[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 194 (Thursday, December 5, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1329-D1330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 5305-
5330; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 742-744 were introduced. 
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  Pages H9295-96
Report Filed:A report was filed today as follows: H.R. 2405, to 
reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-323).    
  Page H9293
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 10:34 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 and expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the 
Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution--
Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 741, providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to amend the Voting Rights Act of 
1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political 
subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other 
purposes, and providing for consideration of the resolution (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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 
yeas to 196 nays, Roll No. 651, after the previous question was ordered 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 196 nays, Roll No. 650. 
                                               Pages H9265-71, H9279-80
Insider Trading Prohibition Act: The House passed H.R. 2534, to amend 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities 
trading and related communications by those who possess

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material, nonpublic information, by a yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 
13 nays, Roll No. 649.                                   
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  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-39 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. 
                                                             Page H9275
Agreed to:
  McHenry amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 116-320) that clarifies 
``relating to the market,'' adds an explicit personal benefit test, and 
strikes the Rule of Construction.                        
Pages H9275-76
Rejected:
  Huizenga amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 116-320) that sought to 
strike the term ``aware of'' included in the bill and replace the term 
``using'' (by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 648). 
                                                         Pages H9276-77
  H. Res. 739, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2534) and relating to consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. 
Con. Res. 77) was agreed to yesterday, December 4th.
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H9265.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H9277-78, 
H9278-79, H9279-80, and H9280. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:07 p.m.