[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 26 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D139-D142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 43 public bills, H.R. 751-793; 
1 private bill, H.R. 794; and 9 resolutions, H.J. Res. 41; H. Con. Res. 
19; and H. Res. 97-103 were introduced.               
  Pages H1195-H1200
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H1180
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Mark 
Williamson, Federal Intercessors, Houston, Texas.            
  Page H1073
FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011: The House concurred in the Senate 
amendment to 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 yea-and-nay vote of 279 yeas to 
143 nays, Roll No. 66.                                   
  Pages H1075-80
  H. Res. 93, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment, was agreed to yesterday, February 16th.
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011: The House resumed 
consideration of H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. Consideration is expected to 
resume tomorrow, February 18th.                          
  Pages H1181-89
Agreed to:
  Walberg amendment (No. 196 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that reduces 
funding for the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, 
National Endowment for the Arts, Grants and Administration by 
$20,594,000 (by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 209 noes, Roll No. 68); 
                                                             Page H1081
  Canseco amendment (No. 249 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that reduces 
funding for National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs by $4,500,000 
(by a recorded vote of 248 ayes to 177 noes, Roll No. 69); 
                                                         Pages H1081-82
  Reed amendment (No. 381 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that eliminates 
the Presidio Trust Fund (by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 186 noes, 
Roll No. 70);                                            
Pages H1082-83
  McMorris Rodgers amendment (No. 276 printed in the Congressional 
Record of February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that 
increases IDEA state grants to FY 2010 levels and reduce school 
improvement grants and teacher quality grants by necessary amounts to 
fully offset outlays (by a recorded vote of 249 ayes to 179 noes, Roll 
No. 73);                                                 
Pages H1084-85
  Young (AK) amendment (No. 532 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that restores the 
education funding authority for Alaskan and Hawaiian Native Americans 
(by a recorded vote of 313 ayes to 117 noes, Roll No. 74);   
Page H1085

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  Weiner amendment (No. 100 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that reduces 
funding for the United States Institute of Peace by $42,676,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 268 ayes to 163 noes, Roll No. 76);     
Pages H1086-87
  Canseco amendment (No. 248 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that reduces 
funding for the East-West Center by $10,716,000 (by a recorded vote of 
274 ayes to 155 noes, Roll No. 77);                          
Page H1087
  Lowey amendment (No. 334 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that prohibits the use of funds to be used to 
provide grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative under section 
2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604) to more than 
25 high-risk urban areas;                                
Pages H1102-03
  Cole amendment (No. 208 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that prohibits the use of funds to be used to carry 
out chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (by a 
recorded vote of 247 ayes to 175 noes, Roll No. 81);     
Pages H1138-39
  Price (NC) amendment (No. 514 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that prohibits the use of funds to be used to 
enforce the requirements in section 34(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974; section 34(a)(1)(B) of such Act; 
section 34(c)(1) of such Act; section 34(c)(2) of such Act; and section 
34(c)(4)(A) of such Act (by a recorded vote of 267 ayes to 159 noes 
with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 82);           
Pages H1095-96 H1139
  Walden amendment (No. 404 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that prohibits the use of funds to be used to 
implement the Report and Order of the Federal Communications Commission 
relating to the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband 
industry practices (FCC 10-201, adopted by the Commission on December 
21, 2010) (by a recorded vote of 244 ayes to 141 noes, Roll No. 83); 
                                            Pages H1096-H1102, H1139-40
  Lummis amendment (No. 195 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that prohibits the use of funds for the payment of 
fees and other expenses under section 504 of title 5, United States 
Code, or section 2412(d) of title 28, United States Code (by a recorded 
vote of 232 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 85);    
Pages H1111-14, H1141-42
  Carter amendment (No. 165 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce the rule entitled ``National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Portland Cement Manufacturing 
Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants'' 
published by the Environmental Protection Agency on September 9, 2010 
(by a recorded vote of 250 ayes to 177 noes, Roll No. 86); 
                                                   Pages H1115-21 H1142
  Scalise amendment (No. 204 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that prohibits funds from being used to pay the 
salaries and expenses for specified Federal agency positions and their 
offices (by a recorded vote of 249 ayes to 179 noes with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 87);                     
Pages H1121-25, H1142-43
  Fortenberry amendment (No. 424 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that prohibits the use of funds to provide any of 
the following types of assistance to Chad: international military 
education and training, foreign military financing, provision of excess 
defense articles, foreign military forces capacity assistance, and 
direct commercial sales of military equipment; and       
Pages H1184-85
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record 
of February 14, 2011) that increases, by offset, the amount made 
available for Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources 
and Services Administration, Health Resources and Services by 
$42,000,000.                                             
Pages H1185-86
Rejected:
  Pompeo amendment (No. 85 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that sought to 
reduce funding for the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, State 
and Private Forestry by $7,400,000 (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes to 
256 noes, Roll No. 67);                                  
Pages H1080-81
  Bass (NH) amendment (No. 565 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that sought to 
reduce funding for Department of Health and Human Services, Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services by $98,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 104 ayes 
to 322 noes with 2 voting ``present'', Roll No. 71);         
Page H1083
  Flake amendment (No. 457 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that sought to 
reduce funding for making payments under the Community Service Block 
Grant Act by $100,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 115 ayes to 316 noes, 
Roll No. 72);                                                
Page H1084
  Price (GA) amendment (No. 410 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that eliminates 
funding

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for the National Labor Relations Board (by a recorded vote of 176 ayes 
to 250 noes, Roll No. 75);                                   
Page H1086
  Heller amendment (No. 29 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that reduces 
funding under Title XI--State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
by $211,244,700 (by a recorded vote of 190 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 
78);                                                     
Pages H1087-88
  Sessions amendment (No. 43 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that was debated on February 16th that reduces 
funding for Amtrak by $446,900,000 (by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 
250 noes, Roll No. 79);                                  
Pages H1088-95
  Woolsey amendment (No. 189 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that sought to prohibit the use of funds available 
by division A of this Act to research, develop, test, evaluate, or 
procure any the following: (1) Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle; (2) V-22 
Osprey aircraft (by a recorded vote of 91 ayes to 339 noes, Roll No. 
80);                                           
Pages H1091-95, H1137-38
  Camp amendment (No. 516 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for 
the opening of the locks at the Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Dam or the 
Chicago River Controlling Works (by a recorded vote of 137 ayes to 292 
noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 84);     
Pages H1103-06, H1140
  Frank (MA) amendment (No. 458 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that sought to reduce the amounts made available to 
the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue and the General 
Services Administration and to increase the amount made available to 
the Independent Agencies, Securities and Exchange Commission, Salaries 
and Expenses by $131,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 160 ayes to 270 
noes, Roll No. 88); and                           
Pages H1125-31, H1143
  Holt amendment (No. 506 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that sought to reduce the amount made available for 
Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Enforcement, and 
increase the amounts provided in section 1517(a) for transfer from the 
Federal Reserve to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection for 
activities authorized to be carried out by such Bureau under title X of 
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Consumer Protection Act (by a 
recorded vote of 163 ayes to 265 noes, Roll No. 89). 
                                                  Pages H1131-37, H1144
Withdrawn:
  Fortenberry amendment (No. 483 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited the use of funds for, or in, sterilization 
campaigns.                                                   
Page H1186
Point of Order sustained against:
  Woolsey amendment (No. 413 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that sought to prohibit the use of funds in the 
Department of Defense overseas contingency operations budget for 
military operations in Afghanistan until the President seeks to 
negotiate and enter into a bilateral status of forces agreement with 
the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan;       
Page H1103
  Eshoo amendment (No. 576 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that sought to prohibit the use of funds to enter 
into any contract with a corporation or other business entity that does 
not disclose its political contributions;                
Pages H1106-11
  Lee amendment (No. 222 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that sought to prohibit the use of funds for any 
account of the Department of Defense (except Military personnel, 
reserve personnel, National Guard personnel, and the Defense Health 
Program account) in excess of the amount made available for such 
account for fiscal year 2010, unless the financial statements of the 
Department for fiscal year 2010 are validated as ready for audit within 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
                                                         Pages H1114-15
  Wasserman Schultz amendment (No. 211 printed in the Congressional 
Record of February 14, 2011) that sought to increase the amount made 
available to the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 
Justice Assistance for carrying out title I of the PROTECT Our Children 
Act of 2008 by $30,000,000.                                  
Page H1115
Proceedings Postponed:
  McCollum amendment (No. 50 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that seeks to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Department of Defense sponsorship of NASCAR race cars;   
Pages H1144-45
  Nadler amendment (No. 232 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that seeks to limit the use of funds for the United 
States military operations in Afghanistan to no more than 
$10,000,000,000;                                         
Pages H1145-49
  Kline amendment (No. 214 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that seeks to prohibit funds for the use of the 
``Program Integrity: Gainful Employment-New Programs'' section of the 
bill;                                                    
Pages H1149-55
  Pence amendment (No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that seeks to prohibit the use of funds for Planned 
Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.;                  
Pages H1155-74
  Young (AK) amendment (No. 533 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 15, 2011) that

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seeks to prohibit the use of funds by the Environmental Appeals Board 
to consider, review, reject, remand, or otherwise invalidate any permit 
issued for Outer Continental Shelf sources located offshore of the 
States along the Arctic Coast under section 328(a) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7627(a));                                     
Pages H1182-83
  Nadler amendment (No. 524 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that seeks to prohibit the use of funds to make an 
application under section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) for an order requiring the production of 
library circulation records, library patron lists, book sales records, 
or book customer lists; and                              
Pages H1183-84
  Poe amendment (No. 466 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 14, 2011) that seeks to prohibit the use of funds by the EPA 
to implement, administer, or enforce any statutory or regulatory 
requirement pertaining to emissions of greenhouse gases. 
                                                         Pages H1186-89
  H. Res. 92, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on February 15th.
Order of Procedure: Agreed by unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 1 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to H. 
Res. 92, no further amendment to the bill may be offered except: (1) 
pro forma amendments offered at any point in the reading by the chair 
or ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations for the 
purpose of debate; (2) amendments 8, 13, 19, 23, 38, 42, 46, 47, 48, 
49, 51, 54, 55, 79, 80, 83, 88, 89, 94, 99, 101, 109, 117, 120, 126, 
127, 137, 141, 144, 145, 146, 149, 151, 154, 159, 164, 166, 172, 174, 
177, 185, 199, 200, 207, 216, 217, 233, 241, 246, 251, 255, 261, 263, 
266, 267, 268, 274, 280, 281, 296, 323, 329, 330, 331, 333, 336, 342, 
344, 345, 348, 367, 369, 377, 392, 396, 400, 401, 405, 408, 409, 414, 
424, 429, 430, 439, 445, 448, 463, 464, 465, 467, 471, 480, 482, 483, 
495, 496, 497, 498, 504, 507, 515, 519, 524, 525, 526, 533, 534, 536, 
543, 548, 552, 560, 563, 566, 567, 569, 570, 577, 578, and 583; 
amendments 27, 278, 466, and 545, each of which shall be debatable for 
20 minutes; amendments 104 and 540, each of which shall be debatable 
for 30 minutes; and amendment 273, which shall be debatable for 40 
minutes; amendment 575, which shall be debatable for 60 minutes; and 
that each such printed amendment: (1) may be offered only by the Member 
who caused it to be printed in the Record, or a designee; (2) shall not 
be subject to amendment, except that the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations each may offer one pro forma 
amendment for the purpose of debate; and (3) shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole; and that except as otherwise specified in this order, each 
printed amendment shall be debatable for 10 minutes, and all specified 
periods of debate shall be equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent.                               
  Pages H1174-75
NATO Parliamentary Assembly--Appointment: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of the following Members of the House to the NATO 
Parliamentary Assembly: Representatives Ross (AR), Chandler, Scott 
(GA), and Schwartz.                                          
  Page H1189
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members of 
the House to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 
Representatives Hastings (FL), Slaughter, McIntyre, and Cohen. 
                                                             Page H1189
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on pages 
H1080 and H1162.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 6 was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.                                                   
  Page H1194
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and twenty-three recorded 
votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages 
H1079-80, H1080-81, H1081, H1082, H1082-83, H1083, H1084, H1084-85, 
H1085, H1086, H1086-87, H1087, H1088, H1088-89, H1138, H1138-39, H1139, 
H1140, H1140-41, H1141, H1142, H1142-43, H1143 and H1144. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:10 a.m. on 
Friday, February 18th.