[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 9, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D90-D91]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 34 public bills, H.R. 566-599; 
1 private bill, H.R. 600; and 6 resolutions, H.J. Res. 25; H. Con. Res. 
15-16; and H. Res. 78, 80-81, were introduced.            
  Pages H598-99
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page H601
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 79, providing for consideration of the bill (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 (H. Rept. 112-8).                      
Page H597
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Webster to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H555
Recess: The House recessed at 10:29 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H558
Congressional Award Board--Appointment: Read a letter from 
Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she appointed the 
Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas to the Congressional Award Board.
                                                              Page H560
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission--Appointment: Read a letter from 
Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she reappointed the 
Honorable James P. McGovern of Massachusetts as Co-Chair of the Tom 
Lantos Human Rights Commission.                               
  Page H560
United States Capitol Preservation Commission--Appointment: Read a 
letter from Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she 
reappointed the Honorable Marcy Kaptur of Ohio to the United States 
Capitol Preservation Commission.                              
  Page H560
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  John M. Roll United States Courthouse Designation Act: S. 188, to 
designate the United States courthouse under construction at 98 West 
First Street, Yuma, Arizona, as the ``John M. Roll United States 
Courthouse'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 429 yeas with none voting 
``nay'', Roll No. 27.                            
  Pages H560-63, H569-70
Suspension--Failed: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and 
pass the following measure:
  United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011: H.R. 519, to 
secure the return to the United States the $179 million overpaid into 
the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund as of December 31, 2009, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 259 yeas to 169 nays, Roll No. 28. 
                                                    Pages H563-69, H570
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 78, electing certain 
Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
                                                              Page H571
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of 
the House to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 
Representative Burgess.                                       
  Page H576

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Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Lee (NY), wherein 
he resigned as Representative for the Twenty-Sixth Congressional 
District of New York, effective 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 
Wednesday, February 9, 2011.                                  
  Page H596
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the resignation of the gentleman from New York, Mr. Lee, the 
whole number of the House is adjusted to 434.                 
  Page H596
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H569-70 and H570. There were 
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:58 p.m.