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An amendment, offered by Mr. Brown (MD), numbered 7 printed in Part B of House Report 116-253 to require the FBI to confirm receipt when a political committee issues a notification that they have been contacted by a reportable foreign contact. Additionally, requires the FBI to submit a report to Congress on how they are managing and responding to notifications from political committees.

On agreeing to the Swalwell (CA) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Swalwell (CA) amendment No. 6.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Swalwell (CA), numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 116-253 to include a candidate's immediate family members among those whose direct or indirect contacts or communications with a covered foreign national may amount to a reportable foreign contact with the term immediate family member meaning a candidate's parent, parent-in-law, spouse, adult child, or sibling.

On agreeing to the Langevin amendment Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Langevin amendment No. 5.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Langevin, numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 116-253 to direct the Federal Elections Commission to commission an independent study and report on media literacy with respect to online political content consumption among voting-age Americans.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Levin (MI) amendment No. 4.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Levin (MI), numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 116-253 to prohibit foreign nationals from influencing American elections by setting up shell companies.

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

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lynch amendment No. 3.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Lynch, numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 116-253 to generally prohibit the use of deepfakes within 60 days of a federal election and establish corresponding criminal and civil penalties.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lesko amendment No. 2.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeSaulnier amendment No. 1.

An amendment, offered by Mr. DeSaulnier, numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 116-253 to require the FEC to notify states within 30 days of making a determination that a foreign national has initiated or attempted to initiate a disinformation campaign targeted at an election in a state.

SHIELD Act (10/23/2019 legislative day)

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4617) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts, and for other purposes. (10/23/2019 legislative day)