[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1143-D1145]
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. 4778-
4800; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 651 were introduced.     
  Pages H8386-87
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H8388-89
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:

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  H.R. 1123, to amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the 
composition of the eastern judicial district of Arkansas, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 116-248);
  H.R. 1305, to implement the Agreement on the Conservation of 
Albatrosses and Petrels, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-249, Part 
1);
  H.R. 1225, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in 
a National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to 
address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau 
of Indian Education, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-250, Part 1);
  H.R. 835, to impose criminal sanctions on certain persons involved in 
international doping fraud conspiracies, to provide restitution for 
victims of such conspiracies, and to require sharing of information 
with the United States Anti-Doping Agency to assist its fight against 
doping, and for other purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 116-251, Part 
1);
  H.R. 2426, to amend title 17, United States Code, to establish an 
alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-252); and
  H. Res. 650, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4617) to 
amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the 
obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require 
implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns 
to detect and report such acts, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-
253).                                                        
Page H8386
Recess: The House recessed at 10:33 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H8304
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend 
Dr. Marilyn Monroe Harris, First Baptist Church of Teaneck, Teaneck, 
NJ.                                                      
  Pages H8304-05
Corporate Transparency Act of 2019: The House passed H.R. 2513, to 
ensure that persons who form corporations or limited liability 
companies in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those 
corporations or limited liability companies, in order to prevent 
wrongdoers from exploiting United States corporations and limited 
liability companies for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in 
detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and 
other misconduct involving United States corporations and limited 
liability companies, by a yea-and-nay vote of 249 yeas to 173 nays, 
Roll No. 577.                        
  Pages H8307-15, H8316-39, H8365-70
  Rejected the Davidson (OH) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Financial Services with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 
197 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 576.                      
Pages H8368-70
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-247, 
shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the 
Whole.                                                   
Pages H8325-35
Agreed to:
  Hill (AR) amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-247) 
that requires FinCEN to develop a regime by which entities may gain 
access to the beneficial ownership database. Amendment also requires 
FinCEN to report to Congress annually on: the number of times law 
enforcement, banks, or other third parties have accessed the beneficial 
ownership database; the number of times the database was 
inappropriately accessed; and the number of subpoenas obtained to gain 
access to the database;                                  
Pages H8335-36
  Brown (MD) amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-247) 
that adds refresher training no less than every 2 years for local, 
Tribal, State, or Federal law enforcement agencies who have access to 
beneficial ownership information to ensure the privacy of beneficial 
owners;                                                  
Pages H8336-37
  Burgess amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-247) that 
requires an annual report to Congress of anonymized data on the number 
of beneficial owners per reporting corporation or LLC, the industry of 
each reporting corporation or LLC, and the location of the beneficial 
owners (by a recorded vote of 395 ayes to 23 noes, Roll No. 573); and 
                                                  Pages H8335, H8365-66
  Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. 
Rept. 116-247) that ensures FinCEN may use the information obtained by 
this bill to notify industry and the public about criminal trends, 
while maintaining safeguards on personal privacy (by a recorded vote of 
235 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 574).           
Pages H8337-38, H8365-67
Rejected:
  Davidson (OH) amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-247) 
that sought to strike the bill's reporting mandate on small businesses, 
terminates the Customer Due Diligence Rule, and requires Treasury to 
conduct a study about all existing federal information databases 
available to law enforcement to discern the beneficial ownership of 
companies (by a recorded vote of 166 ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 575). 
                                               Pages H8338-39, H8365-68
  H. Res. 646, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2513) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 195 nays, Roll 
No. 572,

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after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 
yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 571.                          
Pages H8307-15
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019: H.R. 835, amended, to impose 
criminal sanctions on certain persons involved in international doping 
fraud conspiracies, to provide restitution for victims of such 
conspiracies, and to require sharing of information with the United 
States Anti-Doping Agency to assist its fight against doping; 
                                                         Pages H8339-45
  Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019: H.R. 
2426, amended, to amend title 17, United States Code, to establish an 
alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 6 nays, Roll No. 578; 
                                               Pages H8345-53, H8370-71
  National POW/MIA Flag Act: S. 693, to amend title 36, United States 
Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that 
the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property;
                                                         Pages H8354-55
  Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act: H.R. 724, amended, to 
revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code;       
  Pages H8355-57
  Divisional Realignment for the Eastern District of Arkansas Act of 
2019: H.R. 1123, to amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the 
composition of the eastern judicial district of Arkansas; 
                                                         Pages H8357-58
  Georgia Support Act: H.R. 598, amended, to support the independence, 
sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Georgia;       
  Pages H8358-62
  Calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to provide 
evidence of wrongdoing or to release United States citizen Paul Whelan: 
H. Res. 552, calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to 
provide evidence of wrongdoing or to release United States citizen Paul 
Whelan; and                                              
  Pages H8362-64
  Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the execution-style 
murders of United States citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the 
Republic of Serbia in July 1999: H. Con. Res. 32, expressing the sense 
of Congress regarding the execution-style murders of United States 
citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in 
July 1999.                                               
  Pages H8364-65
Board of Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy--
Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the 
following Member on the part of the House to the Board of Visitors to 
the United States Coast Guard Academy: Representative Cunningham. 
                                                             Page H8358
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
is to continue in effect beyond October 27, 2019--referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 116-
75).                                                         
  Page H8315
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H8307.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8314-15, 
H8315, H8366, H8366-67, H8367-68, H8369-70, H8370, and H8370-71. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:04 p.m.