Feed aggregator

An amendment, offered by Mrs. Torres (CA), numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 116-32 to require the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to provide a report to C ongress on the activities of grant awardees funded through the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) grant program, as well as on emerging best practices relating to rape prevention and education.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Torres (CA) amendment No. 5.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dean amendment No. 4.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Dean, numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 116-32 to allow for cross agency coordination and collaboration.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Escobar amendment No. 3.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Escobar, numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 116-32 to require a report on the status of women in federal incarceration and collaboration on reentry planning and services for incarcerated women, including development of a national standard on prevention with respect to domestic and sexual violence.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Scanlon amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Nadler 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. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Scanlon amendment No. 2.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Scanlon, numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 116-32 to require DOJ to report to Congress the effects of the recent federal government shutdown on DOJ's efforts to disperse funding and services to victims to domestic violence.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jeffries amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Nadler 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. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jeffries amendment No. 1.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Jeffries, numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 116-32 to require that the materials distributed by various federal agencies as set out by the bill are made available in commonly encountered languages. Such materials include information about resources for and rights of survivors.

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 186, 1 Present (Roll no. 146).

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 194 (Roll no. 145).

On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 193 (Roll no. 144).

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1585.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Pete Aguilar to act as Chairman of the Committee.

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 281 and Rule XVIII.