[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 7 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D28-D29]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 223 public bills, H.R. 7-229; 
and 33 resolutions, H.J. Res. 1-13; H. Con. Res. 1-7; and H. Res. 1-13, 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H97-H108
Additional Cosponsors:
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Order of Business--Minimum Time for Electronic Voting: Agreed by 
unanimous consent that the Chair may reduce to 5 minutes the minimum 
time for electronic voting on any question relating to House Resolution 
5 that follows a 15-minute vote.                               
  Page H67
Order of Business--Consideration of H. Res. 5: Agreed by unanimous 
consent that the Speaker be authorized to postpone the vote on ordering 
the previous question on House Resolution 5 to a designated time later 
today.                                                         
  Page H67
Order of Business--Recess: Agreed by unanimous consent for the House to 
recess until 6:30 p.m. today.                                  
  Page H70
Recess: The House recessed at 6:20 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                               Page H70
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 
Eighteenth Congress: The House agreed to H. Res. 5, adopting the Rules 
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 213 nays, Roll No. 23. 
                                                   Pages H51-70, H70-73
  Rejected the DeLauro motion to commit to a select committee composed 
of the Majority Leader and Minority Leader with instructions to report 
it back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 210 yeas to 220 nays, Roll No. 22, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 211 yeas to 205 nays, Roll No. 21. 
                                                           Pages H70-72
Daily Hour of Meeting: The House agreed to H. Res. 6, fixing the daily 
hour of meeting of the First Session of the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress.                                                      
  Page H73
Assembly outside of the District of Columbia: The House agreed to H. 
Con. Res. 1, regarding consent to assemble outside the seat of 
government.                                                    
  Page H73
Appointment Authority: Agreed that during the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress, the Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader be 
authorized to accept resignations and to make appointments authorized 
by law or by the House.                                        
  Page H73
Extension of Remarks: Agreed that during the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress, all Members be permitted to extend their remarks and to 
include extraneous material within the permitted limit in that section 
of the Congressional Record entitled ``Extension of Remarks''. 
                                                               Page H73
Morning-Hour Debate: Agreed to the procedures regarding the format for 
morning-hour debate for the first session of the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress.                                                      
  Page H73
House Office Building Commission--Appointment: The Chair announced that 
Representatives Scalise and Jeffries will serve as members of the House 
Office Building Commission with the Speaker.                   
  Page H73

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Speaker Pro Tempore: The Chair announced that the Speaker delivered to 
the Clerk a letter dated January 7, 2023, listing Members in the order 
in which each shall act as Speaker pro tempore under clause 8(b)(3) of 
rule 1.                                                        
  Page H74
Succession of the Speaker of the House: Read a letter from the Speaker 
wherein he designated Representative Scalise to exercise authority 
regarding any assembly, reassembly, or reconvening.            
  Page H74
Speaker Pro Tempore Designations: Read a letter from the Speaker 
wherein he appointed Representative McHenry, Representative Smith (NE), 
Representative Wittman, Representative Harris, Representative Hudson, 
Representative Joyce (PA), and Representative Reschenthaler to act as 
Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions 
through the remainder of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. 
                                                               Page H74
Clerk Designation: Read a letter from the Clerk wherein she designated 
Ms. Lisa P. Grant, Deputy Clerk; Mr. Kevin F. McCumber, Deputy Clerk; 
Ms. Tonya Sloans, Legal Counsel; and Ms. Cheryl H. Muller, Director of 
Personnel, to sign any and all papers and do all other acts in case of 
her temporary absence or disability.                           
  Page H74
Policies of the Chair: The Chair announced policies with respect to 
particular aspects of the legislative process dealing with (1) 
privileges of the floor; (2) introduction of bills and resolutions; (3) 
unanimous-consent requests for the consideration of legislation; (4) 
recognition for one-minute speeches; (5) recognition for special-order 
speeches; (6) decorum in debate; (7) conduct of votes by electronic 
device; (8) use of handouts on the House floor; (9) use of electronic 
equipment on the House floor; and (10) use of the Chamber. These 
announcements, where appropriate, will reiterate the origins of the 
stated policies. The Chair intends to continue in the 118th Congress 
the policies reflected in these statements. The policy announced in the 
102nd Congress with respect to jurisdictional concepts related to 
clause 5(a) of rule 21, tax and tariff measures, will continue to 
govern but need not be reiterated, as it is adequately documented in 
the House Rules and Manual. Agreed without objection that the 
announcements will be placed in the Congressional Record. 
                                                           Pages H74-76
Recess: The House recessed at 8:42 p.m. and reconvened at 9 p.m. 
                                                               Page H94
  Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act: The House passed 
H.R. 23, to rescind certain balances made available to the Internal 
Revenue Service, by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 210 nays, Roll 
No. 25.                                                    
  Pages H76-95
  Rejected the Kildee motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Ways and Means by a yea-and-nay vote of 208 yeas to 221 nays, Roll No. 
24.                                                        
Pages H94-95
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H74.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H71, H71-72, H72-73, H94-95, 
and H95.
Adjournment: The House met at 5 p.m. and adjourned at 9:40 p.m.