[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D581-D584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


 Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:  19 public bills, H.R. 2065-
2083; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 57; and H. Res. 289-291, were 
introduced.                                    
  Pages H3868-69, H3909-11
Additional Cosponsors:                         
  Pages H3870-71, H3911-12
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
   Report on the Suballocation of the Budget Allocations for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (H. Rept. 112-96);
   H. Res. 288, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2055) 
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-97); and
   H.R. 1249, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for 
patentreform, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-98 Pt. 1). 
                                                     Pages H3868, H3909
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Westmoreland to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3809
 Recess: The House recessed at 10:35 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H3813
Law Revision Counsel for the House of Representatives -- Appointment:  
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Mr. Ralph V. Seep as 
Law Revision Counsel for the House of Representatives, effective June 
1, 2011. Earlier, read a letter from Mr. Peter G. LeFevre wherein he 
retired as Law Revision Counsel effective June 1, 2011.      
  Page H3828
Oath of Office--Twenty-Sixth Congressional District of New York: 
Representative-elect Kathleen Hochul presented herself in the well of 
the House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. 
Earlier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a facsimile copy of a 
letter from Mr. Robert Brehm and Ms. Kimberly Galvin on behalf of Mr. 
Todd Valentine, Co-Executive Directors of the Board of Elections, State 
of New York, indicating that, according to the unofficial returns of 
the Special Election held May 24, 2011, the Honorable Kathleen Hochul 
was elected Representative to Congress for the Twenty-Sixth 
Congressional District, State of New York.        
  Pages H3829-30, H3908
 Whole Number of the House:  The Speaker announced to the House that, 
in light of the administration of the oath to the gentlewoman from New 
York, Ms. Hochul, the whole number of the House is adjusted to 433. 
                                                             Page H3831
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed:  The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on May 31st:
  Directing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar 
Award Program:   H.R. 802, amended, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote 
of 408 yeas to 11 nays, Roll No. 383.                    
  Pages H3831-32
   Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
VetStar Award Program.''.                                    
Page H3832
 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012:  The House 
began consideration of

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H.R. 2017, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. Consideration 
is expected to resume tomorrow, June 2nd.      
  Pages H3832, H3875-H3907
   Agreed to:
   Broun (GA) amendment that reduces the funding for the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Management by $600,000 and increases the Spending 
Reduction Account by the same amount;                        
Page H3846
   LaTourette amendment that reduces funding for the Office of the 
Secretary and Executive Management by $459,180,000 and increases 
funding for Firefighter Assistance Grants by $640,000,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 333 ayes to 87 noes, Roll No. 384); 
                                                  Pages H3837-41, H3852
   Royce amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
31, 2011) that increases, by offset, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, to facilitate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, by $1 million (by a recorded vote 
of 268 ayes to 151 noes, Roll No. 386);        
Pages H3843-44, H3853-54
   Poe amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of May 31, 
2011) that increases, by offset, Border Security Fencing, 
Infrastructure, and Technology, by $10 million (by a recorded vote of 
327 ayes to 93 noes, Roll No. 387);               
Pages H3846-47, H3854
   King (IA) amendment that redirects $1 million with respect to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, for necessary expenses for enforcement 
of laws relating to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural 
inspections and regulatory activities;                   
Pages H3856-58
   King (IA) amendment that redirects $1 million with respect to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, for necessary expenses for enforcement 
of immigration and customs laws;                             
Page H3858
   Barrow amendment that redirects $5 million with respect to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, for necessary expenses for enforcement 
of immigration and customs laws;                             
Page H3858
   Richardson amendment that redirects $100 million with respect to 
Disaster Relief;                                         
Pages H3881-82
   Honda amendment that strikes language prohibiting funds from being 
used for grants for immigrant integration;               
Pages H3882-85
   Poe amendment (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of May 31, 
2011) that prohibits funds from being used in contravention of section 
642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996;                                             
Pages H3892-93
   Poe amendment that prohibits funds from being used to parole an 
alien into the United States, or grant deferred action of a final order 
of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for 
urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit;   
Page H3892
   Scalise amendment that prohibits funds from being used to require an 
approved Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) 
applicant to personally appear at a designated enrollment center for 
the purpose of TWIC issuance, renewal, or activation; and    
Page H3895
   Engel amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Homeland Security to lease or purchase new light duty 
vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for any agency's fleet inventory, 
except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum -- Federal Fleet 
Performance, dated May 24, 2011.                      
Pages H3899-H3900
   Rejected:
   Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (No. 12 printed in the Congressional 
Record of May 31, 2011) that sought to increase, by offset, Surface 
Transportation Security by $5 million;                   
Pages H3844-46
   McCaul amendment that sought to increase, by offset, for Border 
Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology, by $10 million; 
                                                             Page H3850
   Cicilline amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
state and local programs by $337,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 154 
ayes to 266 noes, Roll No. 385);                         
Pages H3841-43
   Cuellar amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement, 
by $32 million and for the Office of the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology by $16 million (by a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 256 
noes, Roll No. 388); and                          
Pages H3951, H3853-55
   Heck amendment that sought to amend language relating to the top 10 
highest risk urban areas.                                
Pages H3877-78
   Withdrawn:
   Norton amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding for the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Management by $500,673,000 to plan, acquire, construct, renovate, 
remediate, equip, furnish, and occupy buildings and facilities for the 
consolidation of the Department of Homeland Security headquarters and 
                                                         Pages H3847-48
   Clarke (MI) amendment that sought to increase, by offset, State and 
Local Programs by $2 billion.                                
Page H3864
   Point of Order sustained against:
   Poe amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of May 31, 
2011) that sought to increase, by offset, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, detention and removal operations, by $100 million; 
                                                         Pages H3848-49

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   McCaul amendment that sought to increase, by offset, U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, by $50 million; 
                                                             Page H3849
   McCaul amendment that sought to increase, by offset, State and Local 
Programs, Operation Stonegarden, by $10 million;         
                                                         Pages H3849-50
   McCaul amendment that sought to increase, by offset, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for necessary expenses for 
enforcement of immigration and customs laws, by $10 million; 
                                                             Page H3850
   McCaul amendment that sought to increase, by offset, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, detention and removal operations, 
by $10 million;                                              
                                                             Page H3850
   McCaul amendment that sought to increase, by offset, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to facilitate agreements 
consistent with section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
by $10 million;                                          
                                                         Pages H3850-51
   Richardson amendment that sought to allocate funds under State and 
Local Programs as follows: at least $10 million for Buffer Zone 
Protection Plan Grants, $50 million for Port Security Grants, $100 
million for public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad 
Security Assistance, $50 million for interoperable emergency 
communications, and $42,337,000 for the Metropolitan Medical Response 
System;                                                  
                                                         Pages H3862-63
   Richardson amendment that sought to allocate $50 million under State 
and Local Programs for Interoperable Emergency Operations Grants; 
                                                             Page H3863
   Lowey amendment that sought to provide for designated emergency 
funds for State and Local Programs in the amount of $1,229,500,000 and 
for Firefighter Assistance Grants in the amount of $460,000,000; 
                                                         Pages H3879-81
   Richmond amendment that sought to insert a new section relating to 
``covered assistance'';                                      
                                                             Page H3890
   Poe amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of May 31, 
2011) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to provide 
assistance to a State or local government entity or official that is in 
violation of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996;                        
                                                             Page H3892
   Richmond amendment that sought to state that any appropriation for 
fiscal year 2011 for disaster assistance that includes an emergency 
designation shall not be required by any rule or policy to be 
accompanied by a budgetary offset;                       
                                                         Pages H3893-94
   Altmire amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for 
the construction, modification, maintenance, or repair of vehicle or 
pedestrian fencing along the southern border unless all of the iron, 
steel, and manufactured goods used are produced in the United States; 
                                                         Pages H3897-98
   King (IA) amendment that sought to allocate $50 million under the 
heading ``Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology'' for 
carrying out section 102 of the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996; and                          
                                                         Pages H3900-01
   King (IA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
carry out the provisions of Public Law 111-148, Public Law 111-152, or 
any amendment made by either such laws.                      
                                                             Page H3901
   Proceedings Postponed:
   Clarke (MI) amendment that seeks to strike language relating to the 
top 10 highest risk urban areas;                         
                                                         Pages H3863-64
   Sessions amendment that seeks to strike section 514; 
                                                         Pages H3885-88
   Lummis amendment that seeks to strike section 547;    
                                                         Pages H3888-90
   Carter amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used for 
the Climate Change Adaptation Task Force of the Department of Homeland 
Security;                                                
                                                         Pages H3890-92
   Price (NC) amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
enforce requirements in certain sections of the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974;                                 
                                                         Pages H3894-95
   Sherman amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used in 
contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.); 
                                                         Pages H3895-96
   Gosar amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
comply with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
Code, popularly known as the Davis-Bacon Act;            
                                                         Pages H3896-97
   Scalise amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
implement or enforce Executive Order 13502, the FAR Council supporting 
regulations FAR Rule 2009-005, or any agency memorandum, bulletin, or 
contracting policy that derives its authority from Executive Order 
13502 or FAR Rule 2009-005;                              
                                                         Pages H3898-99
   King (IA) amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being made 
available to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now 
and related organizations;                               
                                                         Pages H3901-03
   Cravaack amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used in 
contravention of section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
                                                         Pages H3903-04
   Amash amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
purchase new advanced imaging technology machines;           
                                                             Page H3904
   Amash amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
operate or maintain existing advanced imaging technology machines as 
mandatory or primary screening devices;                  
                                                         Pages H3904-05

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   Amash amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used for any 
action by a political apointee to delay, vacate, or reverse any 
decision by an employee in the Privacy Office of the Department of 
Homeland Security to make records available pursuant to the Freedom of 
Information Act;                                         
                                                         Pages H3905-06
   Rokita amendment that seeks to reduce each amount made available by 
the Act by 10 percent; and                               
                                                         Pages H3906-07
   Rokita amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
implement the determination of the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration regarding transportation security officers and 
collective bargaining as described in the decision memorandum dated 
February 4, 2011.                                            
                                                             Page H3907
   H. Res. 287, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 231 ayes to 187 noes, Roll No. 382, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 235 
yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 381.               
                                              Pages H3816, H3829, H3831
   A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 287 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 380.      
                                                             Page H3819
 Amendments:  Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H3871, H3912-15.
 Quorum Calls -- Votes:  Three yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3819, 
H3829, H3831, H3831-32, H3852, H3853, H3853-54, H5854, and H3855. There 
were no quorum calls.
 Adjournment:  The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:30 a.m. on 
Thursday, June 2nd.