[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D156]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 45 public bills, H.R. 1,274-
1,318; and 10 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 18; and H. Res. 154-162, were 
introduced.                                               
  Pages H614-17
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H618-19
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. 
Con. Res. 5 (H. Rept. 117-7).                                 
Page H614
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Costa to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H591
Recess: The House recessed at 11:04 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H598
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 154, electing a certain 
Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
                                                          Pages H598-99
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Greene (GA) motion to adjourn by a yea-
and-nay vote of 202 yeas to 214 nays, Roll No. 33.        
  Pages H601-02
  Colorado Wilderness Act of 2021 and Equality Act--Rule for 
Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 147, providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 803) to designate certain lands in the 
State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to 
prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and 
sexual orientation, by a yea-and-nay vote of 218 yeas to 208 nays, Roll 
No. 35, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 219 yeas to 211 nays, Roll No. 34.                     
  Pages H602-10
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in memory of 
the late Honorable Ron Wright.                                
  Page H609
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Tuesday, February 
23rd.
  Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act: H.R. 546, to 
regulate monitoring of electronic communications between an 
incarcerated person in a Bureau of Prisons facility and that person's 
attorney or other legal representative, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
414 yeas to 11 nays, Roll No. 36; and                     
  Pages H610-11
  Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2021: H.R. 1192, 
to impose requirements on the payment of compensation to professional 
persons employed in voluntary cases commenced under title III of the 
Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act (commonly 
known as ``PROMESA''), by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 429 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 37.                         
  Pages H611-12
Clerk to Correct Engrossment: Agreed by unanimous consent that in the 
engrossment of H.R. 447, the Clerk be directed to make the correction 
placed at the desk.                                           
  Page H612
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the 
death of the Honorable Ronald J. Wright: The House agreed to H. Res. 
155, expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on 
the death of the Honorable Ronald J. Wright.                  
  Page H612
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to Cuba that 
was declared on March 1, 1996, in Proclamation 6867, as amended by 
Proclamation 7757 on February 26, 2004, Proclamation 9398 on February 
24, 2016, and Proclamation 9699 on February 22, 2018, is to continue in 
effect beyond March 1, 2021--referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117-17).           
  Page H612
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency declared in Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020, 
beginning March 1, 2020, concerning the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID-19) outbreak is to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2021--
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on 
Ways and Means and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117-18).    
Page H612
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H601-02 and H608-12.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 6:25 p.m., pursuant to 
House Resolution 155, it stands adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow, 
February 25th, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late 
Honorable Ronald J. Wright.