[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 73 (Monday, April 29, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D409-D411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 8142-
8163; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 132; and H. Res. 1172, 1174-1179, 
were introduced.                                      
  Pages H2699-H2700
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2701-02
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 7032, to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 to provide the Congressional Budget Office with necessary 
authorities to expedite the sharing of data from executive branch 
agencies, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-474);
  H.R. 7219, to ensure that Federal agencies rely on the best 
reasonably available scientific, technical, demographic, economic, and 
statistical information and evidence to develop, issue or inform the 
public of the nature and bases of Federal agency rules and guidance, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-475, Part 1); 
Supplemental report on H.R. 615, to prohibit the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of 
lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-203, Part 2);
  H.R. 7109, to require a citizenship question on the decennial census, 
to require reporting on certain census statistics, and to modify 
apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens 
instead of all persons, with amendments (H. Rept. 118-476); and
  H. Res. 1173, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 615) to 
prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain 
Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes; 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2925) to amend the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide for security of 
tenure for use of mining claims for ancillary activities, and for other 
purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3195) to 
rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate mineral leases and permits 
in the Superior National Forest, to ensure timely review of Mine Plans 
of Operations, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 764) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue 
regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and 
threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing 
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3397) to require the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land 
Management relating to conservation and landscape health; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 6285) to ratify and approve all 
authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, biological 
opinions, incidental take statements, and any other approvals or orders 
issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the establishment and 
administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program, and 
for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
6090) to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism 
set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the

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enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education 
programs or activities, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-477). 
                                                             Page H2699
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Ezell to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2637
Recess: The House recessed at 12:17 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2639
Recess: The House recessed at 2:02 p.m. and reconvened at 3:29 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2639
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Investing in All of America Act: H.R. 5333, amended, to amend the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to exclude from the limit on 
leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises located in 
rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical technology 
areas;                                                   
  Pages H2639-42
  Agency Accountability Act of 2024: H.R. 7103, to amend the Small 
Business Act to require Federal agencies to testify and report on 
scores received under the scorecard program for evaluating Federal 
agency compliance with small business contracting goals, to testify for 
failure to meet Governmentwide contracting goals;        
  Pages H2642-43
  Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2024: H.R. 7985, to 
require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial challenges facing 
entrepreneurs with a disability;                         
  Pages H2643-45
  Plain Language in Contracting Act: H.R. 7987, to require plain 
language and the inclusion of key words in covered notices that are 
clear, concise, and accessible to small business concerns; 
                                                         Pages H2645-46
  Fire Weather Development Act: H.R. 4866, amended, to direct the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
establish a program to improve fire weather and fire environment 
forecasting, detection, and local collaboration, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 341 yeas to 48 nays, Roll No. 153;     
  Pages H2646-51, H2687-88
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To direct the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator to 
improve fire weather and fire environment forecasting, detection, and 
local collaboration, and for other purposes.'';              
Page H2646
  Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act: H.R. 1069, amended, to 
amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require reporting 
regarding clean energy demonstration projects;           
  Pages H2651-52
  Privacy Enhancing Technology Research Act: H.R. 4755, amended, to 
support research on privacy enhancing technologies and promote 
responsible data use, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 354 yeas to 36 
nays, Roll No. 154;                                      
  Pages H2652-54
  Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act: H.R. 7032, to amend the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide the 
Congressional Budget Office with necessary authorities to expedite the 
sharing of data from executive branch agencies;          
  Pages H2679-83
  Revising Existing Procedures On Reporting via Technology Act: S. 474, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen reporting to the 
CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children, to 
modernize liabilities for such reports, to preserve the contents of 
such reports for 1 year;                                 
  Pages H2683-85
  Daniel J. Harvey, Jr. and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember 
Transition to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act: H.R. 3722, amended, to 
require a pilot program on activities under the pre-separation 
transition process of members of the Armed Forces for a reduction in 
suicide among veterans; and                              
  Pages H2691-93
  Veterans Education Transparency and Training Act: H.R. 5914, amended, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes to 
approve programs of education for purposes of the educational 
assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
                                                         Pages H2693-95
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in 
remembrance of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.            
  Page H2688
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow, April 30th.   
  Page H2689
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the 
death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.: The House agreed to H. 
Res. 1172, expressing the profound sorrow of the House of 
Representatives on the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr. 
                                                             Page H2689
Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act: The House considered H.R. 
529, to extend the customs waters of the United States from 12 nautical 
miles to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States, 
consistent with Presidential Proclamation 7219. Further consideration 
is expected to resume tomorrow, April 30th.              
  Pages H2689-91
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee

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on Ways and Means now printed in the bill shall be considered as 
adopted.                                                     
Page H2689
  H. Res. 1137, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
7888), (H.R. 529), (H. Res. 1112), and (H. Res. 1117), was agreed to 
Friday, April 12th.
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Carbon Sequestration Collaboration Act: H.R. 4824, amended, to amend 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to 
carry out terrestrial carbon sequestration research and development 
activities;                                              
  Pages H2654-56
  Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act: H.R. 4877, 
amended, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary 
of Energy to carry out a research, development, and demonstration 
program with respect to abandoned wells;                 
  Pages H2656-58
  Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act: H.R. 
6093, amended, to improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's weather research, support improvements in weather 
forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the 
provision of weather data;                               
  Pages H2658-76
  Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act: H.R. 
3738, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity 
and Transition Administration;                           
  Pages H2685-87
  Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act: H.R. 4016, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary; and          
  Pages H2695-96
  Amending title 38, United States Code, to provide that educational 
assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs educational 
assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program or course of 
education that was suspended or terminated for certain reasons shall 
not be charged against the entitlement of the individual: H.R. 1767, 
amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that 
educational assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs 
educational assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program 
or course of education that was suspended or terminated for certain 
reasons shall not be charged against the entitlement of the individual.
                                                         Pages H2696-98
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2687-88 and H2688-89.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 8:21 p.m., 
pursuant to House Resolution 1172, as a further mark of respect to the 
memory of the late Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.