[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 87 (Thursday, June 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D653-D655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 37 public bills, H.R. 2204-
2218, 2220-2241; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 60-61; and H. Res. 
309-315 were introduced.                                 
  Pages H4325-28
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4329-30
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1121, to replace the Director of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection with a five person Commission, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 112-107);
  H.R. 2021, to amend the Clean Air Act regarding air pollution from 
Outer Continental Shelf activities (H. Rept. 112-108);
  H.R. 1573, to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote 
regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 112-109, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 1573, to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote 
regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 112-109, Pt. 2); and
  H.R. 2219, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 112-110).                                              
Page H4325
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                                  
  Page H4281
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012: The House passed H.R. 2112, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012, by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 203 
nays, Roll No. 459. Consideration of the measure began on June 14th. 
                                                      Pages H4283-H4314
  Rejected the Hochul motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 185 ayes to 233 
noes, Roll No. 458.                                      
Pages H4312-14
  Agreed to:
  Gardner amendment that increases funding, by offset, for ``Integrated 
Activities'' by $4,400,000;                                  
Page H4292
  Flores amendment (No. 26 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
14, 2011) that prohibits funds from being used to enforce section 526 
of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007;     
Pages H4292-93
  Foxx amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of June 13, 
2011) that was debated on June 15th that sought to prohibit funds from 
being used to support any Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative 
of the Department of Agriculture (by a recorded vote of 212 ayes to 201 
noes, Roll No. 438);                                     
Pages H4298-99
  Kind amendment (No. 25 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
14, 2011) that was debated on June 15th that prohibits funds from being 
used to provide payments to the Brazil Cotton Institute (by a recorded 
vote of 223 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 439);          
Pages H4299-H4300
  Gibson amendment (No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
14, 2011) that was debated on June 15th that increases funding, by 
offset,

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for broadband loans by $6 million (by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 
198 noes, Roll No. 442);                                 
Pages H4301-02
  King (IA) amendment that was debated on June 15th that prohibits 
funds from being used for mifepristone, commonly known as RU-486, for 
any purpose (by a recorded vote of 240 ayes to 176 noes, Roll No. 445);
                                                         Pages H4303-04
  Garrett amendment (No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
14, 2011) that prohibits funds from being used by the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission to promulgate any final rules under paragraphs (13) 
or (14) of section 2(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as added by 
section 727 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act (by a recorded vote of 231 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 
446);                                                        
Page H4304
  Scalise amendment that was debated on June 15th that prohibits funds 
from being used to implement the Departmental Regulation of the 
Department of Agriculture entitled ``Policy Statement on Climate Change 
Adaptation'' (by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 
448);                                                    
Pages H4305-06
  Hirono amendment that was debated on June 15th that increases 
funding, by offset, for preventive measures authorized under the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act and the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act by $3 million (by a recorded vote of 288 
ayes to 132 noes, Roll No. 450); and                     
Pages H4306-07
  Flake amendment that prohibits funds from being used for the 
construction of an ethanol blender pump or an ethanol storage facility 
(by a recorded vote of 283 ayes to 128 noes, Roll No. 454). 
                                               Pages H4290-92, H4309-10
Rejected:
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
provide to upland cotton producers counter-cyclical payments for upland 
cotton, repayment rates for marketing assistance loans at the 
prevailing world market price for upland cotton, or loan deficiency 
payments for upland cotton;                              
Pages H4286-88
  Pingree amendment that was debated on June 15th that sought to 
prohibit funds from being used (1) to provide electronic notifications 
to the Committee on Agriculture on travel relating to any ``know your 
farmer, know your food'' initiatives or (2) in contravention of the 
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative priority research area 
specified in subsection (b)(2)(F) of the Competitive, Special, and 
Facilities Research Grant Act (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 238 
noes, Roll No. 437);                                         
Page H4298
  Dingell amendment that was debated on June 15th that sought to 
increase funding, by offset, for the Food and Drug Administration by 
$49 million (by a recorded vote of 178 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 440);
                                                             Page H4300
  Jackson Lee amendment that was debated on June 15th that sought to 
increase, by offset, funding for the Office of the Secretary by $5 
million (by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 252 noes, Roll No. 441); 
                                                         Pages H4300-01
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 13, 2011) that was debated on June 15th that sought to prohibit 
funds from being used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of 
the Department of Agriculture to provide benefits described in the Food 
Security Act of 1985 to a person or legal entity in excess of $125,000 
(by a recorded vote of 154 ayes to 262 noes, Roll No. 443); 
                                                             Page H4302
  King (IA) amendment that was debated on June 15th that sought to 
prohibit funds from being used to make payments under section 201 of 
the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 or section 14012 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (by a recorded vote of 155 ayes to 
262 noes, Roll No. 444);                                     
Page H4303
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 29 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 14, 2011) that was debated on June 15th that sought to prohibit 
funds from being used in contravention of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 447); 
                                                             Page H4305
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 28 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 14, 2011) that was debated on June 15th that sought to prohibit 
funds from being used in contravention of section 310B(e) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (by a recorded vote of 182 
ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 449);                             
Page H4306
  Holden amendment (No. 38 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
15, 2011) that sought to reduce each amount made available by this Act 
by 5.88% and provide that the amounts may not be used to carry out the 
limitations contained in paragraphs (1) through (8) of section 728 (by 
a recorded vote of 84 ayes to 335 noes, Roll No. 451); 
                                               Pages H4283-84, H4307-08
  Campbell amendment that sought to reduce funding for ``Agricultural 
Programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and 
Expenses'' by $11 million (by a recorded vote of 132 ayes to 287 noes, 
Roll No. 452);                                    
Pages H4284-86, H4308
  Blackburn amendment that sought to reduce each amount made available 
by this Act by 5% (by a recorded vote of 109 ayes to 310 noes, Roll No. 
453);                                          
Pages H4289-90, H4308-09
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
provide any benefit described in section 1001D(b)(1)(C) of the Food 
Security Act of

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1985 to a person or legal entity if the average adjusted gross income 
of the person or legal entity exceeds $250,000 (by a recorded vote of 
186 ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 455);              
Pages H4293-95, H4310
  Lipinski amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
alter contract no. GS-35F-4076D with respect to the location of data 
storage (by a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 456); and
                                               Pages H4295-96, H4310-11
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to pay 
the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a market access 
program (by a recorded vote of 101 ayes to 314 noes, Roll No. 457). 
                                               Pages H4296-97, H4311-12
  Point of Order sustained against:
  Lujan amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
provide any marketing funds to any entity that advertises, describes, 
labels, or offers for sale chile peppers as New Mexico chile unless 
such chile peppers were grown in New Mexico.             
Pages H4288-89
  H. Res. 300, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on June 14th.
Providing for the reappointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen 
regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: The 
House agreed to discharge and agree to S. J. Res. 7, to provide for the 
reappointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the Board 
of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.                   
  Page H4314
Providing for the reappointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent 
of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: The House 
agreed to discharge and agree to S.J. Res. 9, to provide for the 
reappointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.                  
  Pages H4314-15
Permitting official photographs of the House of Representatives to be 
taken: The House agreed to discharge and agree to H. Res. 299, to 
permit official photographs of the House of Representatives to be taken 
while the House is in actual session on a date designated by the 
Speaker.                                                     
  Page H4315
Improving certain administrative operations of the Library of Congress: 
The House agreed by unanimous consent to pass H.R. 1934, to improve 
certain administrative operations of the Library of Congress. 
                                                             Page H4315
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 20th.                        
  Page H4315
Quorum Calls Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and twenty-two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4298, 
H4299, H4299-H4300, H4300, H4301, H4301-02, H4302, H4303, H4303-04, 
H4304, H4305, H4305-06, H4306, H4307, H4307-08, H4308, H4309, H4309-10, 
H4310, H4311, H4311-12, H4313, and H4314. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 3:37 p.m.