[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D625-D627]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 Public bills, H.R. 7694-
7717; and 3 resolutions, H.Res. 1057-1059, were introduced. 
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Reports Filed:There were no reports filed today.
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 9:32 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
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Oath of Office--Twenty Seventh Congressional District of New York: 
Representative-elect Chris Jacobs presented himself in the well of the 
House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier, 
the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter received 
from Mr. Robert Brehm and Mr. Tom Valentine, Co-Executive Directors, 
New York State Board of Elections, indicating that, according to the 
preliminary results of the Special Election held June 23, 2020, the 
Honorable Chris Jacobs was elected Representative to Congress for the 
Twenty Seventh Congressional District, State of New York.    
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Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentlemen from New York, 
the whole number of the House is 431.                        
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William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021: The House passed H.R. 6395, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 295 yeas to 125 nays, Roll No. 152. Consideration began 
yesterday, July 20th.                                 
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  Rejected the Green (TN) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Armed Services with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 201 yeas to 
219 nays, Roll No. 151.                                  
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  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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.''.   
Page H3607
Agreed to:
  DeGette amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 116-457) that was 
debated on July 20th that adds the text of H.R. 2546, the Protecting 
America's Wilderness Act (by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 179 
nays, Roll No. 146);                                         
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  Neguse amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 116-457) that was debated 
on July 20th that adds the text of H.R. 823, the Colorado Outdoor 
Recreation and Economy Act to the bill and withdraws, permanently one 
million acres of public land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park 
that are already (as of 2012) subject to a 20-year moratorium on new 
mining claims (by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 
147);                                                    
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  Dean amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 116-457) that was debated 
on July 20th that provides up to $10,000 in immediate assistance to pay 
down the balance of private student loans (by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 
yeas to 198 nays, Roll No. 149); and                         
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  Takano amendment (No. 29 printed in H. Rept. 116-457) that was 
debated on July 20th that closes a federal loophole by making military 
education benefits such as Department of Defense Tuition Assistance 
count as federal educational assistance funds and limits the 
availability of federal funds for proprietary for-profit institutions 
unless the institution derives at least 10% of funds from sources other 
than federal funds (by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 184 nays, Roll 
No. 150).                                                
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Rejected:
  Omar amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 116-457) that was debated 
on July 20th that sought to establish a policy framework for the 
accelerated withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan (by a yea-and-
nay vote of 129 yeas to 284 nays, Roll No. 144);             
Page H3598
  Jayapal amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 116-457) that was 
debated on July 20th that sought to strike the statutory requirement 
that the Pentagon provide annual Unfunded Priorities lists to Congress 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 173 yeas to 241 nays, Roll No. 145); and 
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  Pocan amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 116-457) that was debated 
on July 20th that sought to reduce overall authorization level by 10% 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 93 yeas to 324 nays, Roll No. 148). 
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  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical corrections in 
the engrossment, including corrections in spelling, punctuation, 
section and title numbering, cross referencing, conforming amendments 
to the table of contents and short titles, and the insertion of 
appropriate headings.                                        
Page H3607
  H. Res. 1053, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
6395), (H.R. 7027), (H.R. 7327) and the Senate amendments to the bill 
(H.R. 1957) was agreed to yesterday, July 20th.
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections 
in the engrossment of H.R. 6395: The House agreed to discharge from 
committee and agree to H. Res. 1055, directing the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives to make corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 6395.
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Unanimous Consent Agreement--Consideration of the Senate amendments to 
H.R. 1957: Agreed by unanimous consent that, notwithstanding House 
Resolution 1053, during consideration of the motion to concur in the 
Senate amendments to H.R. 1957 pursuant to such resolution, debate on 
such motion to concur shall not exceed 80 minutes, with one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Natural Resources and 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their 
respective designees.                                    
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Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 1058, electing a Member 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
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Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Comer wherein 
he resigned from the Committee on Agriculture.               
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Nine yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3598, H3599, H3600, H3600-01, 
H3601-02, H3602, H3602-03, H3606, and H3606-07.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 5:58 p.m.

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