[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 112 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D836-D837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 2631-
2641; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 368-369, 371 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5489-90
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2587, to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from 
ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under 
any circumstance, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-179);
  H.R. 2445, to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to provide States and local educational agencies with maximum 
flexibility in using Federal funds provided under such Act, and for 
other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-180); and
  H. Res. 370, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1938) to 
direct the President to expedite the consideration and approval of the 
construction and operation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 112-181).                       
Pages H5487-88
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Campbell to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:07 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 233 yeas to 108 nays with 2 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 631.                                     
  Pages H5402, H5409-10
Privileged Resolution: The House agreed to H. Res. 368, Requesting 
return of official papers on H.R. 1309.                      
  Page H5408
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the United 
States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty defending the 
Capitol against an intruder armed with a gun on July 24, 1998. 
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012: The House began consideration of H.R. 2584, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. 
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  Pursuant to section 2 of the rule, the amendment considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole is as follows: 
Strike section 427.                                          
Page H5403
  Agreed to:
  Simpson manager's amendment that makes technical and conforming 
changes to the bill and                                  
Pages H5442-43
  Richmond amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Ocean 
Energy Management by $5 million (by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 192 
noes, Roll No. 635).                           
Pages H5464-65, H5468-69
Rejected:
  Richmond amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund by $10,617,000; 
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  Moran amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Indian Health Facilities by $18,663,000 (by a recorded vote of 175 ayes 
to 237 noes, Roll No. 632);                    
Pages H5443-45, H5466-67
  Huelskamp amendment that sought to reduce funding in various accounts 
by a total of $3,000,231,000 and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 126 ayes to 284 noes, Roll No. 
633);                                          
Pages H5445-47, H5467-68

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  Cleaver amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Environmental Programs and Management by $3 million (by a recorded vote 
of 165 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 634); and       
Pages H5447-64, H5468
  Hochul amendment that sought to reduce the amount in the Bureau of 
Land Management account available for the processing of applications 
for drilling permits by $4,452,000 (by a recorded vote of 141 ayes to 
271 noes, Roll No. 636).                          
Pages H5466, H5469-70
  H. Res. 363, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 205 yeas to 131 noes, Roll No. 630, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection.   
Page H5409
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Extending the term of the incumbent Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation: S. 1103, to extend the term of the incumbent Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.                     
  Pages H5470-71
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011: Concur in the Senate 
amendments to H.R. 1383, to temporarily preserve higher rates for 
tuition and fees for programs of education at non-public institutions 
of higher learning pursued by individuals enrolled in the Post-9/11 
Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
before the enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance 
Improvements Act of 2010.                                
  Pages H5471-72
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted notification that an Executive Order was issued declaring a 
national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat 
that significant transnational criminal organizations pose to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States--
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 
(H. Doc. 112-46).                                        
  Pages H5472-73
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H5402.
Senate Referrals: S. 300 was referred to the Committees on Oversight 
and Government Reform and Armed Services.                    
  Page H5487
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5409, 
H5410, H5466-67, H5467, H5468, H5468-69, H5469-70. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:31 p.m.