[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 185 (Tuesday, November 19, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1269-D1270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 32 public bills, H.R. 5154-
5185; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 75; and H. Res. 711-712 and 714-
716 were introduced.                                     
  Pages H9056-57
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H9058-59
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3469, to direct the Transportation Security Administration to 
carry out covert testing and risk mitigation improvement of aviation 
security operations, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-298);

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  H.R. 4402, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct 
an inland waters threat analysis, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-
299);
  H.R. 4713, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain 
improvements in the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 116-300);
  H.R. 4753, to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from 
operating or procuring foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 116-301); and
  H. Res. 713, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1309) to 
direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and 
health standard that requires covered employers within the health care 
and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive 
workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes; providing 
for proceedings during the period from November 22, 2019, through 
December 2, 2019; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend 
the rules (H. Rept. 116-302).                            
Pages H9055-56
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Takano 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. 
                                                             Page H8965
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H8965, H9041
Recess: The House recessed at 12:36 p.m. and reconvened at 1:10 p.m. 
                                                             Page H8969
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Monday, November 
18th.
  Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019: H.R. 
5084, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the 
submission by issuers of data relating to diversity, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 281 yeas to 135 nays, Roll No. 630.      
  Pages H8971-72
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2020: The House concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3055, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 
with an amendment inserting the text of Rules Committee Print 116-38 in 
lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 231 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 631. 
                                            Pages H8967-69, H8970-H9041
  H. Res. 708, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 3055) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 230 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 629, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 628. 
                                               Pages H8967-69, H8970-71
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a 
correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3055: The House agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 75, directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a 
correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3055.                   
  Page H9041
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 712, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives and 
ranking Members on certain standing committees of the House of 
Representatives.                                             
  Page H9041
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to Burundi 
that was declared in Executive Order 13712 of November 22, 2015 is to 
continue in effect beyond November 22, 2019--referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 116-81). 
                                                             Page H8969
Senate Referral: S. 2071 was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources.                                           
  Pages H8969, H9054
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H8969.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H8970, H8970-71, H8971, and 
H9040-41. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:27 p.m.