmons wherein he resigned from the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
      Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Gonzalez-
     Colonittee (PR) wherein she resigned from the Committee on 
     Science, Space, and Technology.
     ns: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
     followiensiong measures:
     STEM Opportunities Act of 2019: H.R. 2528, amended, to direct 
     the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
     to carry out programs and activities to ensure that Federal 
     science agencies and institutions of higher education 
     receiving Federal research and development funding are fully 
     engaging their entire talent pool;             
       Pages H8005-10
     South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2019: H.R. 335, 
     amended, 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;                              
       Pages H8010-13
     Cybersecurity Vulnerability Remediation Act: H.R. 3710, to 
     amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the 
     remediation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities; 
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     Unifying DHS Intelligence Enterprise Act: H.R. 2589, amended, 
     to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a 
     homeland intelligence doctrine for the Department of Homeland 
     Security;                                      
       Pages H8015-19
     TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages 
     to Advance Traveler Education Act: 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;           
       Pages H8019-20
     Trusted Traveler Reconsideration and Restoration Act of 2019: 
     H.R. 3675, to require a review of Department of Homeland 
     Security trusted traveler programs;            
       Pages H8020-21
     Helping Families Fly Act of 2019: H.R. 3694, to require the 
     Transportation Security Administration to implement training 
     for frontline Administration personnel regarding the 
     screening of pregnant women and families with young children 
     at passenger screening checkpoints;            
       Pages H8021-22
     Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019: H.R. 
     3246, to require GAO review of certain TSA screening 
     protocols;                                     
       Pages H8024-25
     Counter Terrorist Network Act: H.R. 3526, to authorize 
     certain counter terrorist networks activities of U.S. Customs 
     and Border Protection;                         
       Pages H8025-27
     Domestic and International Terrorism Documentation and 
     Analysis of Threats in America Act: H.R. 3106, amended, to 
     require a joint domestic terrorism report, establish within 
     the Department of Homeland Security a National Center for the 
     Study of Domestic Terrorism, authorize research within the 
     Department of Homeland Security on current trends in domestic 
     terrorism; and                                 
       Pages H8027-32
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To require a joint 
domestic and international terrorism report, authorize research within 
the Department of Homeland Security on current trends in domestic 
terrorism, and for other purposes.''.                    
Pages H8027-32
     Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on 
     February 15, 2019--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed 
     to H. Res. 591, providing for consideration of the joint 
     resolution (S.J. Res. 54) relating to a national emergency 
     declared by the President on February 15, 2019, by a yea-and-
     nay vote of 229 yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 550, after the 
     previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 
     yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 549.        30U.S. Border Patrol 
     Medical Screening Standards Act: The House passed H.R. 3525, 
     tdicalo amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the 
     Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to

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     establish uniform processes for medical screening of 
     individuals interdicted between ports of entry, by a yea-and-
     nay vote of 230 yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 552. 
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  Rejected the Green (TN) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Homeland Security with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 202 yeas to 
213 nays, Roll No. 551.                                      
Page H8040
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-33 shall be 
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Homeland Security now 
printed in the bill.                                     
Pages H8032-37
  H. Res. 577, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2203) and (H.R. 3525) and the resolution (H. Res. 576) was agreed to 
yesterday, September 25th.
     Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the 
     following measure under suspension of the rules. Further 
     proceedings were postponed.
     Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2019: 
     H.R. 3722, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
     authorize a Joint Task Force to enhance integration of the 
     Department of Homeland Security's border security operations 
     to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent narcotics, such as 
     fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the 
     United States.                                 
       Pages H8022-24
     Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 596, 
     electing Members to certain standing committees of the House 
     of Representatives.                                     30Senate 
     Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on 
     pagte Mee H8019.
     Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during 
     the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8037-38, H8038, 
     H8040, and H8040-41. There were no quorum calls.
     Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:52 
     p.m.