[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 165 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D840-D841]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 8350-
8365; and 16 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 119; and H. Res. 1142-1147 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H4883-84
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4885-86
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. 
                                                             Page H4719
Recess: The House recessed at 9:41 a.m. and reconvened at 11 a.m. 
                                                             Page H4723
Naming the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient 
clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Carl Nunziato VA Clinic'': The 
House agreed to discharge from committee and pass H.R. 5023, to name 
the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in 
Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Carl Nunziato VA Clinic''.        
  Page H4732
Designating the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the ``Margaret Cochran 
Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System'': The House 
agreed to discharge from committee and pass H.R. 1925, to designate the 
Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs as the ``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus 
of the New York Harbor Health Care System''.             
  Pages H4732-33
Designating the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the ``Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center'': The House agreed to 
discharge from committee and pass H.R. 7347, to designate the medical 
center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as 
the ``Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center''.                                    
  Page H4733
Designating the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bend, 
Oregon, as the ``Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs 
Clinic'': The House agreed to take from the Speaker's table and pass S. 
4072, to designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
Bend, Oregon, as the ``Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs 
Clinic''.                                                    
  Page H4733
Designating the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in St. Augustine, Florida, as the ``Leo C. Chase Jr. 
Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic'': The House agreed to take from 
the Speaker's table and pass S. 1646, to designate the community-based 
outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. 
Augustine, Florida, as the ``Leo C. Chase Jr. Department of Veterans 
Affairs Clinic''.                                        
  Pages H4733-34
Designating the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the ``Staff Sergeant 
Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic'': The House 
agreed to discharge from committee and pass H.R. 4983, to designate the 
Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in 
Gilbert, Arizona, as the ``Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans 
Affairs Health Care Clinic''.                                
  Page H4734
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement 
Act: S. 785, to improve mental health care provided by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs;                                     
  Pages H4734-52
  Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debts for 
Veterans Act: H.R. 5245, amended, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide for a bar on the recovery of certain payments or 
overpayments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs by reason of 
delays in processing of certain information;             
  Pages H4752-54
  Homeless Veterans Coronavirus Response Act of 2020: H.R. 7105, 
amended, to provide flexibility for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
in caring for homeless veterans during a covered public health 
emergency;                                               
  Pages H4754-63
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To provide flexibility for 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in caring for homeless veterans 
during a covered public health emergency, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to carry out a retraining assistance program for 
unemployed veterans, and for other purposes.'';              
Page H4763
  Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act 
of 2020: H.R. 8247, amended, to make certain improvements relating to 
the transition of individuals to services from the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, suicide prevention for

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veterans, and care and services for women veterans; and 
                                                         Pages H4763-70
  Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act: H.R. 3798, amended, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limitations on 
copayments for contraception furnished by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.                                                 
  Pages H4770-72
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures:
  Don't Break Up the T-Band Act: H.R. 451, amended, to repeal the 
section of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 
that requires the Federal Communications Commission to reallocate and 
auction the T-Band spectrum, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 
5 nays, Roll No. 201;                                    
  Pages H4773-74
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To repeal the requirement 
to reallocate and auction the T-band spectrum, to amend the Wireless 
Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 to clarify acceptable 9-1-
1 obligations or expenditures, and for other purposes.''.    
Page H4774
  Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act: The House considered H.R. 
4447, to establish an energy storage and microgrid grant and technical 
assistance program. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, 
September 24th.                                       
  Pages H4774-H4877
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-63, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-528, shall be considered as 
adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill.                                                        
Page H4774
  H. Res. 1129, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4447), (H.R. 6270), and (H.R. 8319) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 229 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 200, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 231 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 199. 
                                               Pages H4725-32, H4772-73
Quorum Calls Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4772, H4772-73, and H4773-74.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 7:01 p.m.