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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 48 public bills, H.R. 2668-
2715; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 30; and H. Res. 331-338, were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H. Res. 330, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 51) to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1573) to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1333) to transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens; and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-22).
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:57 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m.
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:13 p.m. and reconvened at 2:15 p.m.
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Question of Privilege: Representative McCarthy rose to a question of the privileges of the House and submitted a resolution. Upon examination of the resolution, the Chair determined that the resolution qualified. Subsequently, the House agreed to the Hoyer motion to table H. Res. 311, raising a question of the privileges of the House, by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 210 nays, Roll No. 122.
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Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were postponed.
Training in High-demand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act: H.R. 2523, amended, to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to improve the COVID-19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance program, to make certain technical corrections to the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020.
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Washington, D.C. Admission Act, Access to Counsel Act of 2021, and National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 330, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 51) to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1573) to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1333) to transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens, by a yea-and-nay vote of 214 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 124, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 206 nays, Roll No. 123. Pursuant to sec. 4 of H. Res. 330, H. Res. 316 is hereby adopted. Pursuant to sec. 7 (a) of H. Res. 330, H. Con. Res. 30 is hereby adopted.
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Motion to suspend the rules and pass the bills and agree to the resolution en bloc: The House agreed to the Hoyer motion to suspend the rules and pass the following bills and agree to the following resolution considered on April 19, 2021, on which pursuant to section G of H. Res. 330 the ordering of the yeas and nays were vacated to the end that all such motions are considered as withdrawn: H.R. 367, H.R. 370, H.R. 396, H.R. 397, H.R. 408, H.R. 490, H.R. 965, H.R. 1251, H.R. 1395, H.R. 1491, H.R. 1528, H.R. 1532, H.R. 1565, H.R. 1602, H.R. 2523, and H. Res. 124, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 355 yeas to 69 nays, Roll No. 125. Subsequently, Representative Phillips moved to reconsider the vote, and Representative McCollum moved to table the motion to reconsider, on which proceedings were postponed.
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Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the shooting in Boulder, Colorado on March 22, 2021.
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Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Walter F. Mondale: The House agreed to H. Res. 333, expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Walter F. Mondale.
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Discharge Petition: Representative Roy presented to the clerk a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the resolution, H. Res. 216, providing for the consideration of the bill
(H.R. 471) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from lessening the stringency of and to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from ceasing or lessening implementation of the COVID-19 border health provisions through the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes (Discharge Petition No. 2).
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House today appears on pages H1964-65.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1977-79 and H1993-94.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 6:16 p.m., pursuant to House Resolution 333, it stands adjourned until noon tomorrow, April 21st, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Honorable Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President of the United States.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 68
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