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On agreeing to the Burgess amendment; Agreed to by recorded vote: 395 - 23 (Roll no. 573).

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

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

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the execution-style murders of United States citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in July 1999. (10/22/2019 legislative day)

Calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to provide evidence of wrongdoing or to release United States citizen Paul Whelan. (10/22/2019 legislative day)

Georgia Support Act (10/22/2019 legislative day)

Divisional Realignment for the Eastern District of Arkansas Act of 2019 (10/22/2019 legislative day)

PACT Act (10/22/2019 legislative day)

National POW/MIA Flag Act (10/22/2019 legislative day)

CASE Act of 2019 (10/22/2019 legislative day)

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, relating to "Contributions in Exchange for State or Local Tax Credits". (10/22/2019 legislative day)

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2426, as amended, which was debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Roll Call 578 - 2/3 Yea and Nay vote pending.

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 2426 — "To amend title 17, United States Code, to establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims, and for other purposes."

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: (Roll no. 577).

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: (Roll no. 576).

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

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes on the Davidson (OH) 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 to require a court-issued subpoena for specified requests in the underlying bill.

Mr. Davidson (OH) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Financial Services.

The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.