Congressional Record Daily Digest, House, July 30, 2020 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021
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Page D683 of the Daily Digest of the Congressional Record for July 30, 2020, covering House Chamber Action in interleaved columns. It records that 37 public bills and 4 resolutions were introduced, and that a Committee on Ethics report on allegations relating to Representative David Schweikert was filed. Summaries of defense amendments include Mr. Carbajal's No. 9 adding $4 million for university and industry research on biotechnology, and Mr. Cooper's No. 13 on JASON. Three yea-and-nay votes occurred, and H.R. 7445 on home loans for reserve members is mentioned.
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July 30, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D683
House of Representatives
Test, and Evaluation account by $5,000,000 for
Chamber Action cyber resiliency efforts in the Central Test and Eval-
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 37 pub- uation Investment Program (CTEIP); Carbajal (No.
lic bills, H.R. 7856–7892; and 4 resolutions, H. 9) that increases RDTE, Army by $4 million to fund
Con. Res. 109; and H. Res. 1071–1073, were intro- university and industry research centers to pursue
duced. Pages H4188–89 biotechnology advancements in materials, synthetic
Additional Cosponsors: Pages H4190–91 biology, and cognitive neuroscience; Cooper (No. 13)
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: that increases and decreases O&M Defense-Wide by
Committee on Ethics. In the Matter of Allegations $3 million to indicate support for JASON scientific
Relating to Representative David Schweikert (H. advisory group within the Office of Undersecretary
Rept. 116–465). Pages H4187–88 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; Escobar
(No. 18) that ensures the U.S. military is not used
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she in violation of 1st Amendment rights; Malinowski
appointed Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker
pro tempore for today. Page H3985
(No. 36) that prohibits the use of DOD funds to re-
quire software & hardware companies to include
Recess: The House recessed at 9:50 and reconvened backdoors & vulnerabilities or to scrap key privacy
at 10 a.m. Page H3991 and safety features in their consumer goods; Matsui
Recess: The House recessed at 3:07 p.m. and recon- (No. 37) that increases by $4,500,000 the funds pro-
vened at 6:30 p.m. Page H4174 vided under the Defense Health Program made
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, available to the United States Army Medical Re-
2021: The House considered H.R. 7617, making ap- search and Development Command to carry out the
propriations for the Department of Defense for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program;
fiscal year ending September 30, 2021. Consider- it would transfer DHP funds from operation and
ation is expected to resume tomorrow, July 31st. maintenance to research, development, test, and eval-
Pages H3994–H4174, H4174–76 uation; McBath (No. 38) that increases and decreases
Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the na- by $250,000 for research, development, test, and
ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules evaluation for the Air Force, to indicate support for
Committee Print 116–60, modified by the amend- a study on how to best leverage ongoing commercial
ment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116–461, shall investments in high-speed aircraft to support Air
be considered as adopted. Page H3994 Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Agreed to: (ISR) modernization, including consideration of op-
Lowey en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the erations in contested environments; Moulton (No.
following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 44) that increases and decreases by $5,000,000 fund-
116–461: Allred (No. 1) that increases Research, ing for Department of Defense security cooperation
Test, Development, & Evaluation, Navy by $7.7 programs in order to establish a pilot program to
million for the intent that $7.7 million will be used demonstrate regional cyber cooperation in Southeast
for the Tactical Air Directional Infrared Counter- Asia; Norton (No. 48) that increases and decreases
measures in order to match appropriation with au- by $2.5 million for research, development, test, and
thorization; Blunt Rochester (No. 4) that increases evaluation for the Air Force, with the intent that the
Air Force RDT&E by $5,000,000 for facility secu- $2.5 million will be used for the Small Business In-
rity design and construction to meet classified novation Research topic SB152–008; Peters (No. 53)
project requirements and decreases O&M, Space that increase Navy RDT&E by $2,500,000 and de-
Force by $5,000,000; Brown (MD) (No. 6) that re- crease O&M by the same amount; Scanlon (No. 57)
duces Research and Development, Army by
$5,000,000 and increases the Defense Wide Re- that increases and decreases by $5 million funding
search, Development, Test, and Evaluation account for Air Force Research, Development, Test and Eval-
by $5,000,000 in Basic Research Initiatives, Line uation for purposes of supporting Aerial
3,PE 0601110D8Z for the START research consor- Reconfigurable Embedded System modular
tium of excellence for irregular warfare and advanced VTOLUAS; Sherrill (No. 60) that increases and de-
analytics; Brown (MD) (No. 7) that reduces Research creases the Research, Development, Test, and Evalua-
and Development, Army by $5,000,000 and in- tion, Defense-Wide account by $5 million, directed
creases the Defense Wide Research, Development, to the Chemical and Biological Defense Program, to
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support military-civilian partnerships on the devel- dential Memorandum on Excluding Illegal Aliens
opment of decontamination technologies for pan- From the Apportionment Base Following the 2020
demic preparedness and response; Sherrill (No. 61) Census, issued on July 21, 2020; Norton (No. 124)
that increases funding for Munition Standardization, that prohibits the Federal Bureau of Prisons from
Effectiveness, and Safety to support research into using funds to impose subsistence fees on individuals
foamable celluloid materials for enhanced munitions in halfway houses or on home confinement; Ocasio-
performance and cost reduction; Sherrill (No. 62) Cortez (No. 125) that prohibits any funds under Di-
that increases funding for Joint Munition Tech- vision B to be used to purchase chemical weapons
nology for research into advanced energetic materials for law enforcement purposes; Omar (No. 126) that
for long-range munitions, increasing their range and increases funding for Bureau of Economic Analysis
lethality; Speier (No. 66) that prevents DoD from for the purpose of studying the economic impacts of
spending funds to implement a ban on military serv- a universal basic income program on the national
ice of transgender Americans; Torres Small (NM) economic recovery effort; Omar (No. 127) that trans-
(No. 75) that increases and decreases by $5 million fers $500,000 to the Federal Prison System to high-
for research, development, test, and evaluation, De- light the importance of providing cost-free reading
fense-wide, with the intent that the $5 million will and learning materials in detention facilities; Scanlon
be used for Missile Defense Agency’s Advanced Re- (No. 136) that increases and decreases funds in the
search Program related to high-speed flight experi- Department of Justice Salaries and Expenses account
ment testing; Adams (No. 84) that prohibits the use in order to give funds to the Office of Access to Jus-
of Department of Justice funds to acquire chemical tice, which provides access to legal aid for individ-
agents, such as tear gas; Cohen (No. 93) that pro- uals in need; Scott (VA) (No. 139) that prohibits the
hibits the use of funds to enter into any new con- use of funds made available by this Act for the
tract, grant, or cooperative agreement with any Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Trump related business listed in the President (EEOC) to finalize, issue or enforce the proposed rule
Trump’s Annual Financial Disclosure Report sub- entitled ‘‘Official Time in Federal Sector Cases Be-
mitted to the Office of Government Ethics as well fore the Commission’’ published in the Federal Reg-
as certain Trump related properties listed on the ister on December 11, 2019; Speier (No. 141) that
Trump Organization’s website; Escobar (No. 94) that
prohibits funds from being used to enforce the zero- increases funding for DOJ’s Community Relations
tolerance prosecution policy at the Department of Service by $2.7 million in order to support hiring
Justice; Escobar (No. 95) that ensures that federal of regional directors and mediation specialists to
law enforcement is not used in violation of 1st work within communities to facilitate dialogue and
Amendment rights; Horsford (No. 100) that nullifies provide mediation, training, and consultation when
the effect of the recent executive order that requires conflicts arise based on race, color, national origin,
Federal agencies to share citizenship data; Jayapal; sex, religion, or disability; and Tlaib (No. 146) that
(No. 103) that transfers $2 million from Department prohibits funds from being used by the Department
of Justice general administration account to a Na- of Justice (DOJ) to implement, administer, or en-
tional Center for Restorative Justice; Ted Lieu (CA) force the DOJ rule requiring DNA collection from
(No. 106) that prohibits funds from being used for immigration detainees; Pages H4124–29
DOJ’s Operation Legend and Operation Relentless Lowey en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the
Pursuit, which are being used to send federal law en- following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept.
forcement officers into various cities across the U.S.; 116–461: Bacon (No. 2) that increases and Decreases
Malinowski (No. 109) that increases and decreases by Defense Health Program funding by $5,000,000 for
$1,000,000 the Department of Justice’s National Se- the purpose of developing a digital solution proto-
curity Division to emphasize the need for more re- type to improve total force and military family
sources into domestic terrorism investigation and wellness, readiness and resiliency; Beyer (No. 3) that
prosecution such as the Counsel for Domestic Ter- matches appropriation to authorization for the Direct
rorism; McNerney (No. 115) that increases and de- Air Capture and Blue Carbon Removal Technology
creases by $5,000,000 the National Science Founda- Program; Brindisi (No. 5) that increases Air Force
tion’s Research and Related Activities budget to RDT&E by $5 million for B–2 bomber maintenance
support a National Academy of Sciences study on training system modernization. Offset is Defense-
the optimal approaches and procedures for imple- Wide O&M; Carbajal (No. 8) that increases Army
menting partisan symmetry and compactness criteria RDTE by $4 million for the completion of an
for congressional district selection; Meng (No. 117) anthropomorphic study for body armor moderniza-
that prohibits use of funds made available by this tion; Carson (IN) (No. 10) that provides $5,000,000
Act to implement, administer, or enforce the Presi- in additional funding for pancreatic cancer research,
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including early detection, at the Department of De- tional litter attached load stability systems to be de-
fense (DoD); Chabot (No. 11) that increases and de- ployed at the bottom of the helicopter hoist; Horn
creases by $5M for Army, RDT&E; the intent of the (OK) (No. 27) that decreases the Defense Wide Op-
amendment is to provide $5.0M for demonstration erations and Maintenance Account by $4,000,000
of the AH–64 dual-piloted portion of the CROSS- and increases the Research, Development, Test and
BOW System; Cicilline (No. 12) that increases fund- Evaluation, Army Account by $4,000,000 for Long
ing for the Defense Established Program to Stimu- Range Precision Fires Technology in order to fulfill
late Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) program by the Army’s urgent need for the development and in-
$2 million; Crawford (No. 14) that moves $500,000 tegration of precision strike munitions capabilities in
from Defense-wide O&M to Army O&M to fund a Global Position System (GPS) contested environ-
history of Explosive Ordnance Disposal project at the ments; Hudson (No. 28) that decreases and increases
Army War College; Crow (No. 15) that increases by $382,084,000 for the Defense Logistics Agency
funding for the purposes of cUAS technology inte- to underscore the need to improve efforts to address
gration with robotic combat vehicles; Cunningham bribery, fraud, and corruption within DLA; Jackson
(No. 16) that increases funding for Research, Devel- Lee (No. 29) that increases and decreases the Depart-
opment, Test and Evaluation, Navy by $5 million to ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund by $2
be used for the Navy’s Network and Data Center In- million to provide the Secretary of Defense the flexi-
telligent Agent program, which will help facilitate bility needed for technical assistance for U.S. mili-
the application of novel technologies to improve tary women to military women in other countries
troubleshooting of onboard ship data centers; Dingell combating violence targeting women and children as
(No. 17) that provides for an additional $5 million a weapon of war, terrorism, human trafficking, and
for the Fisher House Foundation which is offset by narcotics trafficking; Jackson Lee (No. 30) that re-
an outlay neutral reduction in the Operation and duces funding for Operations and Maintenance-De-
Maintenance, Defense-wide account; Graves (LA) fense Wide, by $5 million and increases funding for
(No. 20) that increases and decreases the Army Defense HealthCare for PTSD by $5 million; Jack-
RDTE budget by $3 million develop and test bio- son Lee (No. 31) that reduces funding for Operations
medical approaches to nutrition, metabolism, and and Maintenance-Defense Wide, by $10 million and
human psychology to enhance warfighter capabilities increases funding for Defense HealthCare for Triple
and reduce health risks; Grothman (No. 21) that Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) by $10 million;
provides an increase of $31.306 million in Procure- Lamb (No. 32) that provides an additional
ment, Marine Corps account to restore necessary $4,000,000 for Navy Research, Development, Test-
funding for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) pro- ing, and Evaluation and directs those resources to
duction; decreases Operation and Maintenance, De- novel therapeutic interventions research under the
fense-Wide by the same amount to meet required Warfighter Protection Advance Technology program
budgetary offsets; Guest (No. 22) that prohibits to improve warfighter resilience and readiness; Levin
funds from being used to implement the Air Force’s (CA) (No. 33) that provides $4 million for the Link-
proposed conversion of 11 Air National Guard 16 Space Experiment to demonstrate the ability to
KC–135 Aircraft from Primary Aerospace Vehicle add real-time sensor-to-shooter integration to Link-
Inventory (PAI) to Backup Aerospace Vehicle Inven- 16 on satellites that would help increase mission
tory (BAI) until KC–46 deliveries meet the readiness speed and safety; Loebsack (No. 34) that increases
goals of Air Force and Air National Guard; Hartzler funding available by $2 million for the United
(No. 23) that increases and decreases by $5 million States Army Medical Research and Development
the Defense Health Program’s operations and main- Command to carry research for Tuberous Sclerosis
tenance account in order to direct that $5 million be Complex Research Program (TSCRP) in Defense
used to provide funding for DoD medical providers Health Program; Lynch (No. 35) that increases and
to utilize non-profit, community-based, post trau- decreases the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
matic growth organizations as a treatment option for wide account by $5 Million to provide funding for
PTSD, Suicide Prevention and for promoting service the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency; Mitch-
member resilience; Hartzler (No. 24) that provides ell (No. 40) that increases and decreases Research,
$5 million to support safety ejection seat upgrades Development, Technology and Evaluation, Defense-
for the T–38; Hern (OK) (No. 25) that increases and Wide to increase funding for weldable ultra hard
decreases by $3 million for research, development, armor; Mitchell (No. 41) that increases and decreases
test, and evaluation for the Army, with the intent Other Procurement, Army account to restore the
that the $3 million will be used for cyber initiatives; Army’s investments in HMMWV anti-lock brake
Horn (OK) (No. 26) that increases funding to Army system and electronic stability control retrofit kits to
Aircraft Procurement for the procurement of addi- prevent rollover accidents; Moolenaar (No. 42) that
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provides $10,000,000 in National Guard Personnel, poses; Slotkin (No. 63) that increases funding for
Army funding for Operation Northern Strike, equal DoD investment in dual-use hardware technologies
to FY20 enacted level; Moulton (No. 43) that in- critical to national security and manufactured in the
creases Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, United States by supporting the National Security
Defense-Wide by $20,000,000 and decreases Oper- Innovation Capital program; Research, Development,
ation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by the same Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide is increased by
amount; Moulton (No. 45) that increases and de- $15,000,000, and Operations & Maintenance, De-
creases the Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Ac- fense Wide is decreased by the same amount; Smith
tivities, Defense account by $4 million funding in (WA) (No. 64) that increases LPD Class Support
order to restore funding for the Young Marines to Equipment by $5 million for alternative actuator
historic levels; Murphy (FL) (No. 46) that increases competition for amphibious ships, and decreases LCS
and decreases the Army’s Research, Development, MCM Mission Modules by $5 million; Speier (No.
Test and Evaluation budget activity by $5 million, 67) that increases funding for DoD’s Sexual Assault
to indicate support for the Synthetic Training Envi- Special Victims’ Counsel Program by $6 million to
ronment Refinement and Prototyping program ele- accommodate increased overall caseloads due to ex-
ment, funded in the bill at $129,547,000; Panetta pansion of the program to serve survivors of Domes-
(No. 50) that resources the Army’s Future Vertical tic Violence and to support compliance with the new
Lift Advanced Technology program to support an NDAA statutory requirement to reduce the caseload
upgraded head mounted display and enhance flight per SVC from 50 to 25; Speier (No. 68) that in-
safety in degraded visual environments (snow, dust, creases funding to support the expansion in the
rain, night); Panetta (No. 51) that increases and de- NDAA of DoD’s Exceptional Family Member Pro-
creases the operation and maintenance, defense wide gram by $6 million, including supporting the hiring
account by $2 million in order to Resource the of attorneys to advocate for the individualized edu-
USSOCOM Preservation of the Force and Family cational needs of military children served by EFMP;
program to provide support services specifically de-
signed to build resilience, improve operational per- Speier (No. 69) that increases and decreases funding
formance, and ensure force readiness; Pappas (No. by $1 million to ensure surveillance systems are
52) that increases and decreases the Defense Health operational at key Army facilities, such as the Fort
Program account by $4,000,000 in order to provide Hood armory where SPC Vanessa Guillén was mur-
funding for the Defense Health Agency’s Armed dered, which had video surveillance equipment that
Forces Medical Examiner System’s DoD DNA Oper- was not maintained or functioning; Stauber (No. 70)
ations Section to perform DNA testing for DPAA in that increases and decreases the Operation and Main-
support of its efforts to identify POW/MIAs; Porter tenance, Navy account by $1,000,000 with the in-
(No. 54) that increases and decreases funding for the tent of giving the Secretary of the Navy the author-
Defense Health Program by approximately 0.001% ity to direct naval ship maintenance at non-home-
of total Department of Defense funding to highlight port shipyards to meet surge capacity should the
the inadequate resources dedicated to suicide preven- shipyards meet the requirements of the Navy for
tion program; Posey (No. 55) that provides for an ship repair work; Stefanik (No. 71) that increases
increase to Army OPA for the Joint Effects Tar- and decreases funding for the Operation and Mainte-
geting System (JETS) by $5M; reduces funding from nance, Defense-Wide account by $2,500,000 to em-
O&M, Army-Servicewide Communications account phasize the need to fund the National Security Com-
by $5M; Reschenthaler (No. 56) that increases de- mission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI); Stevens
fense-wide RDTE by $5 million to establish and (No. 72) that increases and decreases by $5,000,000
scale a domestic supply for strategic metals, specifi- to support research and development in hypersonics
cally titanium, by converting military and industrial and thermal management in the Manufacturing USA
scrap materials into aerospace grade powders, which Institutes; Suozzi (No. 73) that resources the Navy’s
will reduce costs, improve readiness, and reduce de- Aviation Life Support Mods (#52) to maintain min-
pendence on imported strategic metals for use in de- imum production of the Enhanced Emergency Oxy-
fense and commercial aerospace systems; Shalala (No. gen System (EEOS) to addresses safety issues for
59) that increases the Research, Development, Test navy aircrews experiencing hypoxia during flight;
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide program to ensure Thornberry (No. 74) that increases and decreases by
contract requirements between American universities $3.0 million for research, development, test, and
and Confucius Institutes comply with provisions to evaluation defense-wide, with the intent that the
protect academic freedom at the institution and pro- $3.0 million will be used for Defense Innovation
hibits the application of any foreign law on any cam- Unit pilot program on talent optimization; Veasey
pus affiliated with the institution, and for other pur- (No. 78) that takes $5 million in funding away from
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the Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Ac- challenges caused by COVID–19 and the need for
count and gives that $5 million in funding to the additional investment in domestic manufacturing
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine supply lines; Hudson (No. 101) that increases by $1
Corps Account; Wilson (No. 80) that prohibits US million the amount available for research to study
funding from going to the Badr Organization a mili- the root causes of school violence; Jackson Lee (No.
tia whose leader participated in the attack on the US 102) that increases and decreases by $2,000,000
Embassy in Baghdad in December 2019; Wilson funding for the Office of Justice Programs grant in
(No. 81) that prohibits taxpayer funding from going order to support programs to engage adult men and
to the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces which are young persons to reduce and prevent domestic vio-
largely made up of Iranian backed militias; Young lence against children; Johnson (TX) (No. 104) that
(No. 82) that reduces the Air Force Operations and increases and decreases Research and Related Activi-
Maintenance account by $20 million and increases ties by $1,500,000 to fund a National Academies
the Air Force Research, Development, Test, and study on racism in STEM studies and careers; Kuster
evaluation by the same amount, for an initial Arctic (No. 105) that increases funding by $1 million for
communications capability; Young (No. 83) that de- programs that address violence and abuse in later
creases the Defense Wide Operations and Mainte- life; Lipinski (No. 107) that increases and decreases
nance account by $10 million and increases the Air the National Science Foundation Research and Re-
Force Operations and Maintenance account by the lated Activities by $1,000,000 to highlight the im-
same amount, for the ISR Operations Office to sup- portance of programs that facilitate university re-
port the Cyber Operations for Base Resilient Archi- search tech transfer, including Innovation Corps;
tecture Pilot Program; Bera (No. 86) that increases Lowenthal (No. 108) that increases and decreases
VAWA grant program accounts by $1 million to NASA’s Science Missions Directorate by $30 million
support increased funding for grants enhancing cul- to compliment the report language enhancing the
turally specific services for domestic violence sur- small satellite mission launch services; McAdams
vivors; Bost (No. 89) that increases and decreases (No. 110) that increases funding for Internet Crimes
International Trade Administration (ITA) Operations Against Children Task Force grants under the DOJ
and Administration to prioritize ITA Enforcement missing and exploited children programs by $1 mil-
and Compliance anti-dumping (AD) and counter- lion with offsets; McAdams (No. 111) that increases
vailing duty (CVD) activities and to direct ITA to funding to Victims of Child Abuse Act programs to
report to the Committee on its plans to increase support Child Advocacy Centers that provide services
staffing for personnel involved in AD/CVD activities to child survivors of abuse by $2 million with off-
in order to address substantial increases in AD/CVD sets; McKinley (No. 112) that increases and de-
petitions, orders and reviews; Burgess (No. 90) that creases the Salaries and Expenses account within the
increases funding for the Keep Young Athletes Safe Federal Prison System budget by $2 million in order
Act grant program by $2.5 million and reduces to direct that $2 million within the account to be
funding for salaries and expenses at the Department used for recruitment and retention incentive pro-
of Commerce by $2.5 million; Cárdenas (No. 91) grams at short-staffed facilities; McKinley (No. 114)
that increases funds focusing on girls in the juvenile that increases and decreases NOAA’s Procurement,
justice system within the existing Title V program Acquisition, and Construction account by $2.3 mil-
by $1 million; Cárdenas (No. 92) that increases col- lion, in order to direct that $2.3 million to be used
laborative mental health and anti-recidivism initia- to create a test bed for advanced propulsion and me-
tive by $1 million; Espaillat (No. 96) that increases chanical subsystems that could be utilized in a new
and decreases the National Science Foundation ac- green boat design; McNerney (No. 116) that in-
count by $10,000,000 to highlight and encourage creases and decreases funding for NSF by $1.5 mil-
continued support of undergraduate STEM education lion in order for NSF to examine, including through
at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs); as author- workshops, and publish findings on: (1) Which uni-
ized by the America COMPETES Act; Gomez (No. versities are putting out significant peer-reviewed AI
97) that increases funding for the National Institute research, including based on quantity and number of
of Standards and Technology (NIST) by $5 million citations; (2) For each of the universities listed in
to promote the participation of women and people (1), what specific factors enable their AI research, in-
of color in research areas supported by NIST, and re- cluding computing power, data sets and availability,
duces funding from Commerce’s Departmental Man- specialized curriculum, and industry and other part-
agement, Salaries and Expenses account by $5 mil- nerships; and (3) How universities not included in
lion; Gottheimer (No. 99) that increases and de- (1) could implement the factors in (2) to produce AI
creases the Manufacturing Extension Partnership ac- research, as well as case studies that universities can
count by $1 million to address the supply chain look to as examples and potential pilot programs
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that the federal government could develop or sup- crimes liaison to each field office of the FBI to inves-
port to help universities produce AI research; Moore tigate hate crimes incidents with a nexus to domes-
(No. 118) that increases VAWA’s Transitional Hous- tic terrorism; Soto (No. 140) that increases and de-
ing Program by $2.5 million; Moore (No. 119) that creases funding for NASA’s Planetary Science budget
increases VAWA’s Sexual Assault Special Program to reaffirm the importance of the Near Earth Object
Formula Grant by $2.5 million; Moulton (No. 120) Surveillance Mission (NEOSM) in identifying poten-
that provides an additional $1.5 million in funding tially hazardous near Earth objects and ensures that
for the research and monitoring of North Atlantic at least $40 million of NASA’s Planetary Science
Right Whales; Neguse (No. 121) that increases budget is used to fund NEOSM; Speier (No. 142)
funding for the NASA National Space Grant College that increases funding for the Debbie Smith program
and Fellowship Program by $1 million; Neguse (No. by $4 million to help close the rape kit backlog;
122) that increases by $1 million grants to States to Stevens (No. 143) that increases and decreases the
upgrade criminal and mental health records for the NASA Aeronautics account by $15 million to sup-
National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys- port the domestic development of lower cost, higher
tem; reduces by $1 million the DOJ General Ad- rate production advanced carbon fiber composite
ministration Salaries and Expenses; Neguse (No. structures to meet the multi-functional requirements
123) that increases and decreases $1 million to the of subsonic and hypersonic flight, including thermal
General Legal Activities account at the Department management, damping, shielding, shock and light-
of Justice to allocate more resources for the enforce- weighting; Stevens (No. 144) that increases and de-
ment of anti-animal cruelty laws at the DOJ Envi- creases the National Science Foundation’s research
ronment and Natural Resources Division; Omar (No. and related activities account by $200 million to
128) that provides a $1 million increase to grants to highlight the work of the NSF on COVID-related
state and local law enforcement agencies for the ex- research and encourage continued support; Stevens
penses associated with the investigation and prosecu- (No. 145) that increases and decreases the National
tion of criminal offenses, involving civil rights, au- Science Foundation’s Education & Human Resources
thorized by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights account by $350 million to highlight NSF’s work
Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016; Pappas (No. with K–12 STEM education programs and encourage
129) that increases and decreases State and Local Law continued support; and Tonko (No. 147) that in-
Enforcement Assistance by $10,000,000 to support creases and decreases the NOAA operations, research,
$10,000,000 in grant money for local law enforce- and facilities account by $2,000,000 in order to re-
ment agencies with fewer than 350 employees to pay
for accreditation or re-certification by a national, serve the $2,000,000 to establish the Boundary
state, regional, or Tribal professional law enforce- Layer Observations and Wind Profiler Research Pro-
ment organization; Perry (No. 130) that increases gram; Pages H4129–34
and decreases by $100,000 for the purpose of devel- Walberg amendment (No. 149 printed in part B
oping, enlarging, or strengthening victim services of H. Rept. 116–461) that prohibits use of funds for
and legal assistance programs for victims of Female ‘‘adoptive seizures,’’ wherein law enforcement evades
Genital Mutilation; Porter (No. 131) that increases stricter state laws governing civil asset forfeiture by
funding by $1 million to investigate and prosecute seizing property and referring it to federal authori-
hate crimes, and to support education and outreach ties; Page H4143
under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Visclosky en bloc amendment No. 4 consisting of
Hate Crimes Prevention Act; Porter (No. 132) that the following amendments printed in part B of H.
increases funding by $1 million to address the sexual Rept. 116–461: Waters (No. 150) that states that no
assault kit backlog; Ruiz (No. 134) that increases funds in this act may be used to interfere with the
funding for Law Enforcement Mental Health and duties and responsibilities of United States Attor-
Wellness Act program grants by $2.5 million; Rush neys; Bergman (No. 153) that increases funding for
(No. 135) that increases funding for community- the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Regu-
based violence prevention initiatives; Schneider (No. latory Program by $5,000,000 for the purpose of en-
137) that increases and decreases FBI Salaries and suring timely processing of permits related to Great
Expenses by $1 million to direct the FBI to develop Lakes flooding and rising water levels, including
and implement a process to track and report to Con- through the promotion and appropriate application
gress on an annual basis on extremist activity in law of After the Fact Permits described in 33 CFR
enforcement, including Federal law enforcement 326.3(e) which may help USACE process many
agencies; Schneider (No. 138) that increases and de- small-scale requests in a swift manner and avoid
creases FBI Salaries and Expenses by $10 million to backlogs; Cooper (No. 156) that increases and de-
direct the FBI to assign a special agent or hate creases the Corps of Engineers investigations account
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by $1.3 million to highlight the need to study add- ment of Energy’s ‘‘Departmental Administration’’ ac-
ing flood risk management as an authorized purpose count to the ‘‘Fossil Energy Research and Develop-
for the Old Hickory Lock and Dam and the Cordell ment’’ account; Morelle (No. 178) that decreases and
Hull Dam and Reservoir; Dingell (No. 157) that in- increases funding by $1,000,000 for the Inertial
creases and decreases FERC’s budget by $3 million Confinement Fusion program within Weapons Ac-
for the purpose of emphasizing continued improve- tivities to emphasize the need to increase funding for
ments in dam safety, including conducting a tech- cyber infrastructure and remote user access to laser
nical conference with States to improve safety over- facilities; Perry (No. 180) that increases by
sight of hydropower projects; Fletcher (No. 159) that $1,000,000 funding for the EERE’s Water Power
increases and decreases funding for the DOE’s Fossil Technologies Office, offset by a decrease in Depart-
Energy Research and Development account by $10 mental Administration; Scalise (No. 182) that in-
million to emphasize support for the testing and creases and decreases funds within the Office of En-
evaluation of using deep well injection and geo- ergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $1 million
thermal biodegradation to divert and sequester bio- to emphasize the need to prevent the purchasing of
solids and other complex waste streams away from rare earth minerals from Chinese owned mines that
land-based disposal options, while reducing carbon employ child labor; Scott (VA) (No. 183) that in-
emissions; Gianforte (No. 160) that increases and de- creases and decreases by $7 million to highlight the
creases the Water and Related Resources account by need to support the work of the Office of Science
$25 million to underscore that funds should be used and the timely expansion and renovation of the Con-
for the St. Mary’s Rehabilitation Phase One; Gosar tinuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility at Jeffer-
(No. 161) that increases funding for critical minerals son Lab; Scott (VA) (No. 184) that increases and de-
in Office of Fossil Energy by $2.5 million and the creases the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Construc-
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy tion account by $78.3 million to underscore the
by $600,000 to match the President’s FY 21 Budget need for increased funding for coastal construction
Request; these increases are offset by a decrease of projects; Swalwell (CA) (No. 187) that increases and
$3.1 million from the DOE Departmental General decreases by $10 million to emphasize support for
Administration account; Gosar (No. 163) that trans- the Department of Energy’s Hazardous Waste Oper-
fers $5 million from the Department of Energy’s De- ations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
partmental Administration account to the Cybersecu- worker training program, which provides site-spe-
rity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response ac- cific, quality training for workers to identify haz-
count; Gosar (No. 164) that transfers $5 million ardous situations and to take appropriate actions to
from the Department of Energy’s Departmental Ad- protect themselves and their colleagues, the public,
ministration account to the Office of Science to and the environment; Wagner (No. 190) that in-
highlight the importance of R&D for quantum com- creases and decreases the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
puting; Lipinski (No. 169) that increases and de- neers Construction account by $20,000,000 to un-
creases the Department of Energy Office of Science derscore the need to restore funding to the FY20
by $25,000,000 for the purpose of highlighting sup- level ($30,000,000) for authorized reimbursements
port for the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility; for projects with executed project partnership agree-
Loebsack (No. 170) that increases and decreases the ments that have completed construction or where
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account by non-federal sponsors intend to use the funds for ad-
$5,000,000 with the intent of supporting the ad- ditional water resource development activities;
vancement of distributed wind technologies and re- Weber (No. 191) that increases and decreases the
search; Luján (No. 171) that increases and decreases Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy by
the Departmental Administration account by $235,000,000 to highlight the importance of the
$1,000,000 to emphasize greater flexibility to DOE’s Versatile Test Reactor Project; Welch (No. 192) that
research and development offices in administering increases and decreases by $7 million the Army
the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Corps of Engineers general construction account to
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) pro- emphasize the need for the Army Corps to designate
grams; Lynch (No. 172) that increases and decreases funding to the 542 Program in their 2021 workplan;
the USACE Construction Account by $10 million; Young (No. 193) that increases and decreases $150
McAdams (No. 174) that provides additional fund- million to the Water Power Technologies Office for
ing for the Central Utah Project Completion Act grants to deploy hydropower, pumped storage and
program; McAdams (No. 175) that provides addi- marine energy projects and related transmission in-
tional funding for the Clean Cities program in the frastructure in low-income, economically distressed,
Energy Efficiency Program within DOE; McKinley underserved, or rural communities, for which no cost
(No. 176) that transfers $5 million from the Depart- share is required; Cisneros (No. 195) that increases
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funding for Small Business Development Centers by health, counseling, and technical assistance in the
$5 million; Fitzpatrick (No. 197) that increases wake of traumatic events at schools that are disrup-
funding for the ‘‘National Archives and Records Ad- tive to learning—such as natural disasters, violence
ministration—Repairs and Restoration’’ account by at school, or pandemics; Danny K. Davis (IL) (No.
$8,025,000; Graves (LA) (No. 199) that increases 230) that increases funding to the account of Birth
and decreases funding to the SBA Disaster Loan Pro- Defects, Development Disabilities, Disabilities and
gram by $1 million in order to urge the SBA Ad- Health by $2,000,000, and decreases the administra-
ministrator to consider a SBA Disaster Loan recipi- tion account in the Office of the Secretary of Health
ent’s duplication of benefits relief eligibility, under and Human Services by $2,000,000; DeSaulnier (No.
Section 312 of the Stafford Act, before pursuing en- 231) that increases and decreases the Department of
forcement actions; Guest (No. 200) that increases the Labor budget by $2 million with the intention of
Bank Enterprise Award Program by $1,000,000 and funding a study that examines the cost savings of
would be offset by decreasing the General Services teleworking/telecommuting, specifically as it relates
Administration’s rent account by the same amount; to worker productivity, cost savings to the employer,
Krishnamoorthi (No. 202) that prohibition of GSA transportation emission reductions, child care costs,
selling cars that may have a recall on them; Lesko etc; DeSaulnier (No. 232) that increases funding for
(No. 204) that increases and decreases the Federal
Buildings Fund by $90,000,000 to be directed to Statewide Family Engagement Centers at the De-
the San Luis I Port of Entry in Arizona; Carolyn B. partment of Education by $1 million; Escobar (No.
Maloney (NY) (No. 206) that prohibits the Postal 233) that increases and decreases funding by $1 mil-
Service from using funds appropriated by this Act to lion in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Ad-
implement any changes to standards and operations ministration (SAMHSA) account to encourage the
that will delay mail delivery; Spanberger (No. 212) agency to streamline the application process for
that directs the Internal Revenue Service to prioritize SAMHSA grants; Espaillat (No. 236) that increases
the reduction of the backlog of taxpayer correspond- and decreases by $10,000,000 to support greater mi-
ence that has resulted from COVID–19; Zeldin (No. nority patient outreach and minority candidate in-
217) that prohibits the use of funds for the GSA to clusion by the National Institute of Allergy and In-
market or sell the National Bio and Agro-defense fectious Diseases in clinical trial participation for any
Facility at Plum Island, New York; Bera (No. 220) vaccine or therapeutics to treat the novel Coronavirus
that increases and decreases the School Improvement 2019 (COVID–19); Espaillat (No. 238) that in-
Account by $500,000 with the intent of directing creases and decreases funds by $10 million in Part
the Department of Education to collect and share A of Title III of the ESEA to highlight the need for
best practices for offering online classroom instruc- English Language Acquisition (ELA) grants and
tion with local education agencies, including re- technical assistance to local education agencies sup-
sources from the What Works Clearinghouse and porting the education of English learners (ELs);
lessons learned by schools from the transition to on- Finkenauer (No. 240) that increases funding by $5
line learning this past school year as a result of million for Certified Community Behavioral Health
COVID–19; Beyer (No. 223) that increases and de- Clinics, decreases $5 million from the Office of the
creases funds by $500,000 to highlight the need for Secretary account; Gomez (No. 243) that provides an
a GAO study on standardized tests for college ad- additional $5 million for the NIH’s National Insti-
missions, the accountability and oversight of the or- tute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
ganizations managing such tests, efficacy of such (NIMHD), decreases $5 million from the Office of
tests, impact in admissions decisions, and economic the Secretary account; Gomez (No. 244) that pro-
impact on college applicants; Burgess (No. 226) that vides an additional $5 million for the Health Cen-
increases and decreases funds by $100 million in the ters program, decreases $5 million from the Office
Public Health and Social Services Emergency fund to of the Secretary account; Gottheimer (No. 245) that
highlight the need for manufacturing process im- increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 in the
provements to increase yields of Immunoglobulin G
in plasma manufacturing in the United States; Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Envi-
Cárdenas (No. 227) that increases funding for the ronmental Health account to emphasize the impor-
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative by $1 tance of every child having access to drinking water
million and decreases funding for HHS’s General at school that’s free of lead and dangerous materials;
Departmental Management account by $1 million; Gottheimer (No. 246) that increases and decreases
Crow (No. 229) that increases the carve-out for the Public Health Emergency Fund by $1 million to
Project SERV from $5 million to $6 million, which highlight the need for all Members of Congress to
funds grants to local education agencies for mental have access to the weekly updates on the Strategic
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National Stockpile from the Secretary of HHS pro- et for FVPSA by $5,000,000; decrease the General
vided to House and Senate Appropriations Commit- Departmental Management fund under the Office of
tees; Hastings (No. 247) that provides an additional the HHS Secretary by $5,000,000; McKinley (No.
$500,000 for civics education, split equally between 266) that provides an additional $1 million to the
American History and Civics Academies, and Amer- Alternatives to Opioids in the Emergency Depart-
ican History and Civics National Activities; Hudson ment which is authorized in Section 7091 of the
(No. 250) that increases Impact Aid 7003(b) by SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act;
$1,000,000 and decreases Department of Education McKinley (No. 267) that funds Sec. 7081 of the
Departmental Management Program Administration SUPPORT Act, preventing overdoses while in emer-
fund by $1,000,000; Jackson Lee (No. 251) that in- gency rooms by creating a coordinated care model;
creases and decreases funds by $10,000,000 increase Norcross (No. 271) that appropriates $11.5 million
in funding to support greater diversity in the pool for military and civilian partnership for trauma read-
of diabetes research professionals and patients partici- iness grants as authorized by section 204 of the Pan-
pating in clinical trials; Jackson Lee (No. 252) that demic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing
increases and decreases funds by $10,000,000 with Innovation Act of 2019; Omar (No. 272) that trans-
the intent of supporting programs that provide out- fers $1 million to the CDC with the intention that
reach and support services targeting program partici- the agency use the funds to conduct a study on the
pants at greatest risk of not completing a college de- health impacts of mercury exposure caused by the
gree due to COVID–19 education disruption; use of commercial skin lightening products; Panetta
Keating (No. 254) that increases the Bureau of (No. 273) that increases and decreases School Im-
Health Workforce account by $5 million to go to- provement Programs funding by $1million to em-
ward the Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program, de- phasize the need for additional funding for the
creases the Office of the Secretary account by $5 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act’s Edu-
million; Keating (No. 255) that increases the NIH cation for Homeless Children and Youth program
budget by $2 million to go towards a study and a
report to Congress reviewing the increased use of (EHCY); Pappas (No. 274) that increases and de-
opioids during the COVID–19 pandemic; Lee (NV) creases by $4,000,000 funding for NIH Office of the
(No. 257) that increases funding for the Full-Service Director in order to establish a pilot program to
Community Schools Program (FSCS) by $1 million; support research and development jointly with Israel
Lee (NV) (No. 258) that provides an additional for effective responses to COVID–19; Pascrell (No.
$1,000,000 to Area Health Education Centers 275) that decreases the General Departmental Man-
(AHEC) within HRSA’s Bureau of Health Work- agement funding by $1 million and provides fund-
force account to address shortages and increase diver- ing $1 million for the National Concussion Surveil-
sity in communities’, health workforce pipelines by lance System within the Centers for Disease Control
developing education and training networks among and Prevention; Perlmutter (No. 276) that increases
local academic institutions and community-based or- the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Program
ganizations; makes corresponding reduction in the by $2 million in order to fund the Department of
General Departmental Management sub-account of Labor Office of the Ombudsman through Fiscal Year
HHS’s Office of the Secretary; Luján (No. 261) that 2021; Perlmutter (No. 277) that increases the En-
increases funding for Comprehensive Opioid Recov- ergy Employees Occupational Illness Program by
ery Centers (CORCs) under the SAMHSA Mental $300,000 to fund a support contractor for the Advi-
Health account by $8 million, bringing total fund- sory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
ing for CORCs to the full $10 million authorized by and help the Board fulfill its legislative mandate;
the SUPPORT Act; offset by a corresponding reduc- Porter (No. 279) that increases funding to provide
tion to HHS Office of the Secretary; Sean Patrick $500,000 for the Maternal Mental Health Hotline;
Maloney (NY) (No. 262) that increases and decreases Porter (No. 280) that increases funding to provide
funding by $10 million in the Institute of Museum $55,500,000 for the Child Care Access Means Par-
and Library Services account to highlight the need ents in School Program (CCAMPIS); Pressley (No.
for technological advancements, like Wi-Fi and com- 281) that increases funding by $5 million for the
puters, in Libraries, especially those in communities National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
that are economically distressed; McAdams (No. and Skin Diseases, which conducts research for alope-
263) that increases funding for the Suicide Lifeline cia areata, by decreasing the General Departmental
program under the SAMHSA Mental Health account Management budget for the Department of Health
by $4 million with offsets; McBath (No. 265) that and Human Services’ Office of the Secretary; Rich-
increases overall budget for Children and Family mond (No. 282) that increases and decreases Student
Services by $5,000,000, thereby increasing the budg- Support and Academic Enrichment State Grants by
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$1 million to focus additional efforts on comprehen- portunities for state- and local-level partnerships, as
sive dropout prevention programs including those authorized by the SUPPORT for Patients and Com-
with experiential learning components; Schrier (No. munities Act. Decreases by $1 million the Office of
285) that increases then decreases by $200 million the Secretary—General Departmental Management;
funding to promote innovation in antibacterial re- Waters (No. 304) that increases funds for the Minor-
search and development by funding the CARB–X ity AIDS Initiative by $5 million and reduces re-
program that develops products directly supporting maining funds for the Office of the Secretary, HHS,
the government-wide National Action Plan for Com- General Departmental Management, by the same
bating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria; Sherrill (No. amount; Waters (No. 305) that increases funds for
287) that increases the National Institute of Mental the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, within
health budget by $5,000,000 to address youth men- the CDC’s ‘‘Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
tal health disparities; Smith (NJ) (No. 289) that re- Promotion’’ account, by $5 million and reduces
directs $4 million from General Departmental Man- funds for the Office of the Secretary, HHS, General
agement at the Department of Health and Human Departmental Management, by the same amount;
Services to Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Dis- Waters (No. 306) that increases funds for the Alli-
eases at the Centers for Disease Control, for Lyme ance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) with-
Disease and other Vector-Borne Diseases; Smith in HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health account by
(MO) (No. 290) that increases and decreases funds $5 million and reduces funds for the Office of the
by $1 million to highlight the need for the Secretary Secretary, HHS, General Departmental Management,
of HHS, in collaboration with the HHS Assistant by the same amount; Adams (No. 310) that transfers
Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the FDA $2,000,000 to the Capital Investment Grant pro-
Commissioner, the CDC Director, and the Secretary gram from the Office of the Secretary of Transpor-
for Homeland Security, to determine, and annually tation’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Admin-
update, a list of 300–400 medications for which it istration; Bera (No. 311) that increases and decreases
is critical that the Federal government ensure avail- the Housing Counseling Assistance program by $1
ability in the event of a public health emergency; million to encourage counselors to provide informa-
Speier (No. 291) that increases funding for the Rape, tion to clients on federal, state, and local eviction
Prevention and Education program by $5.25 million moratoriums, mortgage forbearance, and financial as-
to ensure that diverse stakeholders, including edu- sistance programs in response to the COVID–19
cational institutions, rape crisis centers, community pandemic; Escobar (No. 314) that increases and de-
organizations and state agency partners have suffi- creases funding for the Federal-Aid Highways ac-
cient resources to implement their programming to count by $1 million to highlight the need for col-
prevent sexual violence; Stauber (No. 293) that in- laboration between state and local governments when
creases SAMHSA for American Indian and Alaska determining what projects along the U.S.-Mexico
Native Suicide Prevention by $2,869,000 to combat border will receive federal funds set aside for border
the rampant suicide of Native Americans; Stevens state infrastructure; Gabbard (No. 315) that strikes
(No. 294) that reduces and increases funds by $5 a provision requiring certain communities to enter
million in the CDC’s Injury Prevention and Control into a cost share agreement with the Department of
account to highlight the need to fund the CDC’s Transportation for a new essential air service con-
work on drowning prevention; Taylor (No. 295) that tract; Gosar (No. 316) that increases and decreases
requires the Secretary of the Department of Health by $5 million the FAA’s Grant’s-In-Aid for Airports
and Human Services to enter into an agreement with account to highlight the need for continued small
the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and airport development via the Airport Improvement
Medicine to commission a report on the differences Program; Graves (LA) (No. 317) that prohibits the
between state, local, and federal vital statistics and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from
death reporting standards; to provide recommenda- using funds in contravention of Section 1210 of the
tions on how to harmonize these standards; and pro- FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018; Heck (No. 318)
vide information on the feasibility of establishing that increases funding for the Indian Community
and implementing national standards for vital statis- Development Block Grant Program; Jackson Lee
tics and death reporting; Trone (No. 300) that in- (No. 319) that increases and decreases the National
creases funding by $1 million for SAMHSA’s mental Infrastructure Investments account by $2,000,000 to
health programs to implement an Interagency Task emphasize support for urban bicycle and pedestrian
Force on Trauma-Informed Care to identify and dis- safety programs; Jackson Lee (No. 321) that increases
seminate evidence-based approaches on prevention and decreases by $1 million the Federal Rail Admin-
and identification of trauma, community-based prac- istration Safety and Operation’s account to emphasize
tices to support children and their families, and op- the need to provide dedicated funding to address
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community engagement on safety issues related rail- the President Trump’s Annual Financial Disclosure
road crossings in urban areas; Lamb (No. 324) that Report submitted to the Office of Government Eth-
increases funding by $1 million for the Federal ics as well as certain Trump related properties listed
Housing Administration (FHA) for administrative on the Trump Organization’s website; Dingell (No.
contract expenses, to support better lender and bor- 158) that prohibits funds for FERC to grant a hy-
rower knowledge of mortgage forbearance options for dropower license in contravention of the requirement
federally backed mortgages in light of COVID–19’s for a licensee to conform to the rules and regulations
impact on mortgage payments, and subtract $1 mil- of FERC’s dam safety requirements under the Fed-
lion from HUD’s Office of Housing; Malinowski eral Power Act; Huffman (No. 165) that states that
(No. 328) that increases funding for the Low or No none of the funds can be used for the Army Corps
Emission Grant Program by $1,500,000 for the pur- of Engineers to issue the Record of Decision for the
chase of zero and low emission buses; McGovern proposed Pebble Mine project; Jayapal (No. 166)
(No. 329) that increases funding for a radon testing that increases and decreases by $52.5 million the
and mitigation resident safety demonstration pro- Army Corps Construction account to highlight the
gram by $3 million; Neguse (No. 330) that increases need to fully fund the Army Corps Section 206 pro-
and decreases by $1 million the Federal Aviation gram at the authorized amount of $62.5 million in
Administration’s Research, Engineering, and Devel- order to provide critical support for fish passage and
opment Program to highlight the importance of in- other aquatic ecosystem restoration projects; Jayapal
vestments in noise mitigation research and tech- (No. 167) that increases funding for the Weatheriza-
nologies; Spano (No. 336) that increases funding for tion Assistance Program (WAP) by $250 million to
the commercial space transportation activities ac- ensure that funding is sufficient to meet the in-
count by $5.48 million to the fiscal year 2019 au- creased need for assistance in reducing household en-
thorized level; reduces funding by $5.48 million for ergy costs and supporting the creation of green jobs
the finance and management activities account; Stan- as a result of the COVID–19 crisis; also increases
ton (No. 337) that clarifies that tribal areas are in- funding for WAP training and technical assistance
cluded when determining the equitable distribution by $3 million; Levin (CA) (No. 168) that prohibits
of BUILD grants; Stauber (No. 338) that increases the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from using
and decreases the PHMSA authorization by funds to remove inspectors from licensed reactors un-
$1,000,000 to highlight the need to conduct a study dergoing spent fuel loading campaigns; Malinowski
of corrosion control techniques for leak prevention of (No. 173) that increases funding for the Vehicle
regulated above ground storage tanks; and Wexton Technologies Office by $25 million to advance the
(No. 340) that increases and decreases the Federal development and use of plug-in electric vehicles
Aviation Administration’s Facilities and Equipment charging infrastructure; McNerney (No. 177) that
account by $9 million to instruct the FAA to con- increases and decreases by $15,000,000 the Depart-
tinue the Remote Tower Pilot Program; ment of Energy’s Energy Information Administration
Pages H4143–50 (EIA) budget for the purposes of emphasizing more
Visclosky en bloc amendment No. 5 consisting of robust analysis and data collection from EIA’s com-
the following amendments printed in part B of H. mercial and residential surveys, specifically with re-
Rept. 116–461: Barragán (No. 151) that adds $25 gards to water consumption, as well as to make pub-
million for grants to deploy solar and distributed en- licly available water consumption data for commer-
ergy systems in low-income and underserved com- cial buildings, broken out by principal building ac-
munities, raising the existing amount from $200 tivity and region; Omar (No. 179) that clarifies that
million to $225 million; Barragán (No. 152) that in- the Department of Energy’s Section 1703 Loan Pro-
creases and decreases funding by $1 million for the gram is providing loans only to clean energy projects
SPR Petroleum Account to highlight that none of that avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or
the funds made available by this Act should be used human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases; Slotkin
to store any petroleum products that are not owned (No. 185) that decreases and increases by
by the United States in a storage or related facility $205,000,000 to emphasize that a sufficient amount
of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that is owned by, of this funding be used to conduct a complete and
or leased to, the United States; Boyle (No. 154) that thorough Environmental Impact Statement/Environ-
prevents funds from this act from being used to re- mental Assessment on Enbridge’s proposed tunnel to
ject grant applications due to the use of the term encase the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Macki-
‘‘global warming’’ or the term ‘‘climate change’’; naw; Stanton (No. 186) that provides an additional
Cohen (No. 155) that prohibits the use of funds to $250 million for Energy Efficiency and Conservation
enter into any new contract, grant, or cooperative Block Grants; Velázquez (No. 189) that prevents
agreement with any Trump related business listed in funds from this act from being used to reject grant
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applications due to the use of the term ‘‘sea level Exchange Commission on July 22, 2020; Waters
rise; Castro (TX) (No. 194) that requires that when (No. 216) that increases and decreases the CDFI Pro-
developing its list of recommendations for removal gram’s financial assistance and technical assistance
to the President, in addition to federal assets that awards by $68,400,000 to support allocating 40% of
honor the Confederacy and other historical figures the total amount to minority community develop-
that are not consistent with values of diversity, eq- ment financial institutions, including minority de-
uity, and inclusion, the Commission must consider pository institutions, and a report to Congress on the
and evaluate federal assets that do not represent the implementation of such allocation; Adams (No. 218)
demographic diversity and history of the community that prohibits the use of funds for the enforcement
where the asset is located; Cohen (No. 196) that pro- of WHD Field Bulletin No. 2020–2, which at-
hibits the use of funds to enter into any new con- tempts to limit liquidated damages for violations of
tract, grant, or cooperative agreement with any minimum wage and overtime protections; Bera (No.
Trump related business listed in the President 221) that decreases and increases funds by $1 mil-
Trump’s Annual Financial Disclosure Report sub- lion in the CDC Public Health Preparedness and Re-
mitted to the Office of Government Ethics as well sponse account to urge CDC to integrate early warn-
as certain Trump related properties listed on the ing surveillance data, such as network-connected de-
Trump Organization’s website; Gottheimer (No. vices like smart thermometers and pulse oximeters or
198) that increases the Federal Communications symptom surveys, into its COVID–19 syndromic
Commission Broadband Infrastructure Grants ac- surveillance to help identify potential hotspots even
count by $1,000,000; this increase is to help address before individuals present to a health care facility;
the challenges unserved and underserved areas face, Bera (No. 222) that decreases and increases funds by
especially as we increasingly work, learn, and social- $1 million in the CDC Immunization and Res-
ize online; Krishnamoorthi (No. 203) that prohibits piratory Diseases account to urge CDC to prioritize
funds from executive branch employees from pro- assistance to State, local, tribal, and territorial health
moting private companies; Lipinski (No. 205) that departments regarding Immunization Information
increases and decreases by $1 million the funding for Systems to best prepare for management and dis-
the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General in tribution of seasonal influenza and COVID–19 vac-
order to encourage USPS to investigate and take cor- cines and to support mass vaccination efforts; Beyer
rective action regarding widespread mail delivery (No. 224) that requires the National Academies of
issues in the City of Chicago; Neguse (No. 208) that Sciences Engineering and Medicine do to a holistic
strikes the 5 percent state matching requirement for review of the U.S. coronavirus response and offer rec-
election security grants; Pascrell (No. 209) that in- ommendations, including but not limited to how to
creases funding by $2,000,000 for the United States build public health security and pandemic prepared-
Postal Service (USPS) for USPS to carry out pilot ness; Cohen (No. 228) that prohibits the use of
programs to expand its current postal banking serv- funds to enter into any new contract, grant, or coop-
ices to surcharge free automated teller machines, erative agreement with any Trump related business
wire transfers, check cashing, and bill payment; listed in the President Trump’s Annual Financial
Pressley (No. 210) that increases funding to the Disclosure Report submitted to the Office of Gov-
Election Assistance Commission to fund voter edu- ernment Ethics as well as certain Trump related
cation campaigns to combat disinformation and to properties listed on the Trump Organization’s
encourage political participation among youth; Rice website; Escobar (No. 234) that increases and de-
(NY) (No. 211) that increases funding for the Office creases funding by $1 million in the Office of the
of Special Counsel to match the agency’s FY 2021 Secretary account to urge the U.S.-Mexico Border
budget request so that that agency can carry out Health Commission to develop and implement a bi-
critical Hatch Act investigations and to address its national strategy to address COVID–19 in the bor-
whistleblower case backlog; Speier (No. 213) that in- der region; Escobar (No. 235) that prohibits funds
creases funding for the Internal Revenue Service’s from being used to implement or enforce the restric-
Operations Support by $10 million in order to im- tions under the rule entitled, ‘‘Order Under Sections
prove the Service’s capacity to address outstanding 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act;
Economic Impact Payments and respond to congres- Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons
sional inquiries about casework; Waters (No. 215) From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Ex-
that states that none of the funds made available by ists’’ at the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico;
this Act may be used to implement, administer, or Espaillat (No. 237) that prohibits the Office of Ref-
enforce the amendments to sections 240.14a–1(l), ugee Resettlement and the U.S. Department of
240.14a–2, or 240.14a–9 of title 17, Code of Federal Health and Human Services from contracting with
Regulations, that were adopted by the Securities and any for-profit contractor for the purposes of housing
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unaccompanied children (UAC); Jayapal (No. 253) academic research on issues of racial inequality;
that prohibits use of funds to implement or enforce Speier (No. 292) that increases funding for OSHA’s
Secretary DeVos’ Interim Final Rule entitled Whistleblower Protection Program by $1,436,000 in
‘‘CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Stu- order to ensure the office that enforces over 20 whis-
dents and Teachers in Non-Public Schools,’’ an un- tleblower laws has the funding needed to respond to
lawful interpretation of the CARES Act to divert the increase in complaints related to the COVID–19
federal emergency aid dollars intended for public pandemic; decreases funding for the Office of the
schools to private school students; Kelly (IL) (No. Secretary by $2,436,000; Trahan (No. 297) that in-
256) that increases CDC firearm injury and mor- creases and decreases funding under Title I of the El-
tality prevention research by $5,000,000; Levin (MI) ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (re-
(No. 259) that increases and decreases by $1 million ferred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) to underscore con-
for ILAB funding with the intent that the funds gressional intent that funding designated as emer-
support workers’ rights and capacity to organize gency aid during the COVID–19 pandemic not be
independent unions in Mexico; Levin (MI) (No. 260) redirected by the Secretary of Education away from
that prohibits any of the funds made available by public elementary and secondary schools to private
this Act to be used by the Department of Education schools unless specifically authorized under such
for Education Freedom Scholarship private school Acts, the ESEA, IDEA, or other law in effect prior
vouchers; McBath (No. 264) that increases funding to the enactment of this Act; Trahan (No. 298) that
for CDC Injury Prevention and Control fund by increases and decreases the Program Administration
$5,000,000, decreases the General Departmental account at the Department of Education to illustrate
Management fund under the office of the HHS Sec- the serious consequences of using federal funding to
retary by $5,000,000; Norcross (No. 269) that in- coerce schools into resuming in-person instruction as
creases and decreases OSHA by $5 million with the they reopen during the COVID–19 pandemic;
intent of directing them to issue a comprehensive Trahan (No. 299) that increases and decreases fund-
emergency temporary standard to protect workers, ing at the HHS Office of the Secretary General Man-
employers, and customers from the COVID–19 pan- agement account for the intention of directing the
demic; Norcross (No. 270) that increases and de- Secretary to engage the National Academies of
creases the Public Health and Social Services Emer- Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics to study the
gency Fund by $5 million with the intention of di- health effects and injury impacts caused by the use
recting the Department to establish a nationwide of kinetic impact projectiles; Velázquez (No. 301)
standard for diagnostic testing and contact tracing that prevents funds from this act from being used to
related to COVID–19; Porter (No. 278) that ensures reject grant applications due to the use of the term
that ACA open enrollment data is disaggregated by ‘‘vulnerable,’’ ‘‘entitlement,’’ ‘‘diversity,’’
race, ethnicity, preferred language, age, and sex to ‘‘transgender,’’ ‘‘fetus,’’ ‘‘evidence-based’’, or
support better understanding of enrollment informa- ‘‘science-based’’; Waters (No. 302) that prohibits the
tion; Schakowsky (No. 283) that providing use of funds to implement the Administration’s July
$1,000,000 in funding for an interagency College 2019 proposed rule, ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Pro-
Campus Task Force on mental and behavioral health grams; Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities:
and $1,000,000 for efforts aimed at reducing the Regulatory 5 Provisions To Promote Efficiency, and
stigma associated with mental health services to en- Transparency’’ which deregulates nursing homes and
sure that students at institutions of higher education weakens infection prevention standards in nursing
have the support they need to successfully complete homes; Waters (No. 303) that prohibits the use of
their education, as authorized in the 21st Century funds to require hospitals, hospital laboratories, and
Cures Act; Schrier (No. 284) that increases funding acute care facilities to report COVID–19 data using
for vaccines by $2 million and reduce by $2 million the ‘‘teletracking.protect.hhs.gov’’ website that was
the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human announced by the Department of Health and Human
Services to ensure that the Centers for Disease Con- Services in the document entitled ‘‘COVID–19
trol and Prevention (CDC) has the resources to Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs for Hos-
disaggregate, detailed vaccination acceptance data by pitals, Hospital Laboratory, and Acute Care Facility
race and ethnicity; Sherrill (No. 286) that increases Data Reporting Updated July 10, 2020’’, instead of
and decreases funds by $20,000,000 to highlight the the CDC; Watson Coleman (No. 307) that Increases
need for the Mental and Substance Use Disorder and decreases funds by $500,000 to highlight the
Workforce Training Demonstration Program under need for a GAO study examining: 1) whether public
HRSA Health Workforce; Slotkin (No. 288) that in- health entities are including racial and ethnic demo-
creases and decreases the Institute of Education graphic data when reporting COVID–19 cases &
Sciences by $1,000,000 to highlight the need for deaths, identifying challenges, and recommendations
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for improvement; and 2) whether changes after July Child Health and Human Development to $26 mil-
10 to HHS reporting requirements make it more lion, doubling funding for endometriosis research
difficult to report demographic data; Watson Cole- over FY 19 level; Pages H4170–71
man (No. 308) that increases and decreases funds by Foster amendment (No. 241 printed in part B of
$5,000,000 to highlight the need for a GAO study H. Rept. 116–461) that strikes Section 510, thereby
auditing hiring, retention, and promotion practices removing a ban on HHS promulgating rules on
at CDC to evaluate whether current policies equi- unique patient identifiers; Pages H4171–72
tably support staff of color, and identifying rec- Posey amendment (No. 334 printed in part B of
ommendations to remedy disparities; Cohen (No. H. Rept. 116–461) that increases and decreases by
312) that prohibits the use of funds to enter into $2 million the Federal Railroad Administration Safe-
any new contract, grant, or cooperative agreement ty and Operations account to highlight the need to
with any Trump related business listed in the Presi- conduct a joint FRA–FHWA pedestrian/motorist/
dent Trump’s Annual Financial Disclosure Report student safety study on the high speed rail corridor
submitted to the Office of Government Ethics as running from Miami to Orlando through Indian
well as certain Trump related properties listed on River County, FL; Pages H4172–73
the Trump Organization’s website; Cohen (No. 313) Sherrill amendment (No. 335 printed in part B of
that prohibits funds from being used to eliminate H. Rept. 116–461) that increases and decreases
dining car service on Amtrak’s long-distance route; funding for the Federal-State Partnership for State of
Jackson Lee (No. 320) that prohibits the Department Good Repair program by $5 million, in order to
of Transportation from using funds for Section 106 highlight the critical need for rail project capital fi-
Transportation construction projects in urban areas nancing; Pages H4173–74
that have not been determined to meet the statutory Blumenauer amendment (No. 87 printed in part
and fiduciary obligations of the National Historic B of H. Rept. 116–461) that prohibits the Depart-
Preservation Act; Jackson Lee (No. 322) that pro- ment of Justice from interfering with state and tribal
vides $1,000,000 in assistance to address challenges cannabis programs; the term ‘‘state’’ includes the
faced by communities impacted by persistent poverty District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the
and are not included in decision making when major Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
highway construction threatens their homes, busi- and Puerto Rico (by a yea-and-nay vote of 254 yeas
nesses, and culturally significant structures; Jackson to 163 nays, Roll No. 174); and
Lee (No. 323) that increases by $1,000,000 the Of- Pages H4140–41, H4175–76
fice of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity to ad- Underwood amendment (No. 148 printed in part
dress the fairness in the use of Community Develop- B of H. Rept. 116–461) that prevents the Depart-
ment Block Grant Disaster funding to repair or re- ment of Justice from using federal funds for litiga-
place single family homes damaged during Hurri- tion that undermines the Affordable Care Act (by a
cane Harvey to ensure that multi-generational homes yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No.
can house the family at documented pre-disaster ca- 175). Pages H4141–43, H4176
pacity; Levin (MI) (No. 327) that increases and de- Rejected:
creases funding for BUILD grants by $1 million to Lowey en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the
emphasize the prioritization of grant funding to- following amendments printed in part B of H. Rept.
wards green infrastructure projects that will 116–461: Gosar (No. 19) that sought strike a provi-
decarbonize and electrify the U.S. ground transpor- sion prohibiting funds appropriated to the Depart-
tation sector while improving local roads, bridges ment of Defense from being used to construct a wall,
and rail; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 331) that stipulates that fence, border barriers, or border security infrastruc-
none of the funds made available through the Act ture along the southern border; Miller (No. 39) that
may be used to implement, administer, or enforce sought to strike a provision that would prohibit con-
HUD’s latest disparate impact rule; Ocasio-Cortez struction at the southern border, including roads, the
(No. 332) that prohibits the use of funds for HUD’s border wall, fence, or barrier; Norman (No. 47) that
implementation, enforcement, or administration of sought to prohibit the use of funds by the Navy for
the ‘‘Preserving Community and Neighborhood a test or pilot program that utilizes the current Mk
Choice’’; and Waters (No. 339) that allows housing 38 25mm remote gun system, scheduled to be re-
counselors to continue assisting homeowners and placed by FY2021, to avoid wasteful spending and
renters throughout the COVID–19 pandemic and moot results; Schweikert (No. 58) that sought to in-
FY2021 without certification; Pages H4150–70 crease the Family of Non-Lethal Equipment program
Finkenauer amendment (No. 239 printed in part in Other Procurement, Army to include an upgrade
B of H. Rept. 116–461) that increases funding for of the current Army conducted electrical weapon in-
endometriosis research at the National Institute of ventory to replace non-working and obsolete systems
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with the unit most recently qualified for use by the sought to transfer $2 million from the General Serv-
service, and to reduce Operations and Maintenance ices Administration’s ‘‘Real Property Activities—
Army, Servicewide Communications by the cor- Federal Building Fund’’ account, which provides for
responding amount; Smith (MO) (No. 65) that GSA rental expenses, to the Federal Permitting Im-
sought to increase funding for Army procurement of provement Steering Council ‘‘Environmental Review
the Joint Assault Bridge; offset is Defense-Wide; Improvement Fund’’ account; Steil (No. 214) that
Turner (No. 76) that sought to increase funding for sought to strike Section 541 from the underlying
Air Force basic and applied scientific research, devel- bill; Bishop (NC) (No. 225) that sought to restrict
opment, test and evaluation by $6 million for Au- any of the funds in the Act from being used to
tonomous Air Combat Operations (AACO) pro- withdraw the rule allowing Health Reimbursement
grams; Upton (No. 77) that sought to transfer $3 Arrangements to be used to purchase individual
million to Research, Development, Test, and Evalua- market coverage; Foxx (NC) (No. 242) that sought
tion for the Army with the intent it be used to ac- to prohibit the delay or weakening of the November
celerate aircraft cleaning and deicing system (ACDS) 27, 2019 rule relating to price transparency require-
capability to help prevent and control corrosion of ments for hospitals; Hill (AR) (No. 248) that sought
aviation assets through development and testing of to strike guidance requiring $100 million to be obli-
an aircraft washing system; Waltz (No. 79) that gated to carry out the ACA navigator program; Hill
sought to increase funding for Special Operations (AR) (No. 249) that sought to transfer $2.6 million
Command Armed Overwatch by $32 million to from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
match funding level in the FY21 Defense Authoriza- account to the Office of Labor Management Stand-
tion Act, and decreases Chemical Agents and Muni- ards (OLMS) account; Newhouse (No. 268) that
tions Destruction RDTE; Babin (No. 85) that sought to strike Section 247 of Title II, which pro-
sought to restore the Office of Space Commerce and hibits the use of funds to implement, enforce, or
the Office of Commercial Remote Sensing Regu- otherwise give effect to the revision to section
latory Affairs back to where they are authorized by 447.10 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, con-
statute, thereby advancing U.S. leadership in space tained in the final rule entitled ‘‘Medicaid Program;
commerce and commercial remote sensing; Bost (No. Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims’’; Taylor
88) that sought to increase the Community Oriented (No. 296) that sought to increase and decrease funds
Policing Services (COPS) grants authorized by the by $1 million with the intention of requiring the
STOP School Violence Act by $1 million; Gosar Inspector General of the Department of Labor to re-
(No. 98) that sought to strike a provision which pro- port on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) media
hibits the Bureau of the Census from using funds to lock-ups, including a comparison to the Federal Re-
produce any data product or tabulation based on serve’s media lock-up and best practices for market
data not collected in the census; McKinley (No. 113) moving information from the Federal Reserve and
that sought to increase NOAA’s Procurement, Ac- BLS, examine the ability of the Federal Reserve to
quisition, and Construction account by $15 million, release more market moving information such as the
with the additional funding intended for the expan- BLS economic data, if discontinuing media lock-ups
sion of the Weather and Climate Operational Super- pose a single point of failure security risk, determine
computing System; reduces NOAA’s Operations, Re- best practices to ensure equal access by traders, de-
search, and Facilities account by $15 million with termine best practices to enable media access to ex-
the intent of repurposing research funding for the amine data prior to releases, and determine if lock-
supercomputing system; Gosar (No. 162) that ups pose a cybersecurity concern; Wright (No. 309)
sought to strike a provision which prohibits funds that sought to strike Sec. 114 in division F, remov-
for the Civil Works Program of the United States ing the prohibition against DOL OFCCP’s rule Im-
Army Corps of Engineers from being used to design plementing Legal Requirements Regarding the
or construct a wall, fence, border barriers, or border Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption
security infrastructure along the southern border; from taking effect; Lesko (No. 325) that sought to
Perry (No. 181) that sought to strike Title VI of Di- strike language in section 235, which would prohibit
vision C, Additional Infrastructure Investments; funds from being used to implement the proposed
Huizenga (No. 201) that sought to strike Section rule entitled ‘‘Making Admission or Placement De-
540, which prohibits expenditures for the SEC’s pro- terminations Based on Sex in Facilities Under Com-
posed private offerings rulemaking until a separate munity Planning and Development Housing Pro-
rulemaking is done for the SEC to obtain informa- grams’’; Lesko (No. 326) that sought to strike lan-
tion better informing the SEC’s ability to evaluate guage in section 236, which would codify a 2015
market practices for private offerings and the effects Department of Housing and Urban Development no-
of general solicitation; McKinley (No. 207) that tice entitled, ‘‘Appropriate Placement for
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Transgender Persons in Single-Sex Emergency Shel- Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and ad-
ters and Other Facilities’’; and Perry (No. 333) that journed at 10 p.m.
sought to strike Title V of Division G, Additional
Infrastructure Investments; and Pages H4134–39 Committee Meetings
Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 49 printed in part REVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
B of H. Rept. 116–461) that sought to prohibit the THE CYBERSPACE SOLARIUM COMMISSION
use of funds for military recruitment via Twitch and
e-sports activities (by a yea-and-nay vote of 126 yeas Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Intel-
to 292 nays, Roll No. 173). Pages H4139–40, H4174–75 ligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities held
a hearing entitled ‘‘Review of the Recommendations
Proceedings Postponed: Allen amendment (No. of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’’. Testimony
219 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116–461) that was heard from the following Cyberspace Solarium
seeks to reduce funds made available in Division F Commission officials: Senator King, Chairman; Rep-
(LHHS) by 5 percent. Page H4176
resentative Gallagher, Chairman; Patrick Murphy,
H. Res. 1067, the rule providing for consideration Commissioner; and Frank Cilluffo, Commissioner.
of the bill (H.R. 7617) was agreed to yesterday, July
29th. PROTECTING CONSUMERS DURING THE
PANDEMIC? AN EXAMINATION OF THE
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
1072, electing certain Members to certain standing BUREAU
committees of the House of Representatives.
Page H4177
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held
a hearing entitled ‘‘Protecting Consumers During
Communications Outreach Media and Mail the Pandemic? An Examination of the Consumer Fi-
Standards Act: The House agreed to discharge from nancial Protection Bureau’’. Testimony was heard
committee and pass H.R. 7512, to rename the from Kathy Kraninger, Director, Consumer Financial
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Stand- Protection Bureau.
ards as the House Communications Standards Com-
mission, to extend the authority of the Commission UPDATE ON THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC
to regulate mass mailings of Members and Member- RESPONSE IN AFRICA
elect of the House of Representatives to all unsolic- Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa,
ited mass communications of Members and Mem- Global Health, Global Human Rights, and Inter-
bers-elect of the House. Pages H4177–78 national Organizations held a hearing entitled ‘‘Up-
Authorizing the printing of a revised and up- date on the COVID–19 Pandemic Response in Afri-
dated version of the House document entitled ca’’. Testimony was heard from Tibor P. Nagy, Jr.,
‘‘Women in Congress, 1917–2006’’: The House Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, De-
agreed to discharge from committee and agree to H. partment of State; and Christopher Maloney, Acting
Con. Res. 92, authorizing the printing of a revised Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S.
and updated version of the House document entitled Agency for International Development.
‘‘Women in Congress, 1917–2006’’. Page H4178 MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Providing for the reappointment of Michael M. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Full Committee held a
Lynton as a citizen regent of the Board of Re- markup on H.R. 5245, the ‘‘SHIELD for Veterans
gents of the Smithsonian Institution: The House Act’’; H.R. 5639, the ‘‘Chuck Osier Burial Benefits
agreed to discharge from committee and pass H.J. Act’’; H.R. 4908, the ‘‘Native American PACT
Res. 87, providing for the reappointment of Michael Act’’; H.R. 2791, the ‘‘Department of Veterans Af-
M. Lynton as a citizen regent of the Board of Re- fairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019’’; H.R.
gents of the Smithsonian Institution. Page H4178 3010, the ‘‘Honoring All Veterans Act’’; H.R. 6589,
Senate Referrals: S. 2381 was held at the desk. S. the ‘‘CFO Authority and Collaboration Act of
2638 was held at the desk. S. 4346 was held at the 2020’’; H.R. 4526, the ‘‘Brian Tally VA Employ-
desk. Page H4174
ment Transparency Act’’; H.R. 5487, the ‘‘Veterans
Cemetery Grants Improvement Act’’; H.R. 7111, the
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate ‘‘Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2020’’; H.R.
by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the 3228, the ‘‘VA Mission Telehealth Clarification
House today appears on page H4174. Act’’; H.R. 7445, to amend title 38, United States
Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes de- Code, to expand eligibility for home loans from the
veloped during the proceedings of today and appear Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain members of
on pages H4174–75, H4175–76, and H4176. the reserve components of the Armed Forces; and
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