[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 67 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D495-D497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 5228-
5253; 1 private bill, H.R. 5254; and 12 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 275-
276; and H. Res. 1333-1342 were introduced.              
  Pages H3272-73
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3273-75
Reports Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5072, to improve the financial safety and soundness of the FHA 
mortgage insurance program, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-476). 
                                                             Page H3272
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Wilson (OH) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3205
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Pastor Tim 
Alexander, Smith Springs Church of Christ, Nashville, Tennessee. 
                                                             Page H3205
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and agree to the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, May 
5th:
  Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting 
the goals and ideals of Mother's Day: H. Res. 1295, to celebrate the 
role of mothers in the United States and to support the

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goals and ideals of Mother's Day, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 417 
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 250.             
  Pages H3215-16
Suspension--Failed: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and 
pass the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, May 5th:
  Telework Improvements Act: H.R. 1722, amended, to improve teleworking 
in executive agencies by developing a telework program that allows 
employees to telework at least 20 percent of the hours worked in every 
2 administrative workweeks, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 268 yeas to 
147 nays, Roll No. 251.                                      
  Page H3216
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Patrick J. 
Murphy (PA), wherein he resigned from the Committee on Armed Services, 
effective immediately.                                       
  Page H3216
Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010: The House passed H.R. 5019, to 
provide for the establishment of the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program, 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 246 yeas to 161 nays, Roll No. 255. 
                                                         Pages H3216-48
  Agreed to the Barton (TX) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with amendments by a yea-and-nay vote of 
346 yeas to 68 nays, Roll No. 254. Subsequently, Representative Waxman 
reported the bill back to the House with the amendment and the 
amendment was agreed to.                                 
Pages H3244-47
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the 5-minute rule.                           
Page H3227
  Agreed to:
  Markey (MA) amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 111-475) that makes 
sundry amendments to the bill;                           
Pages H3234-37
  Nye amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 111-475) that adds Armed 
Forces exchange services as qualified rebate aggregators;    
Page H3239
  Deutch amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 111-475) that requires 
the Secretary to ensure that a home in a disaster area is not denied 
assistance under the Home Star program solely because there is no 
equipment or system to replace due to the disaster;      
Pages H3240-41
  Flake amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 111-475) that prohibits 
any of the funds authorized in the bill from being used for a 
Congressional earmark;                                       
Page H3241
  Garrett (NJ) amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 111-475) that 
requires a GAO study of how much money and energy has been saved by 
American consumers as a result of the increased energy efficiency 
measures undertaken in title I of the bill (the Silver Star and Gold 
Star programs), and whether the savings are greater than the cost of 
the implementation of title I of the bill; and           
Pages H3241-42
  Bachmann amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 111-475) that requires 
the Department of Energy's Inspector General to submit a report to 
Congress identifying incidents of waste, fraud and abuse associated 
with the programs created by the bill. The amendment requires the 
report to include recommendations to prevent additional waste, fraud 
and abuse.                                               
Pages H3242-43
Rejected:
  Barton (TX) amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 111-475) that sought 
to strike the provision that permits financing entities to use funds 
repaid by participants to provide assistance to additional participants 
(by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 252) and 
                                                  Pages H3237-39, H3243
  Burgess amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 111-475) that sought to 
strike the public information campaign (section 109) from the bill and 
strike the campaign's $12 million authorization (by a recorded vote of 
190 ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 253).           
Pages H3239-40, H3243-44
  H. Res. 1329, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 249, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection. 
                                                         Pages H3207-15
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 1334, electing the 
following Members to certain standing committees of the House of 
Representatives: Committee on Agriculture: Representative Owens (to 
rank immediately after Representative Murphy (NY)). Committee on 
Appropriations: Representative Patrick J. Murphy (PA). Committee on 
Armed Services: Representative Garamendi (to rank immediately after 
Representative Owens), Representative Boswell (to rank immediately 
after Representative Garamendi), and Representative Johnson (GA) (to 
rank immediately after Representative Boren). Committee on Foreign 
Affairs: Representative Deutch (to rank immediately after 
Representative McMahon). Committee on Homeland Security: Representative 
Owens (to rank immediately after Representative Titus). Committee on 
the Judiciary: Representative Deutch (to rank immediately after 
Representative Chu) and Representative Polis. Committee on Natural 
Resources: Representative Lujan (to rank immediately after 
Representative Heinrich).

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Committee on Science and Technology: Representative Garamendi (to rank 
immediately after Representative Peters). Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure: Representative Johnson (GA).             
  Page H3249
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and further, when the House adjourns on that 
day, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11th for morning 
hour debate.                                                 
  Page H3249
  Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on 
page H3205.
  Senate Referral: S. 3111 was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform.                                       
Page H3270
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3214-15, 
H3215-16, H3216, H3243, H3244, H3246-47, H3248. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:17 p.m.