the Republican Cloakroom

WEDNESDAY MARCH 6, 2019

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 172 - The rule providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 1 - For the People Act of 2019 - PASSED 232 - 191, ROLL CALL 106
Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 191
Democrat YEA – 232; NAY – 0

Adoption of H. Res. 172 - The rule providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 1 - For the People Act of 2019 - ADOPTED 232 - 192, ROLL CALL 107
Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 192
Democrat YEA – 232; NAY – 0

Approval of the Journal - APPROVED 

H.R. 1 - For the People Act of 2019 - ALL TIME FOR GENERAL DEBATE HAS EXPIRED

Amendments to H.R. 1: 
Suozzi (D-NY) – Amendment No. 1 - 20/20 PROTOCOL Requires the Federal Elections Commission to conduct an audit after each Federal election cycle to determine the incidence of illicit foreign money in the election. Within 180 Days, the FEC will submit to Congress a report containing audit results and recommendation(s) to address the presence of illicit foreign money. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Butterfield (D-NC), Brown (D-MD) – Amendment No. 2 - Ensures states locate polling locations for early voting in rural areas of the state and ensure that those polling places are located in communities that will give rural residents the best opportunity to vote during the early voting period - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Raskin (D-MD) – Amendment No. 3 - Prevents corporate expenditures for campaign purposes unless the corporation has established a process for determining the political will of its shareholders. - VOTE REQUESTED

Hastings (D-FL), Deutch (D-FL) – Amendment No. 4 - Requires states to submit a report to Congress not later than 120 days after the end of a Federal election cycle regarding the number of ballots invalidated by signature mismatch, the attempts to contact voters to provide notice, and the cure process and results. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Cole (R-OK), Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 5 - Restores a provision currently in law that bars government contractors from disclosing campaign contributions as part of the bidding process. - VOTE REQUESTED

Scanlon (D-PA) – Amendment No. 6 - Establishes a fourth committee comprised of election security experts to review grant requests to ensure funds for election infrastructure are best spent. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Scanlon (D-PA) – Amendment No. 7 - Requests a study by the Federal Election Commission to specifically assess whether the small donor match cap and the six to-one ratio in H.R.1 is appropriately scaled for both House and Senate
elections. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Morelle (D-NY) – Amendment No. 8 - Changes pre-election registration deadlines from 30 days to 28 days before election day to ensure the deadline does not fall on a legal public holiday. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Shalala (D-FL) – Amendment No. 9 - Requires the Office of Government Ethics to submit a report to Congress regarding the implications of the retroactive application of the ethics waiver process. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Deutch (D-FL) – Amendment No. 10 - Strikes the addition of certain disclosure requirements for contributions to political organizations under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code under the Ethics in Government Act. Leaves the determination of conflicts of interest arising from political fundraising activities to the relevant designated agency ethics official. - NOT OFFERED

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 11 - Provides that State DMV’s shall require individuals applying for a driver’s license to indicate whether the individual resides in another State or resided in another State prior to applying, and whether the individual intends for the State to serve as the primary residence for voting. If so, the State election officer of the prior State of residence shall be notified. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Lieu (D-CA) – Amendment No. 12 - Prohibits political appointees from using Federal funds to pay for travel on noncommercial, private, or chartered flights for official business. Exceptions are made if no commercial flight is available during the time at which travel is necessary – any senior political appointee who travels on a non-commercial, private, or chartered flight under the above exception must submit a written statement to Congress certifying that no commercial flight was available. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Jayapal (D-WA) – Amendment No. 13 - Directs the Office of Government Ethics to promulgate rules to apply ethics laws to unpaid employees of the Executive Office of the President and the White House. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Jayapal (D-WA), Omar (D-MN) – Amendment No. 14 - Prohibits compensation for lobbying contacts on behalf of foreign countries identified by the Secretary of State as engaging in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Jayapal (D-WA) – Amendment No. 15 - Directs the Office of Government Ethics to promulgate regulations establishing limits on gifts and donations to legal defense funds. The regulations shall, at a minimum, set basic requirements on transparency and prohibit mixing federal employees with nonfederal employees to ensure federal employees cannot obtain money from prohibited sources. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Connolly (D-VA), Langevin (D-RI) – Amendment No. 16 - Establishes a Race to the Top model to award supplementary grants to state applicants based on evidence of previous voting system security reforms and plans for implementing additional innovations. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Foxx (R-NC), Rouda (D-CA) – Amendment No. 17 - Codifies a Senate rule that brings transparency to sources of compensation for Congressional fellowships, applying it to both chambers. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Lawrence (D-MI) – Amendment No. 18 - Adds Cabinet members to the list of individuals prohibited from benefiting from an agreement with the U.S. Government. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Gosar (R-AZ), Meadows (R-NC) – Amendment No. 19 - Includes criminal penalties for failure to register as a foreign agent, including 5 years in prison for each instance. - NOT OFFERED

Rouda (D-CA) – Amendment No. 20 - Requires that all paper ballots used in an election for Federal office must be printed on recycled paper. This requirement applies to all elections occurring on or after January 1, 2021. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Rouda (D-CA) – Amendment No. 21 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to conduct a study of the best ways to design ballots used in elections for public office to minimize confusion, including paper and digital ballots to minimize confusion and user errors. The EAC must submit to Congress this report no later than January 1, 2020. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Rouda (D-CA) – Amendment No. 22 - Directs the Postmaster General to modify paper change of address forms used by the United States Postal Service to include a reminder that any individual using the form should update the individual’s voter registration as a result of any change in address. - ADOPTED BY VOICE