[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D539-D540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R. 1953-1977; 
and 6 resolutions, H.J. Res. 65; H. Con. Res. 52-54 ; and H. Res. 274-275, 
277 were introduced.                                          
  Pages H3408-09
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages H3410-11
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 276, providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes 
(H. Rept. 112-88).                                                
Page H3408
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative 
Cantor to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.                   
  Page H3347
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Jeremy 
Wiederhorn, The Conservative Synagogue, Westport, Connecticut.    
  Page H3347
Recess: The House recessed at 10:05 a.m. for the purpose of receiving His 
Excellency Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. The House 
reconvened at 12:45 p.m., and agreed that the proceedings had during the 
Joint Meeting be printed in the Record.                           
  Page H3348
Joint Meeting To Receive His Excellency Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister 
of Israel: The House and Senate met in a joint session to receive His 
Excellency Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. He was escorted 
into the Chamber by a committee comprised of Representatives Cantor, 
McCarthy (CA), Hensarling, Sessions, Price (GA), McMorris Rodgers, Carter, 
Noem, Scott (SC), Walden, Dreier, Roskam, Ros-Lehtinen, McKeon, Chabot, 
Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn, Israel, Waxman, Ackerman, Berman, Levin, Lowey, 
Berkley, Schakowsky, Schiff, Schwartz, Wasserman Schultz, and Deutch; and 
Senators Reid, Durbin, Murray, Levin, Kerry, Kohl, Lieberman, Feinstein, 
Boxer, McConnell, Kyl, Barrasso, Thune, Cornyn, Lugar, and Hatch. 
                                                              Pages H3348-51
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measure:
  Small Business Additional Temporary Extension Act of 2011: S. 990, 
amended, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under 
the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. 
                                                              Pages H3352-53
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 274, electing a Member to a 
certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.       
  Page H3353
Amending the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate 
medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct 
appropriations to an authorization of appropriations: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 1216, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health 
centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, May 25th. 
                                       Pages H3353-61, H3361-88, H3396-H3401
  Rejected the Weiner motion that the Committee rise by a recorded vote of 
14 ayes to 397 noes, Roll No. 335.                                
Page H3386
Rejected:
  Tonko amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of May 23, 
2011) that sought to conduct a study of the number of primary care 
physicians that would be trained as a result of the funding provided in the 
health care overhaul law compared to the number of physicians that would be 
trained should funding be eliminated or rescinded (by a recorded vote of 186 
ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 336) and                 
Pages H3368-69, H3386-87
  Cardoza amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of May 23, 
2011) that sought to require the Government Accountability Office to

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conduct a study on the extent of physician shortages in areas with 
significant shortages. The study should also examine the effects of 
expanding and establishing new medical graduate programs as directed by the 
health care overhaul law on the number of physicians were the funding not 
rescinded by the bill (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 
337).                                               
Pages H3369-71, H3387-88
Point of order sustained against:
  Weiner amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of May 23, 
2011) that sought to delay the bill from taking effect until the Government 
Accountability Office determines there is no shortage of primary care 
physicians.                                                
Pages H3398-H3401
Proceedings Postponed:
  Foxx amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of May 23, 2011) 
that seeks to prohibit the use of funds provided for graduate medical 
education from being used to provide abortion or training in the provision 
of abortion. Additionally, funds would not be provided to a teaching health 
center if the institution discriminates against individual health care 
entities that refuse to provide abortion, undergo training in the provision 
of abortion, or offer referral for abortion services.         
Pages H3371-86
  H. Res. 269, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1216) 
and (H.R. 1540) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 181 noes, 
Roll No. 334, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 233 yeas to 179 nays, Roll No. 333.                        
Pages H3360-61
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 1540, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 
for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 
2012. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, May 25th. 
                                                       Pages H3388-96, H3406
  H. Res. 269, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1216) 
and (H.R. 1540) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 181 noes, 
Roll No. 334, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 233 yeas to 179 nays, Roll No. 333.                            
Page H3361
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and four recorded votes developed 
during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3360-61, H3361, H3386, 
H3386-87, H3387-88. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:40 p.m.