[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 27, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D853-D855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R. 5865-
5889; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 305; and H. Res. 1560-1564, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H6162-63
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6163-64
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5629, to ensure full recovery from responsible parties of 
damages for physical and economic injuries, adverse effects on the 
environment, and clean up of oil spill pollution, to improve the safety 
of vessels and pipelines supporting offshore oil drilling, and to 
ensure that there are adequate response plans to prevent environmental 
damage from oil spills, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-567, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 5138, to protect children from sexual exploitation by mandating 
reporting requirements for convicted sex traffickers and other 
registered sex offenders against minors intending to engage in 
international travel, providing advance notice of intended travel by 
high interest registered sex offenders outside the United States to the 
government of the country of destination, and requesting foreign 
governments to notify the United States when a known child sex offender 
is seeking to enter the United States (H. Rept. 111-568, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 5682, to improve the operation of certain facilities and 
programs of the House of Representatives (H. Rept. 111-569);
  H. Res. 1559, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5822) 
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2011, and for other purposes and providing for 
consideration of motions to suspend the rules (H. Rept. 111-570);
  H.R. 2480, to improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 111-571);
  H.R. 5156, to provide for the establishment of a Clean Energy 
Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to assist United 
States businesses with exporting clean energy technology products and 
services, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-572, Pt. 1) and
  H.R. 1796, to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require 
residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL 
standard by treating that standard as a consumer product safety rule, 
to encourage States to require the installation of such detectors in 
homes, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-573). 
                                                             Page H6162
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Tonko to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6045
Recess: The House recessed at 9:13 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H6046
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010: Agreed to recede from the 
House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4899, making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, and concur in the Senate amendment, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 308 yeas to 114 nays, Roll No. 474;         
  Pages H6052-68, H6124-25
  Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and 
Accountability Act: H.R. 5730, to rescind earmarks for certain surface 
transportation projects, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 394 yeas to 23 
nays, Roll No. 471;                            
  Pages H6068-71, H6112-13
  Congratulating the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the 
Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy and its staff: H. Con. Res. 
258, to congratulate the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the 
Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy and its staff for 100 years 
of operation of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut; 
                                                         Pages H6071-74

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  Expressing gratitude for the contributions of air traffic controllers 
of the United States: H. Res. 1401, amended, to express gratitude for 
the contributions that the air traffic controllers of the United States 
make to keep the traveling public safe and the airspace of the United 
States running efficiently;                              
  Pages H6074-78
  Recognizing and honoring the freight rail industry: H. Res. 1366, to 
recognize and honor the freight rail industry, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 411 yeas with none voting ``nay'' and 2 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 472;                                  
  Pages H6078-81, H6113-14
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Recognizing and honoring 
the freight railroad industry and its employees.''.          
Page H6114
  Multi-State Disaster Relief Act: H.R. 5825, to review, update, and 
revise the factors to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a 
disaster and to evaluate the need for assistance to individuals and 
households;                                              
  Pages H6081-83
  Condemning the July 11, 2010, terrorist attacks in Kampala, Uganda: 
H. Res. 1538, amended, to condemn the July 11, 2010, terrorist attacks 
in Kampala, Uganda;                                      
  Pages H6086-87
  International Megan's Law of 2010: H.R. 5138, amended, to protect 
children from sexual exploitation by mandating reporting requirements 
for convicted sex traffickers and other registered sex offenders 
against minors intending to engage in international travel, providing 
advance notice of intended travel by high interest registered sex 
offenders outside the United States to the government of the country of 
destination, and requesting foreign governments to notify the United 
States when a known child sex offender is seeking to enter the United 
States;                                                  
  Pages H6087-97
  Providing for an additional temporary extension of programs under the 
Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958: H.R. 
5849, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs 
under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958;                                                        
  Page H6097
  Improving certain administrative operations of the Library of 
Congress: H.R. 5681, amended, to improve certain administrative 
operations of the Library of Congress;                   
  Pages H6097-98
  Improving the operation of certain facilities and programs of the 
House of Representatives: H.R. 5682, amended, to improve the operation 
of certain facilities and programs of the House of Representatives; 
                                                             Page H6098
  Fallen Heroes Flag Act: H.R. 415, to provide Capitol-flown flags to 
the immediate family of fire fighters, law enforcement officers, 
emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers who are killed 
in the line of duty;                                  
  Pages H6099-H6100
  Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2010: H.R. 5810, 
amended, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties 
for aiming laser pointers at airplanes;                  
  Pages H6100-01
  Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010: H.R. 4748, 
amended, to amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 2006 to require a northern border 
counternarcotics strategy, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 413 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 475;             
  Pages H6104-06, H6125-26
  Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established 
Constitutional Heritage Act: Concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 
2765, to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition 
and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign 
judgments against the providers of interactive computer services; 
                                                         Pages H6126-29
  National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010: H.R. 5143, amended, 
to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission;   
  Pages H6129-33
  Removal Clarification Act of 2010: H.R. 5281, amended, to amend title 
28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions 
relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or 
agencies to Federal courts;                              
  Pages H6133-34
  Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act: H.R. 2780, 
amended, to correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating 
to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code; 
and                                                      
  Pages H6134-35
  Simplifying the Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 
2010: H.R. 5662, amended, to amend title 18, United States Code, with 
respect to the offense of stalking.                      
  Pages H6135-36
Directing the President to remove the United States Armed Forces from 
Pakistan: The House disagreed to H. Con. Res. 301, directing the 
President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to 
remove the United States Armed Forces from Pakistan, by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 38 yeas to 372 nays with 4 voting ``present'', Roll No. 473. 
                                                         Pages H6114-24
  H. Res. 1556, the rule providing for consideration of the concurrent 
resolution, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas to 196 
nays, Roll No. 470,

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after the previous question was ordered without objection. 
                                                  Pages H6106-12, H6112
Commission on International Religious Freedom--Correction to 
Appointment: The Chair announced the following correction to the 
Speaker's appointment of June 23, 2010, of the following member on the 
part of the House to the Commission on International Religious Freedom: 
Upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader: Mr. Ted Van Der Meid of 
Rochester, NY, for a two-year term ending May 14, 2012, to succeed Ms. 
Felice Gaer.                                                 
  Page H6126
Commission on International Religious Freedom--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following member on the part 
of the House to the Commission on International Religious Freedom: Upon 
the recommendation of the Minority Leader: Ms. Nina Shea of Washington, 
DC, for a two-year term ending May 14, 2012, to succeed herself. 
                                                             Page H6126
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded 
observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization 
(ICAO): H. Con. Res. 266, to express the sense of Congress that Taiwan 
should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO);                                     
  Pages H6083-85
  Senior Financial Empowerment Act: H.R. 3040, amended, to prevent 
mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting seniors in the United 
States, to promote efforts to increase public awareness of the enormous 
impact that mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud have on seniors, 
and to educate the public, seniors, their families, and their 
caregivers about how to identify and combat fraudulent activity; and 
                                                         Pages H6101-04
  Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010: H.R. 5827, amended, 
to amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the 
types of property allowable under the alternative provision for 
exempting property from the estate.                      
  Pages H6137-39
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6087.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6112, H6113, H6113-14, H6124, 
H6125, and H6125-26. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 10:50 p.m.