[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D375-D376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 48 public bills, H.R. 2668-
2715; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 30; and H. Res. 331-338, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H1996-98
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H2000
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 330, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 51) to 
provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the 
Union; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1573) to clarify 
the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry 
or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1333) to transfer and limit Executive 
Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens; 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-22).                    
Page H1996
Recess: The House recessed at 10:57 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1963
Recess: The House recessed at 12:13 p.m. and reconvened at 2:15 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1965
Question of Privilege: Representative McCarthy rose to a question of 
the privileges of the House and submitted a resolution. Upon 
examination of the resolution, the Chair determined that the resolution 
qualified. Subsequently, the House agreed to the Hoyer motion to table 
H. Res. 311, raising a question of the privileges of the House, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 210 nays, Roll No. 122. 
                                                         Pages H1976-77
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Training in High-demand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act: H.R. 
2523, amended, to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to improve 
the COVID-19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance program, to make 
certain technical corrections to the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, 
M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020. 
                                                         Pages H1965-68
  Washington, D.C. Admission Act, Access to Counsel Act of 2021, and 
National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act--Rule 
for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 330, providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 51) to provide for the admission of the 
State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; providing for consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 1573) to clarify the rights of all persons who are 
held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility 
overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1333) to transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or 
restrict the entry of a class of aliens, by a yea-and-nay vote of 214 
yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 124, after the previous question was ordered 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 206 nays, Roll No. 123. Pursuant 
to sec. 4 of H. Res. 330, H. Res. 316 is hereby adopted. Pursuant to 
sec. 7 (a) of H. Res. 330, H. Con. Res. 30 is hereby adopted. 
                                               Pages H1968-76, H1977-79
  Motion to suspend the rules and pass the bills and agree to the 
resolution en bloc: The House agreed to the Hoyer motion to suspend the 
rules and pass the following bills and agree to the following 
resolution considered on April 19, 2021, on which pursuant to section G 
of H. Res. 330 the ordering of the yeas and nays were vacated to the 
end that all such motions are considered as withdrawn: H.R. 367, H.R. 
370, H.R. 396, H.R. 397, H.R. 408, H.R. 490, H.R. 965, H.R. 1251, H.R. 
1395, H.R. 1491, H.R. 1528, H.R. 1532, H.R. 1565, H.R. 1602, H.R. 2523, 
and H. Res. 124, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 355 yeas to 69 nays, 
Roll No. 125. Subsequently, Representative Phillips moved to reconsider 
the vote, and Representative McCollum moved to table the motion to 
reconsider, on which proceedings were postponed.         
  Pages H1979-94
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in memory of 
the victims of the shooting in Boulder, Colorado on March 22, 2021. 
                                                             Page H1994
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the 
death of the Honorable Walter F. Mondale: The House agreed to H. Res. 
333, expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on 
the death of the Honorable Walter F. Mondale.                
  Page H1994
Discharge Petition: Representative Roy presented to the clerk a motion 
to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the 
resolution, H. Res. 216, providing for the consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 471) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from 
lessening the stringency of and to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from ceasing or lessening implementation of the COVID-19 
border health provisions through the

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end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes (Discharge 
Petition No. 2).
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on pages H1964-65.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1977-79 and H1993-94.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 6:16 p.m., pursuant to 
House Resolution 333, it stands adjourned until noon tomorrow, April 
21st, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Honorable 
Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President of the United States.