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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 27 public bills, H.R. 3218-
3244; and 6 resolutions, H.J. Res. 61-64; and H.Res. 438-439 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:57 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon.
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Very Rev. J. David Carter, Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Roy motion to adjourn by a yea-and-nay vote of 146 yeas to 244 nays, Roll No. 249.
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Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Biggs motion to adjourn by a yea-and-
nay vote of 140 yeas to 254 nays with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 250.
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020: The House considered H.R. 2740, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, June 13th.
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Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-17, modified by the amendment printed in Part A of H. Rept. 116-109, shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.
Pages H4461-H4530
Agreed to:
McGovern amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that ensures medically-tailored nutrition interventions are included in evidence-based practices for enhancing senior nutrition under the Older Americans Act (by a recorded vote of 338 ayes to 83 noes, Roll No. 251);
Pages H4531-32, H4550
Shalala amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding for refugee and entrant assistance by $10 million (by a recorded vote of 243 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 252);
Pages H4532-33, H4550-51
DeSaulnier amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases and decreases funding for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by $1 million to allow the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collect data on job loss (by a recorded vote of 290 ayes to 134 noes, Roll No. 253);
Pages H4533-34, H4551-52
DeSaulnier amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases and decreases funding for the National Cancer Institute by $1 million to support a National Cancer Institute study on how to improve communication between cancer care providers, cancer patients, and survivors (by a recorded vote of 381 ayes to 42 noes, Roll No. 254);
Pages H4534-35, H4552
DeSaulnier amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases and decreases funding for Innovation and Improvement at the Department of Education by $1 million to encourage the Department to ensure that Statewide Family Engagement Center grantees receive full and adequate funding (by a recorded vote of 347 ayes to 76 noes, Roll No. 255);
Pages H4535, H4552-53
DeSaulnier amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases and decreases funding for Children's Mental Health Services Grants by $5 million to support school-based, early childhood mental health interventions (by a recorded vote of 369 ayes to 55 noes, Roll No. 256);
Pages H4535-36, H4553-54
Smith (NJ) amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that redirects $2 million from Program Administration under Departmental Management at the Department of Education to Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Lyme Disease (by a recorded vote of 431 ayes to 11 noes, Roll No. 257);
Pages H4538-40, H4554
Scott (VA) amendment (No. 12 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that prohibits the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from using funds appropriated in this Act to finalize or implement a proposed rule to weaken health protections in OSHA's existing beryllium standards that cover construction and maritime workers (by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 258);
Pages H4540-41, H4554-55
DeFazio amendment (No. 13 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that prohibits any funds appropriated to the Job Corps program from being used to either alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement between the U.S. Departments of Labor and Agriculture that governs the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) program (by a recorded vote of 313 ayes to 109 noes, Roll No. 259);
Pages H4541-43, H4555-56
Jackson Lee amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases and decreases by $10,000,000 increase in funding to support greater diversity in the pool of diabetes research professionals and patients participating in clinical trials (by a recorded vote of 317 ayes to 105 noes, Roll No. 260);
Pages H4543-45, H4556
Jackson Lee amendment (No. 15 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases and decreases by $10,000,000 to support programs providing outreach and support services targeting program participants at greatest risk of not completing a college degree (by a recorded vote of 312 ayes to 109 noes, Roll No. 261);
Pages H4545-47, H4556-57
Pascrell amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases FY20 funding for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) by $900,000, with the intent to obligate that
$900,000 to the Firefighter Cancer Registry within NIOSH; offsets this increase by reducing General Departmental Management funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by $900,000 (by a recorded vote of 413 ayes to 10 noes, Roll No. 262);
Pages H4547-48, H4557-58
Danny K. Davis (IL) amendment (No. 17 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding to the account of Birth Defects, Development Disabilities, Disabilities and Health by $2,000,000, and decrease the administration account in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services by $2,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 410 ayes to 12 noes, Roll No. 263);
Pages H4548-50, H4558
Buchanan amendment (No. 18 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases and decreases by $6,250,000 the funding for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences under the National Institute of Health in order to support research into the impact of red tide and other Harmful Algal Blooms on human health (by a recorded vote of 401 ayes to 23 noes, Roll No. 268);
Pages H4559, H4586-87
Langevin amendment (No. 19 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding for the Lifespan Respite Care Program (by a recorded vote of 356 ayes to 67 noes, Roll No. 269);
Pages H4559-60, H4587
Foster amendment (No. 20 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that strikes Section 510 of the Labor-HHS Appropriations bill which currently prohibits HHS from spending any federal dollars to promulgate or adopt a national patient identifier (by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 270);
Pages H4560-61, H4587-88
Foster amendment (No. 21 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that adds and removes $1 from the Substance Abuse Treatment fund to instruct HHS to prioritize funding for Medication Assisted Treatment (by a recorded vote of 336 ayes to 87 noes, Roll No. 271);
Pages H4561-62, H4588-89
Foster amendment (No. 22 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that adds and removes $1 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the purpose of instructing BLS to accept a wider and more forward-looking range of inputs into its range of projections for its workforce of the future and should conduct the Contingent Worker and Alternative Work Arrangement Supplement (CWS) to the Current Population Survey; BLS should submit to Congress an estimate of the resources it would need to make a range of forward-looking estimates, including consultation with those industries that are driving rapid technological change and those that will be affected by that change to account for the increasing rate of technological job displacement (by a recorded vote of 260 ayes to 164 noes, Roll No. 272);
Pages H4562, H4589
Foster amendment (No. 23 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority account by $1,000,000 to support increased R&D for biosecurity (by a recorded vote of 358 ayes to 66 noes, Roll No. 273);
Pages H4562-63, H4589-90
Schiff amendment (No. 24 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that decreases the Health and Human Services General Departmental Management fund by $5 million and then increases the same fund by $5 million for the purposes of highlighting the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health's work in coordinating a national public health campaign to fight vaccine misinformation, funding vaccine communication research to strengthen the evidence base for what works in fighting vaccine hesitance, and encouraging vaccine counseling (by a recorded vote of 341 ayes to 83 noes, Roll No. 274);
Pages H4563-64, H4590-91
McKinley amendment (No. 25 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that fully funds Sec. 7081 of the SUPPORT Act, preventing overdoses while in emergency rooms; the program would create a coordinated care model for overdose patients who present in the emergency room (by a recorded vote of 415 ayes to 9 noes, Roll No. 275);
Pages H4564, H4591
Butterfield amendment (No. 26 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that provides funding to expand the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being to include a study of children impacted by a parent's substance addiction to better understand the opioid epidemic's impact on maltreated children (by a recorded vote of 356 ayes to 68 noes, Roll No. 276);
Pages H4564-65, H4591-92
Johnson (OH) amendment (No. 27 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that funds Section 7101 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act at the authorized level to establish Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education (by a recorded vote of 408 ayes to 15 noes, Roll No. 277);
Pages H4565, H4592-93
Moore amendment (No. 28 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that provides additional resources to the CDC to address and better understand the causes of the thousands of sudden unexpected deaths of children and infants that occur annually in our nation (by a recorded vote of 405 ayes to 19 noes, Roll No. 278);
Pages H4565-66, H4593
Moore amendment (No. 29 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding for the CDC's Domestic Violence Community Projects
(by a recorded vote of 348 ayes to 75 noes, Roll No. 279);
Pages H4566, H4593-94
Matsui amendment (No. 32 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases by $2 million the administration for community living aging and disability services programs to support innovative programs that assist young people with developmental disabilities in obtaining and sustaining long term employment, and that prepare employers to support the success of those employees and decreases general department management by $2 million (by a recorded vote of 376 ayes to 48 noes, Roll No. 280);
Page H4567, H4594-95
Barr amendment (No. 33 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases the Substance Abuse Treatment program by $1,000,000 with the intention of this increase in funding being allocated to the Building Communities of Recovery program; this increase will strengthen our communities' response to the opioid epidemic by promoting prevention, treatment, and recovery initiatives for individuals struggling with substance abuse (by a recorded vote of 420 ayes to 4 noes, Roll No. 281);
Pages H4567-68, H4595
Cleaver amendment (No. 34 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding for the substance abuse and mental health services administration by $6.5 million in order to support youth suicide prevention strategies; this funding would supplement the Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Grant Program (by a recorded vote of 386 ayes to 38 noes, Roll No. 282);
Pages H4568-69, H4595-96
Castor (FL) amendment (No. 36 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement, administer or enforce the Trump administration's short-term, limited duration insurance rule (by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 283);
Pages H4569-70, H4596-97
Pressley amendment (No. 39 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases CDC's Rape Prevention and Education program (by a recorded vote of 401 ayes to 23 noes, Roll No. 286);
Pages H4573-74, H4598-99
Khanna amendment (No. 40 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease by $3 million (by a recorded vote of 356 ayes to 68 noes, Roll No. 287);
Pages H4574-75, H4599
Richmond amendment (No. 41 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding for Maternal and Child Health accounts by
$7,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 365 ayes to 59 noes, Roll No. 288);
Pages H4575-77, H4599-H4600
Keating amendment (No. 43 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases and decreases by $1,000,000 to propose a study to examine how HHS can facilitate ways to include programs for social determinants of health under the same roof as traditional health services, and estimate what amount of additional funding might be required (by a recorded vote of 283 ayes to 141 noes, Roll No. 290);
Pages H4578-79, H4601
Miller amendment (No. 44 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome research by $2 million, offset by spending in the office of the Secretary (by a recorded vote of 421 ayes to 3 noes, Roll No. 291);
Pages H4579, H4601-02
Cicilline amendment (No. 45 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that increases funding for American History and Civics National Activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act by $500,000
(by a recorded vote of 327 ayes to 97 noes, Roll No. 292);
Pages H4579-80, H4602-03
Bera amendment (No. 46 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that subtracts and then adds $1 from SAMHSA Mental Health account to specify that SAMHSA should explore using its funds to explore peer to peer mental health programs for first responders (by a recorded vote of 396 ayes to 27 noes, Roll No. 293); and
Pages H4580, H4603
Castro (TX) amendment (No. 47 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that ensures that the Office of Refugee Resettlement reports all children's deaths that occur while children are in their custody (by a recorded vote of 355 ayes to 68 noes, Roll No. 294).
Pages H4580-81, H4603-04
Rejected:
Cole amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that sought to strike the provision in the underlying bill that blocks conscience protections at the Department of Health and Human Services
(by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 266);
Pages H4530-31, H4585
Roby amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that sought to strike the language that prevents the implementation of the Administration's rule requiring all Title X grant recipients to be
``physically and financially separate from abortion-providing facilities'' (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 267);
Pages H4536-37, H4585-86
Hill (AR) amendment (No. 37 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that sought to transfer $90 million from the ACA navigator program to the National Institute of Mental Health (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to 237 noes with one answering ``present'', Roll No. 284);
Pages H4570-71, H4597
Hill (AR) amendment (No. 38 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that sought to allow grant funds for apprenticeships to be used for apprenticeship programs registered with the U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL) as well as industry-recognized apprenticeship programs (by a recorded vote of 158 ayes to 266 noes, Roll No. 285); and
Pages H4571-73, H4597-98
Banks amendment (No. 42 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that sought to reduce spending for each amount in Division A by 14 percent
(by a recorded vote of 150 ayes to 273 noes, Roll No. 289).
Pages H4577-78, H4600-01
Withdrawn:
Raskin amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have increased funding for NIH's Building and Facilities account by $5 million to help to address an estimated $2 billion backlog in maintenance and repairs;
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Waters amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have removed and added $1,000,000 from this account for the purpose of instructing the Administration for Children and Families to conduct an audit of the Head Start Program to ensure that the grant funding selection and evaluation processes do not result in a disparate impact on minority communities; and
Pages H4537-38
Moore amendment (No. 30 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have provided
$1,000,000 for the distribution of Fentanyl Sticks.
Pages H4566-67
Proceedings Postponed:
Jeffries amendment (No. 48 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to limit the functions of the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights;
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Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) amendment (No. 49 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase and decrease by $5,000,000 for fund to be used specifically study the impact of firearm violence in elementary and secondary schools and higher education institutions;
Pages H4605-06
Adams amendment (No. 50 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase the Higher Education account by $500,000;
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Adams amendment (No. 51 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase funding for the Children and Families Services Programs account by $3 million; decrease the Departmental Management account by $3 million;
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Beyer amendment (No. 52 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase and decrease funds by $500,000 to support the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a feasibility study on allowing geolocation services with respect to the location of callers to the suicide prevention lifeline referred to in section 520E-
3 of the Public Health Service Act;
Pages H4607-08
Beyer amendment (No. 53 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to disclose to committees of jurisdiction and legal orientation providers a monthly census per facility, broken down by gender and age group, of unaccompanied alien children in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, including locations operated through a contract with any other entity
(including a Federal, State, or local agency);
Pages H4608-09
Blunt Rochester amendment (No. 54 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
109) that seeks to increase and decrease $1 from the Health Resources and Services Administration with respect to the health workforce and health professional staffing shortages;
Pages H4609-10
Murphy amendment (No. 56 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Mental Health by $2,000,000, with the additional funding intended for the Garrett Lee Smith-Youth Suicide Prevention State and Campus grants budget activities within the Mental Health Programs of Regional and National Significance; reduce Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Health Surveillance and Program Support by $2,000,000;
Pages H4610-11
Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 57 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
109) that seeks to increase and decrease the HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention account by
$15 million in order to support Opioid Related Infectious Disease under the Center for Disease Control;
Pages H4611-12
Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 58 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
109) that seeks to strike a rider that prevents the use of any funds for ``any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance in Schedule I'' of the CSA;
Pages H4612-13
McAdams amendment (No. 59 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase CDC Injury Prevention and Control suicide program funding to enhance youth suicide awareness, research, and prevention efforts, with a corresponding reduction in HHS General Departmental Management account;
Pages H4613-14
Schrier amendment (No. 60 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to clarify that early childhood developmental screenings can be considered an allowable medical service for donation to children in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement;
Pages H4614-15
Lee (NV) amendment (No. 61 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase funding for Graduate Medical Education slots and cut funding from the Office of the Secretary of Education's departmental fund;
Pages H4615-16
Craig amendment (No. 62 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase by $1 million the Health Resources and Services Administrations (HRSA) Rural Health Programs to prioritize ongoing coordination with the U.S. Department of Agricultures establishment of a Rural Health Liaison as directed by Public Law 115-334 (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018);
Pages H4616-17
Craig amendment (No. 63 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase and decrease by $14,523,544,000 the Department of Education's grants to states under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to support funding for special education;
Pages H4617-18
Craig amendment (No. 64 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase and decrease funding for Career, Technical, and Adult Education in order to support the Department of Education in carrying out the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
(Perkins Act) and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA);
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Porter amendment (No. 65 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase funding for the Senior Medicare Patrols within the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account by $2,000,000;
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Porter amendment (No. 66 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to provide funding to support the Intimate Partner Violence Strategy at the Health Resources and Services Administration across the relevant bureaus at the agency;
Pages H4619-20
Porter amendment (No. 67 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to ensure that ACA open enrollment data is disaggregated by race, ethnicity, preferred language, age and sex to support better understanding of enrollment information;
Pages H4620-21
Mucarsel-Powell amendment (No. 68 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
109) that seeks to allocate an additional $5 million to the Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF), which would improve prevention, care, and treatment for racial and ethnic minorities impacted by HIV/
AIDS;
Pages H4621-22
Levin (MI) amendment (No. 70 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to increase funding for the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Education by $4 million; and
Pages H4622-23
Pressley amendment (No. 71 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-109) that seeks to provide an additional $5,000,000 to fund School-Based Health Centers to support preventative and mental health services for children and adolescents in school.
Pages H4623-25
H. Res. 431, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) and the resolution (H. Res. 430) was agreed to yesterday, June 11th.
H. Res. 436, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill
(H.R. 2740) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 265, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 264.
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Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, June 13th.
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Senate Referrals: S. 395 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 504 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H4445.
Quorum Calls Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and forty-three recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4443, H4444, H4550, H4550-51, H4551-52, H4552, H4552-53, H4553-54, H4554, H4554-55, H4555-56, H4556, H4556-57, H4557-58, H4558, H4583-84, H4584, H4585, H4586, H4586-87, H4587, H4588, H4588-89, H4589, H4589-90, H4590-91, H4591, H4591-92, H4592-93, H4593, H4593-94, H4594-95, H4595, H4595-96, H4596-97, H4597, H4597-98, H4598-99, H4599, H4599-H4600, H4600-01, H4601, H4601-02, H4602-03, H4603, and H4603-04. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 4:01 a.m. on Thursday, June 13, 2019.
