[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D639]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 5478-
5485; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 284; and H. Res. 1425-1427, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H4246-47
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H4247
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 1424, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5072) to 
improve the financial safety and soundness of the FHA mortgage 
insurance program, and providing for consideration of motions to 
suspend the rules (H. Rept. 111-503).                        
Page H4246
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Zoe Lofgren to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4217
Title amendment: Agreed by unanimous consent to amend the title of H.R. 
5136 so as to read: ``To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.''.                                           
  Page H4217
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2010: H.R. 4349, amended, to further 
allocate and expand the availability of hydroelectric power generated 
at Hoover Dam;                                           
  Pages H4219-22
  Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act: H.R. 2008, 
amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 
development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the 
Central Utah Project;                                    
  Pages H4222-23
  Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act: H.R. 1061, amended, to transfer 
certain land to the United States to be held in trust for the Hoh 
Indian Tribe and to place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, by 
a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 347 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 
337; and                                          
  Pages H4223-25, H4227
  Honoring the life of Jacques-Yves Cousteau: H. Res. 518, amended, to 
honor the life of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, explorer, researcher, and 
pioneer in the field of marine conservation, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 354 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 338. 
                                               Pages H4225-27, H4227-28
Recess: The House recessed at 2:48 p.m. and reconvened at 6 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4227
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the Western Balkans is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2010--
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. 
Doc. 111-118).                                           
  Pages H4228-29
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency and related measures blocking the property of 
certain persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in 
Belarus are to continue in effect beyond June 16, 2010--referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 111-119). 
                                                             Page H4229
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4227 and H4227-28. There were 
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 8:50 p.m.