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Moving Forward Act

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Sponsor

Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] →

Cosponsors

129 current · 129 total

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Recorded vote · House roll call 138 · 2020-07-01

233 Yea · 188 Nay · 0 Present · 10 Not voting — Passed

230–2 (Yea–Nay)

3–184 (Yea–Nay)

0–1 (Yea–Nay)

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Actions (44)

Date	Time	Action
2020-06-11	—	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2020-06-11	—	Introduced in House
2020-06-11	—	Introduced in House
2020-06-26	—	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 350.
2020-06-26	—	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-437.
2020-06-26	—	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-437.
2020-06-29	20:59:29	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1028 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
2020-06-30	12:57:47	Rule H. Res. 1028 passed House.
2020-06-30	13:13:03	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1028. (consideration: CR H2694-2978; text: CR H2694-2918)
2020-06-30	13:13:08	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
2020-06-30	13:15:02	DEBATE - The House proceeded with two hours of debate on H.R. 2.
2020-06-30	15:56:10	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1028, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the DeFazio amendment en bloc No. 1.
2020-06-30	16:45:12	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the DeFazio amendment en bloc No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Graves (MO) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
2020-06-30	16:46:57	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1028, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Lipinski amendment en bloc No. 2.
2020-06-30	17:22:27	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1028, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Pallone amendment en bloc No. 3.
2020-06-30	17:54:36	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Pallone amendment en bloc No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Shimkus demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
2020-06-30	19:08:16	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 2 were postponed.
2020-06-30	19:08:16	The motions to reconsider the votes on amendments en bloc numbers one, two, and three to H.R. 2 are laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.
2020-07-01	10:34:27	Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, the House resumed consideration of H.R. 2.
2020-07-01	10:34:28	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2995-3039)
2020-07-01	10:38:18	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1028, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the DeFazio amendment en bloc No. 4.
2020-07-01	11:25:08	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1028, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Waters amendment en bloc No. 5.
2020-07-01	11:52:45	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1028, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Graves(MO) amendment en bloc No. 6.
2020-07-01	12:23:04	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Graves (MO) amendment en bloc No. 6, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Graves (MO) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
2020-07-01	12:29:53	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1028, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Foxx amendment No. 1.
2020-07-01	12:51:54	WORDS TAKEN DOWN - During the course of debate, exception was taken to certain words used and a demand was made to have the words taken down. Mr. Rose (NY) asked unanimous consent to withdraw the words. Without objection, the words were withdrawn. The House resumed with debate on the Foxx amendment.
2020-07-01	13:02:49	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Foxx amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. DeFazio demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
2020-07-01	13:03:39	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1028, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Courtney amendment No. 2.
2020-07-01	13:09:38	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1028, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Tlaib amendment No. 3.
2020-07-01	13:21:10	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Tlaib amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Tlaib demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
2020-07-01	13:21:45	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 2 were postponed.
2020-07-01	13:42:44	Considered as unfinished business.
2020-07-01	13:43:21	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of the Graves amendment en bloc No. 6, adoption of the Foxx amendment and adoption of the Tlaib amendment all of which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
2020-07-01	13:44:57	Considered as unfinished business.
2020-07-01	15:48:41	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2020-07-01	15:49:51	Mr. Crawford moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (text: CR H3036)
2020-07-01	15:50:07	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Crawford motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for any entities owned or controlled by a nonmarket country, those subject to certain other trade monitoring or those listed pursuant to section 9(b)(3) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
2020-07-01	15:58:14	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
2020-07-01	16:40:25	On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 193 (Roll no. 137).
2020-07-01	17:23:11	On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 188 (Roll no. 138).
2020-07-01	17:23:11	Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 188 (Roll no. 138).
2020-07-01	17:23:13	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-07-01	17:23:14	The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2.
2020-07-20	—	Received in the Senate.

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