[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 59 (Wednesday, May 4, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D448-D449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 30 public bills, H.R. 1705-
1734; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 48-49 and H. Res. 246-251, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H3059-61
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3062-63
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 245, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) to 
amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and 
timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico, 
and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease 
sales, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-73).             
Page H3059
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fitzpatrick to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3003
Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H3011
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Dr. 
Kurt Gerhard, St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Washington, DC. 
                                                             Page H3011
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: The House passed H.R. 3, to 
prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience 
protections,

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by a recorded vote of 251 ayes to 175 noes, Roll No. 292. 
                                               Pages H3023-37, H3041-43
  Rejected the Speier motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 235 noes, 
Roll No. 291.                                            
Pages H3041-43
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in H. Rept. 112-71 shall be considered as adopted, in lieu of 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill.          
Page H3023
  H. Res. 237, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 243 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 286, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection. 
                                                         Pages H3014-23
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in the service 
of our nation in Iraq and Afghanistan, their families, and all who 
serve in the armed forces and their families.                
  Page H3038
Repealing mandatory funding for school-based health center 
construction: The House passed H.R. 1214, to repeal mandatory funding 
for school-based health center construction, by a recorded vote of 235 
ayes to 191 noes, Roll No. 290. Consideration of the measure began 
yesterday, May 3rd.                                      
  Pages H3037-41
  Rejected the McCarthy (NY) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same 
to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 180 
ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 289.                          
Pages H3038-40
Rejected:
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
May 2, 2011) that was debated on May 3rd that sought to require the 
Health and Human Services Department to post a notice of rescission and 
the total amount of unobligated funds rescinded by the bill on the 
department's website (by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 218 noes, Roll 
No. 287) and                                             
Pages H3037-38
  Pallone amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
2, 2011) that was debated on May 3rd that sought to require a GAO study 
to determine school districts most in need of constructing or 
renovating school-based health centers (by a recorded vote of 205 ayes 
to 210 noes, Roll No. 288).                                  
Page H3038
  H. Res. 236, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1213) and (H.R. 1214) was agreed to yesterday, May 3rd.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, May 5th.                            
  Page H3043
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3022-23, 
H3037-38, H3038, H3040, H3040-41, H3042-43, and H3043. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:52 p.m.