[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D786-D787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 5730-
5740; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 1515-1516, 1518-1519 were introduced. 
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  Pages H5617-18
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5381, to require motor vehicle safety standards relating to 
vehicle electronics and to reauthorize and provide greater 
transparency, accountability, and safety authority to the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-
536) and
  H. Res. 1517, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5114) to 
extend the authorization for the national flood insurance program and 
to identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable 
functioning of the program (H. Rept. 111-537).               
Page H5616
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Pastor 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:
  Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010: S. 1508, to 
amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321

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note) in order to prevent the loss of billions in taxpayer dollars, by 
a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 
442;                                              
  Pages H5553-58, H5590
  David John Donafee Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 5390, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 13301 Smith Road in Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``David John Donafee 
Post Office Building'';                                  
  Pages H5558-60
  Clarence D. Lumpkin Post Office Designation Act: Concurred in the 
Senate amendments to H.R. 4840, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1981 Cleveland Avenue in Columbus, 
Ohio, as the ``Clarence D. Lumpkin Post Office'';        
  Pages H5560-61
  Tom Bradley Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 5450, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Tom 
Bradley Post Office Building'';                          
  Pages H5561-63
  Veterans', Seniors', and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act 
of 2010: H.R. 5712, to provide for certain clarifications and 
extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health 
Insurance Program; and                                   
  Pages H5563-65
  Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese 
Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003: H.J. Res. 83, to approve the renewal 
of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy 
Act of 2003.                                             
  Pages H5565-67
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Approving the renewal of 
import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act 
of 2003, and for other purposes.''.                          
Page H5567
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Tuesday, July 13th:
  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, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 420 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 439. 
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Telework Improvements Act of 2010: The House passed 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, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 290 yeas to 131 nays, Roll No. 441.                   
  Pages H5567-90
  Agreed to the Issa motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
303 yeas to 119 nays, Roll No. 440. Subsequently, Representative Lynch 
reported the bill back to the House with the amendment and the 
amendment was agreed to.                                 
Pages H5586-89
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform now 
printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in H. Rept. 111-
535, shall be considered as adopted.                         
Page H5577
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To require the head of 
each executive agency to establish and implement a policy under which 
employees shall be authorized to telework, and for other purposes.''. 
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  H. Res. 1509, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 438, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 
yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 437.                          
Pages H5575-76
  Pursuant to the rule, H. Res. 1496 is laid on the table.
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5560.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5575-76, 
H5576, H5576-77, H5588, H5589-90, H5590. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:40 p.m.