The objection was not agreed to in the House by a yea and nay vote of 121 yeas to 303 nays, Roll No. 10. Subsequently, notification was received in the House that the Senate disposed of the objection by a vote of 6 yeas to 93 nays. Upon resumption of the joint session, the Vice President announced that the original certification submitted by the State of Arizona would stand as regular in form and authentic. Pages H77–93
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that he had issued an Executive Order that takes additional steps concerning the national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services supply chain declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019—referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 117–6). Pages H75–76
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages H94 and H112.
Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H93 and H112.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 3:48 a.m.
Committee Meetings
No hearings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
NEW PUBLIC LAWS
(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D1135)
H.R. 3465, to authorize the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs. Signed on December 23, 2020. (Public Law 116–253)
H.R. 4761, to ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other personnel have adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the Department of Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic opioid detection capability. Signed on December 23, 2020. (Public Law 116–254)
S. 199, to provide for the transfer of certain Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. Signed on December 23, 2020. (Public Law 116–255)
S. 1014, to establish the Route 66 Centennial Commission. Signed on December 23, 2020. (Public Law 116–256)
S. 2258, to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers. Signed on December 23, 2020. (Public Law 116–257)
S. 2904, to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support research on the outputs that may be generated by generative adversarial networks, otherwise known as deepfakes, and other comparable techniques that may be developed in the future. Signed on December 23, 2020. (Public Law 116–258)
S. 2981, to reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002. Signed on December 23, 2020. (Public Law 116–259)
H.R. 133, making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief. Signed on December 27, 2020. (Public Law 116–260)
S. 212, to amend the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities. Signed on December 30, 2020. (Public Law 116–261)
S. 900, to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Montana, as the “Travis W. Atkins Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic”. Signed on December 30, 2020. (Public Law 116–262)
S. 2472, to redesignate the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum Brook Station, Ohio, as the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility. Signed on December 30, 2020. (Public Law 116–263)
S. 3257, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, as the “Einar ‘Sarge’ H. Ingman, Jr. Post Office Building”. Signed on December 30, 2020. (Public Law 116–264)
S. 3461, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the “Audie Murphy Post Office Building”. Signed on December 30, 2020. (Public Law 116–265)
S. 3462, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the “Ralph Hall Post Office”. Signed on December 30, 2020. (Public Law 116–266)
S. 4126, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 104 East Main Street
