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Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act (10/11/2017 legislative day)

All Circuit Review Act (10/11/2017 legislative day)

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients. (10/11/2017 legislative day)

Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2017 (10/11/2017 legislative day)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 259 Nassau Street, Suite 2 in Princeton, New Jersey, as the "Dr. John F. Nash, Jr. Post Office". (10/11/2017 legislative day)

National Clinical Care Commission Act (10/11/2017 legislative day)

Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act (10/11/2017 legislative day)

Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017 (10/11/2017 legislative day)

NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 (10/11/2017 legislative day)

Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 585) to provide greater whistleblower protections for Federal employees, increased awareness of Federal whistleblower protections, and increased accountability and required discipline for Federal supervisors who retaliate against whistleblowers, and for other purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from October 16, 2017, through October 20, 2017; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. (10/11/2017 legislative day)

SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 0 (Roll no. 563).

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 0 (Roll no. 562).

UNANIMOUS CONSENT - Mr. Collins (GA) asked unanimous consent that the provisions of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546) shall apply to H. Con. Res. 81 not earlier than November 2, 2017, but on the same terms that would have adhered on October 13, 2017. Agreed to without objection.

ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 3243 — "To amend title 40, United States Code, to eliminate the sunset of certain provisions relating to information technology, to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to extend the sunset relating to the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative, and for other purposes."

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 452 — "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the "Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office"."

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business is on motions to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.