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Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. San Nicolas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 241 — "To amend the Bank Service Company Act to provide improvements with respect to State banking agencies, and for other purposes."

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

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 548, the Chair put the question on ordering the previous question and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Lesko demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 281.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. San Nicolas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 281 — "To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require Federal Reserve banks to interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one individual reflective of racial or ethnic diversity when appointing Federal Reserve bank presidents, and for other purposes."

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

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3620.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. San Nicolas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 3620 — "To provide rental assistance to low-income tenants in certain multifamily rural housing projects financed by the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture, and to develop and implement a plan for preserving the affordability of rural rental housing, and for other purposes."

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2852.

Mr. San Nicolas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 2852 — "To amend the National Housing Act to authorize State-licensed appraisers to conduct appraisals in connection with mortgages insured by the FHA and to require compliance with the existing appraiser education requirement, and for other purposes."

The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until a time to be announced.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 548.

Considered as privileged matter. H. Res. 548 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 205) to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1146) to amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1941) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior including in any leasing program certain planning areas, and for other purposes."