[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D185-D186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 7463-
7475; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 1033, were introduced.    
  Pages H737-38
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H738-40
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Miller-Meeks to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H699
Recess: The House recessed at 12:29 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                              Page H702
Recess: The House recessed at 2:05 p.m. and reconvened at 4 p.m. 
                                                              Page H703
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Atomic Energy Advancement Act: H.R. 6544, amended, to advance the 
benefits of nuclear energy by enabling efficient, timely, and 
predictable licensing, regulation, and deployment of nuclear energy 
technologies, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 365 yeas to 36 nays with 
one answering ``present'', Roll No. 55;          
  Pages H703-15, H730-31
  D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act: 
H.R. 4984, amended, to amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 
1957 to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over 
the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the Administrator of 
General Services and the leasing of the Campus to the District of 
Columbia for purposes which include commercial and residential 
development, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 348 yeas to 55 nays, Roll 
No. 56;                                          
  Pages H715-19, H732-33
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. 
Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia so that the 
District of Columbia may use the Campus for purposes including 
residential and commercial development, and for other purposes.''; 
                                                          Pages H732-33
  Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act: H.R. 
3511, to amend the Small Business Act to require training on increasing 
contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by 
service-disabled veterans;                                
  Pages H719-21
  DOE and SBA Research Act: H.R. 4669, amended, to provide for 
Department of Energy, National

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Laboratories, and Small Business Administration joint research and 
development activities;                                   
  Pages H721-22
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To provide for Department 
of Energy and Small Business Administration joint research and 
development activities, and for other purposes.'';        
Pages H721-22
  WOSB Certification and Opportunity Expansion Act: H.R. 7105, amended, 
to establish requirements relating to certification of small business 
concerns owned and controlled by women for certain purposes; 
                                                          Pages H722-23
  Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act: H.R. 
5265, amended, to amend the Small Business Act to require a report on 
the performance of the Office of Rural Affairs, to require a report on 
the memorandum of understanding between the Small Business 
Administration and the Department of Agriculture entered into on April 
4, 2018; and                                              
  Pages H724-25
  Encouraging Success Act: H.R. 6591, amended, to amend section 8(a) of 
the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration to regularly reassess the asset and net worth 
thresholds for qualifying as an economically disadvantaged individual. 
                                                          Pages H725-26
Recess: The House recessed at 6:03 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                              Page H730
Oath of Office--Third Congressional District of New York: 
Representative-elect Thomas R. Suozzi presented himself in the well of 
the House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. 
Earlier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a copy of a letter received 
from Ms. Kristen Zebrowski Stavisky and Mr. Raymond J. Riley, III, Co-
Executive Directors, New York State Board of Elections, indicating 
that, according to the unofficial results for the Special Election held 
February 13, 2024, the Honorable Thomas R. Suozzi was elected for 
Representative to Congress for the Third Congressional District of New 
York.                                                         
  Page H737
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentleman from New York, 
the whole number of the House is 432.                         
  Page H732
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Requiring the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
provide a link to resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud 
relating to certain COVID-19 loans: H.R. 5426, to require the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide a link to 
resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud relating to certain 
COVID-19 loans;                                           
  Pages H726-27
  WOSB Integrity Act of 2024: H.R. 7128, to establish requirements 
relating to size standard compliance of small business concerns owned 
and controlled by women for certain purposes; and         
  Pages H727-28
  Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act: H.R. 7102, to 
establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small 
Business Administration.                                  
  Pages H728-30
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center 
for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance 
of victims of the Holocaust: The House agreed to discharge from 
committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 89, authorizing the use of 
Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony as part 
of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the 
Holocaust.                                                    
  Page H734
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President transmitting an 
Executive Order that expands the scope of the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 (Securing the 
Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain), 
and further addressed with additional measures on Executive Order 14034 
of June 9, 2021 (Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign 
Adversaries)--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
to be printed (H. Doc. 118-109).                              
  Page H730
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H731 and H733.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 7:57 p.m.