[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 110 (Thursday, July 21, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D820-D822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 2605-
2622; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 73; H. Con. Res. 66; and H. Res. 
362, 364 were introduced.                                
  Pages H5373-74
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5374-75
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 966, to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to 
improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-174);
  H.R. 1670, to amend the Sikes Act to improve the application of that 
Act to State-owned facilities used for the national defense, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-175, Pt. 1); and
  H. Res. 363, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2584) 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and 
for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-176).                   
Pages H5372-73
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Crawford to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5287
Recess: The House recessed at 11:40 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5299
  Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 
2011: The House passed H.R. 1315, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority 
of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, by a recorded vote of 241 
ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 621.                
  Pages H5302-12, H5316-48
  Rejected the Michaud motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Financial Services with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 
232 noes, Roll No. 620.                                  
Pages H5345-47
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print dated July 14, 2011 
shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
under the five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now 
printed in the bill.                                         
Page H5328
Agreed to:
  Paulsen amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that clarifies 
that the nonvoting members of the council are allowed to petition 
against any rule made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 
(CFPB), even if they represent an industry the CFPB is not permitted to 
regulate;                                                
Pages H5334-35
  Quigley amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that requires 
the Financial Stability Oversight Council to provide live online 
streaming or broadcasting of Council meetings pertaining to review of 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulations;        
Pages H5337-38
  Chu amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that gives 
additional responsibility to the Commissioner responsible for oversight 
of the Bureau's activities pertaining to the protection of older 
consumers, minorities, youth, and veterans. The Commissioner is 
required to research how language barriers can lead to unfair and 
abusive lending practices, and report to the full Commission ways to 
protect consumers from these unfair and deceptive practices; 
                                                             Page H5338
  DeFazio amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that eliminates 
potential conflicts of interest by providing that no Member of the 
Financial Stability Oversight Council may participate in a vote to 
issue a stay of, or set aside, a regulation issued by the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection if said regulation would affect an 
institution for which that individual was employed in the preceding 2 
years (an earlier request for a recorded vote was withdrawn and the 
amendment stood adopted by the voice vote thereon); 
                                                  Pages H5333-34, H5340
  Lankford amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that requires 
the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System/ CFPB to submit an annual report to Congress no later than 
February 1, 2012, and every year thereafter, which identifies (1) all 
new guidance/regulation/rules prescribed by the Bureau, (2) any Bureau 
authority which overlaps with other Federal agencies/departments, (3) 
Bureau administrative expenses, and (4) Bureau unobligated balances. 
Requires that the report be posted online and published using existing 
funds; and                                               
Pages H5340-41
  Rigell amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that requires 
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to (1) submit an analysis on 
the impact of its proposed rule or regulation on the financial industry 
and (2) an analysis of consumers' and small businesses' access to 
credit as a result of the regulation, to the Financial Stability 
Oversight

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Council for the purposes of public review (by a recorded vote of 246 
ayes to 167 noes, Roll No. 619).                  
Pages H5341-42, H5345
Rejected:
  Maloney amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that sought to 
strike Section 1023 of the Dodd-Frank Act giving the Financial 
Stability Oversight Council the ability to override Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau rules;                                 
Pages H5329-30
  Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that 
sought to restore a \2/3\ majority vote in order for the Financial 
Stability Oversight Council to overrule Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau regulation (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 
615);                                          
Pages H5330-33, H5342-43
  Miller (NC) amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that sought 
to require specific disclosure of information related to filing agency 
petitions to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to overturn 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rulemaking (by a recorded vote of 
175 ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 616);              
Pages H5335-36, H5343
  Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that 
sought to restore time limits in which the Financial Stability 
Oversight Council must review and make a determination on regulations 
issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (by a recorded vote 
of 175 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 617); and    
Pages H5336-37, H5343-44
  Maloney amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 112-172) that sought to 
transfer all authority that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 
would receive to the Secretary of the Treasury if no Commission Chair 
is in place by July 21st until such time as a Chair has been confirmed 
by the Senate (by a recorded vote of 168 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 
618).                                          
Pages H5338-40, H5344-45
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                 
Page H5348
  H. Res. 358, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 614, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection.   
Page H5317
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 358 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 612. 
                                                         Pages H5302-05
  Pursuant to section 2 of the rule, in the engrossment of H.R. 1315, 
the Clerk shall (a) add the text of H.R. 830, as passed by the House, 
as new matter at the end of H.R. 1315; (b) conform the title of H.R. 
1315 to reflect the addition of H.R. 830, as passed by the House, to 
the engrossment; (c) assign appropriate designations to provisions 
within the engrossment; and (d) conform provisions for short titles 
within the engrossment.                                      
Page H5302
Order of Business: Agreed by unanimous consent that during 
consideration of H.R. 2551, pursuant to H. Res. 359, amendments No. 9 
and No. 12 are permitted to be offered out of the specified order. 
                                                             Page H5348
Order of Business: Agreed by unanimous consent that during 
consideration of H.R. 2551, pursuant to H. Res. 359, amendments No. 10 
and No. 11 are permitted to be offered out of the specified order. 
                                                             Page H5369
  Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 2551, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. Consideration is 
expected to resume tomorrow, July 22nd.        
  Pages H5312-16, H5348-72
Agreed to:
  Honda amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that transfers 
Member Transition Activities funds to increase the Capitol Police fund 
by $1,000,000 in order to establish a Security Fund for Member's 
District Office Security Upgrades;                           
Page H5360
  Altmire amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-173), as modified, 
that restores $1 million in funding to the Thirty-Year Mass 
Deacidification Program with the Library of Congress' Salaries and 
Expenses Account;                                            
Page H5365
  Paulsen amendment (No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that prevents 
the distribution of printed legislation to member offices unless a 
member requests the legislation;                             
Page H5367
  Paulsen amendment (No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that prevents 
funds from being used to distribute printed copies of the Congressional 
Record to Member offices. Members are still able to receive copies 
online and from the Legislative Resource Center; and         
Page H5367
  Hanna amendment (No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that states that 
none of the funds may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer to 
make any payments from any MRA for the leasing of a vehicle in an 
amount that exceeds $1,000 in any month.                     
Page H5369
Rejected:
  Broun (GA) amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that sought 
to reduce funding for the Joint Economic Committee by $1,050,750 (25%) 
and transfer those dollars to the spending reduction account; 
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  Broun (GA) amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that sought 
to reduce funding for the Office of Compliance to the FY 2008 Level 
($467,000 reduction) and transfer those dollars to the spending 
reduction account;                                       
                                                         Pages H5362-63
  Flake amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that sought to 
require all mail funded by the Members' representational allowance and 
from funds for official mail for committees and leadership offices of 
the House bear the official letterhead of the Member, committee, or 
office involved; and                                     
                                                         Pages H5370-71
  Flake amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that sought to 
prohibit Members, committees, and leadership from using funds from this 
Act to purchase online ads that link to a website maintained by 
Members, committees, and leadership offices.             
                                                         Pages H5371-72
                                                 Proceedings Postponed:
  Watt amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that seeks to 
reduce funding for the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) by 40% 
($619,200) and transfer the funds to the spending reduction account; 
                                                         Pages H5360-62
  Hayworth amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that seeks to 
cut the $632,780 increase in funding for the Botanic Garden and 
transfer it to the spending reduction account;           
                                                         Pages H5363-64
  Broun (GA) amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that seeks 
to reduce funding for the Botanic Garden to the FY 2008 Level 
($3,192,000 reduction) and transfer the funds to the spending reduction 
account;                                                 
                                                         Pages H5364-65
  Stutzman amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that seeks to 
reduce the Government Printing Office by $4,946,140.80 by transferring 
$3,414,150.29 from Government Printing Office, Congressional Printing 
and Binding, and $1,531,990.51 from Government Printing Office, Office 
of Superintendent of Documents and transfer the funds to the spending 
reduction account; and                                   
                                                         Pages H5365-67
  Thompson (PA) amendment (No. 15 printed in H. Rept. 112-173) that 
seeks to prohibit any funds in the bill from being available to 
purchase, acquire, install, or use any medium screw base compact 
fluorescent lamp or light bulb (CFL).                    
                                                         Pages H5367-69
  H. Res. 359, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 239 yeas to 172 nays, Roll No. 613, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection.   
                                                             Page H5316
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H5297 and H5248.
Senate Referral: S. 1103 was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.                                                   
  Page H5348
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5304-05, 
H5316, H5317, H5342-43, H5343, H5343-44, H5344-45, H5345, H5347 and 
H5347-48. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:41 p.m.