[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D857-D859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 9511-
9533; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 128; and H. Res. 1431-1436, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H5155-56
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5157-58
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 1430, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1398) to 
establish the CCP Initiative program, and for other purposes; providing 
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1425) to require any convention, 
agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, 
preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be 
subject to Senate ratification; providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1516) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding 
restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a 
relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes; 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.

[[Page D858]]

7980) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude vehicles 
the batteries of which contain materials sourced from prohibited 
foreign entities from the clean vehicle credit; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 9456) to amend the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 with respect to foreign investments in United States 
agriculture, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 9494) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
2025, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-656);
  H.R. 7150, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve equitable access to certain 
benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs and to improve certain outreach to individuals who served 
uniformed services and dependents of such individuals, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-657);
  H.R. 5890, to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the 
authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deny the claim of a 
veteran for benefits under the laws administered by such Secretary on 
the sole basis that such veteran failed to appear for a medical 
examination associated with such claim, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
118-658);
  H.R. 5870, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements to the processing of claims for benefits under the laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the transparency 
of actions of Board of Veterans' Appeals, and for other purposes, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 118-659);
  H.R. 3790, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased 
dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of 
veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how 
long the veterans had such disease prior to death, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 118-660); and
  H.R. 5179, to require the maintenance of the country of origin 
markings for imported goods produced in the West Bank or Gaza, and for 
other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-661).        
Page H5155
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Pence to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5101
Recess: The House recessed at 10:59 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5107
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. Lisa 
Wink Schultz, Office of the Senate Chaplain, Washington, DC. 
                                                         Pages H5107-08
Recess: The House recessed at 1:23 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5117
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Monday, September 
9th.
  Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act: H.R. 
1103, amended, to require the President to remove the extension of 
certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the Hong Kong 
Economic and Trade Offices if Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree 
of autonomy from the People's Republic of China, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 413 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 405.                    
  Page H5119
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 1431, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page H5119
Recess: The House recessed at 3:24 p.m. and reconvened at 4:01 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5128
  DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of 
Concern Act: The House passed H.R. 1516, to establish Department of 
Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher 
education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, by a yea-
and-nay vote of 249 yeas to 161 nays, Roll No. 408.     
  Pages H5119-28, H5128-29, H5130
  Rejected the Magaziner motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Homeland Security by a yea-and-nay vote of 197 yeas to 213 nays, 
Roll No. 407.                                            
Pages H5129-30
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-45 shall be 
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, 
in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill.      
Page H5135
Agreed to:
  Gottheimer amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-656) 
that adds the Delegitimization of U.S.-Taiwan Relations to List of 
Qualifications for ``Entities of Concern'';              
Pages H5124-25
  Stauber amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-656) that 
amends the definition of ``Chinese entities of concern'' in Section 2 
to include ``aides, abets, or enables the detention, imprisonment, 
persecution, or forced labor of Uyghur Muslims'';            
Page H5125
  Crockett amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-656) that 
adds engaging in efforts to interfere in U.S. federal, state, and local 
elections to List of Qualifications for ``Entities of Concern''; 
                                                         Pages H5125-26
  Cline amendment (No. 5 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-656) that 
adds the Chinese Academy of

[[Page D859]]

Sciences to the bill's definition of a ``Chinese entity of concern''; 
                                                         Pages H5126-27
  Nunn amendment (No. 6 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-656) that 
adds the Thousand Talents Program to the list of restricted, Chinese 
Entities of Concern; and                                 
Pages H5127-28
  Cline amendment (No. 4 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-656) that 
requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to Congress any 
institution of higher education that has a relationship with a 
Confucius Institute or Chinese entity of concern and receives funds 
from the Department of Homeland Security (by a recorded vote of 253 
ayes to 161 noes, Roll No. 406).                         
Pages H5128-29
  H. Res. 1430, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1398), (H.R. 1425), (H.R. 1516), (H.R. 7980), (H.R. 9456), and (H.R. 
9494) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 206 noes, Roll 
No. 404, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 193 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 403.                   
Pages H5117-18
  Protect America's Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 
2024: The House considered H.R. 1398, to establish the CCP Initiative 
program. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, September 11th. 
                                                         Pages H5130-39
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-46 shall be 
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, 
in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Homeland Security now printed in the bill pursuant to 
Part II of House Report 118-319.                             
Page H5124
Agreed to:
  Gottheimer amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-656) 
that amends bill report to include information about public and private 
sector cooperation;                                      
Pages H5135-36
  Gottheimer amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-656) 
that amends bill report to include information about CCP's financial 
intelligence capabilities;                                   
Page H5136
  Molinaro amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-656) that 
adds to the annual report an assessment on the economic loss to the 
United States as a result of hacking and trade secret theft by the 
Chinese Communist Party;                                 
Pages H5136-37
  Molinaro amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-656) that 
adds to section 2 a requirement to identify intellectual property theft 
of small businesses by the Chinese Communist Party;          
Page H5137
  Mills (FL) amendment (No. 5 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-656) 
that includes an analysis of national security risks on CCP unmanned 
aircraft and associated elements in the national airspace system; and 
                                                         Pages H5137-38
  Mills (FL) amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-656) 
that requires the CCP Initiative to investigate investments made by 
Chinese companies and subsidiaries listed on the Bureau of Industry and 
Security's Entity List and the DOD's PRC Military Companies list. 
                                                         Pages H5138-39
  H. Res. 1430, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1398), (H.R. 1425), (H.R. 1516), (H.R. 7980), (H.R. 9456), and (H.R. 
9494) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 206 noes, Roll 
No. 404, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 193 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 403.                   
Pages H5117-19
Discharge Petition: Representative Graves (LA) presented to the clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of 
the resolution (H. Res. 1410) a resolution providing for consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 82) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to 
repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination 
provisions (Discharge Petition No. 16).
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5117-18, 
H5118-19, H5119, H5128-29, H5129-30 and H5130.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:30 p.m.