House Floor Summary

Mr. Johnson (LA) moved that the House do now adjourn.

SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House resumed with Special Order Speeches.

Mr. Sessions filed a report from the Committee on Rules on H. Res. 538.

SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.

Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission - Pursuant to section 603 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323), and the order of the House of January 3, 2017, the Speaker appointed Mr. Matt Salmon, Mesa, AZ.

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 214 - 209 (Roll no. 537).

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 191 - 232 (Roll no. 536).

On agreeing to the Pascrell amendment; Failed by recorded vote: 191 - 231 (Roll no. 535).

ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DelBene motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions seek to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment to strike the two additional requirements in the underlying bill to allow for a clean reauthorization of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV).

Ms. DelBene moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Ways and Means.

The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2824.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of an amendment which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 2824 — "To amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program."

The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of September 26.