[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D503-D505]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 7715-
7731; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 1103-1107, 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 DelBene to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:19 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Whole Number of the House: The Chair announced to the House that, in 
light of the resignation of the gentleman from New York, Mr. Reed, the 
whole number of the House is 429.                            
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Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 1103, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 2022: S. 
4119, to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. 
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  Federal Firefighters Fairness Act: The House passed H.R. 2499, to 
amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a 
presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire 
protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result 
of the performance of such employees duty, by a yea-and-nay vote of 288 
yeas to 131 nays, Roll No. 149.                          
  Pages H4816-31
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-41, modified by the 
amendment printed in part C of H. Rept. 117-320, 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.                                                    
Pages H4816-28
Agreed to:
Scott (VA) amendment en bloc No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part D of H. Rept. 117-320: Houlahan (No. 1) that 
includes a Review of Science of Gynecological Cancers to study the 
potential risk and connection between fire protection activities and 
likelihood of developing gynecological cancers; Jackson Lee (No. 2) 
that adds a study regarding the health and safety impacts on 
firefighters from circumstances encountered as firefighters; Stanton 
(No. 5) that requires the Secretary to notify Congress when approving 
or denying petitions to add diseases to the list; Tlaib (No. 6) that 
adds an annual reporting requirement on the total number of and 
demographics of employees with diseases and conditions covered by this 
Act desegregated by the specific condition or conditions, for the 
purposes of understanding the scope of the problem; Torres (CA) (No. 7) 
that the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health shall conduct a comprehensive study on long-term health effects 
that Federal wildland firefighters, who are eligible to receive workers 
compensation, experience after being exposed to fires, smoke, and toxic 
fumes when in service; and Torres (CA) (No. 8) that directs the 
Secretary, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, to evaluate the best available scientific evidence of the risk to 
an employee in fire protection activities of developing rhabdomyolysis 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 146); and 
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  Joyce (OH) amendment (No. 3 printed in part D of H. Rept. 117-320) 
that adds the Kenneth Meisel Public Servants' Claimant Fairness Act, 
which amends the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) to establish 
that claimants who have been asked by the Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs to provide additional evidence to support their 
occupational illness, traumatic injury, or death claim have at least 60 
days to provide such evidence (by a yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas to 
with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 147).             
Pages H4826, H4829
Rejected:
  Keller amendment (No. 4 printed in part D of H. Rept. 117-320) that 
sought to strike all of the bill text and inserts a provision 
establishing the Firefighter Special Claims Unit at the Department of 
Labor to process any claim relating to occupational disease filed by a 
federal firefighter (by a yea-and-nay vote of 180 yeas to 242 nays, 
Roll No. 148).                                 
Pages H4826-28, H4829-30
  H. Res. 1097, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
903), (H.R. 2499), (H.R. 5129), and (H.R. 7691) was agreed to 
yesterday, May 10th.
  Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the 
rules and pass the following measures. Consideration began Tuesday, May 
10th.
  Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act: H.R. 847, amended, to 
support research on privacy enhancing technologies and promote 
responsible data

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use, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 401 yeas to 19 nays, Roll No. 150; 
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  NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act: H.R. 5324, amended, to provide 
guidance for and investment in the upgrade and modernization of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio All 
Hazards network, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 20 nays, 
Roll No. 151;                                                
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  South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act: S. 66, to require the Inter-
Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia to develop a plan 
for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and 
hypoxia in South Florida, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 412 yeas to 7 
nays, Roll No. 152;                                      
  Pages H4832-33
  Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act: H.R. 7077, amended, to 
require the United States Fire Administration to conduct on-site 
investigations of major fires, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 379 yeas 
to 37 nays, Roll No. 153;                                
  Pages H4833-34
  Providing Research and Estimates of Changes in Precipitation Act: 
H.R. 1437, amended, to amend the Weather Research and Forecasting 
Innovation Act of 2017 to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to provide comprehensive and regularly updated Federal 
precipitation information, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 333 yeas to 
81 nays, Roll No. 154;                                   
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  United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional 
Gold Medal Act: S. 1872, to award a Congressional Gold Medal, 
collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War 
II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll 
No. 155;                                                     
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  Fair Hiring in Banking Act: H.R. 5911, amended, to amend the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to expand 
employment opportunities for those with a previous minor criminal 
offense, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 329 yeas to 88 nays, Roll No. 
156;                                                     
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  Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act: H.R. 5914, 
amended, to amend the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 
2010 to provide grants to States for enhanced protection of senior 
investors and senior policyholders, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 371 
yeas to 48 nays, Roll No. 157;                           
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  Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage 
Simplification Act: H.R. 935, amended, to amend the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 to exempt from registration brokers performing services in 
connection with the transfer of ownership of smaller privately held 
companies, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas with none voting 
``nay'', Roll No. 158;                                   
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  Russia and Belarus Financial Sanctions Act: H.R. 7066, amended, to 
require United States financial institutions to ensure entities and 
persons owned or controlled by the institution comply with financial 
sanctions on the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus to the 
same extent as the institution itself, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
418 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 159;                            
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  Ukraine Comprehensive Debt Payment Relief Act: H.R. 7081, amended, to 
seek immediate bilateral, multilateral, and commercial debt service 
payment relief for Ukraine, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 362 yeas to 
56 nays, Roll No. 160;                                   
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  Isolate Russian Government Officials Act of 2022: H.R. 6891, amended, 
to exclude government officials of the Russian Federation from certain 
international meetings, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas to 2 
nays, Roll No. 161;                                      
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  Russia and Belarus SDR Exchange Prohibition Act of 2022: H.R. 6899, 
amended, to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from engaging in 
transactions involving the exchange of Special Drawing Rights issued by 
the International Monetary Fund that are held by the Russian Federation 
or Belarus, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 417 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 
162;                                                     
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Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the ``Vanessa Guillen Post 
Office Building'': H.R. 224, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, 
as the ``Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 408 yeas with none voting ``nay'' and one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 164;                               
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Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. 
`Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office'': H.R. 700, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue 
in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. `Larry' Walsh Sr. Post 
Office'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 380 yeas to 26 nays and one 
answering ``present'', Roll No. 165;                     
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Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps

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Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office'': H.R. 5900, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st 
Street in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT 
Jacob Cruz Post Office'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 401 yeas to 1 
nay with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 166; and    
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Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of 
Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building'': H.R. 6386, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of 
Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building'', by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 404 yeas with none voting ``nay'' and one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 167.                               
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Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 1104, electing a Member 
to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. 
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Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House failed to agree to suspend 
the rules and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, 
May 10th.
  Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022: H.R. 6531, 
amended, to provide an increased allocation of funding under certain 
programs for assistance in areas of persistent poverty, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 262 yeas to 156 nays, Roll No. 163.          
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Twenty-two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4828-29, H4829, H4829-30, 
H4830-31, H4831, H4832, H4832-33, H4833-34, H4834-35, H4835, H4835-36, 
H4836-37, H4837-38, H4838, H4838-39, H4839-40, H4840-41, H4841, H4842, 
H4842-43, H4843-44, and H4844-45.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:35 p.m.