[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D191-D192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 5971-
5983; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 92; and H. Res. 867, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H1224-25
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1225-26
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Supplemental Report on H.R. 1140, to enhance the security operations 
of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the 
transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system 
under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation 
Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and 
property, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-398, Part 2); and
  H. Res. 866, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2339) to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale 
and marketing of tobacco products, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
116-409).                                                    
Page H1224
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Casten (IL) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1193
Recess: The House recessed at 10:18 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1195
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Emmett Till Antilynching Act: H.R. 35, amended, to amend section 249 
of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime 
act, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 71; 
                                            Pages H1197-H1203, H1211-12
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 18, United 
States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil rights, and 
for other purposes.'';                                       
Page H1212
  Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act: H.R. 560, amended, to 
amend section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled ``A Joint Resolution 
to approve the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, 
and for other purposes'';                                
  Pages H1203-04
  Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act: 
H.R. 2427, amended, to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 
to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network; 
                                                             Page H1204
  Authorizing the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs: H.R. 
473, amended, to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to 
establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
environs;                                                
  Pages H1204-06
  Amending the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the 
Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail: H.R. 2490, amended, to 
amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief

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Standing Bear National Historic Trail, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
402 yeas to 10 nays, Roll No. 73;              
  Pages H1206-07, H1212-13
  Amending the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include 
California in the program: H.R. 3399, amended, to amend the Nutria 
Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include California in the 
program; and                                             
  Pages H1208-10
  Yucca House National Monument Expansion Act: H.R. 1492, amended, to 
update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for 
inclusion in, the Yucca House National Monument.         
  Pages H1210-11
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, February 
25th.
  G.I. and Veterans Education Empowerment Act: H.R. 4852, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to make available to veterans certain additional information 
about postsecondary educational institutions, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 412 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 72.      
  Page H1212
Permission to File Report: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security be authorized to file a supplemental 
report on H.R. 1140, to enhance the security operations of the 
Transportation Security Administration and stability of the 
transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system 
under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation 
Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and 
property.                                                    
  Page H1213
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Gold Star Families National Monument Extension Act: H.R. 2819, 
amended, to extend the authority for the establishment of a 
commemorative work in honor of Gold Star Families.       
  Pages H1207-08
Recess: The House recessed at 4:42 p.m. and reconvened at 6:45 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1223
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1211-12, H1212, and H1212-13. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:46 p.m.