Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2016-12-06 Date2016-12-06 PublicationVolume 162, issue 175 Sections157 House · 46 Senate House sections RECOGNIZING THE NORTHWEST INDIANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY HONORING GARY A. ROSEMA, OTTAWA COUNTY SHERIFF, ON HIS RETIREMENT HONORING THE FAIRFIELD AREA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' SOCCER TEAM HONORING MOTHER IRENE L. GARY COMMENDING THE 2016 BEST OF BRADDOCK RECIPIENTS HONORING THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HANOVER FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZING DEBBIE SHEDDEN RECOGNIZING MRS. MELISSA KEESEE FOR HER SERVICE RECOGNIZING MAJOR JAMIE M. GLINES HONORING MRS. LINDA BERMAN RECOGNIZING NEELAM CANTO-LUGO FOR RECEIVING THE VEGA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD ARVADA HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION NORTHGLENN HIGH SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENECA HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS ON WINNING BACK- TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS HONORING WESTHAVEN MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME CONGRATULATING THE 2016 CHAIRMAN'S AWARD RECIPIENTS BCER GROUP IN HONOR OF THE RETIREMENT OF JIM MILLER HONORING COLONEL SONG LENG XIONG TRIBUTE TO THE 187TH AIR NATIONAL GUARD FIGHTER WING IN RECOGNITION OF THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE AND PEACE PAYING TRIBUTE TO JOSE ABEYTA TO COMMEND THE HONOREES OF THE 2016 KOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY APPRECIATION NIGHT HONORING MRS. GERTRUDE R. GRENADA PROVIDING CARE TO THE DUCHENNE COMMUNITY PERSONAL EXPLANATION RECOGNIZING THE 2016 FAIRFAX COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT VALOR AWARD RECIPIENTS PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING THE TOWN OF CRENSHAW HONORING FLARA PRESIDENT TONY FRANSETTA RECOGNIZING THE 2016 FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT VALOR AWARD RECIPIENTS MOURNING THE PASSING OF FATHER PAUL KWIATKOWSKI SUPPORTING THE GENERATION OF TOMORROW HONORING SPIRIT XPLOSION THE "TAX TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2016" RECOGNIZING THE 2016 FAIRFAX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VALOR AWARD RECIPIENTS PERSONAL EXPLANATION REMEMBERING DONALD MONTANARO HONORING VERKILYA ELESHIA HOGAN RECOGNIZING THE 2016 FAIRFAX COUNTY VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS TSUNAMI WARNING, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH ACT OF 2015 HONORING SERGEANT GREG RAMONI HONORING THE MS. THERESA A. MANUEL HONORING ASHLEY WILSON REMEMBERING DR. WARREN WARWICK CONGRATULATIONS TO WAYNE GLENN ON HOSTING HIS 2,000TH RADIO SHOW TUESDAYS IN TEXAS: SAM RAYBURN RECOGNIZING THE 2016 LEADERSHIP PRINCE WILLIAM VISION AWARD AND KATHY ELLINGTON ALUMNI LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS RESTORING THE CONGRESSIONAL DUTY TO DECLARE WAR HONORING SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS TECHNICIAN GARY ESTES HONORING MARY HARRISON LEE CONGRATULATIONS TO DIANNE ELIZABETH OSIS ON HER RETIREMENT AFTER 36 YEARS AS CHAIRWOMAN AND PRESIDENT OF SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS JOURNAL RECOGNIZING THE 2016 OFFICERS OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY FEDERATION OF CITIZENS ASSOCIATIONS HONORING FIRST SERGEANT RONALD OWENS TRIBUTE TO OFFICER COLLIN ROSE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MONETT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE CLASS 3A MISSOURI STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HONORING MR. CHARLES SELMON CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF SILETZ INDIANS AND CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE INDIANS STAY OUT OF MOSUL RECOGNIZING THE 2016 TOWN OF HERNDON POLICE DEPARTMENT VALOR AWARD RECIPIENTS HONORING CONSTANCE BLAND HONORING FIRST LIEUTENANT KEVIN WAGNER House of Representatives DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE MORNING-HOUR DEBATE HARDY MYERS: AN EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANT RECOGNIZING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF RUTH JOHNSON COLVIN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE PROTECTING PENSIONS OF COAL MINERS HONORING VIRGINIA STRATTON TRIBUTE TO CHAIRMAN HAL ROGERS COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF LEONARD ROTHSTEIN CONGRATULATING GENERAL JIM MATTIS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS STILL BARACK OBAMA 21ST CENTURY CURES VIETNAM VETERANS HELP AND HOPE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL RECESS AFTER RECESS PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER NICARAGUA REBUILD AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRATULATING COACH JAMES FRANKLIN PASS LEGISLATION TO FIND CURES HONORING OHIO STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM BUCHY SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT ON ADDICTION HONORING LEO DAUGHTRY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CONGRATULATING ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL ROCKETS 21ST CENTURY CURES MEDIA SHOULD REPORT THE FACTS GVSU WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHERIFF FRANK DENNING COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE STREAMLINING ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR SCHOOLS ACT OF 2015 POWER AND SECURITY SYSTEMS (PASS) ACT CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORSHIP, TREATMENT, ACCESS, AND RESEARCH ACT OF 2016 EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES ACT IMPROVING BROADBAND ACCESS FOR VETERANS ACT OF 2016 EXPRESSING SENSE OF HOUSE THAT ACCESS TO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS AND CONNECTIVITY IS NECESSARY TO PREPARE YOUTH EXPRESSING SENSE OF HOUSE WITH RESPECT TO THIRD-PARTY CHARGES ON CONSUMER TELEPHONE BILLS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL ACT ARBUCKLE PROJECT MAINTENANCE COMPLEX AND DISTRICT OFFICE CONVEYANCE ACT OF 2016 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ECONOMIC EXPANSION ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADDITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO THE RESERVATION OF THE SILETZ TRIBE IN THE STATE OF OREGON AMENDING THE GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS DANIEL J. EVANS OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS ACT CROSS-BORDER TRADE ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2016 EXTENDING WAIVER OF LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EXCLUDING FROM GROSS INCOME AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS JEFF MILLER AND RICHARD BLUMENTHAL VETERANS HEALTH CARE AND BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2016 ETHICAL PATIENT CARE FOR VETERANS ACT OF 2016 FASTER CARE FOR VETERANS ACT OF 2016 COLONEL DEMAS T. CRAW VA CLINIC CHARLES DUNCAN BURIED WITH HONOR ACT OF 2016 REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5143, TRANSPARENT INSURANCE STANDARDS ACT OF 2016; PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 9, 2016, THROUGH JANUARY 3... DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMERGENCY MEDICAL STAFFING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACT ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE IMPROVING BROADBAND ACCESS FOR VETERANS ACT OF 2016 EXPRESSING SENSE OF HOUSE THAT ACCESS TO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS AND CONNECTIVITY IS NECESSARY TO PREPARE YOUTH JEFF MILLER AND RICHARD BLUMENTHAL VETERANS HEALTH CARE AND BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2016 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING OF A REVISED EDITION OF THE RULES AND MANUAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE A CORRECTION IN THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 34 BIG TEN CHAMPION PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS HOUSING DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST FANNIE MAE HONORING ERIC ELLSWORTH HONORING CHOCO GONZALEZ MEZA DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM MAKE IT IN AMERICA I AM PROUD OF MY FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE CLOSING OUT THE 114TH CONGRESS THE FIRST 100 DAYS HONORING RANDY NEUGEBAUER REFLECTIONS OF A FRESHMAN SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Constitutional Authority Statement Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6439 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6440 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6441 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6442 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6443 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6444 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6445 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 6446 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.J. Res. 106 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Senate sections Senate PRAYER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WELCOMING THE GUEST CHAPLAIN RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER LEGISLATION BEFORE THE SENATE TRIBUTE TO DAN COATS TRIBUTE TO MARK KIRK RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME TSUNAMI WARNING, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH ACT OF 2015 RECESS TSUNAMI WARNING, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH ACT OF 2015--Continued 21ST CENTURY CURES BILL MORNING BUSINESS TRIBUTE TO JAMES R. CLAPPER, JR. RECOGNIZING THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HONORING OFFICER COLLIN ROSE TRIBUTE TO BOB PROUD TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM "BILL" A. BAXTER TRIBUTE TO LARRY K. JAMES TRIBUTE TO MOREY AND SONDRA MYERS MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE MEASURES REFERRED REPORTS OF COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Introductory Statement on S. 3505 Introductory Statement on S. 3506 Introductory Statement on S. 3507 SENATE RESOLUTION 631--CELEBRATING THE HISTORY OF THE DETROIT RIVER WITH THE 15-YEAR COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MEMORIAL MONUMENT, COMPRISED OF THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM... AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Text of Senate Amendment 5138 AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR APPOINTMENTS ORDER OF PROCEDURE ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016 PROGRAM ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. TOMORROW NOMINATIONS