[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D693-D694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 28 public bills, H.R. 8167-
8194; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 1197-1199 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H5821-23
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H5824
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 6411, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements in the mental health care provided by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-382). 
                                                             Page H5821
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Sewell to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5737
Recess: The House recessed at 10:57 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5743
Recess: The House recessed at 12:53 p.m. and reconvened at 1:01 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5750
  Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022: The 
House passed H.R. 7666, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance 
use disorders, by a yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 20 nays, Roll No. 
286.                                           
  Pages H5752-95, H5803-08
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-51. modified by the 
amendment printed in part D of H. Rept. 117-381, shall be considered as 
adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill.                                                    
Pages H5752-73
Agreed to:
  Pallone en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-381: Bera (No. 1) that 
adds the House passed Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act, 
which establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral 
health of law enforcement officers, first responders, 9-1-1 operators, 
and other public safety officers and health care providers; Feenstra 
(No. 5) that requires the Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office 
to include the Veterans Crisis Line as an entity to provide rapid post-
crisis follow-up care; Joyce (No. 9) that requires the Department of 
Defense to carry out a two-year pilot program aimed at preventing 
suicides amongst active duty members of the Armed Forces by pre-
downloading resources onto smart devices issued to members of the Armed 
Forces and to provide training on the use of these resources; Katko 
(No. 10) that adds the House-passed Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
Improvement Act; Moore (No. 13) that adds appropriate state, local, and 
tribal public officials administering programs that serve low-income 
pregnant and postpartum individuals to the list of entities that the 
Secretary should consult with in operating and maintaining the maternal 
mental health hotline; Napolitano (No. 14) that revises Project AWARE, 
which is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, to provide comprehensive school-based mental health 
services, including screening, treatment, and outreach programs; 
Pressley (No. 15) that requires HHS to administer a report to study 
rates of suicidal behaviors among children and adolescents with chronic 
illnesses, including substance use disorders, autoimmune disorders and 
heritable blood disorders and to submit a report to Congress on 
findings; and Reschenthaler (No. 16) that requires a study to determine 
the true costs of untreated serious mental illness on families, health 
care systems, public housing, and law enforcement in America (by a yea-
and-nay vote of 387 yeas to 32 nays, Roll No. 281); 
                                               Pages H5783-88, H5803-04
  Pallone en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-381: Rodney Davis (IL) 
(No. 2) that adds the text of HR 2355, the Opioid Prescription 
Verification Act of 2021; Dean (No. 3) that increases the time limit 
for health care providers to use and hold long-acting injectable (LAI) 
buprenorphine, if received through a specialty pharmacy, from 14 to 60 
days; Gottheimer (No. 7) that includes veterans as an eligible group 
for mental health and substance abuse care; Kim (NJ) (No. 11) that adds 
the text of

[[Page D694]]

the Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act; McKinley (No. 12) that 
amends the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the process for 
registrants to exercise due diligence upon discovering a suspicious 
order; and Trone (No. 17) that authorizes State Opioid Response (SOR) 
Grants and Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Grants for 5 years at $1.75 
billion per year, with a 5% set-aside for TOR (by a yea-and-nay vote of 
366 yeas to 51 nays, Roll No. 282);            
Pages H5788-91, H5804-05
  Demings amendment (No. 4 printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-381) that 
requires a report on the available mental health and stress related 
resources or programs that are available to law enforcement officer (by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 411 yeas to 10 nays, Roll No. 283); and 
                                                  Pages H5791-92, H5805
  Rodgers amendment (No. 6 printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-381) that 
requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop 
best practices for establishing behavioral intervention teams in 
educational settings (by a yea-and-nay vote of 320 yeas to 103 nays, 
Roll No. 284).                                 
Pages H5792-93, H5805-06
Rejected:
  Griffith amendment (No. 8 printed in part E of H. Rept. 117-381) that 
sought to set January 1, 2024 as date of applicability for Sec. 262 to 
allow states time to review and update state law, if desired (by a yea-
and-nay vote of 180 yeas to 239 nays. Roll No. 285). 
                                               Pages H5793-95, H5806-07
  Res. 1191, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
7666), (H.R. 5585), and (H.R. 4176) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 214 yeas to 202 nays, Roll No. 280, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 279. 
                                               Pages H5745-50, H5751-52
  Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health Act: The House passed H.R. 
5585, to establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 336 yeas to 85 nays, Roll No. 288. 
                                            Pages H5795-H5803, H5808-09
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as adopted.              
Pages H5795-98, H5808
Agreed to:
  Eshoo amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 117-381) that 
clarifies organizational structure of offices within ARPA-H, limits the 
amount of administrative funding that may be used to operate ARPA-H to 
15%, removes the requirement of Senate confirmation of Director, and 
clarifies ARPA-H's leasing authority (by a yea-and-nay vote of 381 yeas 
to 40 nays, Roll No. 287).                               
Pages H5802-03
  Res. 1191, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
7666), (H.R. 5585), and (H.R. 4176) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 214 yeas to 202 nays, Roll No. 280, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 279. 
                                               Pages H5745-50, H5751-52
Suspension-Proceedings Resumed: The House failed to agree to suspend 
the rules and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, 
June 21st.
  Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022: H.R. 6538, amended, to create an 
Active Shooter Alert Communications Network, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 259 yeas to 162 nays, Roll No. 289.              
Pages H5809-10
Clerk to Correct: Agreed by unanimous consent that in the engrossment 
of H.R. 7666, the Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, 
punctuation, spelling, and cross-references and to make such other 
technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to reflect the 
actions of the House.                                        
  Page H5810
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Kelly wherein 
he resigned from the Committee on the Budget.                
  Page H5810
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 1197, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page H5810
Discharge Petition: Representative Good presented to the Clerk a motion 
to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the 
resolution (H. Res. 1167) entitled, a resolution providing for the 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1011) to implement equal protection 
under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right 
to life of each born and preborn human person, which was referred to 
said committee June 9th, 2022 (Discharge Petition No. 16).
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5281.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eleven yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5751, H5752, H5803-04, H5804, 
H5805, H5805-06, H5806-07, H5807, H5808, H5808-09, and H5809-10.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:39 p.m.