[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D166-D167]
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: 44 public bills, H.R. 20, 
1226-1268; and 11 resolutions, H. Res. 178-188, were introduced. 
                                                          Pages H967-71
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H972-73
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Luna to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H919
Recess: The House recessed at 10:39 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
                                                              Page H923
Recess: The House recessed at 12:38 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. 
                                                              Page H930
Recess: The House recessed at 2:51 p.m. and reconvened at 4:45 p.m. 
                                                          Pages H940-41
  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor 
relating to ``Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and 
Exercising Shareholder Rights'': The House passed H.J. Res. 30, 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor 
relating to ``Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and 
Exercising Shareholder Rights'', by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 
204 nays, Roll No. 124.                                   
  Pages H932-41
  H. Res. 166, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
347) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 30) was agreed to by a yea-
and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 205 nays, Roll No. 123, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 213 yeas to 201 nays, 
Roll No. 122.                                             
Pages H931-32
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 179, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                              Page H942
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, March 1st.      
  Page H966
Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act: The 
House considered H.R. 347, to require the Executive Office of the 
President to provide an inflation estimate with respect to Executive 
orders with a significant effect on the annual gross budget. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, March 1st.      
  Page H942
Agreed to:
  Comer amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that adds the House 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Senate Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs as report recipients; and 
adds ``economic'' effect to the definition of ``major executive 
order'';                                                  
Pages H946-47
  Cloud amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that amends the 
bill to direct OMB and CEA to incorporate the inflationary impact of 
the debt servicing costs; and                             
Pages H948-49
  Langworthy amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that requires 
the Executive Office of the President (EOP) to estimate whether a major 
Executive order has a quantifiable inflationary impact on the Producer 
Price Index (as well as the Consumer Price Index).            
Page H953
Rejected:
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that sought 
to add at the end of section 2(d), (4) ``The term ``quantifiable 
inflationary impact'' means an Executive order was estimated to 
increase or decrease Consumer Price Index inflation by at least 1% 
percentage point over the course of a year.''.            
Pages H951-52
Proceedings Postponed:
  Bost amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that seeks to 
require that the inflationary report take into account the spending 
patterns of military personnel, rural areas, and farm households; 
                                                          Pages H945-46
  Boebert amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that seeks to 
require the inflation estimate to be made publicly available by 
publishing on the OMB website;                            
Pages H947-48
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that seeks to 
insert into Sec. 2(a) line 10 ``or'' after ``inflations and Strikes 
Sec. (a) lines 11-14; to clarify and make consistent with economic 
policy on inflationary impacts and effects;               
Pages H949-50
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that seeks to 
add at the end of section 2(d) the definition to ``significant impact'' 
in Sec. 2(a). ``The term ``significant impact on inflation'' means an 
Executive order was estimated to increase or decrease Consumer Price 
Index inflation by at least 1% percentage point over the course of a 
year.''; and                                              
Pages H950-51
  Lee (NV) amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 118-4) that seeks to 
clarify that nothing in this bill suggests that combatting inflation 
and bringing down the cost of living is the executive branch's 
responsibility alone, and not also a key pursuit of the House of 
Representatives through thoughtful, productive legislative action. 
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  H. Res. 166, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
347) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 30) was agreed to by a yea-
and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 205 nays, Roll No. 123, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 213 yeas to 201 nays, 
Roll No. 122.                                             
                                                          Pages H931-32
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H931, H931-32, and H941.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:51 p.m.