[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1238-D1239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 40 public bills, H.R. 9567-
9606; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 103; and H. Res. 1525-1527, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H9901-03
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H9904
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2641, to amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize 
pumped storage hydropower development utilizing multiple Bureau of 
Reclamation reservoirs (H. Rept. 117-644);
  H.R. 2415, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to permanently plug, 
remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands and to 
provide funds to States and Tribal Governments to permanently plug, 
remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-645);
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. Final Report 
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (H. Rept. 117-646); 
and
  H. Res. 1475, of inquiry requesting the President and directing the 
Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of Representatives any 
record created on or after January 21, 2021, under the control of the 
President or the Secretary, respectively, that refers to the Department 
of Defense and includes certain terms and phrases relating to gender, 
adversely, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-647).             
Page H9901
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
William J. Barber II, Greenleaf Christian Church, Goldsboro, North 
Carolina.                                                    
  Page H9857
  VA Employee Fairness Act: The House passed H.R. 1948, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the 
collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health 
Administration, by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 
530.                                                     
  Pages H9863-66
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-71 shall be 
considered as adopted.                                       
Page H9863
  H. Res. 1518, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1948), (S. 3905), (S. 4003), the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 
1437), and the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 2617) was agreed to 
yesterday, December 14th. Puerto Rico Status Act: The House passed H.R. 
8393, to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, 
nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico 
and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that 
permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 233 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 529. 
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  Rejected the McClintock motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, by a yea-and-nay vote of 209 yeas to 217 nays, 
Roll No. 528.                                            
                                                         Pages H9880-82
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-74 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.                                         
                                                             Page H9867
  H. Res. 1519, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
8393) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 201 nays, Roll 
No. 527, after the previous question was ordered without objection. 
                                                         Pages H9859-63
  Senate Referrals: S. 1143 was held at the desk. S. 2135 was held at 
the desk. S. 3429 was held at the desk. S. 4460 was held at the desk. 
S. 4893 was held at the desk.                            
                                                         Pages H9885-86
  Senate Message: Message from the Senate received today appears on 
pages H9885-86.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appears on pages H9862-63, H9880-81, H9881-82, 
and H9882-83.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:18 p.m.