[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D355-D356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 63 public bills, H.R. 2547-
2609; and 2 resolutions, H.J. Res. 40; and H. Res. 320, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H1840-43
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1844-45
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  Committee on Oversight and Reform. Authorization and Oversight Plans 
for all House Committees (H. Rept. 117-17).                  
Page H1840
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Craig to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Paycheck Fairness Act: The House passed H.R. 7, to amend the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, by a yea-
and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 210 nays, Roll No. 108.   
  Pages H1799-H1829
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-15, 
shall be considered as adopted.                              
Page H1799
Agreed to:
  Scott (VA) en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-15: Beyer (No. 1) that 
requires the EEOC to provide for an annual collection of compensation 
data from employers disaggregated by the sex, race, and national origin 
of employees; Newman (No. 2) that requires employers to inform 
employees of their rights established under this act through currently 
required workplace posters and electronically; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 3) 
that directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to award 
contracts and grants for the purpose of training employers about the 
role that salary negotiation and other inconsistent wage setting 
practices can have on allowing bias to enter compensation; Torres (NY) 
(No. 5) that requires a review on the gender wage gap in the teenage 
workforce; and Williams (No. 6) that reestablishes the National Equal 
Pay Enforcement Task Force, a federal interagency task force focused on 
improving compliance, public education, and enforcement of equal pay 
laws (by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 106). 
                                               Pages H1819-22, H1826-27
Rejected:
  Miller-Meeks amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-15) 
that sought to revise the bill to provide a safe harbor for employers 
who conduct

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self-audits to identify and rectify potentially unlawful pay 
disparities and allows for reasonable employer defenses against trial 
lawyer abuses (by a yea-and-nay vote of 183 yeas to 244 nays, Roll No. 
107).                                          
Pages H1822-25, H1827-28
  H. Res. 303, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
7) and (H.R. 1195) was agreed to yesterday, April 14th.
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Wednesday, April 
14th.
  Fraud and Scam Reduction Act: H.R. 1215, amended, to establish an 
office within the Federal Trade Commission and an outside advisory 
group to prevent fraud targeting seniors and to direct the Commission 
to include additional information in an annual report to Congress on 
fraud targeting seniors, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 396 yeas to 13 
nays, Roll No. 104;                                          
  Page H1825
  Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 
Prevention Act of 2021: H.R. 1460, to encourage States to require the 
installation of residential carbon monoxide detectors in homes, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 362 yeas to 49 nays, Roll No. 105; 
                                                         Pages H1825-26
  Timely ReAuthorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access 
to Needed Therapies Act of 2021: H.R. 941, to reauthorize the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
415 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 109;                            
  Page H1829
  Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act: H.R. 446, to require the 
Federal Trade Commission to submit a report to Congress on scams 
targeting seniors, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 413 yeas to 8 nays, 
Roll No. 110;                                            
  Pages H1829-30
  Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act: H.R. 1762, to direct the 
Federal Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report on unfair or 
deceptive acts or practices targeted at Indian Tribes or members of 
Indian Tribes, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas to 10 nays, Roll 
No. 111;                                                 
  Pages H1830-31
  Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021: H.R. 
1002, amended, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the 
debarment of certain registrants, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 407 
yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 112;                            
  Pages H1831-32
  Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2021: H.R. 1899, to 
amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the modification, 
transfer, and termination of a registration to manufacture, distribute, 
or dispense controlled substances or list I chemicals, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 412 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 113;            
  Page H1832
  Microloan Improvement Act of 2021: H.R. 1502, to amend the Small 
Business Act to optimize the operations of the microloan program, lower 
costs for small business concerns and intermediary participants in the 
program, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 16 nays, Roll No. 
114;                                                         
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  Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act of 2021: H.R. 1487, to 
amend the Small Business Act to increase transparency, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 409 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 115; and        
  Page H1834
  504 Modernization and Small Manufacturer Enhancement Act of 2021: 
H.R. 1490, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to 
improve the loan guaranty program, enhance the ability of small 
manufacturers to access affordable capital, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 400 yeas to 16 nays, Roll No. 116.                        
  Page H1834
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
declared a national emergency with respect to the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States posed by specified harmful foreign 
activities of the Government of the Russian Federation--referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117-
29).                                                         
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Senate Referral: S. 400 was held at the desk.                
  Page H1799
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H1799.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Thirteen yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1825, H1825-26, H1826-27, 
H1827-28, H1828, H1829, H1829-30, H1830-31, H1831-32, H1832, H1833, 
H1834, and H1834-35.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 10:17 p.m.