[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D799-D800]
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: 42 public bills, H.R. 4545-
4548, 4551-4588; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 41; and H. Res. 540-
543, were introduced.                                    
  Pages H3752-54
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3755-57
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4549, making appropriations for energy and water development and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 117-98); and
  H.R. 4550, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes 
(H. Rept. 117-99).                                           
Page H3752
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Underwood to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:50 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure: Strengthening Local Transportation Security 
Capabilities Act of 2021: H.R. 1870, amended, to require the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to prioritize strengthening of local 
transportation security capabilities by assigning certain officers and 
intelligence analysts to State, local, and regional fusion centers in 
jurisdictions with a high-risk surface transportation asset and 
improving the timely sharing of information regarding threats of 
terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence. 
                                                         Pages H3681-83
  Suspending the Rules and passing bills and agreeing to the 
resolutions en bloc: Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, 
Representative Hoyer 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motions would be considered as withdrawn: H.R. 678, H.R. 1036, H.R. 
1079, amended, H.R. 1158, H.R. 1250, H.R. 1754, H.R. 1833, amended, 
H.R. 1850, H.R. 1871, H.R. 1877, amended, H.R. 1893, H.R. 1895, H.R. 
2118, H.R. 2795, amended, H.R. 2928, H.R. 2980, amended, H.R. 3003, 
H.R. 3138, amended, H.R. 3223, H.R. 3263, and H.R. 3264, and agree to 
the resolutions H. Res. 277 and H. Res. 294, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
319 yeas to 105 nays, Roll No. 212.            
  Pages H3683-08, H3715-30
Consumer Protection and Recovery Act: The House passed H.R. 2668, to 
amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to affirmatively confirm the 
authority of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions 
and other equitable relief for violations of any provision of law 
enforced by the Commission, by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 205 
nays, Roll No. 214.                                      
  Pages H3730-38
  Rejected the Rodney Davis (IL) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, by a yea-and-nay vote of 207 yeas to 
217 nays, Roll No. 213.                                  
Pages H3736-37
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-11 shall be 
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now 
printed in the bill.                                         
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  H. Res. 535, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2467), (H.R. 2668), and (H.R. 3985) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 219 yeas to 208 nays, Roll No. 211, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 210. 
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Communication from the Committee on Ethics: Read a communication from 
the Committee on Ethics regarding an appeal received from 
Representative Greene (GA) of a fine imposed pursuant to H. Res. 38, 
which was received after the Committee adopted its written rules. A 
majority of the Committee did not agree to the appeal.       
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Communication from the Committee on Ethics: Read a communication from 
the Committee on Ethics regarding an appeal received from 
Representative Norman of a fine imposed pursuant to H. Res. 38, which 
was received after the Committee adopted its written rules. A majority 
of the Committee did not agree to the appeal.                
  Page H3751
Communication from the Committee on Ethics: Read a communication from 
the Committee on Ethics regarding an appeal received from 
Representative Massie of a fine imposed pursuant to H. Res. 38, which 
was received after the Committee adopted its written rules. A majority 
of the Committee did not agree to the appeal.                
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Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13882 with respect to the situation in Mali is to continue in 
effect beyond July 26, 2021--referred to the

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Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117-
49).                                                         
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  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13441 with respect 
to Lebanon is to continue in effect beyond August 1, 2021--referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
117-50).                                                     
Page H3740
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3714-15, H3715, H3729-30, 
H3737 and H3737-38.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:09 p.m.