[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 164 (Thursday, October 17, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1124-D1125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 4710-
4732; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 635-638 were introduced. 
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  Pages H8228-29
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4387, to establish Growth Accelerator Fund Competition within 
the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
116-238);
  H.R. 4405, to amend the Small Business Act to improve the women's 
business center program, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-239);
  H.R. 4406, to amend the Small Business Act to improve the small 
business development centers program, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
116-240);
  H.R. 4407, to amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE 
program, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-241); and
  H. Res. 326, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict through a negotiated two-state solution, with amendments (H. 
Rept. 116-242).                                              
Page H8226
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:35 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Securities and Exchange Commission Disclosure Effectiveness Testing 
Act: The House passed H.R. 1815, to require the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to 
retail investors, to conduct investor testing, including a survey and 
interviews of retail investors, by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 
186 nays, Roll No. 564.                                  
  Pages H8209-24
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-34, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-237, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, in lieu of the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Financial Services now printed in the bill.              
Pages H8215-16
Agreed to:
  Casten (IL) amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-237) 
that clarifies that the term ``retail investor'' does not mean an 
institutional investor; and                              
Pages H8219-20
  Gottheimer amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-237) 
that requires the SEC to include a specific consideration of the unique 
challenges senior investors face as part of their overall investor 
testing (by a recorded vote of 240 ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 562). 
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Rejected:
  Huizenga amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-237) that 
sought to exempt Form CRS, a recently developed disclosure document 
that went through SEC investor testing, from the bill's investor 
testing requirements (by a recorded vote of 188 ayes to 229 noes, Roll 
No. 561); and                                     
Pages H8216-17, H8220
  Wagner amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-237) that 
sought to apply the bill's investor testing requirements only to 
applicable disclosure documents developed after January 21, 2021 (by a 
recorded vote of 188 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 563). 
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  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized in the engrossment to correct 
section numbers, punctuation, spelling, and cross-references and to 
make such other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to 
reflect the actions of the House, including the change at the desk. 
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  H. Res. 629, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1815) and (H.R. 3624) was agreed to yesterday, October 16th.
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the 
death of the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings: The House agreed to H. Res. 
635, expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on 
the death of the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings.               
  Page H8225
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8220, 
H8220-21, H8221-22, and H8224. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 3:08 p.m., pursuant to 
House Resolution 635, the House stands adjourned until 9 a.m. on 
Friday, October 18, 2019, as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
the late Honorable Elijah E. Cummings.