[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1238-D1240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 37 public bills, H.R. 5853-
5889; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 59; and H. Res. 772-773, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H6205-07
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6208-09
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Mrvan to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:32 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:19 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6193
Protect Older Job Applicants Act: The House passed H.R. 3992, to amend 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers 
from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment, 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 358. 
Consideration began yesterday, November 3rd.             
  Pages H6193-95
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from 
limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.''.
Agreed to:
  Pappas amendment (No. 1 printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-137) that 
was debated on November 3rd that requires 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 (by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 201 
nays, Roll No. 356).                                     
Pages H6393-94
Rejected:
  Keller amendment (No. 2 printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-137) that 
was debated on November 3rd that sought to require a GAO study to 
determine whether not allowing claims of disparate impact 
discrimination by applicants for employment under the

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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 (by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 197 yeas to 228 nays, Roll No. 357).                      
Page H6394
  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.
Oath of Office--Eleventh Congressional District of Ohio: 
Representative-elect Shontel M. Brown presented herself in the well of 
the House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. 
Earlier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter 
received from Amanda M. Grandjean, Esq., Director of Elections and 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Ohio Office of the Secretary of 
State, indicating that, according to the unofficial results of the 
Special Election held November 2, 2021, the Honorable Shontel M. Brown 
was elected Representative to Congress for the Eleventh Congressional 
District, State of Ohio.                                     
  Page H6196
Oath of Office--Fifteenth Congressional District of Ohio: 
Representative-elect Mike Carey presented himself in the well of the 
House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier, 
the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter received 
from Amanda M. Grandjean, Esq., Director of Elections and Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State, Ohio Office of the Secretary of State, 
indicating that, according to the unofficial results of the Special 
Election held November 2, 2021, the Honorable Mike Carey was elected 
Representative to Congress for the Fifteenth Congressional District, 
State of Ohio.                                               
  Page H6196
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath of office to the gentlewoman 
and the gentleman from Ohio, the whole number of the House is 434. 
                                                             Page H6197
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Wednesday, November 
3rd.
Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act: H.R. 1917, to modify 
eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance 
programs, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 409 yeas to 16 nays, Roll No. 
359;                                                     
  Pages H6195-96
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, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 383 yeas to 41 nays, Roll No. 360;               
  Pages H6197-98
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, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 16 
nays, Roll No. 361;                                      
  Pages H6198-99
Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021: H.R. 3709, to 
direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
submit to Congress a report on preliminary damage assessments and make 
necessary improvements to processes in the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 11 nays, Roll No. 
362;                                                  
  Pages H6199-H6200
  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, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas to 4 nays, 
Roll No. 363;                                                
Page H6200
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'', by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 422 yeas to 2 nays with one answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 364;                                            
  Pages H6200-01
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'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 409 
yeas to 14 nays with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 365; and 
                                                         Pages H6201-02
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'', by a \2/3\

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yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas to 4 nays with one answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 366.                                            
  Pages H6202-03
Recess: The House recessed at 5:58 p.m. and reconvened at 10:05 p.m. 
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Senate Referral: S. Con. Res. 19 was held at the desk.       
  Page H6193
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H6193.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eleven yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6193-94, H6394, H6195, H6195-
96, H6197-98, H6198-99, H6199, H6200, H6200-01, H6201-02, and H6202-03.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:05 p.m.