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CSPAN U.S. House Of Representatives U.S. House Of Representatives July 13, 2024

The clerk on this vote the yeas are 395 the nays are 23. The amendment is adopted. The chair on this vote, the yeas are 395rk the nays are 23. The amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in house report 116247 by the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. Maloney, on which further proceedings were postponed, and on which the yeas prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 4 printed in part b of house report 116247, offered by ms. Carolyn b. Maloney of new york. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote, the yeas are 235. The nays are 188. He amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 5 printed in rt b of house report 116247 by the gentleman from ohio, mr. Davidson, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 5 printed in part b of house report 116247 offered by mr. Davidson of ohio. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote, the yeas are 166 and the nays are 258. The amendment is not adopted. There being no further amendments, under the rule, the committee rises. The chair madam chair. The committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h. R. 2513 and pursuant to House Resolution 646, i report the bill as amended back to the house with further amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. The speaker pro tempore the chair of the committee of the whole on the state of the Union Reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h. R. 2513. And pursuant to House Resolution 646, reports the bill, as amended by the resolution, back to the house with sundry further amendments adopted. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the committee of the whole . If not, the chair will put them engross. The question is on adoption of the amendments. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendments are agreed to. The question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. Third reading. The clerk a bill to ensure that persons or corporations are limited to Liability Companies of the United States disclose Beneficial Owners of those corporations are limited in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting United States corporation and limited liabilities for criminal gain to assist Law Enforcement and punishing terrorism, Money Laundering and other misconduct involving United States corporations and limited Liability Companies and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore order n the house, please. I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The speaker pro tempore is the gentleman opposed to the bill . I am in its current form. The clerk mr. Davidson of ohio moves to recommit the bill to the committee on Financial Services with instructions to report the same back to the house with the following amendment. Page 14, line 24, insert before the following, only such request is accompanied by a courtissued subpoena. Page 15, line 6, insert the following, only if such request is accompanied by a courtissued ubpoena. The speaker pro tempore can i have some order in the house, please. The gentleman is recognized for five minutes. This motion is about defending freedom. Civil liberties have united this great body. Do any of my colleagues regardless of Party Affiliation want Law Enforcement to access the data of Small Business owners and farmers without cause and without a warrant or subpoena . Surely this bills sponsor would like to see these provisions restored to the current version of the bill so due process and privacy rights of every day americans are protected. Lets reiterate what this bill does. This bill subjects Small Business owners mr. Speaker, the house is not in order. The speaker pro tempore lets have some order in the house, please. The gentleman may proceed. Mr. Davidson this bill subjects Small Business owners, with 20 or fewer employees, with criminal penalties. This bill creates yet another database containing personally identifiable information of private u. S. Citizens. This one collects drivers linings numbers and i addresses of owners of legal operations. A little known Government Agency and Law Enforcement will have unbriteled access to the database. This motion to recommit is a commonsense proposal to require a subpoena so that federal law enforce. Officials do not query the Sensitive Information of american citizens without cause. The majority should not be opposed to this motion. Treasury already requires similar reporting of Beneficial Ownership by banks through the customer Due Diligence rule and under the c. D. D. Rule, Law Enforcement must obtain a subpoena. In fact, the version of the corporate transparent secretary act Transparency Act introduced in the 115th congress only allowed disclosure to federal law ep forcement agencies if it has a subpoena. But this language has been dropped from the bill. I question why this iteration of the bill would remove the subpoena requirement and why democratic leadership would reject this amendment when i offered it at the rules committee. On october 8, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court published its previously classified opinion detailing systemic abuses of the fisa program. Federal Law Enforcement officials at the f. B. I. Have improperly queried section 702 fisa databases to spy on innocent americans. This abhorrent behavior violates the privacy rights of american citizens. Collectively, we must ensure that this database is safeguarded from any bad actors including unauthorized access by federal employees. In light of these existing fisa abuses, it is imperative that Congress Take steps to restore privacy protections for all americans. Starting with more robust safeguards in this bill is a great first step. After all this bill will require the smallest businesses to file Beneficial Ownership information with fincen creating an estimated 30 million to 40 million new filings each year. Thats a big database full of valuable information. This motion to recommit ensures due process and gives farmers and Small Business owners confidence that their constitutional that their constitutionally protected right to privacy is not violated. With that, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise . Mr. Speaker, i rise in opposition to the amendment. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, this is a rare moment in this house. We have a bipartisan bill. A bill that we have worked together, republicans and democrats in the house, weve worked together in the senate, theres a companion piece of legislation. It has been praised by the trump administration. We have a chance to do something tremendously good here and the bill says something very simple. Mr. Malinowski no one should be able to establish in the United States a Shell Company with completely secret ownership, secret even from Law Enforcement. We are saying that we are not panama. We are not the cayman islands, we are not some Little Island nation tax shelter that puts out a welcome mat for drug dealers, arms dealers, dictators hiding money from their people. We are the United States of america. We are a nation of laws that does not tolerate corruption at home and that fights corruption around the world. Mr. Speaker, when i was running the Human Rights Bureau at the state department i would often speak to dissidents fighting for freedom in countries like russia and i would say to them, what can we do to help you . And they would say, you know what . We dont ask you to fight all our battles for us, but just dont be complicit in what our dictatorship does to us. Id say what do you mean, complicit . Theyd say you know what . Because the money that people like putin and their oligarches steal from us, all go into banks and real estate in america and in europe and they do it through Shell Companies. And they were right. Under our current laws, anyone can set up an anonymously owned company to hide the proceeds of corruption or crime, fentanyl dealers do it. Human traffickers do it. Foreign dictators do it. The wildly corrupt son of gi nees former president did to it launder millions of dollars in bribes from international logging companies. Corrupt officials in nigeria use Shell Companies to steal aid we sent them to fight boko haram. Next time youre in new york fifth avenue, 650 you can go shopping in the nike store on the ground floor, get some shoes. You probably wouldnt realize that the building was owned for 20 years by the government of iran, once again using a Shell Company. And lets be clear. Shell companies not only allow foreign bad actors to hide dirty money in the United States, they allow them to use that dirty money to corrupt our system. Yeah, i know its illegal for foreigners to contribute to our campaigns. But if you launder your money through a Front Company with anonymous ownership theres very little we can do to stop you. Now this amendment, im thrilled to hear my republican colleagues say theyre concerned about privacy and Civil Liberties, but this bill already has extraordinarily strong privacy protections. Law enforce. Can only ask for access nor data if theres already an ongoing Law Enforcement investigation. The whole process is overseen by Civil Liberties and privacy officer at fincen and the information is so simple. My name. Tom malinowski. My address. 86 washington street. Rocky hill, new jersey. 08553. My date of birth, 9 23 65. My drivers license number is too long to read but you know what . The government already has it. What the government does not have is the names of the owners of companies that are set up here by foreign kleptocrats, drug lords and criminals. Law enforcement should have access to that information. Let me just close by reminding this house who is for this bill. The National Association of attorneys general. The National District attorneys association. The fraternal order of police. The society of former ages of the f. B. I. The u. S. Marshals association, the Small Business majority. The main street alliance. The american Sustainable Business council. The Bankers Association of every single state we represent. In this body. Virtually every major human rights and anticorruption group in the United States and around the world. Please, join them. Join me. Join the bipartisan champions of this ble blow we are about to strike against corruption. Reject this m. T. R. Support the bill. Thank you very much. The speaker pro tempore without objection the previous question is order is ordered on the motion to recommit. The question is on the mollings to recommit. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The noes have it. Mr. Speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes y electronic device. Passage of h. R. Pursuant to the clause, passage of h. R. 2513 if ordered and the motion to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2426. This will be a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 197 and the nays are 224. The motion is not adopted. The question is on passage of the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. I ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their vote by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. A fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 249, the nays are 173. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from new york, mr. Jeffries, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2426 as amended. On which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 2426, a bill to amend title 17 United States code to establish an alternative dispute Resolution Program for copyright small claims and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 408, the nays are 6. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed. The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 410, the nays are 6. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . I ask to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Madam speaker, i rise today to honor three american heros who lost their lives this weekend in a training accident at fort stewart in the first Congressional District of georgia. The incident happened at approximately 3 20 a. M. Sunday morning when the bradley fighting vehicle they were riding in rolled off the bridge and was submerged in a stream. Three soldiers were killed, three others were injure. The heros who lost their lives that day were Sergeant First Class Brian Andrew Jenkins of gainesville, florida. Private first place Antonio Gilbert garcia of arizona. And Corporal Thomas cole walker of ohio. Sergeant first plass jenkins was brn on december 19, 1977, and had served in the army since 2001. Corporal walker was born on august 5, 1997, and served in the army since 2016. Private first class garcia was born on august 1, 1998, and has served in the army since 2018. This is a tragic and devastating loss for our community and for our nation. These servicemens gave everythi

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