07/08/15 7:04 PM H.R. 2822
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 333, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Buck amendment, pending the reservation of a point of order.
07/08/15 7:04 PM H.R. 2822
An amendment, offered by Mr. Buck, to prohibit the use of funds to pay retention bonuses to Senior Executive Service personnel at the Environmental Protection Agency; not more than $50,000 to be made available to be used by the Department of the Interior to conduct a study on whether Agricola Americus should be classified as an endangered species.
07/08/15 7:03 PM H.R. 2822
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Ellison amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Ellison demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
07/08/15 6:56 PM H.R. 2822
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 333, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ellison amendment.
07/08/15 6:56 PM H.R. 2822
An amendment, offered by Mr. Ellison, to prohibit use of funds to enter into contracts with any person whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed in United States Code, in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System include the term "Fair Labor Standards Act" and such disposition is listed as "willful" or "repeated".
07/08/15 6:56 PM H.R. 2822
Amendment offered by Mr. Ellison.
07/08/15 6:55 PM H.R. 2822
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
07/08/15 6:55 PM H.R. 2822
Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 2822 — "Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes."
07/08/15 6:50 PM
On approving the Journal Agreed to by voice vote.
07/08/15 6:50 PM
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of agreeing to the Speaker's approval of the Journal on which further proceedings had been postponed.
