[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 65 (Thursday, May 12, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D494-D496]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 33 public bills, H.R. 1858-
1890; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 62; H. Con. Res. 62; and H. Res. 267 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H3277-81
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3281-82
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 209, directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the 
House of Representatives copies of any document, record, memo, 
correspondence, or other communication of the Department of State, or 
any portion of such communication, that refers or relates to any 
consultation with Congress regarding Operation Odyssey Dawn or military 
actions in or against Libya, with amendments (H. Rept. 112-76) and
  H. Res. 208, directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the 
House of Representatives copies of any document, record, memo, 
correspondence, or other communication of the Department of Defense, or 
any portion of such communication, that refers or relates to any 
consultation with Congress regarding Operation Odyssey Dawn or military 
actions in or against Libya, with amendments (H. Rept. 112-77). 
                                                             Page H3277
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Graves (GA) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3223
Recess: The House recessed at 10:58 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H3230
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Monsignor Craig 
Harrison, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Bakersfield, 
California.                                                  
  Page H3230
Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act: The House passed 
H.R. 1231, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require 
that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in 
the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources and to 
establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, by a recorded 
vote of 243 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 320. Consideration of the 
measure began yesterday, May 11th.                       
  Pages H3237-42
  Rejected the Holt motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 243 
noes, Roll No. 319.                                      
Pages H3240-42
Rejected:
  Tsongas amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-74) that was debated 
on May 11th that sought to require that all applicants for a drilling 
permit under a lease issued under H.R. 1231 would have to submit a 
worst-case scenario oil spill containment and clean-up plan (by a 
recorded vote of 195 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 315);    
Pages H3237-38
  Brown (FL) amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-74) that was 
debated on May 11th that sought to make permanent the current 
moratorium on drilling in the eastern gulf of Mexico that expires

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in 2022 (by a recorded vote of 134 ayes to 279 noes, Roll No. 316); 
                                                             Page H3238
  Thompson (CA) amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-74) that was 
debated on May 11th that sought to clarify that the legislation does 
not allow for oil and gas drilling on the northern coast of California 
(by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 263 noes, Roll No. 317); and 
                                                         Pages H3238-39
  Inslee amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-74) that was debated 
on May 11th that sought to require the Washington state Governor and 
legislature approve any leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf off of 
Washington state (by a recorded vote of 160 ayes to 256 noes, Roll No. 
318).                                                    
Pages H3239-40
  H. Res. 257, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to yesterday, May 11th.
  Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 50, 
providing for an adjournment of the House of Representatives, by a yea-
and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 158 nays, Roll No. 321. 
                                                  Pages H3237, H3242-43
Providing for a recess of the House for a joint meeting to receive His 
Excellency Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel: Agreed by 
unanimous consent that it may be in order at any time on Tuesday, May 
24, 2011 for the Speaker to declare a recess, subject to the call of 
the Chair, for the purpose of receiving in joint meeting His Excellency 
Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.                
  Page H3244
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 754, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2011 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. Consideration of 
the measure is expected to resume tomorrow, May 13th. 
                                               Pages H3232-37, H3244-57
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now 
printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule.             
Page H3249
Agreed to:
  Barrow amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-75) that tasks the 
Director of National Intelligence with creating a pilot grant program 
for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to assist in creating 
and maintaining academic curricula that teach advanced critical foreign 
languages, and for study abroad programs. Amendment aims to help 
intelligence community meet strategic, diversity and critical language 
goals and                                                
Pages H3251-52
  Ruppersberger amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-75) that 
requires, within 180 days after enactment, the Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community to submit to Congress a report on the degree to 
which racial and ethnic minorities in the United States are employed in 
professional positions in the intelligence community and barriers to 
the recruitment and retention of additional racial and ethnic 
minorities in these positions.                           
Pages H3253-54
Withdrawn:
  Dent amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-75) that was offered 
and subsequently withdrawn that would have required the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Director of the CIA within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act to submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees all information possessed by the DNI and the CIA relating to 
the pursuit and targeting of Anwar al-Awlaki by the Federal Government, 
as well as an analysis of the legal impediments to pursuing the capture 
of Anwar al-Awlaki.                                      
Pages H3252-53
Proceedings Postponed:
  Rogers (MI) amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-75) that seeks 
to clarify that section 411 of the bill, which provides certain 
authorities for Defense Intelligence Agency Expenditures, applies only 
to National Intelligence Program funds. Also strikes section 412 of the 
reported bill, providing for the establishment of certain transfer 
accounts for intelligence funds;                             
Page H3251
  Gibson amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-75) that seeks to 
require the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a 
report containing recommendations the Director considers appropriate 
for consolidating the intelligence community;                
Page H3253
  Hinchey amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-75) that seeks to 
require the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to report to the 
House and Senate Intelligence panels on information it has regarding 
the human rights violations of the military government in Argentina 
that resulted in 30,000 disappearances between the mid-1970's and mid-
1980's. The amendment also seeks to help shed light on the unknown fate 
of hundreds of Argentine children who were born in captivity and 
distributed to members of the Argentine security forces; and 
                                                         Pages H3254-56
  Carney amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-75) that seeks to 
establish the sense of Congress that railway transportation should be 
included in transportation security plans for intelligence agencies. 
                                                         Pages H3256-57
  H. Res. 264, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of

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251 yeas to 133 nays, Roll No. 322, after the previous question was 
ordered without objection.                        
Pages H3232, H3243-44
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H3244.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3237-38, 
H3238, H3238-39, H3239-40, H3241-42, H3242, H3242-43 and H3243. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:30 p.m.