[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D190-D192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





House of Representatives

Chamber Action
     Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 71 public bills, 
     H.R. 6, 1532-1601; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 22; and H. 
     Res. 185-187, were introduced.                      30Additional 
     Cosponsors:                                             30Reports 
     Filed: There were no reports filed today.
     Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
     rts FRepresentative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
     today.                                                  30Motion 
     to Adjourn: Rejected the Greene (GA) motion to adjourn by a 
     yeon toa-and-nay vote of 182 yeas to 222 nays, Roll No. 56. 
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     Recess: The House recessed at 11:34 a.m. and reconvened at 
     12:15 p.m.                                              30Recess: 
     The House recessed at 1:58 p.m. and reconvened at 6:15 p.m. 
                                                        ss: TPage H1039
     George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021: The House 
     passed H.R. 1280, to hold law enforcement accountable for 
     misconduct in court, improve

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     transparency through data collection, by a yea-and-nay vote 
     of 220 yeas to 212 nays, Roll No. 60.               90[D03MR1-
     23]{D191}Rejected t
  Rejected the Malliotakis motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on the Judiciary by a yea-and-nay vote of 208 yeas to 219 nays, Roll 
No. 59.                                                  
Pages H1069-70
  H. Res. 179, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1) and (H.R. 1280) was agreed to Monday, March 1st.
     For the People Act of 2021: The House passed H.R. 1, to 
     expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the 
     influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules 
     for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption 
     measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy, by a 
     yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 210 nays, Roll No. 62. 
     Consideration began yesterday, March 2nd. 
                              Pages H1023-37, H1037-38, H1039, H1071-72
  Rejected the Rodney Davis (IL) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on House Administration by a yea-and-nay vote of 210 yeas to 
219 nays, Roll No. 61.                                   
Pages H1071-72
Agreed to:
  Lesko amendment (No. 28 printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-9) that 
strikes Sec. 4208, which expands political record requirements for 
online platforms; and                                    
Pages H1023-25
  Lofgren en bloc amendment No. 4 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-9: Spanberger (No. 40) 
that requires disclaimers within the content of social media posts for 
foreign-backed political content shared on online platforms; the 
amendment is the text of the bipartisan Foreign Agents Disclaimer 
Enhancement Act; Speier (No. 41) that requires large online platforms 
to maintain a public record of political advertisements which includes 
information on the total number of views generated by the 
advertisement, the number of views by unique individuals, and the 
number of shares; Speier (No. 42) that requires states to establish 
privacy programs to keep personally identifiable information in voter 
files, such as addresses, confidential to protect survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and trafficking. 
For automatic voter registration, requires that individuals receive an 
explanation of what information is needed to access voter information 
online, how that information is shared or sold, and what privacy 
programs are available to survivors; Speier (No. 43) that extends the 
statute of limitations for criminal violations of Federal Election 
Campaign Act from 5 years to 10 years; and for civil violations from 5 
years to 15 years; Speier (No. 44) that requires a sufficient number of 
ballot marking machines equipped for individuals with disabilities, as 
defined by the Election Assistance Commission in consultation with the 
Access Board and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
for all in person voting options; Swalwell (No. 45) that ensures 
college student voters are not subjected to intimidation or deceptive 
practices when exercising their right to vote in their college towns; 
Swalwell (No. 46) that clarifies prohibitions on polling places or 
ballot dropboxes that falsely purport to be an official location 
established for an election; Swalwell (No. 47) that adds colleges' and 
universities' duty to better provide students with voter information on 
the school's website and transmitted via social media; Tlaib (No. 48) 
that prioritizes local education agencies that receive Title I funding 
from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the pilot program 
to provide voter registration information to secondary school students 
prior to graduation; Tlaib (No. 49) that requires that every polling 
location has available free of charge the required forms from the 
relevant State for an individual to register to vote, or revise the 
individual's voter registration information; Tlaib (No. 50) that 
requires all polling stations to be open for a minimum of 4 total hours 
outside of the regular working hours from 9 am to 5 pm in the time zone 
of the polling location; Torres (No. 51) that requires the Federal 
Election Commission to (1) study the efficacy of political voucher 
programs in expanding and diversifying who gives to candidates and who 
runs for office and (2) issue a report on how a national political 
voucher program could be implemented; Torres (No. 52) that requires GAO 
to conduct a study on turnout rates based on age in States and 
localities that permit voters to participate in elections before 
reaching the age of 18; Torres (No. 53) that requires GAO to conduct a 
study on the implementation and impact of ranked choice voting in 
States and localities with a focus on how to best implement a model for 
Federal elections nationwide; the study shall include the impact on 
voter turnout, negative campaigning, and who decides to run for office; 
Underwood (No. 54) that requires the Comptroller General's report on 
small dollar financing to include an assessment of impacts on candidate 
diversity; Waters (No. 55) that prohibits misinformation which 
threatens potential voters with civil or other legal penalties if they 
exercise their right to vote; Williams (No. 56) that requires the 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in coordination with the Election 
Assistance Commission, to provide a uniform statement that would be 
included with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental 
housing as well as with mortgage applications to inform recipients how 
they can register to vote and

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their voting rights under law (by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 208 
nays, Roll No. 58).                            
Pages H1027-37, H1037-38
Rejected:
  Pressley amendment (No. 37 printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-9) that 
sought to lower the Mandatory Minimum Voting Age in Federal Elections 
to 16 years of age (by a yea-and-nay vote of 125 yeas to 302 nays, Roll 
No. 57).                                          
Pages H1025-27, H1037
  H. Res. 179, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1) and (H.R. 1280) was agreed to Monday, March 1st.
  Agreed that in the engrossment of the bill, the clerk be authorized 
to correct section numbers, punctuation, spelling, and cross-references 
and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be 
necessary to reflect the actions of the House.               
Page H1072
     Recess: The House recessed at 11:20 p.m. and reconvened at 12 
     a.m.
     ial Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
     notidentified Congress that the national emergency with 
     respect to Zimbabwe that was declared in Executive Order 
     13288 of March 6, 2003 is to continue in effect beyond March 
     6, 2021--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
     ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117-20).             90[D03MR1-
     31]{D192}Read a mes
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency with respect to Ukraine that was declared in 
Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014 is to continue in effect beyond 
March 6, 2021--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
to be printed (H. Doc. 117-21).                              
Page H1039
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency with respect to Venezuela that was declared in 
Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015 is to continue in effect beyond 
March 8, 2021--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
to be printed (H. Doc. 117-22).                              
Page H1039
     Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven yea-and-nay votes developed during 
     the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1023, H1037, 
     H1038, H1070, H1070-71, H1071-72, and H1072.
     Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12:01 
     a.m.