[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D653-D654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 8049-
8067; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 1173-1175, were introduced. 
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  Pages H5547-48
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 6933, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require 
reporting relating to certain cost-share requirements (H. Rept. 117-
367);
  H.R. 4140, to make improvements with respect to the pricing of cattle 
in the United States, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 117-368); and
  H.R. 3588, to coordinate Federal research and development efforts 
focused on modernizing mathematics in STEM education through 
mathematical and statistical modeling, including data-driven and 
computational thinking, problem, project, and performance-based 
learning and assessment, interdisciplinary exploration, and career 
connections, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-369).      
Page H5545
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cardenas to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:35 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 1173, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
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  Recovering America's Wildlife Act: The House passed H.R. 2773, to 
amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make 
supplemental funds available for management of fish and wildlife 
species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and 
wildlife agencies, by a yea-and-nay vote of 231 yeas to 190 nays, Roll 
No. 267.                                                 
  Pages H5507-30
  Rejected the Fulcher motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Natural Resources by a yea-and-nay vote of 202 yeas to 220 nays, Roll 
No. 266.                                                 
Pages H5528-29
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-47, modified by the 
amendment printed in part C of H. Rept. 117-366, shall be considered as 
adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill.                                                    
Pages H5507-10
Agreed to:
Dingell en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following amendments 
printed in part D of H. Rept. 117-366: Cherfilus-McCormick (No. 1) that 
encourages the use of innovative technologies in wildlife management 
and conservation; Jackson Lee (No. 3) that instructs the Secretary of 
Interior to report on contracts, subcontracts, and grant money 
allocated to or received by minority-serving educational institutions 
and minority-owned businesses; Schrier (No. 6) that allows funds to be 
used for conservation infrastructure projects that protect and conserve 
habitat for species of greatest conservation need; and Scott (GA) (No. 
7) that allows funds to be used for conservation and restoration of 
native pollinator species (by a yea-and-nay vote of 276 yeas to 147 
nays with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 262); 
                                               Pages H5520-22, H5525-26
Dingell en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following amendments 
printed in part D of H. Rept. 117-366: Bentz (No. 2) that imposes a 
1.85% administrative spending cap on portions of Title III; and Tiffany 
(No. 8) that requires 0.5% of the funds from this bill be provided to 
the Department of Interior's Office of Inspector General to oversee 
this program (by a yea-and-nay vote of 412 yeas to 8 nays, Roll No. 
263);                                          
  Pages H5522-23, H5526-27
  Kildee amendment (No. 4 printed in part D of H. Rept. 117-366) that 
expands conservation activities eligible for funding under the 
Endangered Species Recovery and Habitat Conservation Legacy Fund to 
include efforts to manage, control, and prevent invasive species and 
disease (by a yea-and-nay vote of 231 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 264); 
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Pages H5523-24, H5527-28
  Butterfield amendment (No. 5 printed in part D of H. Rept. 117-366) 
that allows non-profit organizations to be eligible to receive 
competitive grant funds through the Wildlife Conservation and 
Restoration Subaccount (by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 206 nays, 
Roll No. 265).                                    
Pages H5524-25, H5528
  H. Res. 1170, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2543), (H.R. 2773), and (H.R. 7606) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 218 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 260, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 259. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure: Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022: S. 4160, to 
amend title 40,

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United States Code, to grant the Supreme Court of the United States 
security-related authorities equivalent to the legislative and 
executive branches, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 396 yeas to 27 nays, 
Roll No. 261.                                  
  Pages H5495-99, H5506-07
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Monday, June 13th. 
Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act: S. 516, amended, 
to plan for and coordinate efforts to integrate advanced air mobility 
aircraft into the national airspace system, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 380 yeas to 30 nays, Roll No. 268; and                
  Pages H5530-31
  Small State and Rural Rescue Act: H.R. 7211, to amend the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, review a final 
rule of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 396 yeas to 14 nays, Roll No. 269.               
  Pages H5531-32
Oath of Office--Twenty-Second Congressional District of California: 
Representative-elect Connie Conway 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 copy of a letter received from Ms. 
Jana M. Lean, Chief, Elections Division, California Secretary of State, 
indicating that, according to the preliminary results of the Special 
Election held June 7, 2022, the Honorable Connie Conway was elected 
Representative to Congress for the Twenty-Second Congressional 
District, State of California.                       
  Pages H5532, H5545
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentlewoman from 
California, the whole number of the House is 429.            
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Discharge Petition: Representative Mullin presented to the Clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources from the 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 575) entitled, a bill to establish a 
more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the 
construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international 
border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural 
gas and the transmission of electricity, which was referred to said 
committees January 28th, 2021 (Discharge Petition No. 15).
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eleven yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5505, H5506, H5506-07, H5526, 
H5526-27, H5527-28, H5528, H5529, H5529-30, H5530-31, and H5531.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:33 p.m.