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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 43 public bills, H.R. 6202-
6244; and 1 resolution, H.J. Res. 67, were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Brownley to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Protecting Our Democracy Act: The House passed H.R. 5314, to protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 208 nays, Roll No. 440.
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Rejected the Rodney Davis (IL) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, by a yea-and-nay vote of 212 yeas to 217 nays, Roll No. 439.
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Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-20, modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-205, shall be considered as adopted.
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Agreed to:
Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) amendment en bloc No. 1 consisting of the following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-205: Adams (No. 1) that requires the FEC to make an income tax return public and post online within 48 hours of receiving a return, including redactions; Aguilar (No. 2) that requires that each state chief's election official creates a database of election officials who have received threats against them and need their personally identifiable information (PII) protected to ensure safe and fair elections; Cicilline (No. 4) that requires the White House to maintain a publicly accessible website that includes salary and financial disclosure information for White House employees; Clark (MA) (No. 5) that adds the President, Vice President, and any Cabinet member to the current statutory prohibition on members of Congress contracting with the federal government; Cohen (No. 6) that changes the definition of a ``covered offense'' to include pardons issued to any third degree relative of the President, any member or former member of the President's administration, any person who worked on the President's presidential campaign as a paid employee, or any person or entity when the offense at issue is motivated by a direct and significant personal or pecuniary interest of any of the described individuals; Connolly (No. 8) that protects merit system principles by limiting federal employee reclassifications to the five excepted service schedules in use prior to fiscal year 2021 (based on the bipartisan Preventing a Patronage System Act); Correa (No. 9) that closes the loophole that allows agencies to treat requests for information from members of Congress as FOIA requests by clarifying that the Freedom of Information Act prohibits executive branch agencies from responding to congressional requests for information with records that have been subject to FOIA redactions; Correa (No. 10) that requires all Congressionally mandated reports from the executive branch to be transmitted to Congress in machine readable format; DelBene (No. 11) that directs the Federal Election Commission (FEC), in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and other appropriate offices, to issue guidance for political committees and vendors on cybersecurity risks and best practices; Foxx (No. 12) that creates an Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget to bring transparency and accountability to the agency; Foxx (No. 13) that creates parity in enforcement for Oversight and Reform Committee ``Rule of 7'' requests to protect minority party requests for information; Gallego (No. 14) that requires the President-elect to report to Congress on individuals in an incoming administration that are seeking a security clearance and the status of that clearance, including interim clearances; Golden (No. 15) that expands President and other covered officials' emolument disclosures to cover emoluments received or expected by spouses and dependent children, in line with other financial disclosures for spouses and dependent children in 5a USC 102(e); Issa (No. 16) that states that an incoming staffer in a Member office who already has a clearance shall not be counted against the two clearances per office that the current House rules allow; Kilmer (No. 17) that modernizes Federal Election Commission (FEC) disclosure requirements to ensure online political advertisements meet the same transparency and disclosure requirements that already apply to political ads sold on TV, radio, and satellite platforms; Lynch (No. 18) that prohibits the use of deepfakes within 60 days of a federal election and establishes corresponding criminal and civil penalties; Sean Maloney (NY) (No. 19) that clarifies language in the Former Presidents Act to state that impeachment and conviction, regardless of removal, makes a former president ineligible for benefits; McGovern (No. 20) that strengthens safeguards in the bill against presidential abuse of emergency powers by prohibiting their use for purposes other than emergencies; providing expedited procedures for joint resolutions to end emergency declarations; and ending ``permanent emergencies'' through a five-year limit; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 21) that expands coverage of section 3110 of title 5 of the U.S. Code to prohibit nepotistic appointments to the Executive Office of the President; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 22) that codifies President Biden's Executive Order on ethics commitments by executive branch personnel; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 23) that directs the Office of Government Ethics to promulgate regulations establishing ethics requirements for the establishment or operation of legal expense funds for the benefit of the President, Vice President, or any political appointee; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 24) that imposes disclosure requirements on inaugural committees, prohibits committees from taking money from foreign nationals; shadow entities; and corporations; and prohibits conversion of committee resources for personal use or for personal benefit; Omar (No. 26) that ensures agency interns are covered by whistle-blower provisions; Pascrell (No. 27) that amends Title X to clarify ability of federal officials to visit federal property prior to an election, requires disclosure of Hatch Act Investigations for certain employees, makes the Hatch Act applicable to the President and Vice President while conducting official duties on White House and White House grounds, strengthens Hatch Act violation penalties, grants the Office of Special Counsel rulemaking authority and ability to continue investigating certain employees, grants the Merit System Protection Board the ability to enforce subpoenas against certain employees, and conducts a GAO review of Hatch Act provisions; Phillips
(No. 28) that explicitly prohibits conventions of national political parties for congressional, presidential, and vice-presidential candidates from being held on or in any federal property, including the White House and surrounding grounds; Phillips (No. 29) that directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to establish a program to support state and local governments in the transition to ranked choice voting
(a system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference); Quigley (No. 30) that requires the President to establish and periodically update a public database of White House visitor records, including the names of visitors, with whom visitors met, and the purpose of the visit; Raskin (No. 31) that strengthens Title II of the Act to ensure that if a sitting President or Vice President is indicted while in office, a trial or other legal proceeding may only be delayed if it interferes with the defendant's official duties and ensures the burden to delay legal proceedings falls on the defendant; Ross (No. 32) that prohibits the President from requiring an officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President to enter into a nondisclosure agreement that is not related to the protection of classified or controlled unclassified information as a condition of employment or upon separation from the civil service; Ross (No. 33) that directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to create an election threats task force to work with federal, state, and local partners to prioritize identifying, investigating, and prosecuting threats and acts of violence against election officials, workers, and their families; and Scanlon (No. 34) that changes the frequency that the Inspector General of the Department of Justice must report to Congress improper communications between DOJ and the White House (by a yea-and-nay vote of 218 yeas to 211 nays, Roll No. 436).
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Rejected:
Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) amendment en bloc No. 2 consisting of the following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept 117-205: Burgess (No. 3) that sought to strike Title II; and Comer (No. 7) that sought to strike all sections of the bill and retitle as the ``Inspector General Stability Act'', but preserve a modified Title VII Subtitle A
(Requiring Cause for Removal) which instead requires Congressional notification and a detailed rationale prior to an IG's removal, and also preserves Title VII Subtitle C (Congressional Notification) (by a yea-and-nay vote of 211 yeas to 218 nays, Roll No. 437); and
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Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 25) printed in part B of H. Rept. 117-
205 that sought to assert the Government Accountability Office's investigatory powers over the intelligence community (by a yea-and-nay vote of 196 yeas to 233 nays, Roll No. 438).
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H. Res. 838, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 5314), (S. 1605), and (S. 610) was agreed to Tuesday, December 7th. Agreed that in the engrossment of the bill, the clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, spelling, and cross-references and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to reflect the actions of the House.
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Senate Referrals: S.J. Res. 29 was held at the desk. S. 2293 was held at the desk. S. 2796 was held at the desk. S. 693 was held at the desk.
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page H7617.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7613-14, H7614-15, H7615, H7616, and H7616-17.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 213
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