[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D903-D905]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 28 public bills, H.R. 9644-
9671; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 1462-1468, were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5448-49
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 8674, to establish milestone-based development and demonstration 
projects relating to nuclear fuel, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
118-686);
  H.R. 9459, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable 
secure and trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting 
authority, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-687);
  H.R. 9460, to authorize the Joint Task Forces of the Department of 
Homeland Security, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-688);
  H.R. 6474, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite 
geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or 
developed areas (H. Rept. 118-689); and

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  H.R. 6969, to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a 
statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol (H. Rept. 118-
690).                                                        
Page H5445
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Thompson (PA) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:47 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 1:16 p.m. and reconvened at 1:31 p.m. 
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Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Tuesday, September 
17th. Find and Protect Foster Youth Act: S. 1146, to amend part E of 
title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to identify obstacles to identifying and responding 
to reports of children missing from foster care and other vulnerable 
foster youth, to provide technical assistance relating to the removal 
of such obstacles, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas to 7 nays, 
Roll No. 422;                                            
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  Protecting America's Children by Strengthening Families Act: H.R. 
9076, amended, to reauthorize and modernize part B of title IV of the 
Social Security Act to strengthen child welfare services, expand the 
availability of prevention services to better meet the needs of 
vulnerable families, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 405 yeas to 10 
nays, Roll No. 423;                                          
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  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To reauthorize child 
welfare programs under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act 
and strengthen the State and tribal child support enforcement program 
under part D of such title, and for other purposes'';        
Page H5342
  Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and 
Support Act of 2024: H.R. 7213, amended, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to [enhance activities of the National Institutes of Health 
with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance 
programs relating to autism/reauthorize certain programs with respect 
to autism spectrum disorder?], by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas 
to 13 nays, Roll No. 424;                                    
  Page H5342
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Public Health 
Service Act to enhance and reauthorize activities and programs relating 
to autism spectrum disorder, and for other purposes''; and   
Page H5342
  Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks 
Act: H.R. 1513, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to 
establish a task force to be known as the ``6G Task Force'', by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 393 yeas to 22 nays, Roll No. 425.   
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Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Horsford 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on Financial Services. 
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  Roll back ESG To Increase Retirement Earnings Act: The House passed 
H.R. 5339, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and 
non-pecuniary factors, by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 206 nays, 
Roll No. 427.                                            
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  Rejected the Kildee motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 213 
nays, Roll No. 426.                                      
Pages H5370-71
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-50 shall be 
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
now printed in the bill.                                 
Pages H5329-39
  H. Res. 1455, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3724), (H.R. 4790), (H.R. 5179), (H.R. 5339), (H.R. 5717), and (H.R. 
7909) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 136) was agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 214 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 421, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 196 nays, 
Roll No. 420.                                                
Page H5339
  Anti-BDS Labeling Act: The House passed H.R. 5179, to require the 
maintenance of the country of origin markings for imported goods 
produced in the West Bank or Gaza, by a yea-and-nay vote of 231 yeas to 
189 nays, Roll No. 428.                                      
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  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill 
shall be considered as adopted.                          
Pages H5329-38
  H. Res. 1455, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3724), (H.R. 4790), (H.R. 5179), (H.R. 5339), (H.R. 5717), and (H.R. 
7909) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 136) was agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 214 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 421, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 196 nays, 
Roll No. 420.                                            
Pages H5339-40
  Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act: The House passed H.R. 
7909, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that 
aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or 
domestic violence are inadmissible

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and deportable, by a yea-and-nay vote of 266 yeas to 158 nays, Roll No. 
429.                                                     
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  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-47 shall be 
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in 
the bill.                                                
Pages H5329-38
  H. Res. 1455, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3724), (H.R. 4790), (H.R. 5179), (H.R. 5339), (H.R. 5717), and (H.R. 
7909) and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 136) was agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 214 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 421, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 196 nays, 
Roll No. 420.                                            
Pages H5339-40
  Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025: The House 
failed to pass H.R. 9494, making continuing appropriations for fiscal 
year 2025, by a yea-and-nay vote of 202 yeas to 220 nays with two 
answering ``present'', Roll No. 431.                         
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  Rejected the DeLauro motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations by a yea-and-nay vote of 209 yeas to 214 nays, Roll No. 
430.                                                     
Pages H5373-74
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment printed in part D of the report 
of H. Rept. 118-656 shall be considered as adopted.          
Page H5358
  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 Tuesday, September 10th.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure--Communication: Read a 
letter from Chairman Graves wherein he transmitted copies of eleven 
resolutions included in the General Services Administration's Capital 
Investment and Leasing Programs. The resolutions were adopted by the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024. 
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Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to persons 
who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism declared in 
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, as amended is to continue 
in effect beyond September 23, 2024--referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 118-168). 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Eleven yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5339, 
H5340, H5340-41, H5341, H5342, H5342-43, H5370-71, H5371-72, H5372, 
H5372-73, H5373-74 and H5374.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:39 p.m.