[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1266-D1268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 5982-
5990; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 794, were introduced.        
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6318-19
Reports Filed:There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cardenas to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6269
Recess: The House recessed at 10:54 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H6275
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021: H.R. 4591, 
amended, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 
Congress periodic reports on the costs of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Electronic Health Record Modernization program; 
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  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress periodic reports on the costs, 
performance metrics, and outcomes of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Electronic Health Record Modernization program;              
Page H6279
  VITAL Assessment Act: H.R. 5516, amended, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the Veterans 
Integration to Academic Leadership program of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs;                                        
                                                         Pages H6279-80
  Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act: H.R. 2433, to direct the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to take actions necessary to ensure that certain 
individuals may update the burn pit registry with a registered 
individual's cause of death;                             
                                                         Pages H6280-81
  VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act: H.R. 4626, amended, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to require an independent 
assessment of health care delivery systems and management processes of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs be conducted once every 10 years; 
                                                         Pages H6281-83
  Protections for Student Veterans Act: H.R. 5603, amended, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to establish protections for a member of 
the Armed Forces who leaves a course of education, paid for with 
certain educational assistance, to perform certain service; 
                                                         Pages H6283-86
  Protecting Moms Who Served Act of 2021: S. 796, to codify maternity 
care coordination programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas to 9 nays, Roll No. 374; 
                                               Pages H6286-88, H6297-98
  Student Veterans Counseling Centers Eligibility Act: H.R. 4233, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment 
counseling and related mental health services to veterans and members 
of the Armed Forces using certain educational assistance benefits, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 420 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 375; 
                                                  Pages H6288-89, H6298
  Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education Act: H.R. 
147, amended, to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to make 
certain improvements to transitional services for separating members of 
the Armed Forces and educational assistance under laws administered by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 427 
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 376;   
                                               Pages H6289-91, H6295-99
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 10, United 
States Code, to make certain improvements to services and benefits for 
veterans and separating members of the Armed Forces with respect to 
apprenticeship programs, and for other purposes.'';          
Page H6291
  Homeland Procurement Reform Act: H.R. 2915, amended, to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the procurement of certain 
items related to national security interests for Department of Homeland 
Security frontline operational components; and           
                                                         Pages H6292-94
  DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2021: H.R. 5652, to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Acquisition Review Board 
in the Department of Homeland Security.                  
                                                         Pages H6294-96
Recess: The House recessed at 2:01 p.m. and reconvened at 2:45 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6297
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Amending title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department 
of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying 
Areas and Freely Associated States: H.R. 3730, amended, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and 
Freely Associated States; and                            
                                                         Pages H6291-92
  TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to 
Advance Traveler Education Act: H.R. 5574, amended, to require the TSA 
to develop a plan to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major 
airports can be better understood by more people accessing such 
airports.                                                
                                                         Pages H6296-97
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to Nicaragua 
that was declared in Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018 is to 
continue in effect beyond November 27, 2021--referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117-75). 
                                                             Page H6301
Senate Referral: S. 2923 was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources.                                                   
  Page H6316
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6297-98, H6298, and H6299.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:47 p.m.

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