[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 159 (Tuesday, September 15, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D796-D797]
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. 8251-
8263; and 6 resolutions, H. Res. 1109-1114, were introduced. 
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4447, to establish an energy storage and microgrid grant and 
technical assistance program, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-504, Part 
1); and
  H.R. 895. A bill to allow tribal grant schools to participate in the 
Federal Employee Health Benefits program (H. Rept. 116-505, Part 1). 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative McGovern to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 9:35 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:13 p.m. and reconvened at 12:21 p.m. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 3:53 p.m. and reconvened at 4:01 p.m. 
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Strength in Diversity Act: The House passed H.R. 2639, to establish the 
Strength in Diversity Program, by a yea-and-nay vote of 248 yeas to 167 
nays, Roll No. 189.                            
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  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-62 shall be 
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now 
printed in the bill.                                     
Pages H4400-01
Agreed to:
  Torres (CA) amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-502) 
that adds new criteria for evaluating grant applications, factoring in 
the impact of the likelihood the grant will lead to a meaningful 
reduction in racial and economic isolation for children in schools; 
also prioritizes entities that coordinate with local housing agencies 
to integrate schools that serve a disproportionately low number of low-
income students;                                         
Pages H4407-08
  Fudge en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following amendments 
printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-502: Brown (MD) (No. 3) that allows 
eligible entities to use grant funds to recruit, hire, and train school 
counselors; Brown (MD) (No. 4) that includes, in the annual report, a 
description of how eligible entities will continue to make improvements 
toward increasing diversity and decreasing racial or socioeconomic 
isolation in covered schools and sustain inclusion; Cooper (No. 5) that 
gives school districts that had previously submitted an application 
under the Obama-era program before it was terminated priority to 
reapply to this new program; Escobar (No. 7) that modifies the 
application section to require information on how eligible entities 
propose to use grant funds to support interventions to increase student 
diversity; additionally, in the case of the consortium agencies, an 
eligible entity will be required to establish the lead applicant and 
how grant funds will be divided among school districts to address 
racial and socioeconomic segregation in schools; Green (TX) (No. 8) 
that recommends replacing entrance exams and competitive application 
procedures with other methods to promote racial and socioeconomic 
diversity; Moulton (No. 10) that adds access to mental health resources 
and socialemotional learning as a performance measure for the grant 
program; students attending racially isolated, high-poverty schools 
have less access to resources, and school integration will help foster 
equitable access to resources; Mucarsel-Powell (No. 11) that ensures 
that planning grants to address racial and socioeconomic isolation in 
schools can be used to increase teacher diversity; and Tlaib (No. 12) 
that includes a requirement that an eligible entity that receives a 
grant must include in its annual report information on the progress of 
regional programs on reducing racial and socioeconomic isolation in 
covered schools;                                         
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  Dean amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-502) that 
ensures that State Education

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Agencies have procedures in place to assess and prevent the redrawing 
of school district lines in a manner that increases racial or 
socioeconomic isolation; and                             
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  Moulton amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-502) that 
expands the allowable uses of implementation grants to include creating 
or improving a one-stop enrollment process for students with multiple 
public school options, including making school information and data 
more accessible and easier to understand (by a yea-and-nay vote of 379 
yeas to 34 nays, Roll No. 188).                
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Rejected:
  Allen amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-502) that 
sought to provide school districts flexibility with their funds under 
the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants to carry out 
integration activities (by a yea-and-nay vote of 171 yeas to 243 nays, 
Roll No. 187).                                 
Pages H4408-09, H4413-14
  Res. 1107, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2574), (H.R. 2639), (H.R. 2694), and the resolution (H. Res. 908) was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 157 nays, Roll No. 186, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 
yeas to 170 nays, Roll No. 185.             
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4398-99, H4399-H4400, H4413-
14, H4414-15, and H4415-16.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m.