[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 149 (Tuesday, September 24, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D943-D945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 9768-
9783; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 130; and H. Res. 1492-1499, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H5745-47
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5748-49
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Ezell to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5651
Recess: The House recessed at 11:06 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5659
Recess: The House recessed at 1:22 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5669
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Monday, September 
23rd.
  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, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 377 yeas to 43 nays, Roll No. 445;                        
  Page H5671
  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'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 415 
yeas with none voting ``nay'' and two answering ``present'', Roll No. 
446; and                                                 
  Pages H5671-72
  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, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 373 
yeas to 41 nays, Roll No. 447.                           
  Pages H5672-73
  Fix Our Forests Act: The House passed 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, by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 268 yeas to 151 nays, Roll No. 448. 
                                                      Pages H5673-H5704
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-705 
shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the 
Whole.                                                   
Pages H5673-88
Agreed to:
  Molinaro amendment (No. 1 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
adds consideration of a strategy for reducing the threat of wildfires 
to wildland firefighters to the fireshed assessment;         
Page H5688
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 2 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
directs the United States Forest Service to expand the use of 
proactive, targeted animal grazing in fuels management programs to 
reduce wildfire risk;                                    
Pages H5688-89
  Valadao amendment (No. 3 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) as 
modified that requires the U.S. Forest Service to conduct an evaluation 
of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS) to assess the use 
of such a system to mitigate and suppress wildfires;     
Pages H5689-90
  Garamendi amendment (No. 4 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) 
that clarifies that special districts are eligible to participate in 
the wildfire-related programs authorized under the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003;                                 
Pages H5690-91
  Obernolte amendment (No. 5 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) as 
modified that adds thermal mid-wave infrared equipped low earth orbit 
satellites as a prioritized emerging technology for agencies to 
implement through public-private partnerships for wildfire mitigation 
and detection;                                           
Pages H5691-92
  Harder (CA) amendment (No. 6 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) 
that authorizes a Department of Interior Casualty Assistance Program to 
provide assistance to firefighters and the families of firefighters who 
were critically injured, ill, or killed in the line-of-duty; 
                                                         Pages H5692-93
  Barr amendment (No. 7 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
directs the US Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to 
address reforestation and re-generation issues specific to the White 
Oak species through the White Oak Initiative and pilot projects; 
                                                         Pages H5693-95
  Pettersen amendment (No. 8 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) 
that expands nursery and seed

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capacity work to support reforestation and restoration by state, 
Tribal, and local governments and institutions of higher education; 
                                                         Pages H5695-97
  Mullin amendment (No. 9 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
adds artificial intelligence and other decision support tools for use 
by the Fireshed Center;                                      
Page H5697
  Valadao amendment (No. 10 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
expands public and private forestry and watershed management 
partnerships by reducing redundancy for existing water source 
management plans and increasing the number of eligible entities; 
                                                         Pages H5697-98
  Boebert amendment (No. 11 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
allows GNA revenue to be used for reconstruction, repair, and 
restoration of non-NFS roads necessary to implement GNA projects on 
federal lands, allows GNA cooperators to construct new permanent roads 
on federal lands that is necessary to implement authorized restoration 
activities and approved by the federal agency through an Environmental 
Analysis or Categorical Exclusion decision, and allows GNA cooperators 
to complete new permanent road construction to replace and decommission 
existing permanent road(s) that are adversely impacting forest, 
rangeland, or watershed health;                          
Pages H5698-99
  Boebert amendment (No. 12 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
clarifies existing authorities may be utilized to prevent wildfires in 
Fire Regimes IV and V which are located in Colorado, Wyoming, New 
Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Maine, West Virginia, New 
Jersey, Rhode Island, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio, 
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Iowa, 
Florida, and Texas;                                   
Pages H5699-H5700
  Boebert amendment (No. 13 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
ensures grazing is one of the hazardous fuels reduction activities 
authorized by the bill;                                      
Page H5700
  Boebert amendment (No. 14 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
requires regional foresters to submit a plan through the Collaborative 
Forest Landscape Restoration Program for the treatment and removal of 
trees killed by or infested with bark beetles in Western states; 
                                                         Pages H5700-01
  Boebert amendment (No. 15 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
requires regional foresters to submit a plan for the sale of Christmas 
trees and firewood on federal lands; and                 
Pages H5701-02
  LaLota amendment (No. 16 printed in part D of H. Rept. 118-705) that 
directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a study on the 
impacts pine beetles have in the Northeastern region of the United 
States.                                                  
Pages H5702-03
  H. Res. 1486, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3334), (H.R. 8205), (H.R. 8790), and the resolution (H. Res. 1469) by a 
recorded vote of 212 ayes to 207 noes, Roll No. 444, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 208 yeas to 204 nays, 
Roll No. 443.                                  
Pages H5662-69, H5669-71
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 1492, electing a Member 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
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Clerk to Correct Engrossment: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross 
references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming 
corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 8790.                 
  Page H5704
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Michel O. Maceda Memorial Act: H.R. 5302, to designate the Air and 
Marine Operations Marine Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, as the ``Michel O. 
Maceda Marine Unit'';                                    
  Pages H5704-05
  Think Differently about Education Act: H.R. 4259, amended, to amend 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require notification 
with respect to individualized education program teams; 
                                                         Pages H5705-07
  Stop Campus Hazing Act: H.R. 5646, amended, to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to 
disclose hazing incidents;                               
  Pages H5707-13
  Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm Act: H.R. 5490, amended, 
to amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee 
Coastal Barrier Resources System;                        
  Pages H5713-19
  Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act: H.R. 7370, amended, to amend the 
Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to establish a deadline for processing 
applications related to geothermal leasing;              
  Pages H5719-20
  Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act: H.R. 4094, to amend the Central Utah 
Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of 
certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin; 
                                                         Pages H5720-21
  Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act: H.R. 1657, amended, to provide 
for a land exchange in the Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota; 
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  Mountain View Corridor Completion Act: H.R. 2468, amended, to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Utah certain 
Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah; 
                                                         Pages H5722-23
  Holcombe Rucker Park National Commemorative Site Act: H.R. 6852, 
amended, to designate Holcombe Rucker Park, in Harlem, New York, as a 
National Commemorative Site;                             
  Pages H5723-25
  Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act: H.R. 1726, amended, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to partner and collaborate with 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the State of Hawaii to address Rapid 
Ohia Death;                                              
  Pages H5725-26
  Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2024: H.R. 7422, amended, 
to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery 
authority for the Department of the Interior;            
  Pages H5726-27
  Coastal Habitat Conservation Act: H.R. 2950, amended, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners 
and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance 
important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on 
which certain Federal trust species depend;              
  Pages H5727-29
  Electronic Permitting Modernization Act: H.R. 5509, amended, to 
modernize permitting systems at the Department of the Interior; 
                                                         Pages H5729-31
  Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery 
Programs Reauthorization Act: H.R. 4596, amended, to reauthorize the 
Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding to implement the 
endangered and threatened fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado 
and San Juan River Basins;                               
  Pages H5731-33
  Amending the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal 
exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas: 
H.R. 6474, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite 
geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or 
developed areas; and                                     
  Pages H5733-34
  Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act: S. 612, to reauthorize 
the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act.                          
  Pages H5734-36
Discharge Petition: Representative Luna presented to the clerk a motion 
to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the 
resolution (H. Res. 1115), a resolution providing for the consideration 
of the resolution (H. Res. 967) amending the Rules of the House of 
Representatives to permit Members to vote by proxy in certain cases 
(Discharge Petition No. 17).
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5669-70, 
H5760-71, H5671, H5672, H5672-73, and H5703-04.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:47 p.m.