[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1260-D1262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 30 public bills, H.R. 9640-
9669; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 105, were introduced.    
  Pages H9982-83
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H9984
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 8770, to modify certain notice requirements, to study certain 
election requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-654, Part 1);
  H.R. 3816, to provide that certain discriminatory conduct by covered 
platforms shall be unlawful, and for other purposes, with amendments 
(H. Rept. 117-655);
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. Recommendations to 
Foster Collaboration and Civility in Congress, to Modernize the 
Congressional Support Agencies, and to Encourage Evidence-Based 
Policymaking (H. Rept. 117-656);
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. Recommendations to 
Strengthen Congressional Oversight Capacity, Improve District 
Operations, Modernize Congressional Office Operations, Modernize the 
Legislative Process, and Examine Congressional Continuity (H. Rept. 
117-657);
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. Recommendations to 
Improve Constituent Engagement and Constituent Services, Bolster House 
Technology, and Support Congressional Operations (H. Rept. 117-658);
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. Recommendations on 
Improving Congressional Operations, Pathways to Congressional Service, 
and the Future of Congressional Modernization (H. Rept. 117-659);
  H. Res. 1529, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9640) to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for examination and 
disclosure with respect to Presidential income tax returns; providing 
for consideration of the bill (S. 1942) to standardize the designation 
of National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes; and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 117-660); and

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  Committee on Small Business. Report on the Activities of the 
Committee on Small Business 117th Congress (H. Rept. 117-661). 
                                                             Page H9982
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Moore (WI) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H9913
Recess: The House recessed at 12:57 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H9921
Order of Business: Agreed by unanimous consent that it may be in order 
at any time today, for the Speaker to declare a recess, subject to the 
call of the Chair, for the purpose of receiving in joint meeting His 
Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.        
  Page H9921
Speaker Pro Tempore Designation: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein 
she appointed Representative DeLauro to act as Speaker pro tempore to 
sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through the remainder of the 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress.                        
  Pages H9921-22
Congressional Award Board--Appointment: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of the following individual on the part of the 
House to the Congressional Award Board: Mrs. Cheri Bustos of Galena, 
Illinois.                                                    
  Page H9922
Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of 
Asian Pacific American History and Culture--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following individuals on the 
part of the House to the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of 
a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture: Dr. 
Jay Jie Xu of San Francisco, California, and Mr. Dennis Cheng of New 
York, New York.                                              
  Page H9922
Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board--Appointment: The Chair announced 
the Speaker's appointment of the following individual on the part of 
the House to the Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board, to fill the 
existing vacancy thereon: Mr. Rudy Ernesto Gonzalez of Oakland, 
California.                                                  
  Page H9922
Recess: The House recessed at 5:20 p.m. for the purpose of receiving 
His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine. The House 
reconvened at 8:35 p.m., and agreed that the proceedings had during the 
Joint Meeting be printed in the Record.                  
  Pages H9969-71
Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act and National 
Heritage Area Act--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 
1529, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9640) to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for examination and disclosure 
with respect to Presidential income tax returns; providing for 
consideration of the bill (S. 1942) to standardize the designation of 
National Heritage Areas, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 
yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 531, after the previous question was ordered 
without objection. Pursuant to H. Res. 1529, House Resolution 693 was 
considered adopted. Pursuant to H. Res. 1529, House Resolution 1434 was 
considered adopted.                            
  Pages H9968-69, H9972-73
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Equal Pay for Team USA Act: S. 2333, to amend chapter 2205 of title 
36, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment of athletes, by a \2/
3\ yea-and-nay vote of 350 yeas to 59 nays, Roll No. 532; 
                                               Pages H9923-25, H9974-75
  Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act: S. 5168, to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in 
transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien 
will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a 
class of nonimmigrant aliens, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 394 yeas 
to 19 nays, Roll No. 533;                      
  Pages H9925-27, H9975-76
  Respect for Child Survivors Act: S. 4926, to amend chapter 33 of 
title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of 
multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation 
or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child 
trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, by a \2/
3\ yea-and-nay vote of 385 yeas to 28 nays, Roll No. 534; 
                                               Pages H9927-31, H9976-77
  Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act: S. 
450, to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till 
and Mamie Till-Mobley;                                   
  Pages H9931-33
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the ``Vanessa Guillen Post 
Office Building'': S. 4411, 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'';         
  Pages H9933-34
  Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act: S. 
2834, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve 
access to rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 393 yeas to 19 nays, Roll No. 535; 
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  Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act: Concur in the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 1917, to modify eligibility requirements for certain 
hazard mitigation assistance programs, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
393 yeas to 19 nays, Roll No. 536;             
  Pages H9936-37, H9978-79
  Amending the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification 
Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions: 
S. 3168, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights 
Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for 
certain provisions, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 378 yeas to 33 nays, 
Roll No. 537;                                  
  Pages H9937-39, H9979-80
  Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act: S. 3308, to 
authorize the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into lease or 
exchange agreements and storage agreements relating to water of the 
Colorado River allocated to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, by a \2/
3\ yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 538; 
                                               Pages H9939-41, H9980-81
  Don Young Recognition Act: S. 5066, to designate Mount Young in the 
State of Alaska;                                         
  Pages H9952-54
  Amending the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act: S. 5329, 
to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve 
the program; and                                         
  Pages H9958-59
  Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare 
System Act: S. 5016, to designate the medical center of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, as the ``Colonel Mary 
Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System''. 
                                                         Pages H9959-61
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Authorizing the leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for 
the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation: S. 3773, to 
authorize the leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the 
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation;         
  Pages H9941-42
  Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act: S. 4104, to approve the 
settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain 
allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water 
project relating to those water rights claims;           
  Pages H9942-52
  Amending the Not Invisible Act: S. 5087, to amend the Not Invisible 
Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the 
activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians; 
                                                         Pages H9954-55
  Native American Language Resource Center Act: S. 989, to establish a 
Native American language resource center in furtherance of the policy 
set forth in the Native American Languages Act;          
  Pages H9955-56
  Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act: S. 1402, to amend the 
Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing 
vitality of Native American languages; and               
  Pages H9956-58
  Student Veteran Emergency Relief Act: Concur in the Senate amendment 
to H.R. 7939, to make permanent certain educational assistance benefits 
under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the 
case of changes to courses of education by reason of emergency 
situations.                                              
  Pages H9961-68
Senate Referrals: S. 1294 was held at the desk. S. 1324 was held at the 
desk. S. 1942 was held at the desk. S. 3519 was held at the desk. S. 
3773 was held at the desk. S. 3946 was held at the desk. S. 3949 was 
held at the desk. S. 4120 was held at the desk. S. 4240 was held at the 
desk. S. 4859 was held at the desk. S. 5323 was held at the desk. S. 
5328 was held at the desk. S. 5329 was held at the desk. S. 365 was 
held at the desk. S. 989 was held at the desk. S. 1402 was held at the 
desk. S. 3168 was held at the desk. S. 3308 was held at the desk. S. 
3388 was held at the desk. S. 4104 was held at the desk. S. 4411 was 
held at the desk. S. 4719 was held at the desk. S. 4949 was held at the 
desk. S. 4978 was held at the desk. S. 5087 was held at the desk. 
                                                     Pages H9914, H9922
Senate Messages: Message from the Senate today and message received 
from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House 
today appears on pages H9914 and H9922.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eight yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H9972-73, H9974-75, H9975-76, 
H9976-77, H9977-78, H9978-79, H9979-80, and H9980-81.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 11:30 p.m.