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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hayes amendment No. 8.

An amendment, offered by Mrs. Hayes, numbered 8 printed in House Report 116-61 to amend the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) navigator program to authorize $25,000,000 out of amounts collected by user fees for State-Based Exchanges. The amendment ensures that no state shall receive a grant that is less than $1,000,000.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Shalala amendment No. 7.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Shalala, numbered 7 printed in House Report 116-61 to state the sense of Congress that the Secretary of HHS should not take any action to prohibit or restrict "silver loading".

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Harder amendment No. 6.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Harder (CA), numbered 6 printed in House Report 116-61 to provide opioid specific education and training to the Navigators and the Certified Application Counselors (CACs) that ensures they can best educate individuals on the marketplace plans specifically for opioid health care treatment.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeSaulnier amendment No. 5.

An amendment, offered by Mr. DeSaulnier, numbered 5 printed in House Report 116-61 to Commission a study by the National Academy of Medicine into the amount of federal funding and research used in the development of drugs by pharmaceutical companies, and to put measures in place to curb excessive drug costs.

On agreeing to the Blunt Rochester amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 377, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Blunt Rochester amendment No. 4.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Blunt Rochester, numbered 4 printed in House Report 116-61 to require the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to release all aggregated studies and data sets created on or after January 1, 2014 related to marketing and outreach for the Affordable Care Acts individual marketplace.

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

The Committee of the Whole continued with further debate on the Welch amendment No. 3.

The Committee resumed its sitting.

The House received a message from the Senate. The Senate passed S. 1208 and H.R. 2379.

The Committee rose informally to receive a message.