[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D130-D132]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 30 public bills, H.R. 5768-
5797; 1 private bill, H.R. 5798; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 88 and 
H. Res. 834-837, were introduced.                         
  Pages H934-36
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page H937
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1494, to strengthen partnerships between historically Black 
colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions and the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 116-393, Part 1); and
  H.R. 5273, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a 
plan to increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning of commercial and 
passenger vehicles entering the United States at land ports of entry 
along the border using large-scale non-intrusive inspection systems to 
enhance border security, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 116-394).                                               
Page H934
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H851
Recess: The House recessed at 10:43 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H855
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Monsignor 
Kevin Sullivan, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, New 
York, NY.                                                 
  Pages H855-56
Question of Privilege: Representative Granger rose to a question of the 
privileges of the House and submitted a resolution. Upon examination of 
the resolution, the Chair determined that the resolution qualified. 
Subsequently, the House agreed to the Hoyer motion to table H. Res. 
832, raising a question of the privileges of the House, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 224 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 38.            
  Pages H868-69
Protecting the Right to Organize Act: The House passed H.R. 2474, to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations 
Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 
1959, by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 194 noes, Roll No. 50. 
                                                        Pages H879-H928
  Rejected the Kevin Hern (OK) 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 
195 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 49.                        
Pages H925-27
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-392, 
shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the 
Whole.                                                    
Pages H895-98
Agreed to:
  Norcross amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
requires that pre-election hearings before the National Labor Relations 
Board (NLRB) are conducted on a day-to-day basis;             
Page H900
  Hayes amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
codifies the current precedent of the National Labor Relations Board 
governing

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voluntary recognition of a union by an employer which ensures 
collective bargaining between the union and employer can proceed for a 
reasonable period of time (one year) without requiring an intervening 
election;                                                 
Pages H904-05
  Stevens amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
directs the GAO to conduct a report on sectoral bargaining in other 
countries;                                                
Pages H907-08
  Vargas amendment (No. 13 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
requires regional directors to transmit the Notice of Election at the 
same time as the Direction of Election; both the Notice and the 
Direction must be transmitted electronically--including by email or 
fax--and if neither are possible, must be transmitted by overnight 
mail;                                                     
Pages H914-15
  Tlaib amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
requires employers to post a Notice of a Petition for Election within 
two days after the NLRB notifies an employer and union about a pre-
election hearing, thereby restoring the 2014 Election Rule; 
                                                          Pages H915-17
  Lawrence amendment (No. 15 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) 
that eliminates the waiting period for union elections and returns the 
requirement that NLRB's regional directors schedule elections as 
``early as practicable''; ensures that the election will happen no 
later than 20 days after it's directed, unless extraordinary 
circumstances warrant otherwise;                          
Pages H917-18
  Stevens amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
clarifies that the ABC test included in the PRO Act does not preempt 
any State laws governing the wages, work hours, workers' compensation, 
or unemployment insurance of employees (by a recorded vote of 241 ayes 
to 178 noes, Roll No. 41);                          
Pages H898-99, H920
  Wild amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
clarifies that this bill shall not be construed to affect the privacy 
of employees with respect to voters' lists provided to labor 
organizations by employers pursuant to elections directed by the Board 
(by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 44); 
                                                    Pages H902-03, H922
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) 
that provides whistleblower protections to employees who report 
violations of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 
(LMRDA); covers employees of employers as well as employees of labor 
unions (by a recorded vote of 404 ayes to 18 noes, Roll No. 47); and 
                                                    Pages H910-13, H924
  Rouda amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
clarifies that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the 
jurisdictional standards of the NLRB with respect to small businesses 
(by a recorded vote of 249 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 48). 
                                                 Pages H918-20, H924-25
Rejected:
  Keller amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
sought to strike provisions of H.R. 2474 that allow intermittent 
strikes and that makes it illegal for employers to replace striking 
workers permanently;                                      
Pages H905-07
  Rooney (FL) amendment (No. 12 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) 
that sought to allow employees to petition for a union certification 
election when fewer than 50% of current ``unit members'' were members 
during the last election;                                 
Pages H913-14
  Foxx amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
sought to strike provision requiring that employers turn over 
employees' personal information to a labor union within two days of the 
National Labor Relations Board ordering a representation election (by a 
recorded vote of 190 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 42); 
                                               Pages H899-H900, H920-21
  David P. Roe (TN) amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
392) that sought to strike provision allowing unions to be certified 
without winning a secret ballot election under certain circumstances 
and replaces with a requirement that all unions win a secret-ballot 
election in order to be certified (by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 
235 noes, Roll No. 43);                          
Pages H900-02, H921-22
  Allen amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
sought to strike provision overturning state right-to-work laws (by a 
recorded vote of 187 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 45); and 
                                                 Pages H903-04, H922-23
  Meadows amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-392) that 
sought to strike provisions that impair States' ability to enact right-
to-work laws (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 46).
                                                 Pages H908-10, H923-24
  H. Res. 833, the rule providing for consideration of the resolution 
(H. Res. 826) and the bills (H.R. 2474) and (H.R. 5687) was agreed to 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 40, after the 
previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 194 
nays, Roll No. 39.                               
Pages H859-68, H869-70
Expressing disapproval of the Trump administration's harmful actions 
towards Medicaid: The House agreed to H. Res. 826, expressing 
disapproval of the Trump administration's harmful actions towards 
Medicaid, by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 51. 
                                                    Pages H870-78, H928
  H. Res. 833, the rule providing for consideration of the resolution 
(H. Res. 826) and the bills (H.R. 2474) and (H.R. 5687) was agreed to 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 40, after

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the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 
194 nays, Roll No. 39.                           
Pages H859-68, H869-70
Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member on the part 
of the House to the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University: 
Representative Shalala.                                       
  Page H931
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 Thompson (MS). 
                                                              Page H931
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and ten recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H868-69, 
H869, H869-70, H920, H920-21, H921-22, H922, H922-23, H923-24, H924, 
H924-25, H926-27, H927-28, and H928. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:01 p.m.