the Republican Cloakroom

THURSDAY MARCH 7, 2019

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

H. Res. 183 - Condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values and aspirations that define the people of the United States and condemning anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contrary to the values and aspirations of the United States - ON THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS - PASSED 407 - 23 - 1, ROLL CALL 108
Republican YEA – 173; NAY – 23
Democrat YEA – 234; NAY – 0

Amendments to H.R. 1 -

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. - ADOPTED 219 - 215, ROLL CALL 109
Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 198
Democrat YEA – 219; NAY – 17

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. - REJECTED 199 - 235, ROLL CALL 110
Republican YEA – 198; NAY – 0
Democrat YEA – 1; NAY – 235

Lofgren En Bloc 1
Porter (D-CA), Gosar (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 35 - Expands the ban prohibiting foreign nationals from contributing to elections under Section 319 of FECA to also ban foreign nationals from contributing to state or local ballot initiatives or referenda.

Pocan (D-WI) – Amendment No. 36 - Requires the creation of a single lobbying information disclosure portal that combines information currently held and made available to the public by the House, Senate, and DOJ.

Ruiz (D-CA) – Amendment No. 40 - Prohibits federal funds from being spent at businesses owned or controlled by the President, Vice President, or a Cabinet Member.

Takano (D-CA), Bilirakis (R-FL), Raskin (D-MD), Castor (D-FL) – Amendment No. 41 - Establishes that a federal officeholder or candidate for federal office must resolve their campaign contributions within 6 years of leaving office or campaign.

Meng (D-NY), Pressley (D-MA), Grijalva, Raúl (D-AZ), Chu (D-CA) – Amendment No. 42 - Requires the Election Assistance Commission poll worker training manual to ensure services are delivered in a culturally competent manner.

Schneider (D-IL) – Amendment No. 44 - Requires FEC to report to Congress within 180 days how to ensure financial disclosure for PACs and Super PACs established before Election Day but whose first disclosure would occur after
Election day, as well as their use of debt that is paid off after Election Day for disbursements made before Election Day.

Brown (D-MD) – Amendment No. 46 - Requires States to include in their annual report on voter registration statistics, the breakdown of race, ethnicity, age and gender of the individuals whose information is included in the report.

Espaillat (D-NY) – Amendment No. 50 - Requires the GAO to study the extent to which state redistricting commissions have met the membership diversity requirements in the bill.

O'Halleran (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 51 - Prohibits senior executive branch officials from violating the Federal Travel Regulations with taxpayer funds, requires federal agencies to disclose quarterly reports to Congress detailing senior officials’ travel on government aircraft, and requires the Office of Government Ethics to issue a report to Congress on recommendations to strengthen the Federal Travel Regulations.

O'Halleran (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 52 - Requires DOD to regularly disclose reports to Congress detailing the direct and indirect costs to the Department in support of presidential travel, including any costs incurred for travel to properties owned or operated by the President or his immediate family. This amendment codifies a recent GAO recommendation regarding DOD costs of presidential travel.

O'Halleran (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 53 - Requires DOD to provide Congress regular reports on direct and indirect costs to the Department in support of travel on military aircraft provided to senior executive branch officials, including whether any spousal travel provided was reimbursed to the federal government.

McAdams (D-UT) – Amendment No. 55 - Decreases, from 20% to 10%, the threshold by which an individual qualifies as a “lobbyist” under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

Phillips (D-MN) – Amendment No. 59 - Expands the scope of the revolving door restriction to include a prohibition on "lobbying activity” for former government officials leaving public service during the two-year cooling off period.

Phillips (D-MN), Torres, Norma (D-CA) – Amendment No. 60 - Ensures the FEC Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel consists of individuals with diverse party affiliation and diverse gender and ethnic backgrounds.

Harder (D-CA) – Amendment No. 65 - States that any person or entity that makes a lobbying contact with a covered legislative branch official or a covered executive branch official shall indicate whether the person or entity is registered as a lobbyist.

Horsford (D-NV) – Amendment No. 66 - Requires all forms made available by the FEC to allow for accent symbols.

Finkenauer (D-IA), Loebsack (D-IA), Axne (D-IA) – Amendment No. 67 - Exempts the State of Iowa's current nonpartisan redistricting system from the Sec. 2401 requirement.  - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Hice (R-GA) – Amendment No. 23 - Removes the granting of subpoena authority to the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. - REJECTED BY VOICE

Pressley (D-MA), Meng (D-NY), Schakowsky (D-IL) – Amendment No. 24 - Lowers the mandatory minimum voting age to age 16 in federal elections. - REJECTED 126 - 305 - 2, ROLL CALL 111
Republican YEA – 1; NAY – 197
Democrat YEA – 125; NAY – 108

Green, Mark (R-TN) – Amendment No. 25 - Expresses a sense of Congress that free speech should be protected. - REJECTED 200 - 233, ROLL CALL 112
Republican YEA – 197; NAY – 0
Democrat YEA – 3; NAY – 233

Green, Al (D-TX) – Amendment No. 26 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds during the one-year period beginning after the date of enactment, to local educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to secondary school students in the 12th grade. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Grijalva, Raúl (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 27 - Provides that States shall permit an individual who receives a vote by mail ballot to cast the ballot on the date of the election by delivering the ballot to a polling place. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Davis (R-IL) [on behalf of Yoho (R-FL)] – Amendment No. 28 - Requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to implement a judicial code that is at least as stringent as the requirements placed on Members of Congress. - REJECTED BY VOICE

Moore (D-WI) – Amendment No. 29 - Requires voting registration materials to be sent with notification of restoration of rights. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Moore (D-WI) – Amendment No. 30 - Calls for a GAO report on the challenges and progress made in making elections accessible for those with disabilities, including an assessment of the impact of changes included in H.R. 1. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 31 - Ensures that states that have taken appropriate measures to increase voter turnout are not subject to additional federal voter registration mandates. - REJECTED BY VOICE

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 32 - Strikes Title IV, subtitle F, which would allow the SEC to require disclosure of political contributions made by public corporations. - REJECTED 194 - 238, ROLL CALL 113
Republican YEA – 194; NAY – 4
Democrat YEA –0; NAY – 234

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 33 - Protects the ability of 501(c)4s to advocate for causes by striking a provision intended to allow for additional IRS regulation of 501(c)4s. - REJECTED 195 - 237, ROLL CALL 114
Republican YEA – 195; NAY – 1
Democrat YEA – 0; NAY – 236

Lujan (D-NM) – Amendment No. 34 - Revises Title III, Part 3, Election Infrastructure Innovation Grant Program, to include an emphasis on increasing voter participation, engage the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and increase funding for the competitive grants. - ADOPTED BY VOICE 

Pocan (D-WI) – Amendment No. 37 - Ends the practice of prison gerrymandering whereby incarcerated persons are counted in Census population counts as residents of correctional facilities and not their most recent residence prior to imprisonment. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Pocan (D-WI) – Amendment No. 38 - Requires states to seek to ensure that any voting machine used for the purposes of a federal election, by 2022, is manufactured in the United States. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Frankel (D-FL) – Amendment No. 39 - Clarifies that election administration improvement grants may be used to implement and model best practices for ballot design, ballot instructions, and the testing of ballots. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Beyer (D-VA), Butterfield (D-NC) – Amendment No. 43 - Provides grants to states to encourage involvement of minors in election activities. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Brown (D-MD), Crist (D-FL) – Amendment No. 45 - Ensures Sunday early voting. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Brown (D-MD) – Amendment No. 47 - Adds early voting to the minimum notification requirement for voters affected by polling place changes. Instead of only requiring the State to notify individuals no later than seven days before the date of the election, this would include not later than seven days prior to the first day of early voting as well, whichever comes first. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Brown (D-MD) – Amendment No. 48 - Requires a portion of the early voting hours of operations to occur outside of normal business hours to ensure maximum accessibility to working individuals. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Brown (D-MD) – Amendment No. 49 - Requires the States to include in their bi-annual report to Congress on the operation of the voter information hotline, a description of any actions taken in response to reports of voter intimidation or suppression. - ADOPTED BY VOICE 

Brindisi (D-NY) – Amendment No. 54 - Directs states to equalize polling hours across the state within certain parameters. Provides exceptions for municipalities to set longer hours. - VOTE REQUESTED

Case (D-HI) – Amendment No. 56 - Incentivizes political party committees to prioritize small dollar donations (up to $200) to provide enhanced support for candidates. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 57 - Modifies Section 1611 (Early Voting) to require that States provide for ten hours of early voting per day rather than four hours, as specified in the base text. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Phillips (D-MN) – Amendment No. 58 - Clarifies the authority of FEC attorneys, including the General Counsel, to represent the FEC in actions before the Supreme Court. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Levin, Andy (D-MI) – Amendment No. 61 - Prohibits violators of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and their immediate family members from serving on redistricting commissions. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Trahan (D-MA) – Amendment No. 62 - Prohibits agents registered under the Foreign Agents Act from serving on an independent redistricting commission. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Trahan (D-MA) – Amendment No. 63 - Extends the guarantee of residency for purposes of voting to family members of absent military personnel. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Kim (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 64 - Requires all paper ballots used in an election for Federal office must be printed in the US on paper manufactured in the US. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Spanberger (D-VA), Torres, Norma (D-CA) – Amendment No. 68 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to provide state election officials and Congress an assessment regarding risks and threats to election infrastructure 180 days before a general election. - ADOPTED BY VOICE

Sarbanes (D-MD), Slotkin (D-MI) – Amendment No. 69 - Expands the ban on foreign money entering elections to include electioneering communications. - ADOPTED BY VOICE