[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 178 (Thursday, December 3, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1399-D1400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 4189-
4211; 1 private bill, H.R. 4212; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 217, 
and H. Res. 943-949, were introduced.                   
  Pages H13519-20
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages H13520-21
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2652, to amend title 46, United States Code, to improve vessel 
safety, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-351);
  H.R. 2650, to amend title 14, United States Code, to modernize the 
leadership of the Coast Guard and to modernize the administration of 
marine safety by the Coast Guard (H. Rept. 111-352);
  H.R. 3224, to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution to plan, design, and construct a vehicle maintenance 
building at the vehicle maintenance branch of the Smithsonian 
Institution located in Suitland, Maryland (H. Rept. 111-276, Pt. 2); 
and
  H.R. 3542, to direct the Architect of the Capitol to fly the flag of 
a State over the Capitol each year on the anniversary of the date of 
the State's admission to the Union, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-
353).                                                       
Page H13519
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Pastor to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
recorded vote of 250 ayes to 169 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 925.                                        
  Pages H13469, H13480-81
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures which were debated on Wednesday, 
December 2nd:
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
Transportation Security Administration should enhance security against 
terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and 
mass transit lines: H. Res. 28, amended, to express the sense of the 
House of Representatives that the Transportation Security 
Administration should, in accordance with the congressional mandate 
provided for in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007, enhance security against terrorist attack and other 
security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit lines, by a \2/
3\ yea-and-nay vote of 417 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 926 and 
                                                        Pages H13481-82
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security 
Administration should, in accordance with the congressional mandate 
provided for in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 as well as other statutes, enhance security against 
terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and 
mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation.''. 
                                                            Page H13482
  Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009: H.R. 
3570, amended, to amend title 17, United States Code, to reauthorize 
the satellite statutory license and to conform the satellite and cable 
statutory licenses to all-digital transmissions, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 394 yeas to 11 nays, Roll No. 930.              
  Pages H13494-95
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To extend the statutory 
license for secondary transmissions under title 17, United States Code, 
and for other purposes.''.                                  
Page H13495
Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses 
Act of 2009: The House passed H.R. 4154, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to 
prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many 
more estates than would benefit from repeal and to retain the estate 
tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 
200 nays, Roll No. 929.                                 
  Pages H13482-94
  Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of 
order sustained against the Heller motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back 
to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 
yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 927.                         
Pages H13491-92
  Rejected the second Heller motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back 
to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 187 
ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 928.                             
Page H13492
  Pursuant to section 2 of the rule, in the engrossment of H.R. 4154, 
the Clerk shall (1) add the text of H.R. 2920, as passed by the House, 
as new matter at the end of H.R. 4154; (2) conform the title of H.R. 
4154 to reflect the addition to the engrossment of the text of H.R. 
2920; (3) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the 
engrossment; and (4) conform provisions for short titles within the 
engrossment.

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  H. Res. 941, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 924, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 
yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 923.                         
Pages H13472-80
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 7th for morning hour debate. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H13479-
80, H13480, H13481, H13481-82, H13491-92, H13493-94, H13494, and 
H13494-95. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:15 p.m.