[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S39-S40]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE ON JANUARY 6, 2021

  At 12:32 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 21. An act to enhance the innovation, security, and 
     availability of cloud computing products and services used in 
     the Federal Government by establishing the Federal Risk and 
     Authorization Management Program within the General Services 
     Administration and by establishing a risk management, 
     authorization, and continuous monitoring process to enable 
     the Federal Government to leverage cloud computing products 
     and services using a risk-based approach consistent with the 
     Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 and 
     cloud-based operations, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 22. An act to amend the Federal Funding Accountability 
     and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget 
     justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made 
     publicly available.
       H.R. 23. An act to require congressional notification for 
     certain changes in status of inspectors general, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 26. An act to amend the Consolidated Appropriations 
     Act, 2021, to correct a provision on the prohibition on the 
     use of a reverse auction, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 27. An act to amend chapter 3 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to require the publication of settlement 
     agreements, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, without amendment:

       S. Con. Res. 1. Concurrent resolution to provide for the 
     counting on January 6, 2021, of the electoral votes for 
     President and Vice President of the United States.
       S. Con. Res. 2. Concurrent resolution extending the life of 
     the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and 
     authorizing the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of 
     the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural 
     Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies 
     conducted for the inauguration of the President-elect and the 
     Vice President-elect of the United States.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to the 
following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence 
of the Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 1. Concurrent resolution regarding consent to 
     assemble outside the seat of government.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to H. Res. 2, 
resolving that Cheryl L. Johnson of the State of Louisiana be, and is 
hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives; that Paul D. 
Irving of the State of Florida be, and is hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House of Representatives; that Catherine Szpindor of the 
Commonwealth of Virginia be, and is hereby, chosen Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives; and that Reverend Doctor 
Margaret Grun Kibben of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and is 
hereby, chosen Chaplain of the House of Representatives.
  The message further announced that the House has agreed to H. Res. 3, 
resolving that the Senate be informed that a quorum of the House of 
Representatives has assembled; that Nancy Pelosi, a Representative from 
the State of California, has been elected Speaker; and that Cheryl L. 
Johnson, a citizen of the State of Louisiana, has been elected Clerk of 
the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress.
  The message also announced that a committee of two Members be 
appointed by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives to 
join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President 
of the United States that a quorum of each House has assembled and 
Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased 
to make.
  The message further announced that pursuant to Senate concurrent 
resolution 1, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, and the order of the 
House of January 4, 2021, the Speaker appoints as tellers on the part 
of the House to count the electoral votes: Ms. Lofgren of California 
and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois.

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  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of the 
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 
(22 U.S.C. 7002), as amended, and the order of the House of January 4, 
2021, the Speaker re-appoints the following Members on the part of the 
House of Representatives to the United States-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission for a term expiring on December 31, 2022: 
Mr. Jeffrey L. Fiedler of La Quinta, California, and Mr. Michael Wessel 
of Falls Church, Virginia.
  The message further announced that pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 2001, and the 
order of the House of January 4, 2021, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members to the House Office Building Commission to serve with 
herself: Mr. Hoyer of Maryland and Mr. McCarthy of California.
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  At 11:15 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
rejected the objection submitted by the Representative from Arizona, 
Mr. Gosar, and the Senator from Texas, Mr. Cruz, and is now ready to 
further proceed with the counting of the electoral votes for President 
and Vice President of the United States.

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