[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 114 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 97 public bills, H.R. 5981-
6078; and 28 resolutions, H.J. Res. 95; H. Con. Res. 311-314; and H. 
Res. 1583-1605, were introduced.                         
  Pages H6567-72
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6572-74
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5711, to provide for the furnishing of statues by the 
territories of the United States for display in Statuary Hall in the 
United States Capitol (H. Rept. 111-583) and
  Supplemental report on H.R. 3534, to provide greater efficiencies, 
transparency, returns, and accountability in the administration of 
Federal mineral and energy resources by consolidating administration of 
various Federal energy minerals management and leasing programs into 
one entity to be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals 
Leasing of the Department of the Interior (H. Rept. 111-575, Pt. 2). 
                                                             Page H6567
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Increasing the flexibility of the Secretary of HUD with respect to 
the amount of premiums charged for FHA single family housing mortgage 
insurance: H.R. 5981, to increase the flexibility of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development with respect to the amount of premiums 
charged for FHA single family housing mortgage insurance. 
                                                         Pages H6468-69
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and agree to the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, July 
28th:
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that fruit and 
vegetable and commodity producers are encouraged to display the 
American flag on labels of products grown in the United States: H. Res. 
1558, to express the sense of the House of Representatives that fruit 
and vegetable and commodity producers are encouraged to display the 
American flag on labels of products grown in the United States, 
reminding us all to take pride in the healthy bounty produced by 
American farmers and workers, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 403 yeas 
to 1 nay, Roll No. 501.                                      
  Page H6483
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures which were debated on Thursday, July 
29th:
  Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2010: H.R. 5901, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate 
investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in United States 
real property interests, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 11 
nays, Roll No. 502;                                      
  Pages H6483-84
  Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Student Nonviolent 
Coordinating Committee (SNCC): H. Res. 1566, to recognize the 50th 
anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and 
the pioneering of college students whose determination and nonviolent 
resistance led to the desegregation of lunch counters and places of 
public accommodation over a 5-year period, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 410 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 503; and 
                                                         Pages H6484-85
  Providing for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest 
System land in the Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina: 
H.R. 5414, amended, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of 
National Forest System land in the Francis Marion National Forest in 
South Carolina, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 504.                                
  Page H6485
Order of Procedure: Agreed by unanimous consent that, during 
proceedings today in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, the 
Chair be authorized to reduce to two minutes the minimum time for 
electronic voting on any question that otherwise could be subjected to 
five-minute voting under clause 8 or 9 of rule 20 or under clause 6 of 
rule 18.                                                     
  Page H6493
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2010: The 
House passed H.R. 5851, to provide whistleblower protections to certain 
workers in the offshore oil and gas industry, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
315 yeas to 93 nays, Roll No. 506.             
  Pages H6486-92, H6552-55
  Rejected the Kline motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Education and Labor with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 171 yeas to 
234 nays, Roll No. 505.                                  
Pages H6552-54
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment printed in part C of H. Rept. 
111-582 is considered as adopted.                            
Page H6487
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                 
Page H6562

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  H. Res. 1574, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3534 and H.R. 5851) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 
194 nays, Roll No. 500, after the previous question was ordered without 
objection.                                        
Pages H6462-68, H6482
Point of Order: Representative Hastings (WA) raised a point of order 
that the committee report accompanying the bill (H.R. 3534) violated 
the provisions of clause 9(a) of rule 21 and the bill was not in order 
for consideration. The Chair sustained the point of order. 
Subsequently, the Chair announced a supplemental report on H.R. 3534 
had been filed pursuant to the authority granted by clause 3(a)(2) of 
rule 13 and the supplemental report contains a statement in 
satisfaction of clause 9 of rule 21.                     
  Pages H6492-93
Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act: The House passed 
H.R. 3534, to provide greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and 
accountability in the administration of Federal mineral and energy 
resources by consolidating administration of various Federal energy 
minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be known as 
the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the Department of 
the Interior, by a yea-and-nay vote of 209 yeas to 193 nays with 1 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 513. 
                                  Pages H6493-98, H6498-H6552, H6555-61
  Rejected the Cassidy motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 166 ayes to 
239 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 512.        
Pages H6558-60
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in part A of H. Rept. 111-582 shall be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule, 
in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill. 
                                                             Page H6511
Agreed to:
  Castle amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-582) that 
ensures there is no delay in the development of ocean renewable energy 
resources, including offshore wind, in the establishment of the new 
Bureau of Energy and Resource Management;                
Pages H6541-42
  Shea-Porter amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-582) 
that ensures that the ethics guidelines required for certain Department 
of Interior employees are updated at least every three years. The 
amendment also ensures that the best available technology for oil spill 
response and mitigation, and the availability and accessibility of that 
technology, is part of the Offshore Technology Research and Risk 
Assessment Program. Finally, the amendment requires that operators 
annually certify that their response and exploration plans include the 
best available technology and its availability;          
Pages H6543-44
  Connolly amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-582) that 
prevents oil companies from shifting oil spill cleanup costs onto 
taxpayers by ensuring that Oil Pollution Act liabilities of an oil 
subsidiary will be inherited by the parent oil company in the event the 
subsidiary goes bankrupt and does not sell its assets. The amendment 
does not alter underlying liability provisions of OPA, and includes 
technical corrections from the Department of Justice;    
Pages H6547-48
  Melancon amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-582) that 
seeks to create an additional civil penalty on Gulf Coast Oil Spills of 
more than 1 million barrels, and would direct those funds toward 
previously authorized coastal restoration projects;      
Pages H6550-52
  Rahall manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-
582) that clarifies certain provisions in the bill and adds various 
requirements (by a recorded vote of 250 ayes to 161 noes with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 507);                       
Pages H6536-41, H6555
  Kind amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-582) that 
requires that no less than 1.5 percent of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund each year go toward securing recreational public 
access to Federal Lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Interior for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation (by a 
recorded vote of 404 ayes to 1 no, Roll No. 508); 
                                               Pages H6542-43, H6555-56
  Teague amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-582) that 
allows a group of companies to cooperate to meet financial 
responsibility requirements by pooling of resources or joint insurance 
coverage (by a recorded vote of 399 ayes to 8 noes, Roll No. 509); 
                                               Pages H6544-45, H6556-57
  Oberstar amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-582) that 
requires, following initial clean-up of a spill, that the National 
Resources Damages Act trustee give equal and full consideration to all 
statutorily prescribed natural resource damage remedies to ensure that 
acquisition of non-impacted land is considered an equal remedy and not 
given lower priority as is currently provided in statute (by a recorded 
vote of 258 ayes to 149 noes, Roll No. 510); and 
                                                  Pages H6545-47, H6557
  Melancon amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-582) that 
seeks to end the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling. The 
moratorium would be prohibited from enforcement on those rigs that meet 
safety requirements set forth in NTL 05

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and NTL 06 (by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 195 noes with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 511).                    
Pages H6548-50, H6557-58
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                  
Page 6562
  H. Res. 1574, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3534 and H.R. 5851) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 
194 nays, Roll No. 500, after the previous question was ordered without 
objection.                                        
Pages H6462-68, H6482
  Pursuant to section 4 of the rule, in the engrossment of H.R. 3534, 
the Clerk shall (a) add the text of H.R. 5851, as passed by the House, 
as new matter at the end of H.R. 3534; (b) assign appropriate 
designations to provisions within the engrossment; and (c) conform 
provisions for short titles within the engrossment. Upon the addition 
of the text of H.R. 5851 to the engrossment of H.R. 3534, H.R. 5851 
shall be laid on the table.
Inspector General for the U.S. House of Representatives--Appointment: 
The Chair announced that the Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority 
Leader jointly appoint Ms. Theresa M. Grafenstine of Manassas, Virginia 
to the position of Inspector General for the U.S. House of 
Representatives effective July 30, 2010.                     
  Page H6552
Suspension--Failed: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and 
pass the following measure:
  Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of 
certain information reporting requirements to corporations and to 
payments for property and to eliminate loopholes which encourage 
companies to move operations offshore: H.R. 5982, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of certain information 
reporting requirements to corporations and to payments for property and 
to eliminate loopholes which encourage companies to move operations 
offshore, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 154 nays, Roll No. 
514.                                           
  Pages H6470-82, H6561-62
Congressional Award Board--Appointment: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of the following members to the Congressional 
Award Board: Mr. Nicholas Scott Cannon of Los Angeles, CA, for the 
remainder of the term ending September 25, 2011 and in addition, Mr. 
Jimmie Lee Solomon of Washington, DC.                        
  Page H6562
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H6470 and H6482-83.
Senate Referrals: S. 258 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and S. 3567 was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.            
  Page H6566
Quorum Calls--Votes: Nine yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6482, 
H6483, H6483-84, H6484-85, H6485, H6553-54, H6554-55, H6555, H6555-56, 
H6556-57, H6557, H6557-58, H6560, H6560-61, and H6561-62. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and at 6:40 p.m., pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 308, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. 
on Tuesday, September 14, 2010.