[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D646-D648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 37 public bills, H.R. 3886-
3922; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 475-478 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2818-19
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.

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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:34 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act: H.R. 539, to amend the 
Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive certain debts owed to 
the United States related to covered assistance provided to an 
individual or household;                                 
  Pages H2767-68
  Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021: H.R. 468, 
to amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the use of incentive 
payments to expedite certain federally financed airport development 
projects;                                                
  Pages H2768-69
  Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act: H.R. 2016, to amend the 
Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to develop a study regarding 
streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary 
damage assessments;                                      
  Pages H2769-71
  Notice to Airmen Improvement Act of 2021: H.R. 1262, amended, to 
establish a task force on improvements for certain notices to airmen; 
                                                         Pages H2771-72
  Veterans and Family Information Act: H.R. 2093, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, and 
other commonly spoken languages;                         
  Pages H2773-74
  Homeless Veterans Credit Repair, Enhancement, and Debt Improvement 
for Tomorrow Act: H.R. 1257, amended, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the effect of financial and 
credit counseling for homeless veterans and veterans experiencing 
housing instability;                                     
  Pages H2775-77
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the effect of financial and 
credit counseling for homeless veterans and veterans experiencing 
housing instability, and for other purposes.'';              
Page H2777
  VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act: H.R. 2429, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve the staffing, transparency, 
and accountability of the law enforcement operations of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs;                                     
  Pages H2777-78
  VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021: H.R. 2726, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish a plan to reduce the backlog of requests 
for information made to the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code;              
  Pages H2778-79
  Amending title 38, United States Code, to render an individual, who 
transfers certain educational assistance, to which the individual is 
entitled because of an agreement by such individual to serve in the 
Armed Forces, to a dependent of that individual, and who fails to 
complete such agreement, solely liable for the overpayment of such 
educational assistance: H.R. 290, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to render an individual, who transfers certain educational 
assistance, to which the individual is entitled because of an agreement 
by such individual to serve in the Armed Forces, to a dependent of that 
individual, and who fails to complete such agreement, solely liable for 
the overpayment of such educational assistance; and      
Pages H2781-82
Awarding four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol 
Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021: 
H.R. 3325, amended, to award four congressional gold medals to the 
United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol 
on January 6, 2021, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 406 yeas to 21 nays, 
Roll No. 161.                                     
  Pages H2789-92, H2800
West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021: The House agreed to 
take from the Speaker's table and concur in the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 711, to amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to 
authorize the use of certain funds received pursuant to leases entered 
into under such Act.                                     
  Pages H2772-73
Suspending the Rules and passing bills en bloc: Pursuant to section 8 
of H. Res. 473, Representative McGovern made a motion to suspend the 
rules and pass the following bills en bloc, and therefore the ordering 
of the yeas and nays on postponed motions would be vacated to the end 
that all such motions would be considered as withdrawn: H.R. 293, H.R. 
587, H.R. 610, H.R. 1144, H.R. 1703, H.R. 1921, H.R. 2008, H.R. 2332, 
H.R. 2545, and H.R. 3642, which was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 
287 yeas to 140 nays, Roll No. 159. 
                           Pages H2756-67, H2779-81, H2785-87, H2792-99
Suspensions: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and pass 
the following measures:
Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act: H.R. 239, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to

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provide for limitations on copayments for contraception furnished by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 240 
yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 160; and                  
  Pages H2774, H2799
LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act: H.R. 1443, 
amended, to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the 
collection of small business loan data related to LGBTQ-owned 
businesses, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 248 yeas to 177 nays, Roll 
No. 162.                                       
  Pages H2787-89, H2800-01
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Matsui wherein 
she resigned from the Committee on Natural Resources.        
  Page H2801
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 475, electing a certain 
Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2798-99, H2799, H2800, and 
H2800-01.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:58 p.m.