[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D85-D86]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 45 public bills, H.R. 519-563; 
2 private bills, H.R. 564-565; and 8 resolutions, H.J. Res. 23-24; H. 
Con. Res. 14; and H. Res. 72, 74-77, were introduced.     
  Pages H549-51
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H553-54
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 72, directing certain standing committees to inventory and 
review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from 
agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with respect to their 
effect on jobs and economic growth (H. Rept. 112-6) and
  H. Res. 73, providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 
72) directing certain standing committees to inventory and review 
existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of 
the Federal Government, particularly with respect to their effect on 
jobs and economic growth (H. Rept. 112-7).                    
Page H549
Suspension--Failed: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and 
pass the following measure:
  Extending expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004: H.R. 514, to extend expiring provisions of the 
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to 
access to business records, individual terrorists as agents of foreign 
powers, and roving wiretaps until December 8, 2011, by a \2/3\ yea-and-
nay vote of 277 yeas to 148 nays, Roll No. 26.   
  Pages H520-27, H527-28
National Council on the Arts--Reappointment: Read a letter from 
Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she reappointed the 
Honorable Betty McCollum to the National Council on the Arts. 
                                                              Page H527
Board of Trustees of the Congressional Hunger Fellows Program--
Reappointment: Read a letter from Representative Pelosi, Minority 
Leader, in which she reappointed Mr. James P. McGovern of Worcester, MA 
to the Board of Trustees of the Congressional Hunger Fellows Program. 
                                                              Page H527
House Democracy Partnership--Appointments: Read a letter from 
Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she appointed the 
following Members to the House Democracy Partnership: Representatives 
Price (NC), Capps, Holt, Schwartz, Payne, Farr, Ellison, Hirono, and 
Roybal-Allard.                                                
  Page H527
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission--Appointment: Read a letter from 
Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she appointed the 
Honorable Silvestre Reyes to the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission. 
                                                              Page H527
Recess: The House recessed at 3:12 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                              Page H527
Publication of Committee Rules: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
chair of each committee be permitted to submit their respective 
committee rules for publication in the Congressional Record and that 
the chair of the Committee on the Budget be permitted to submit 
material related to the budget process for publication in the 
Congressional Record.                                         
  Page H528
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--Appointments: The 
Chair announced the

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Speaker's appointment of the following Members of the House to the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Representative Smith 
(NJ), Chairman; Representatives Pitts, Aderholt, and Gingrey. 
                                                              Page H528
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission--Appointment: The Chair announced 
the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of the House to the 
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: Representative Schock.   
  Page H528
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire is to continue in 
effect beyond February 7, 2011--referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 112-8).                  
  Page H519
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appear on pages H519-20.
Senate Referral: S. 188 was held at the desk.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of today and appears on pages H527-28. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 9:56 p.m.