[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 196 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1339-D1340]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 19, 
5360-5373; and 6 resolutions, H. Res. 749-754 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3, to establish a fair price negotiation program, protect the 
Medicare program from excessive price increases, and establish an out-
of-pocket maximum for Medicare part D enrollees, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-324, Part 3);
  H.R. 5038, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing 
agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 116-328, Part 1);
  H.R. 5035, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend expiring 
provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television 
broadcast stations, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
116-329);
  H. Res. 748, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 729) to 
amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to 
Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-330);
  H.R. 3621, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to remove adverse 
information for certain defaulted or delinquent private education loan 
borrowers who demonstrate a history of loan repayment, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-331);
  H.R. 2328, reauthorize and extend funding for community health 
centers and the National Health Service Corps; with amendments (H. 
Rept. 116-332, Part 1); and
  Conference report on S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-333).               
Pages H9385-86
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Horsford to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:14 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
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Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H9353, H9382
Recess: The House recessed at 2:05 p.m. and reconvened at 3:01 p.m. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
MSI STEM Achievement Act: H.R. 4372, amended, to direct Federal science 
agencies and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to undertake 
activities to improve the quality of undergraduate STEM education and 
enhance the research capacity at the Nation's HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs; 
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Engineering Biology Research and Development Act of 2019: H.R. 4373, 
amended, to provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to 
ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology; 
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Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019: H.R. 2051, 
amended, to provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting 
sustainable chemistry;                                   
  Pages H9359-62
Building Blocks of STEM Act: S. 737, to direct the National Science 
Foundation to support STEM education research focused on early 
childhood;                                               
  Pages H9362-63
Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act: H.R. 4355, 
amended, to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to 
support research on the outputs that may be generated by generative 
adversarial networks, otherwise known as deepfakes, and other 
comparable techniques that may be developed in the future; 
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Virginia Beach Strong Act: H.R. 4566, to accelerate the income tax 
benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of the 
families of victims of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 
on May 31, 2019;                                         
  Pages H9364-66
Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019: H.R. 3469, 
to direct the Transportation Security Administration to carry out 
covert testing and risk mitigation improvement of aviation security 
operations;                                              
  Pages H9366-67
DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019: H.R. 4761, to ensure U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other personnel 
have adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the Department 
of Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic opioid detection 
capability, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 393 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 
655;                                           
  Pages H9367-69, H9380-81
Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act: H.R. 4739, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to protect U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines 
against potential synthetic opioid exposure;   
  Pages H9369-70, H9381-82
Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protege Program Act of 2019: 
H.R. 4727, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a 
mentor-protege program;                                  
  Pages H9370-71
Emerging Transportation Security Threats Act of 2019: H.R. 3318, 
amended, to require the Transportation Security Administration to 
establish a task force to conduct an analysis of emerging and potential 
future threats to transportation security;               
  Pages H9371-73
Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties Authorization Act: H.R. 4713, amended, 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;                                                
  Pages H9373-76
Inland Waters Security Review Act: H.R. 4402, to require the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to conduct an inland waters threat analysis; 
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Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency 
Readiness Act of 2019: H.R. 3669, to require the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that 
includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure 
during times of extreme cold weather; and                
  Pages H9377-78
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act: 
S. 256, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide 
flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing 
vitality of Native American languages.                   
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Recess: The House recessed at 5:27 p.m. and reconvened at 6:31 p.m. 
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Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force 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 
Air Force Academy: Representative Speier.                    
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Recess: The House recessed at 7:40 p.m. and reconvened at 9:25 p.m. 
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Senate Referral: S. 743 was referred to the Committee on Financial 
Services and the Committee on House Administration.          
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H9353.
Quorum Calls Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H9381, H9381-82. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 9:26 p.m.