[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D778-D780]
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. 5711-
5729; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 1510-1514 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5546-47
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3923, to provide for the exchange of certain land located in the 
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 111-525);
  H.R. 3967, to amend the National Great Black Americans Commemoration 
Act of 2004 to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 2015 (H. 
Rept. 111-526, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 4514, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio as a unit of 
the National Park System, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-527);
  H.R. 4686, to authorize the Secretary of Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and 
limestone forest sites on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, as a unit of the National Park System, with amendments (H. 
Rept. 111-528);
  H.R. 3989, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
adding the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, in the State of Wyoming, 
as a unit of the National Park System (H. Rept. 111-529);
  H.R. 4773, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease 
certain lands within Fort Pulaski National Monument (H. Rept. 111-530);
  H.R. 4973, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize 
volunteer programs and community partnerships for national wildlife 
refuges, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-531);
  H.R. 2864, to amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 
to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide 
hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, 
delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the 
monitoring and description of coastal changes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 111-532);
  H.R. 2476, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 
to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding 
additional recreational uses of National Forest System land that

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are subject to ski area permits, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-533, 
Pt. 1);
  H.R. 2555, to ensure the availability and affordability of 
homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 111-534); and
  H. Res. 1509, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1722) 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 (H. Rept. 111-535). 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act: H.R. 3923, 
amended, to provide for the exchange of certain land located in the 
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado; 
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  Amending the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 
2004: H.R. 3967, to amend the National Great Black Americans 
Commemoration Act of 2004 to authorize appropriations through fiscal 
year 2015;                                               
  Pages H5507-08
  Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act: H.R. 4514, amended, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio as a unit of the National 
Park System, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 350 yeas to 26 nays, Roll 
No. 434;                                       
  Pages H5508-09, H5517-18
  Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act: H.R. 4686, amended, to 
authorize the Secretary of Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest 
sites on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit 
of the National Park System;                             
  Pages H5509-11
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating 
prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National Park 
System.''.                                                   
Page H5511
  San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act 
of 2010: H.R. 4438, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to enter into an agreement to lease space from a nonprofit group or 
other government entity for a park headquarters at San Antonio Missions 
National Historical Park, to expand the boundary of the Park, and to 
conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 264 yeas to 114 nays, Roll No. 435;    
  Pages H5511-12, H5518-19
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study 
of potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes.''.   
Page H5519
  Heart Mountain Relocation Center Study Act: H.R. 3989, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to 
determine the suitability and feasibility of adding the Heart Mountain 
Relocation Center, in the State of Wyoming, as a unit of the National 
Park System;                                             
  Pages H5512-13
  Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act: H.R. 4773, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands within 
Fort Pulaski National Monument, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 379 yeas 
with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 436;           
  Pages H5513-14, H5519
  Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer 
Act: Concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 689, to interchange the 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management; and           
  Pages H5514-15
  National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010: H.R. 
4973, amended, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to 
reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for national 
wildlife refuges.                                        
  Pages H5515-16
Recess: The House recessed at 3:09 p.m. and reconvened at 6 p.m. 
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Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Amending the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998: H.R. 
2864, amended, to amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 
1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide 
hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, 
delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and the 
monitoring and description of coastal changes.           
  Pages H5516-17
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H5505.
Senate Referrals: S. 2872 was held at the desk.              
  Page H5505
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear

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on pages H5517-18, H5518-19, H5519. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 10:34 p.m.