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Mr. Courtney moved that the committee rise.

On agreeing to the Levin (MI) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 713, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Levin (MI) amendment No. 5.

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

An amendment, offered by Mr. Levin (MI), numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 116-302 to require information about the bills anti-retaliation provision to be provided in its required workplace violence and prevention training.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 713, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Harder amendment No. 4.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Harder (CA), numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 116-302 to ensure that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or prevent healthcare workers from reporting violent incidents to appropriate law enforcement.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 713, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Byrne amendment No. 3.

On agreeing to the DeSaulnier amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 713, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeSaulnier amendment No. 2.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 713, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings amendment No. 1.

An amendment, offered by Mr. DeSaulnier, numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 116-302 to include procedures to provide information about available trauma and related counseling for employees in reporting, incident response, and post-incident investigation procedures.

On agreeing to the Hastings amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Hastings, numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 116-302 to require covered employers to email their organization's workplace violence prevention plan to the organization's staff, following completion of annual training.

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1309.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 713 and Rule XVIII.

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1309 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Also provides for proceedings during the period from November 22, 2019 through December 2, 2019 and for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 713. H.R. 1309 — "To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes."