[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 23, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D690-D691]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 38 public bills, H.R. 4074-
4111; and 6 resolutions, H. Res. 491-496 were introduced. 
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  Pages H3083-84
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Gomez to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:42 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 1:07 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. 
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Suspending the Rules and passing bills en bloc: Pursuant to section 11 
of H. Res. 486, 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that all such motions would be considered as withdrawn: H.R. 482, H.R. 
704, H.R. 961, amended, H.R. 1314, H.R. 2571, amended, H.R. 2679, 
amended, H.R. 2694, H.R. 2922, amended, H.R. 3182, H.R. 3239, H.R. 
3241, amended, H.R. 3273, H.R. 3752, H.R. 3841, S. 409, and S. 1340, by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 325 yeas to 103 nays, Roll No. 177. 
                                                         Pages H3026-52
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021: The House 
passed H.R. 2062, to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 
1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards for Federal 
employment discrimination and retaliation claims, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 247 yeas to 178 nays, Roll No. 180.                   
  Pages H3052-67
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-6, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-71, shall be considered as 
adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the 
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Page H3052
Agreed to:
  Rodney Davis (IL) amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-
71) that requires the Secretary of the Department of Labor and the 
Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to conduct a study 
to determine the number of older adult women who may have been 
adversely impacted by age discrimination as a motivating factor in 
workplace discrimination or employment; requires the report to be 
submitted to Congress and made publicly available within one year and 
would require a recommendation on best practices to combat gender and 
age discrimination in the workplace; and                 
Pages H3064-65
  Scott (VA) en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-71: Brown (No. 1) that 
requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to submit 
yearly reports to Congress on the number of age discrimination claims 
brought under this Act; and Williams (GA) (No. 3) that Commissions a 
report analyzing any disparities that individuals who face 
discrimination in employment based on characteristics protected under 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 combined with one or 
more intersectional characteristics protected under title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 
or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 face in pursuing relief from 
discrimination under the mixed motive evidentiary standard (by a yea-
and-nay vote of 231 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 178). 
                                                  Pages H3060-62, H3065
Rejected:
  Scott (VA) en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-71: Allen (No. 2) that 
sought to require a GAO study on whether the Supreme Court's decisions 
in the Gross and Nassar cases have discouraged age discrimination 
charges and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 retaliation 
charges and whether the success rates of age discrimination and Title 
VII retaliation court cases have decreased following the Supreme 
Court's decisions in Gross and Nassar; and Foxx (No. 5) that sought to 
strike the provisions allowing mixed-motive retaliation claims (by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 182 yeas to 243 nays, Roll No. 179). 
                                               Pages H3062-64, H3065-66
  H. Res. 486, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2062), (H.R. 239), and (H.R. 1443) and the joint resolutions (S.J. Res. 
13), (S.J. Res. 14), and (S.J. Res. 15) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 218 yeas to 205 nays, Roll No. 176, after the previous question 
was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 218 yeas to 209 nays, Roll No. 
175. Pursuant to section 10 of H. Res. 486, H. Res. 485 was considered 
adopted.                                                 
Pages H3017-26
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3024-25, H3025-26, H3051-52, 
H3065, H3065-66, and H3066-67.

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Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:28 p.m.