[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D285-D286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 38 public bills, H.R. 1211-
1248; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 185 were introduced.     
  Pages H2036-39
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2039-40
Reports Filed: A report was filed on January 3, 2011:
  Report on the Activities of the Committee on House Administration 
During the 111th Congress (H. Rept. 111-715).
  Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1079, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the 
funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the airport 
improvement program, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-41, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 362, to redesignate the Federal building and United States 
Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the 
``George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and 
George Mahon Federal Building'' (H. Rept. 112-42);
  H.R. 872, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify 
Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides 
in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 112-43, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 872, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify 
Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides 
in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 112-43, Pt. 2);
  H.R. 1034, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the 
funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund 
(H. Rept. 112-44, Pt. 1); and
  H. Res. 186, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to 
reauthorize the DC opportunity scholarship program, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 112-45).                                  
Page H2036
Investigative Subcommittees of the Committee on Ethics: Read a letter 
from Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she designated 
the following Members of the House of Representatives to be available 
for service on investigative subcommittees of the Committee on Ethics 
during the 112th Congress: Representatives Zoe Lofgren, Chandler, 
Sarbanes, Sewell, Tonko, Lujan, Cicilline, Keating, Schiff, and Clarke 
(NY).                                                        
  Page H1991
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011: H.R. 1079, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure 
authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to extend the airport improvement program. 
                                                         Pages H1992-94
HAMP Termination Act of 2011: The House passed H.R. 839, to amend the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to terminate the authority 
of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new assistance under the 
Home Affordable Modification Program, while preserving assistance to 
homeowners who were already extended an offer to participate in the 
Program, either on a trial or permanent basis, by a recorded vote of 
252 ayes to 170 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 198. 
                                                      Pages H1994-H2022
  Rejected the Larsen (WA) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Financial Services with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 185 yeas to 
238 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 197.        
Pages H2021-22
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee

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on Financial Services now printed in the bill shall be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. 
                                                             Page H2003
Agreed to:
  Canseco amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-34) that 
ensures that all taxpayer funds saved from elimination of the Home 
Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) are used to reduce the deficit; 
                                                         Pages H2008-09
  Waters amendment (No. 5 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-34) that 
requires the Secretary of the Treasury to send a letter to HAMP 
applicants that they will not be considered for a modification due to 
termination of the program and that they can contact their Member of 
Congress for assistance in negotiating with or acquiring a loan 
modification from their servicer;                        
Pages H2010-11
  Loretta Sanchez amendment (No. 9 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-
34) that adds Sense of Congress language to the end of the bill that 
banks are encouraged to work with homeowners to provide loan 
modifications for those qualifying and assist homeowners and 
prospective homeowners with foreclosure prevention programs and 
information on loan modifications; and                   
Pages H2016-17
  Hanna amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-34) that 
includes findings detailing the Home Affordable Modification Program's 
(HAMP's) flaws and states that terminating HAMP would save taxpayers 
approximately $1.4 billion (by a recorded vote of 247 ayes to 170 noes, 
Roll No. 194).                                    
Pages H2003-07, H2018
Rejected:
  Ellison amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-34) that 
sought to include Congressional findings on various facts about the 
HAMP program, including cost and number of permanent modifications; 
                                                         Pages H2007-08
  Miller (NC) amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-34) 
that sought to direct the Secretary, upon termination of the Home 
Affordable Modification Program, to undertake a study of the use of the 
program by covered homeowners, and also of the effectiveness of the 
program in assisting these homeowners. Following completion of that 
study, the Secretary would be required to implement a new program to 
assist the same group of homeowners based on the study's findings; 
                                                         Pages H2009-10
  Matsui amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-34) that 
sought to require mortgage lenders and services participating in the 
HAMP program to continue to publicly report basic loan modification 
information;                                             
Pages H2013-14
  Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-
34) that sought to require a study and report submitted to Congress 
determining the successful aspects of HAMP, and legislative 
recommendations for a replacement loan modification program (by a 
recorded vote of 182 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 195); and 
                                               Pages H2011-13, H2018-19
  Maloney amendment (No. 8 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-34) that 
sought to include a list of the number of trial and permanent 
modifications started under the HAMP program in each state as well as 
the number of seriously delinquent mortgages across the country that 
will not be able to be eligible for HAMP modifications because Congress 
is terminating the program (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 249 noes, 
Roll No. 196).                                 
Pages H2014-16, H2019-20
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House in amending the bill, to 
include striking ``paragraph (1)'' on page 5, line 16, and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``subparagraph (A)''.                           
Page H2022
  H. Res. 170, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on Wednesday, March 16th.
Recess: The House recessed at 5 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2017
Committee Re-referral: The House agreed that H.R. 1148 be re-referred 
primarily to the Committee on Financial Services and additionally to 
the Committees on Agriculture, House Administration, Judiciary, Ethics 
and Rules.                                                   
  Page H2022
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H1991.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2018, 
H2019, H2019-20, H2021-22 and H2022. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 9.46 p.m.