Congressional Record — Daily Digest, September 21, 2020, Page D820
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Page D820 of the Daily Digest of the Congressional Record for September 21, 2020, covering House action. Fourteen public bills and 6 resolutions were introduced, and reports were filed on H.R. 2271 on sudden unexpected death in early life, Rept. 116-524, and H.R. 5309 on discrimination based on hair texture or style. The House took up suspension bills including S. 209 on Indian Tribe self-governance, H.R. 3160 on land for the Gila River Indian Community, a Republic of Texas Legation Memorial bill and H.R. 4564 on the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The Rules Committee held a hearing on H.R. 8019, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Uyghur forced labor bills.
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D820 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST September 21, 2020
House of Representatives
Practical Reforms and Other Goals To Reinforce
Chamber Action the Effectiveness of Self-Governance and Self-De-
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 pub- termination for Indian Tribes Act: S. 209, to
lic bills, H.R. 8319–8332; and 6 resolutions, H. amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Res. 1128, 1130–1134, were introduced. Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by
Pages H4640–41 Indian Tribes; Pages H4549–57
Additional Cosponsors: Page H4642 Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act:
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 3160, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
H.R. 2271, to amend the Public Health Service take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona,
Act to improve the health of children and help bet- into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian
ter understand and enhance awareness about unex- Community; Pages H4557–58
pected sudden death in early life, with an amend- Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act: H.R.
ment (H. Rept. 116–524); 3349, amended, to authorize the Daughters of the
H.R. 5309, to prohibit discrimination based on an Republic of Texas to establish the Republic of Texas
individual’s texture or style of hair, with an amend- Legation Memorial as a commemorative work in the
ment (H. Rept. 116–525, Part 1); District of Columbia; Pages H4558–59
H.R. 5602. A bill to authorize dedicated domestic
terrorism offices within the Department of Home- Fallen Journalists Memorial Act: H.R. 3465,
land Security, the Department of Justice, and the amended, to authorize the Fallen Journalists Memo-
Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and mon- rial Foundation to establish a commemorative work
itor domestic terrorist activity and require the Fed- in the District of Columbia and its environs;
Pages H4559–60
eral Government to take steps to prevent domestic
terrorism, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116–526, Native American Child Protection Act: H.R.
Part 1); 4957, amended, to amend the Indian Child Protec-
H.R. 4996. A bill to amend title XIX of the So- tion and Family Violence Prevention Act;
cial Security Act to provide for a State option under Pages H4560–62
the Medicaid program to provide for and extend Native American Business Incubators Program
continuous coverage for certain individuals, and for Act: S. 294, to establish a business incubators pro-
other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. gram within the Department of the Interior to pro-
116–527); and mote economic development in Indian reservation
H. Res. 528, providing for consideration of the communities; Pages H4562–65
bill (H.R. 4447) to establish an energy storage and
microgrid grant and technical assistance program; Nullifying the Supplemental Treaty Between
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6270) the United States of America and the Confederated
to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to re- Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon,
quire issuers to make certain disclosures relating to concluded on November 15, 1865: S. 832, to nullify
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and for the Supplemental Treaty Between the United States
other purposes; and providing for consideration of of America and the Confederated Tribes and Bands
the bill (H.R. 8319) making continuing appropria- of Indians of Middle Oregon, concluded on Novem-
tions for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes (H. ber 15, 1865; Pages H4565–66
Rept. 116–528). Page H4640 Springfield Race Riot Study Act: H.R. 139,
Expressing the condolences of the House of Rep- amended, to establish the Springfield Race Riot Na-
resentatives on the death of the Honorable Ruth tional Historic Monument in the State of Illinois;
Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Pages H4566–67
Court of the United States: The House agreed to H. Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To di-
Res. 1128, expressing the condolences of the House rect the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special
of Representatives on the death of the Honorable resource study of the site associated with the 1908
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Su- Springfield Race Riot in the State of Illinois.’’;
preme Court of the United States.
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Page H4549 Page H4567
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules Free Veterans from Fees Act: H.R. 1702, amend-
and pass the following measures: ed, to waive the application fee for any special use
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permit for veterans demonstrations and special events Strengthening the Opposition to Female Genital
at war memorials on Federal land; Pages H4567–68 Mutilation Act of 2020: H.R. 6100, amended, to
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Waive amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the
the application fee for any special use permit for vet- criminalization of female genital mutilation;
erans’ special events at war memorials on land ad- Pages H4589–92
ministered by the National Park Service in the Dis- Creating a Respectful and Open World for Nat-
trict of Columbia and its environs, and for other ural Hair Act: H.R. 5309, amended, to prohibit
purposes.’’; Page H4568 discrimination based on an individual’s texture or
B–47 Ridge Designation Act: S. 490, to des- style of hair; Pages H4592–97
ignate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking
‘‘B–47 Ridge’’; Page H4568 Act: H.R. 5322, amended, to establish or modify re-
Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act: quirements relating to minority depository institu-
H.R. 895, to allow tribal grant schools to participate tions, community development financial institutions,
in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program; and impact banks; Pages H4597–H4602
Pages H4568–70 Amending the CARES Act to require the uni-
Justice for Juveniles Act: H.R. 5053, to exempt form treatment of nationally recognized statistical
juveniles from the requirements for suits by pris- rating organizations under certain programs car-
oners; Pages H4570–71 ried out in response to the COVID–19 emergency:
H.R. 6934, to amend the CARES Act to require the
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act: H.R. uniform treatment of nationally recognized statistical
1418, amended, to restore the application of the rating organizations under certain programs carried
Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insur- out in response to the COVID–19 emergency;
ance to protect competition and consumers; Pages H4602–03
Pages H4571–73
Stopping Trafficking, Illicit Flows, Laundering,
Savanna’s Act: S. 227, to direct the Attorney and Exploitation Act of 2020: H.R. 7592, to re-
General to review, revise, and develop law enforce- quire the Comptroller General of the United States
ment and justice protocols appropriate to address to carry out a study on trafficking; Pages H4603–05
missing and murdered Indians; Pages H4573–76
COVID–19 Fraud Prevention Act: H.R. 6735,
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital amended, to establish the Consumer and Investor
Era Act: H.R. 5546, to regulate monitoring of elec- Fraud Working Group to help protect consumers
tronic communications between an incarcerated per- and investors from fraud during the COVID–19
son in a Bureau of Prisons facility and that person’s pandemic, to assist consumers and investors affected
attorney or other legal representative; Pages H4576–79 by such fraud; Pages H4605–06
Not Invisible Act: S. 982, to increase intergovern- Promoting Secure 5G Act of 2020: H.R. 5698,
mental coordination to identify and combat violent to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the
crime within Indian lands and of Indians; United States Executive Directors at the inter-
Pages H4579–81 national financial institutions on United States pol-
Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act: icy regarding international financial institution as-
S. 1321, to amend title 18, United States Code, to sistance with respect to advanced wireless tech-
prohibit interference with voting systems under the nologies; Pages H4606–07
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; Pages H4581–82 Improving Emergency Disease Response via
Due Process Protections Act: S. 1380, to amend Housing Act of 2020: H.R. 6294, amended, to re-
the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to remind quire data sharing regarding protecting the homeless
prosecutors of their obligations under Supreme Court from coronavirus; Pages H4607–08
case law; Pages H4582–83 National Suicide Hotline Designation Act: S.
Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020: 2661, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to
H.R. 5602, amended, to authorize dedicated domes- designate 9–8–8 as the universal telephone number
tic terrorism offices within the Department of for the purpose of the national suicide prevention
Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and and mental health crisis hotline system operating
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and
through the Veterans Crisis Line;
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monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Pages H4608–11
Federal Government to take steps to prevent domes- Directing the Federal Communications Commis-
tic terrorism; Pages H4583–89 sion to issue reports after activation of the Disaster
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Information Reporting System and to make im- Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act: H.R. 4585,
provements to network outage reporting: H.R. amended, to require the Director of the Centers for
5918, amended, to direct the Federal Communica- Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a national
tions Commission to issue reports after activation of suicide prevention media campaign; Pages H4631–33
the Disaster Information Reporting System and to Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To re-
make improvements to network outage reporting; quire the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
Pages H4611–13 conduct a national suicide prevention media cam-
Measuring the Economics Driving Investments paign, and for other purposes.’’; Page H4633
and Access for Diversity Act of 2020: H.R. 5567, Suicide Prevention Act: H.R. 5619, amended, to
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to re- authorize a pilot program to expand and intensify
quire the Federal Communications Commission to surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State
consider market entry barriers for socially disadvan- and local public health departments, to establish a
taged individuals in the communications market- grant program to provide self-harm and suicide pre-
place report under section 13 of such Act; vention services in hospital emergency departments;
Pages H4613–14 and Pages H4633–35
National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Safeguarding Therapeutics Act: H.R. 5663,
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: H.R. 4866, amended, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
amended, to amend the 21st Century Cures Act to Cosmetic Act to give authority to the Secretary of
provide for designation of institutions of higher edu- Health and Human Services, acting through the
cation that provide research, data, and leadership on Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to destroy coun-
continuous manufacturing as National Centers of Ex- terfeit devices. Pages H4635–36
cellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufac- Presidential Message: Read a message from the
turing; Pages H4616–18 President wherein he notified Congress of the execu-
Strengthening America’s Strategic National tive order blocking property of certain persons with
Stockpile Act of 2020: H.R. 7574, amended, to respect to conventional arms activities of Iran—re-
amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
the Strategic National Stockpile; Pages H4618–20
Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be print-
ed (H. Doc. 116–154). Pages H4636–37
Scarlett’s Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected
Death Act: H.R. 2271, amended, to amend the Suspension—Proceedings Postponed: The House
Public Health Service Act to improve the health of debated the following measure under suspension of
children and help better understand and enhance the rules. Further proceedings were postponed.
awareness about unexpected sudden death in early Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act: H.R. 451,
life; Pages H4620–23 amended, to repeal the section of the Middle Class
Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that re-
H.R. 4995, amended, to amend the Public Health quires the Federal Communications Commission to
Service Act to improve obstetric care and maternal reallocate and auction the T-Band spectrum.
Pages H4614–16
health outcomes; Pages H4623–26
Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act: Quorum Calls—Votes: There were no Yea and Nay
H.R. 3935, amended, to amend title XIX of the So- votes, and there were no Recorded votes. There were
cial Security Act to provide for the continuing re- no quorum calls.
quirement of Medicaid coverage of nonemergency Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and ad-
transportation to medically necessary services; journed at 7:02 p.m.
Pages H4626–27
Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act: Committee Meetings
H.R. 1646, amended, to require the Secretary of CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Health and Human Services to improve the detec- AND OTHER EXTENSIONS ACT;
tion, prevention, and treatment of mental health EXPANDING ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE
issues among public safety officers; Pages H4627–30 ENERGY ACT OF 2019; UYGHUR FORCED
Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act: LABOR PREVENTION ACT; UYGHUR
H.R. 4564, amended, to amend the Public Health FORCED LABOR DISCLOSURE ACT OF 2020
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Service Act to ensure the provision of high-quality Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on
service through the Suicide Prevention Lifeline; H.R. 8019, the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act,
Pages H4630–31 2021 and Other Extensions Act’’; H.R. 4447, the
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