House Floor Summary

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Scanlon amendment No. 2.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Scanlon, numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 116-32 to require DOJ to report to Congress the effects of the recent federal government shutdown on DOJ's efforts to disperse funding and services to victims to domestic violence.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jeffries amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Nadler demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the amendment until a time to be announced.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jeffries amendment No. 1.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Jeffries, numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 116-32 to require that the materials distributed by various federal agencies as set out by the bill are made available in commonly encountered languages. Such materials include information about resources for and rights of survivors.

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 186, 1 Present (Roll no. 146).

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 194 (Roll no. 145).

On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 193 (Roll no. 144).

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1585.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Pete Aguilar to act as Chairman of the Committee.

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 281 and Rule XVIII.

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1585 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Specified amendments are in order.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 281. H.R. 1585 — "To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes."

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

Considered as unfinished business. H. Res. 271 — "Condemning the Trump Administration's Legal Campaign to Take Away Americans' Health Care."

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on agreeing to H. Res. 271 which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

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

The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on April 3, 2019, at 12:00 p.m.: that the Senate passed H.R. 1839.

PRINTING OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE RECORD - Ms. Scanlon asked unanimous consent that the proceedings had during the recess be printed in the record. Agreed to without objection.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 281.