mr. farenthold: thank you. mr. speaker, h.r. 1233 would codify the existing executive order that requires former presidents to appeal to incumbent presidents to keep certain presidential documents privileged under the presidential records act. this bill would lock into statute a process established by president ronald reagan in 1989 and restored by president obama in 2009 and used without controversy by four of the last five presidents. the bill would ensure greater transparency for the privilege extension request by former president and help prevent abuses of the system of the the bill does not expand the limits of executive privilege, nor would it give former president custodial rights over their administration's presidential records. let me say that again to make it perfectly clear, mr. speaker. the bill does not expand the limits of the executive privilege. nor does it give former presidents custodial rights over their administration's presidential record. what the bill does is shift the focus from the technolo

mr. farenthold, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2860, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar bill 191, h.r. 2860, a to amend title 5, united states code, to provide that the inspector general of the office of personnel management may use amounts in the revolving fund of the office to fund audits, investigations, and oversight activities, and for other . rposes the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] please stand by. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 418, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and the motion