FLOOR UPDATE – 12 – 13 VOTES

At approximately 5:50 - 5:55 p.m., the House will take the following votes on amendments to Division A (Labor, Health and Human Services, Education) to H.R. 2740 – Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020:

1. McGovernAmendment – Ensures medically-tailored nutrition interventions are included in evidence-based practices for enhancing senior nutrition under the Older Americans Act – 15 minutes
2. ShalalaAmendment – Increases funding for refugee and entrant assistance by $10 million – 2 minutes
3. DeSaulnier Amendment #5 – Increases and decreases funding for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by $1 million to support data collection on job loss and mass layoffs – 2 minutes
4. DeSaulnier Amendment #6 – 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  – 2 minutes
5. DeSaulnier Amendment #7 – 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 – 2 minutes
6. DeSaulnier Amendment #8 – Increases and decreases funding for Children’s Mental Health Services Grants by $5 million to support school-based, early childhood mental health interventions – 2 minutes
7. Smith (NJ) Amendment – Increases funding for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Lyme Disease by $1 million. Decreases funding for the Department of Education’s Program Administration account by $1 million – 2 minutes
8. Scott (VA) Amendment – 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 – 2 minutes
9. DeFazio Amendment – 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. It would also prohibit any funds appropriated to the Job Corps program from being used to close any of the 25 CCCs that are currently operating – 2 minutes
10. Jackson Lee Amendment #14– Increases and decreases funding for the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases by $10 million to support greater diversity in the pool of diabetes research professionals and patients participating in clinical trials – 2 minutes
11. Jackson Lee Amendment #15 – Increases and decreases funding for higher education by $10 million to support programs providing outreach and support services targeting program participants at greatest risk of not completing a college degree – 2 minutes
12. Pascrell Amendment – 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. Decreases funding for HHS’s General Departmental Management account by $900,000 – 2 minutes
13. (IF REQUESTED) Davis, Danny (IL) Amendment – Increases funding to the account of Birth Defects, Development Disabilities, Disabilities and Health by $2 million for sickle cell research. Decreases funding for HHS’s General Departmental Management account by $2 million – 2 minutes

Following votes, the House will continue consideration of amendments to H.R. 2740.  

Next/Last votes predicted: at approximately 10:00 - 11:00 p.m., on the Rule and some amendments to H.R. 2740.  

**Members are advised that the House will continue consideration of amendments to H.R. 2740 after last votes.  Members should be prepared to offer their amendment at the appropriate time tonight.

Members are further advised that House Republicans may continue to call for recorded votes on all amendments made in order to H.R. 2740. 

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