[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D336-D337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 4919-
4937; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 257; and H. Res. 1213-1218 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H2317-18
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2318-19
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 1212, providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to 
the bill (H.R. 1586) to impose an additional tax on bonuses received 
from certain TARP recipients (H. Rept. 111-456).             
Page H2317
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Speier to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2263
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010: H.R. 4915, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and 
expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport 
improvement program.                                     
  Pages H2268-73
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Major Charles R. Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs 
Blind Rehabilitation Center Designation Act: H.R. 4360, to designate 
the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center in Long 
Beach, California, as the ``Major Charles R. Soltes, Jr., O.D. 
Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center''. 
                                                         Pages H2267-68
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 257, providing 
for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 236 yeas to 175 nays, Roll No. 178.                       
  Page H2279
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures which were debated on Tuesday, March 
23rd:
  Recognizing the Florida Keys Scenic Highway: H. Res. 917, amended, to 
recognize the Florida Keys Scenic Highway on the occasion of its 
designation as an All-American Road by the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 420 yeas to 2 nays, Roll 
No. 180;                                                 
  Pages H2280-81
  Secure Federal File Sharing Act: H.R. 4098, amended, to require the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on 
the use of peer-to-peer file sharing software to prohibit the personal 
use of such software by Government employees, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 408 yeas to 13 nays, with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 183; 
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  Page H2299
  Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner Federal Building Designation Act: H.R. 
3562, amended, to designate the Federal building under construction at 
1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``Chaney, Goodman, 
Schwerner Federal Building.''.                               
  Page H2311
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To designate the federally 
occupied building located at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson, 
Mississippi, as the `James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael 
Schwerner Federal Building'.''.                              
Page H2311
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Monday, March 22nd:
  National Guard Employment Protection Act: H.R. 1879, amended, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for employment and 
reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time 
National Guard duty, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas with 1 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 184.                         
  Pages H2299-H2300
Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010: The House 
passed H.R. 4849, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
tax incentives for small business job creation, extend the

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Build America Bonds program, and provide other infrastructure job 
creation tax incentives, by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 178 noes, 
Roll No. 182.                                     
  Pages H2281, H2298-99
  Rejected the Camp 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 184 yeas to 239 
nays, Roll No. 181.                                      
Pages H2295-98
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill, 
modified by the amendment printed in H. Rept. 111-455, shall be 
considered as adopted.                                       
Page H2281
  H. Res. 1205, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on Tuesday, March 23rd.
Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act of 2010: The House passed H.R. 
4899, making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief 
and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 239 yeas to 175 nays with 1 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 186.                                            
  Pages H2300-11
  Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of 
order sustained against the Lewis (CA) motion to recommit the bill to 
the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with amendments, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
239 yeas to 176 nays, Roll No. 185.                      
Pages H2309-10
  H. Res. 1204, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 233 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 179, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection. 
                                               Pages H2273-78, H2279-80
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eight yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2279, 
H2279-80, H2280-81, H2297-98, H2298-99, H2299, H2299-H2300, H2309-10, 
H2310-11. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:14 p.m.
Program for Thursday: Consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 
1586--Aviation Safety and Investment Act of 2010 (Subject to a Rule).