[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 57 (Thursday, March 31, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D342-D343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 47 public bills, H.R. 7307-
7353; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 83-84; and H. Res. 1018-1019, 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H4071-73
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4074-75
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 1017, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to 
decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in 
certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for 
expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes; 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6833) to amend title 
XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
establish requirements with respect to cost-sharing for certain insulin 
products, and for other purposes; and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-
285);

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  H.R. 1218, to require the Federal Communications Commission to 
incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health 
maps, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-286); and
  H.R. 2501, to require the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to update the 
memorandum of understanding on spectrum coordination, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 117-287).                                          
Page H4071
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cardenas to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4009
Recess: The House recessed at 11:44 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H4020
Affordable Insulin Now Act: The House passed H.R. 6883, to amend title 
XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
establish requirements with respect to cost-sharing for certain insulin 
products, by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 102. 
                                               Pages H4033-46, H4053-55
  Rejected the Bucshon motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce by a yea-and-nay vote of 197 yeas to 225 nays, Roll 
No. 101.                                                 
Pages H4053-54
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-38, modified by the 
amendment printed in part C of H. Rept. 117-285, shall be considered as 
adopted.                                                     
Page H4033
  H. Res. 1017, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3617) and (H.R. 6883) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas 
to 202 nays, Roll No. 99, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 202 nays, Roll No. 98.   
Pages H4023-33
America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in 
Technology, and Economic Strength Act of 2022: The House agreed to the 
motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4521, to provide for a coordinated 
Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States 
leadership in engineering biology, by a yea-and-nay vote of 351 yeas to 
74 nays, Roll No. 100.                                   
  Pages H4046-53
Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Vela, wherein he 
resigned as Representative for the Thirty-Fourth Congressional District 
of Texas, effective at 11:59 p.m. today, March 31, 2022.     
  Page H4055
Senate Referrals: S. 442 was held at the desk. S. 3969 was held at the 
desk.                                                    
  Pages H4009-10
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on pages 
H4009-10.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4031-32, H4032-33, H4053, 
H4053-54, and H4054-55.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:25 p.m.