[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 187 (Monday, October 25, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 5705-
5722; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 56; and H. Res. 744-745 were 
introduced.                                                  
  Page H5872
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5873-74
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4035, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to prioritize veterans court treatment programs that ensure equal 
access for racial and ethnic minorities and women, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-154).              
Page H5872
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Casten to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5837
Recess: The House recessed at 12:04 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5837
Recess: The House recessed at 2:08 p.m. and reconvened at 5 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5838
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Sovereign Debt Contract Capacity Act: H.R. 4111, to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to direct the United States Executive 
Director at the International Monetary Fund to advocate that the Fund 
provide technical assistance to Fund members seeking to enhance their 
capacity to evaluate the legal and financial terms of sovereign debt 
contracts, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 391 yeas to 29 nays, Roll No. 
332;                                              
  Pages H5838-40, H5854
  Financial Transparency Act of 2021: H.R. 2989, amended, to amend 
securities, commodities, and banking laws to make the information 
reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable, to 
further enable the development of RegTech and Artificial Intelligence 
applications, to put the United States on a path towards building a 
comprehensive Standard Business Reporting program to ultimately 
harmonize and reduce the private sector's regulatory compliance burden, 
while enhancing transparency and accountability, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 400 yeas to 19 nays, Roll No. 333;     
  Pages H5840-48, H5854-55
  Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2021: H.R. 2265, amended, to 
amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to postpone the date of 
payment or satisfaction upon redemption of certain securities in the 
case of the financial exploitation of specified adults; and 
                                                         Pages H5848-50
  Awarding posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to 
the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, 
during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan 
allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport: H.R. 5142, amended, to 
award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the 
servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during 
the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at 
Hamid Karzai International Airport.                      
  Pages H5850-53
Announcement by the Chair: The Chair announced that, pursuant to House 
Resolution 730, the Speaker had certified to the United States Attorney 
for the District of Columbia the refusal of Stephen K. Bannon to 
produce documents in compliance with a subpoena to the Select Committee 
to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. 
                                                             Page H5854
Recess: The House recessed at 6:01 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5854
Discharge Petition: Representative Greene (GA) presented to the clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committee on Energy and Commerce from the 
consideration of the bill, H.R. 2316, to reduce the salary of the 
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
to provide for an audit of the correspondence, financial statements, 
and policy memoranda within the Office of the Director during the 
COVID-19 outbreak, and for other purposes (Discharge Petition No. 7).
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
is to continue in effect beyond October 27, 2021--referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117-
67).                                                     
  Pages H5853-54
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5854 and H5855.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 9:54 p.m.