House Floor Summary

MOMENT OF SILENCE - The House observed a moment of silence in memory of the fallen officers killed in the line of duty in Florida.

ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Hunter asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 256, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Farenthold, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

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

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 0 (Roll no. 154).

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 225 - 189 (Roll no. 153).

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 190 - 226 (Roll no. 152).

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

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of a motion to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 5447 — "To modernize copyright law, and for other purposes."

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

On motion to recommit with instructions Roll Call 152 - Yea and Nay vote pending.

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

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jayapal motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment stating that nothing in this Act shall prohibit the sale of electric power generated by the Federal Columbia River Power System at the lowest possible rate consistent with sound business practices and other factors required by current law.

Ms. Jayapal moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Natural Resources.

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

DEBATE - The House resumed with debate on H.R. 3144.

The House received a message from the Senate. The Senate passed H.R. 2061 amended.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3144.

The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4, under a structured rule, and H.R. 3144, under a closed rule. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in Part A of the committee report for H.R. 4. The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate for both H.R. 4 and H.R. 3144. The rule provides for one motion to recommit for both bills. And, the rule provides that on any legislative day during the period from April 30, 2018 through May 4, 2018, the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 839. H.R. 3144 — "To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes."