[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D153-D154]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 6653-
6702; and 10 resolutions, H. Res. 915-924 were introduced. 
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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Torres (NY) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Global Respect Act: The House passed H.R. 3485, to impose sanctions on 
foreign persons responsible for violations of internationally 
recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 
yeas to 206 nays, Roll No. 43.                           
  Pages H1079-87
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-30 shall be 
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Foreign Affairs now printed 
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Pages H1079-80
Agreed to:
  Cicilline en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-241: Crist (No. 1) that 
authorizes the President to exempt certain immediate family members who 
themselves face persecution from possible inadmissibility or revocation 
of visas; Gottheimer (No. 2) that requires a study from the Secretary 
of State examining risks to LGBTQI individuals at a regional bureau 
level; Harder (No. 3) that prevents any provisions of the bill from 
imposing sanctions or taking actions against any foreign individual 
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solely upon religious belief; Manning (No. 4) that adds torture to the 
list of violations of human rights for which the President may impose 
sanctions; Porter (No. 5) that requires a report to Congress on 
individuals responsible for violations of human rights against LGBTQI 
people be submitted in an unclassified form and published on a publicly 
available State Department website, and the report may include a 
classified annex; and Williams (No. 6) that commissions a report on how 
the Department of State can coordinate internationally to proactively 
prevent human rights violations against individuals based on actual or 
perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 42). 
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  H. Res. 900, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3485), (H.R. 4445), and (H.R. 4521) was agreed to Wednesday, February 
2nd.
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, February 
1st.
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 223 West Chalan Santo Papa in Hagatna, Guam, as the ``Atanasio 
Taitano Perez Post Office'': H.R. 3539, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 223 West Chalan Santo Papa 
in Hagatna, Guam, as the ``Atanasio Taitano Perez Post Office'', by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 417 yeas to 1 nay with two answering 
``present'', Roll No. 44.                                
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Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House failed to agree to suspend 
the rules and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, 
February 1st.
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 120 4th Street in Petaluma, California, as the ``Lynn C. Woolsey 
Post Office Building'': H.R. 2842, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 120 4th Street in Petaluma, 
California, as the ``Lynn C. Woolsey Post Office Building'', by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 245 yeas to 167 nays with one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 45.                                
  Pages H1088-89
Call of the Private Calendar: Agreed by unanimous consent that the call 
of the Private Calendar be dispensed with on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1086, H1087, H1087-88, and 
H1088-89.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 3:39 p.m.