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On Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 186, 1 Present (Roll no. 292).

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

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 the Lujan Grisham amendment No. 1 to H.R. 2213, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

The House rose in a moment of silence for the victims of the tragedy in Oregon.

Mr. Capuano was recognized to be heard on the question of whether or not his resolution constituted a point of privilege and the Chair subsequently ruled that the resolution did not constitute a point of privilege.

PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION - Mr. Capuano was recognized to offer a privileged resolution subsequent to the foregoing notification.

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 2213 — "To amend the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 to authorize certain polygraph waiver authority, and for other purposes."

An amendment, offered by Ms. Lujan Grisham, M., numbered 1 printed in House Report 115-162 to prohibit the bill from going into effect until 1) the CBP completes its evaluation and pilot program of the Test for Espionage, Sabotage, and Corruption (TES-C) which is then certified by the DHS Inspector General and reported to Congress and 2) the DHS Inspector General completes a risk assessment of the population that could receive waivers and certifies to Congress that providing waivers to these individuals would not endanger national security, undermine workforce integrity, or increase corruption in the agency.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table.

Mr. McCaul moved to table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair.

Mr. Capuano appealed the ruling of the Chair.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of the debate on the Lujan Grisham amendment, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. McCaul requested the Yeas and Nays and pursuant to the order of the House of June 7, 2017 the Chair postponed further proceedings on the adoption of the Lujan Grisham amendment until a time to be announced.

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 374, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lujan Grisham (NM) amendment.

Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 (06/07/2017 legislative day)

Designating the George C. Marshall Museum and George C. Marshall Research Library in Lexington, Virginia, as the National George C. Marshall Museum and Library. (06/07/2017 legislative day)

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to create hope and opportunity for investors, consumers, and entrepreneurs by ending bailouts and Too Big to Fail, holding Washington and Wall Street accountable, eliminating red tape to increase access to capital and credit, and repealing the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that make America less prosperous, less stable, and less free, and for other purposes. (06/07/2017 legislative day)

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2213) to amend the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 to authorize certain polygraph waiver authority, and for other purposes. (06/07/2017 legislative day)

ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. McCaul asked unanimous consent that the question of adopting the amendment to H.R. 2213 may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. Agreed to without objection.