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

On passage Passed without objection.

Mr. McCaul asked unanimous consent to discharge from the Committees on Homeland Security and the Judiciary and consider.

COLLOQUY ON HOUSE SCHEDULE - The Chair recognized Mr. Hoyer for the purpose of engaging in a colloquy with Mr. McCarthy on the expectations regarding the legislative schedule for the House for the upcoming week.

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

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 4578 — "To authorize certain counter terrorist networks activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes."

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.

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

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

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Himes motion to commit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the bill back to the House with an amendment to strengthen the provisions related to obtaining warrants to query information collected on persons in the United States.

Mr. Himes moved to commit with instructions to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).

The previous question was ordered without objection.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 682, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Amash substitute amendment No. 1.

An amendment, in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Amash, numbered 1 printed in House Report 115-504 to replace the text of S. 139 with the text of the USA RIGHTS Act

Rapid DNA Act of 2017 (01/11/2018 legislative day)

DEBATE - The House resumed with debate on S. 139.

The House received a message from the Senate. The Senate passed S. 875.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on S. 139.

Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-53 shall be considered as adopted. The further amendment printed in the report accompanying the rule, if offered by the Member designated in the report shall be debatable for the time printed in the report.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 682. S. 139 — "To implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlogs, and for other purposes."