Wednesday Feb 6 in Congress
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Source is Congressional Record for the day.
https://www.congress.gov/116/crec/2019/02/06/CREC-2019-02-06.pdf
House of Representatives
Rep Thompson of Mississippi was Speaker pro Tempore
HR 876, Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2019
Passed.
Bill text and speeches (pp H1368 - H1370)
HR 866 Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019
Lactation rooms in federally owned or leased public buildings
Passed.
(p H1371)
HR 543 A bill to require the Federal Railroad Administration to provide appropriate congressional notice of comprehensive safety assessments conducted with respect to intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation.
Passed.
HR 831 Reviving America’s Scenic Byways Act of 2019
Passed 404-19
Bill (H1373-H1374) Vote (H1377)
HR 66 Route 66 Centennial Commission Act
Passed 399-22
bill (p H1374 - H1377) vote (H1378)
HR 962 The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Rep McCarthy requested the bill be discharged from committee by unanimous consent.
Denied as it had not been cleared with bipartisan floor and committee leadership.
H Res 103 Appointed Rep Walker and Rep Loudermilk to Committee on House Administration
Passed
Some of the bills introduced:
H.R. 998. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to a State all right, title, and interest in and to a percentage of the amount of royalties and other amounts required to be paid to the State under that Act with respect to public land and deposits in the State.
H.R. 1000. A bill to establish a National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1004. A bill to prohibit the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities with respect to Venezuela.
H.R. 1006. A bill to amend title I of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for internet openness, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1011. A bill to amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations, to clarify the powers of immigration officers at sensitive locations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1012. A bill to reunite families separated at or near ports of entry, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1013. A bill to require agents and officers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S Customs and Border Protection to wear body cameras, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1016. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to reimburse employees of the Federal Government and the District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and the States for certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1018. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the submission by issuers of data relating to diversity and for other purposes.
H.R. 1020. A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1025. A bill to counter the mass arbitrary detention of Turkic Muslims, including Uighurs, within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 102. A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 962) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
The SPEAKER presented a petition of Mr. Gregory D. Watson of Austin, Texas, relative to urging Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution, pursuant to Article V, that would allow a state, or portions thereof, to secede from the United States, and to provide for the expulsion from the Union of a state, or portions thereof, upon the vote of the legislatures of three-fifths of the other states.