[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1293-D1294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 42 public bills, H.R. 5209-
5250; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 77; and H. Res. 724-730 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H9167-69
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H9170-71
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3614, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ban the use of 
credit information for most employment decisions, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-305);
  H.R. 3618, to establish requirements relating to credit scores and 
educational credit scores, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 116-306); and
  H.R. 3629, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to establish clear 
Federal oversight of the development of credit scoring models by the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 116-307).                             
Page H9167
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service 
Workers Act: The House passed 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, by a recorded vote of 251 ayes to 158 noes, Roll No. 642. 
                                               Pages H9127-45, H9145-54
  Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of 
order sustained against the Kelly (PA) motion to recommit the bill to 
the Committee on Education and Labor with instructions to report the 
same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote 
of 222 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 641.                   
Pages H9153-54
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-37, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-302, 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 
Education and Labor now printed in the bill.             
Pages H9135-38
Agreed to:
  Hastings amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) that 
requires covered employers to email their organization's workplace 
violence prevention plan to the organization's staff, following 
completion of annual training;                           
Pages H9138-39
  DeSaulnier amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) 
that includes procedures to

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provide information about available trauma and related counseling for 
employees in reporting, incident response, and post-incident 
investigation procedures;                                    
Page H9139
  Levin (MI) amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) 
that requires information about the bill's anti-retaliation provision 
to be provided in its required workplace violence and prevention 
training;                                                
Pages H9144-45
  Green (TX) amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) 
that requires the Secretary of Labor to provide an annual report to 
Congress that would include statistics and a summary from the annual 
report submitted to the Secretary by employers;          
Pages H9145-46
  Brown (MD) amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) 
that states that additional training shall be provided for covered 
employees who work with victims of torture, trafficking, or domestic 
violence;                                                
Pages H9146-47
  Garcia (TX) amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) 
that ensures that the annual evaluations include changes based on 
informed findings by employers;                          
Pages H9147-48
  Harder amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) that 
ensures that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or prevent 
healthcare workers from reporting violent incidents to appropriate law 
enforcement (by a recorded vote of 414 ayes to 1 no, Roll No. 638); 
                                               Pages H9143-44, H9150-51
  Wexton amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) that 
ensures that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or 
diminish any protections in relevant federal, state or local law 
related to domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, and sexual 
assault (by a recorded vote of 415 ayes to 1 no, Roll No. 639); and 
                                                     Pages H9148, H9151
  Delgado amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) that 
directs OSHA to prioritize providing technical assistance and advice to 
employers throughout the first year of the Act to ensure businesses are 
in compliance (by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 176 noes, Roll No. 
640).                                          
Pages H9148-49, H9151-52
Rejected:
  Byrne amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-302) that 
sought to require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to 
promulgate a final standard on workplace violence prevention for health 
care and social service workers; require OSHA to follow the established 
rulemaking process (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 238 noes, Roll 
No. 637).                                      
Pages H9140-43, H9149-50
  H. Res. 713, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1309) was agreed to yesterday, November 20th.
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 725, electing a certain 
Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
                                                             Page H9155
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow, November 22nd. 
                                                             Page H9162
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
9159.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H9149-50, H9150-51, H9151, 
H9151-52, H9153-54, H9154. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 2:23 p.m.