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House suspends rules and passes range of measures including honors, charters and veterans bills; one representative sworn in
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Summary
On Feb. 2, the House passed multiple suspension-of-the-rules bills—including HR 3497 (Medal of Sacrifice Act) and HR 988 (National Women’s Relief Corps charter)—and later suspended the rules and passed several veterans-related bills; the House also received committee resignations and administered the oath to Representative-elect Christian Menifee.
The House used suspension-of-the-rules procedures to consider a package of measures, several of which were passed on the floor.
Early in proceedings the chamber approved HR 3497 (referred to on the floor as the Bridal/Medal of Sacrifice Act), a measure described by its sponsor as authorizing awards to law enforcement officers and first responders killed in the line of duty; members voiced bipartisan support and the chair announced the rules were suspended and the bill passed. The House also approved HR 988 to amend the congressional charter of the National Women’s Relief Corps, updating its place of incorporation and principal office to Murfreesboro, Illinois.
Later in the day the House considered and passed a series of veterans-related measures (HR 980, HR 3123, HR 658, HR 1458) after extended floor debate and recorded votes where ordered. Members also placed committee communications in the record, accepted the resignation of Representative Herb Conaway from the House Small Business Committee, and accepted the Speaker’s appointment of a House designee to the National Council on Disability. The House administered the oath of office to Representative-elect Christian Deshaun Menifee, who delivered brief remarks thanking colleagues and noting his district’s long history of public service.
Vote highlights (as announced on the floor): HR 980 passed (yays 402, nays 2); HR 3123 passed (yays 405, nays 1); HR 980, HR 3123, HR 1458, HR 658 and other measures were reported as passed under suspension of the rules.
