[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 148 (Monday, September 23, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D926-D929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 9747-
9767; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 129; and H. Res. 1485, 1487-1491, 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H5645-47
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5648-49
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 8958, to reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
118-701);
  S. 612, to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 118-702, Part 1);
  H.R. 5794, to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate 
conflicts of interest in conduct of quality management and 
administrative investigations by the Veterans Health Administration, 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-703);
  H.R. 8205, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety 
report systems, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
118-704); and
  H. Res. 1486, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3334) to 
provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of the National 
Communist Party Congress of the People's Republic of China, and for 
other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8205) to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide 
that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety report systems, 
and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
8790) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and improve forest management activities on National Forest System 
lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, 
fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; providing for 
consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1469) ensuring accountability 
for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for 
decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from 
Afghanistan; and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-705).      
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Lesko to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5565
Recess: The House recessed at 12:16 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                         Pages H5566-67
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Dr. Ralph 
B. Lassiter, St. Mark Baptist Church, Omaha, NE.             
  Page H5567
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act: S. 1549, to 
require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
issue regulations concerning accommodations for powered wheelchairs; 
                                                         Pages H5567-68
  Reuse Excess Property Act: S. 2685, to make data and internal 
guidance on excess personal property publicly available; 
                                                         Pages H5568-69
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 2075 West Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the ``Robert 
Hayden Post Office'': S. 3639, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2075 West Stadium Boulevard in Ann 
Arbor, Michigan, as the ``Robert Hayden Post Office'';   
  Pages H5569-70
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 155 South Main Street in Mount Clemens, Michigan, as the 
``Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson Post Office'': S. 3640, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
155 South Main Street in Mount Clemens, Michigan, as the ``Lieutenant 
Colonel Alexander Jefferson Post Office'';                   
  Page H5570
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 90 McCamly Street South in Battle Creek, Michigan, as the 
``Sojourner Truth Post Office'': S. 3851, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 90 McCamly Street South in 
Battle Creek, Michigan, as the ``Sojourner Truth Post Office''; 
                                                         Pages H5570-71
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 9355 113th Street in Seminole, Florida, as the ``Army SSG Ryan 
Christian Knauss Memorial Post Office Building'': H.R. 6633, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
9355 113th Street in Seminole, Florida, as the ``Army SSG Ryan 
Christian Knauss Memorial Post Office Building'';        
  Pages H5571-72
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 109 Live Oaks Boulevard in Casselberry, Florida, as the ``Colonel 
Joseph William Kittinger II Post Office Building'': H.R. 5867, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
109 Live Oaks Boulevard in Casselberry, Florida, as the ``Colonel 
Joseph William Kittinger II Post Office Building'';      
  Pages H5572-73
  Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, and Research, and AED 
Training in the Schools Act of 2024: H.R. 6829, amended, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize and support the creation and 
dissemination of cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk 
assessment materials and resources to identify more at-risk families, 
to authorize research and surveillance activities relating to 
cardiomyopathy;                                          
  Pages H5573-75
Amending title XIX of the Social Security Act to add a Medicaid State 
plan requirement with respect to the determination of residency of 
certain individuals serving in the Armed Forces: H.R. 8108, amended, to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to add a Medicaid State plan 
requirement with respect to the determination of residency of certain 
individuals serving in the Armed Forces;                 
  Pages H5575-76
  NAPA Reauthorization Act: S. 133, to extend the National Alzheimer's 
Project;                                                 
  Pages H5576-77
  Alzheimer's Accountability and Investment Act: S. 134, to require an 
annual budget estimate for the initiatives of the National Institutes 
of Health pursuant to reports and recommendations made under the 
National Alzheimer's Project Act;                        
  Pages H5577-78
  Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, 
Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act: H.R. 3884, amended, to 
amend title XI of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
program providing for sickle cell disease and other heritable blood 
disorders research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment; 
                                                         Pages H5578-80
  Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act: 
H.R. 2706, amended, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of mental 
or physical disability in cases of organ transplants;    
  Pages H5580-82
  Give Kids a Chance Act: H.R. 3433, amended, to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to molecularly targeted 
pediatric cancer investigations;                         
  Pages H5582-87
  Seniors' Access to Critical Medications Act: H.R. 5526, amended, to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the application 
of the in-office ancillary services exception to the physician self-
referral prohibition for drugs furnished under the Medicare program; 
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Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to clarify the application of the in-office 
ancillary services exception to the physician self-referral prohibition 
for covered outpatient drugs furnished under the Medicare program, and 
to provide coverage of external infusion pumps and non-self-
administrable home infusion drugs under such program''; 
                                                         Pages H5587-88
  Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act: H.R. 7189, amended, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a national 
congenital heart disease research, surveillance, and awareness program;
                                                         Pages H5588-89
  Online Dating Safety Act: H.R. 6125, amended, to require online 
dating service providers to provide fraud ban notifications to online 
dating service members;                                  
  Pages H5589-91
  Department of Homeland Security Policy Issuance Review Act: H.R. 
6231, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a 
prioritized policy issuance review process for the Department of 
Homeland Security;                                       
  Pages H5591-92
  Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act: H.R. 7832, to require 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to identify, 
integrate, and deploy new, innovative, disruptive, or other emerging or 
advanced technologies to enhance, or address capability gaps in, border 
security operations;                                     
  Pages H5592-94
  Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Pilot Program Act: S. 
794, to require a pilot program on the participation of non-asset-based 
third-party logistics providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership 
Against Terrorism;                                       
  Pages H5594-95
  Producing Advanced Technologies for Homeland Security Act: H.R. 9459, 
to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable secure and 
trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting authority;
                                                         Pages H5595-96
  DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2024: S. 4698, to 
authorize the Joint Task Forces of the Department of Homeland Security;
                                                         Pages H5597-98
  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 
Reauthorization Act of 2024: S. 3764, to extend and authorize annual 
appropriations for the United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2026, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 365 yeas to 20 nays, Roll No. 442;          
  Pages H5598-H5600, H5628
  GAO Database Modernization Act: S. 679, to amend chapter 8 of title 
5, United States Code, to require Federal agencies to submit to the 
Comptroller General of the United States a report on rules that are 
revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made ineffective; 
                                                         Pages H5600-01
  IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act: S. 670, to improve services for 
trafficking victims by establishing, in Homeland Security 
Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness to 
Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim Assistance Program; 
                                                         Pages H5601-03
  Building Chips in America Act: S. 2228, to amend the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to 
clarify the scope of a major Federal action under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to certain projects 
relating to the production of semiconductors, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 257 yeas to 125 nays, Roll No. 440;    
  Pages H5603-06, H5625-26
  NASA Reauthorization Act of 2024: H.R. 8958, amended, to reauthorize 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, by a \2/3\ yea-and-
nay vote of 366 yeas to 21 nays with one answering ``present'', Roll 
No. 441;                                       
  Pages H5606-23, H5627-28
  Accessing Satellite Data to Enable New Discoveries Act: H.R. 6219, 
amended, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, 
acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and 
imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and 
educational requirements of the Administration;          
  Pages H5623-25
  Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for 
Oceanic Research Act: H.R. 7630, amended, to require a plan to improve 
the cybersecurity and telecommunications of the U.S. Academic Research 
Fleet;                                                   
  Pages H5629-31
  Innovative Mitigation Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete 
Technologies Act: H.R. 7685, amended, to strengthen and enhance the 
competitiveness of American industry through the research and 
development of advanced technologies to improve the efficiency of 
cement, concrete, and asphalt production;                
  Pages H5635-38
  Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act: H.R. 1735, 
amended, to coordinate Federal research and development efforts focused 
on modernizing mathematics in STEM education through mathematical and 
statistical modeling, including data-driven and computational thinking, 
problem, project, and performance-based learning and assessment, 
interdisciplinary exploration, and career connections; and 
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  Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National 
Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution Act: 
H.R. 7764, amended, to establish a commission to study the potential 
transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to 
the Smithsonian Institution.                             
  Pages H5641-44
Oath of Office--Tenth Congressional District of New Jersey: 
Representative-elect LaMonica McIver presented herself 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. Donna Barber, Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of 
Elections, indicating that, according to the unofficial results for the 
Special Election held September 18, 2024, the Honorable LaMonica McIver 
was elected for Representative to Congress for the Tenth Congressional 
District of New Jersey.                                  
  Pages H5626-27
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentlewoman from New 
Jersey, the whole number of the House is 432.                
  Page H5627
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center 
for the unveiling of a statue of Martha Hughes Cannon: The House agreed 
to discharge from committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 127, authorizing 
the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the 
unveiling of a statue of Martha Hughes Cannon.               
  Page H5628
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program Act: H.R. 3208, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS 
Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program;               
  Pages H5596-97
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 9317 Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California, as the ``Little Saigon 
Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Post Office'': H.R. 8057, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa 
Avenue in Westminster, California, as the ``Little Saigon Vietnam War 
Veterans Memorial Post Office''; and                         
  Page H5629
  Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act: H.R. 7073, 
amended, to improve public-private partnerships and increase Federal 
research, development, and demonstration related to the evolution of 
next generation pipeline systems.                        
  Pages H5631-35
Senate Referrals: S. 288 was held at the desk. S. 4698 was held at the 
desk.                                                        
  Page H5592
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5592.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5625-26, H5627-28, and H5628.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 8:39 p.m.