[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 206 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1308-D1309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 60 public bills, H.R. 6838-
6779; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 935-939, were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6988-89
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3229, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
apply the prohibition against contributions and donations by foreign 
nationals in connection with elections to contributions or donations in 
connection with ballot initiatives and referenda, with amendments (H. 
Rept. 118-318).                                              
Page H6983
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Valadao to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Roy motion to adjourn by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 23 yeas to 307 nays, Roll No. 722.                   
  Page H6961
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024: Conference 
report to accompany H.R. 2670, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 310 yeas to 118 nays, Roll No. 723. 
                                               Pages H6947-60, H6961-62
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Wednesday, December 
13th.
  National Plan to End Parkinson's Act: H.R. 2365, amended, to direct 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national 
project to prevent and cure Parkinson's, to be known as the National 
Parkinson's Project, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 407 yeas to 9 nays, 
Roll No. 724.                                            
  Pages H6962-63
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To direct the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to carry out a national project to prevent, 
diagnose, treat, and cure Parkinson's, to be known as the National 
Parkinson's Project, and for other purposes.''.          
Pages H6962-63
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation 
Board of Trustees: The Chair announced the Majority Leader appointed 
the following member of the House to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship 
and Excellence in Education Foundation Board of Trustees: 
Representative Grothman.                                     
  Page H6963
Work Period Designation: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated the period from Thursday, December 14, 2023, through Monday, 
January 8, 2024, as a ``district work period'' under section 3(z) of 
House Resolution 5.                                          
  Page H6963
Board of Trustees of the Open World Leadership Center--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member on 
the part of the House to the Board of Trustees of the Open World 
Leadership Center: Representative Bacon.                     
  Page H6980
Board of Trustees of the Adams Memorial Commission--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members on 
the part of the House to the Board of Trustees of

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the Adams Memorial Commission: Representatives Griffith, Moolenaar, 
Lynch and Connolly.                                      
  Pages H6980-81
Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members on the 
part of the House to the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University: 
Representatives Bucshon and McCollum.                        
  Page H6981
United States Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly--Appointment: 
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member 
on the part of the House to the United States Group of the NATO 
Parliamentary Assembly: Representative Norcross.             
  Page H6981
Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
Culture and Arts Development--Appointment: The Chair announced the 
Speakers appointment of the following Members on the part of the House 
to the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development: Representatives Cole and Leger 
Fernandez.                                                   
  Page H6981
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6961, H6961-62, and H6962-63.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:54 p.m.