[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 29, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D717-D718]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 33 public bills, H.R. 4213-
4245; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 39; and H. Res. 509-510, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H3306-08
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3309-10
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 508, providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3684) to authorize funds for Federal-Aid Highways, Highway Safety 
Programs, and Transit Programs, and for other purposes; and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 117-75);
  H.R. 3291, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance 
for States, territories, areas affected by natural disasters, and water 
systems and schools affected by PFAS or lead, and to require the 
Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate national primary drinking 
water regulations for PFAS, microcystin toxin, and 1,4-dioxane, and for 
other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-76); and
  H.R. 3293, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to establish programs to assist low-income 
households in maintaining access to drinking water and wastewater 
services, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-77, 
Part 1).                                                     
Page H3306
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Suozzi to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3243
Recess: The House recessed at 10:34 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Suspending the Rules and passing bills and agreeing to the resolutions 
en bloc: Pursuant to section 8 of H. Res. 504, 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considered as withdrawn: H.R. 1500, amended, H.R. 2471, amended, H.R. 
3261, H.R. 3283, amended, and H.R. 3385, amended, and agree to the 
resolutions H. Res. 186 and H. Res. 402, amended, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 356 yeas to 46 nays, Roll No. 192.                    
  Pages H3258-63
Agreed to amend the title of H.R. 1500 so as to read: ``To direct the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 
to submit to Congress a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 
on United States Agency for International Development basic education 
programs.''.
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Monday, June 28th.
Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2021: H.R. 
567, amended, to establish an interagency program to assist countries 
in North and West Africa to improve immediate and long-term 
capabilities to counter terrorist threats, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 395 yeas to 15 nays, Roll No. 192.                    
  Pages H3262-63
IG Independence and Empowerment Act: The House passed H.R. 2662, to 
amend the Inspector

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General Act of 1978, by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 182 nays, 
Roll No. 195.                                            
  Pages H3276-90
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Reform now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as adopted.                         
Page H3276
Agreed to:
Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-74: Axne (No. 1) that 
requires more detailed rationale for firing an In-spector General; 
Bourdeaux (No. 2) that ensures Inspectors General receive training on 
the use of, and process for, the suspension or debarment of persons for 
eligibility for Federal contracts; Carter (LA) (No. 3) that increases 
the pay of IGs to ensure that senior advisors do not make more than the 
IGs they work for; Malinowski (No. 5) that provides an exception to the 
requirement that IGs provide notice 30 days before placing an IG on 
non-duty status if the IG poses a threat to the workplace or threatens 
an investigation; and Torres (NY) (No. 6) that requires GAO to conduct 
a review and issue a report evaluating processes for investigating 
wrongdoing by Inspectors General, including processes of the Integrity 
Committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency and processes of Inspector General offices, by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 219 yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 193.              
  Pages H3284-88
Rejected:
  Comer amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-74) that 
sought to strike Titles I, III, and V of the bill (by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 182 yeas to 220 nays, Roll No. 194).             
Pages H3287-89
  H. Res. 504, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2662), (H.R. 3005), (H.R. 3684) and the resolution (H. Res. 503) was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 218 yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 190, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 214 
yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 189.                          
Pages H3250-58
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in 
remembrance of the victims of the collapse of the Champlain Towers 
building in Surfside, Florida.                               
  Page H3288
Directing the Joint Committee on the Library to replace the bust of 
Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United 
States Capitol with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the 
Joint Committee on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas 
of the United States Capitol which are accessible to the public, to 
remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the 
Confederate States of America from display in the United States 
Capitol: The House passed H.R. 3005, to direct the Joint Committee on 
the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old 
Supreme Court Chamber of the United States Capitol with a bust of 
Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library 
and to remove certain statues from areas of the United States Capitol 
which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of 
individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America 
from display in the United States Capitol, by a yea-and-nay vote of 285 
yeas to 120 nays, Roll No. 196.                
  Pages H3263-76, H3290-91
  H. Res. 504, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2662), (H.R. 3005), (H.R. 3684) and the resolution (H. Res. 503) was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 218 yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 190, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 214 
yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 189.                          
Pages H3250-58
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members on 
the part of the House to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe: Representative Cohen, Co-Chair; Representatives Moore (WI), 
Cleaver, Veasey, Gallego, Wilson (SC), Aderholt, Hudson, and 
Fitzpatrick.                                                 
  Page H3292
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eight yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3256-57, H3257, H3262, H3262-
63, H3288, H3289, H3289-90, and H3290-91.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:25 p.m.