[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1230-D1231]
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: 23 public bills, H.R. 5830-
5852; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 58; and H. Res. 766-771 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H6177-79
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6179-80
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3193, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband deployment initiative (H. 
Rept. 117-171, Part 1); and
  H.R. 4252, to provide additional funding for scholarships for 
students at 1890 institutions, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-172). 
                                                             Page H6177
Recess: The House recessed at 3:03 p.m. and reconvened at 3:16 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6156
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures: Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution: H. Con. Res. 
44, amended, providing for a joint hearing of the Committees on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate to receive a 
presentation from the Comptroller General of the United States 
regarding the audited financial statement of the executive branch; 
                                                         Pages H6134-36
  Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform 
Act of 2021: S. 1064, to advance the strategic alignment of United 
States diplomatic tools toward the realization of free, fair, and 
transparent elections in Nicaragua and to reaffirm the commitment of 
the United States to protect the fundamental freedoms and human rights 
of the people of Nicaragua, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 387 yeas to 
35 nays with four answering ``present'', Roll No. 354; and 
                                               Pages H6147-51, H6156-57
  Expressing solidarity with Cuban citizens demonstrating peacefully 
for fundamental freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime's acts of 
repression, and calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily 
detained Cuban citizens: H. Res. 760, expressing solidarity with Cuban 
citizens demonstrating peacefully for fundamental freedoms, condemning 
the Cuban regime's acts of repression, and calling for the immediate 
release of arbitrarily detained Cuban citizens, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 382 yeas to 40 nays with four answering ``present'', Roll No. 
355.                                           
  Pages H6151-56, H6157-58
Protect Older Job Applicants Act: The House considered H.R. 3992, to 
amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit 
employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for 
employment. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, November 4th.
                                                         Pages H6158-67
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-14 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 bill.                                         
Page H6158
Proceedings Postponed:
  Pappas amendment (No. 1 printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-137) that 
seeks to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to conduct 
a study on the number of job applicants impacted by age discrimination 
in the job application process and issue recommendations on addressing 
age discrimination in the job application process; and   
Pages H6164-65
  Keller amendment (No. 2 printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-137) that 
seeks to require a GAO study to determine whether not allowing claims 
of disparate impact discrimination by applicants for employment under 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 has a significant 
negative impact on such applicants, and provides that if the results of 
the study show there is not a significant negative impact on such 
applicants, then the Act shall not take effect.          
Pages H6166-67
  H. Res. 716, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2119), (H.R. 3110), and (H.R. 3992) and relating to consideration of 
the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the bill (S. 1301) was 
agreed to Tuesday, October 12th.
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures: Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act: H.R. 
1917, to modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation 
assistance programs;                                     
  Pages H6136-38
  Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act: H.R. 1339, 
amended, to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish an 
advanced air mobility interagency working group;         
  Pages H6138-41
  Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility 
Act: H.R. 3193, amended, to amend the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband 
deployment initiative;                                   
  Pages H6141-43
  Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021: H.R. 3709, to 
direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to

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submit to Congress a report on preliminary damage assessments and make 
necessary improvements to processes in the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency;                                                  
  Pages H6143-44
  Amending title 40, United States Code, to modify the treatment of 
certain bargain-price options to purchase at less than fair market 
value: H.R. 2220, to amend title 40, United States Code, to modify the 
treatment of certain bargain-price options to purchase at less than 
fair market value;                                           
  Page H6144
  Redesignating the Federal building located at 167 North Main Street 
in Memphis, Tennessee as the ``Odell Horton Federal Building'': H.R. 
390, to redesignate the Federal building located at 167 North Main 
Street in Memphis, Tennessee as the ``Odell Horton Federal Building''; 
                                                             Page H6145
  Designating the Federal building located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
Southeast in Washington, DC, as the ``Norman Yoshio Mineta Federal 
Building'': H.R. 4679, to designate the Federal building located at 
1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast in Washington, DC, as the ``Norman 
Yoshio Mineta Federal Building''; and                    
  Pages H6145-46
  Designating the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located 
at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, as the ``Frederick 
P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse'': H.R. 
4660, to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse 
located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, as the 
``Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.                                            
  Pages H6146-47
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H6134.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6156-57 and H6157-58.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:13 p.m.