[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 135 (Tuesday, September 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D958-D959]
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House of Representatives

Chamber Action
     Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 10 public bills, 
     H.R. 2900-2909; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 77, and H. 
     Res. 397-398, were introduced.                      30Additional 
     Cosponsors:                                         30Reports 
     Filed: There were no reports filed today.
     Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
     RFiledepresentative Duncan (TN) to act as Speaker pro tempore 
     for today.                                              30Recess: 
     The House recessed at 10:22 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                        ss: TPage H6103
     Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, 
     Reverend Dr. Leroy Adams, Jr., Morning Star Baptist Church, 
     Omaha, Nebraska.
     n: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
     followinensiog measure:
     Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 
     2011: H.R. 2887, to provide an extension of surface and air 
     transportation programs.                       
       Pages H6106-19
     Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act: The 
     House passed H.R. 2218, to amend the charter school program 
     under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, by 
     a recorded vote of 365 ayes to 54 noes, Roll No. 705. 
     Consideration of the measure began on September 8th. 
                                                         Pages H6119-23
  Rejected the Hanabusa motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce with instructions to report the same back 
to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 189 
ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 704.                          
Pages H6120-22
Rejected:
  Holt amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-200) that was 
debated on September 8th that sought to encourage the Secretary of 
Education to include a priority for green school building practices in 
the application for states to ensure that federal investment in charter 
school facilities would be energy efficient and environmentally 
friendly (by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 702) and
                                                             Page H6119
  King (IA) amendment (No. 8 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-200) 
that was debated on September 8th that sought to strike subparagraph 
(d) of subsection (6) of Sec. (9) which is part of the definition of 
``high quality charter schools.'' Sought to strike the following 
language: ``(D) has demonstrated success in increasing student academic 
achievement for the subgroups of students described in section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) (by a recorded vote of 43 ayes to 374 noes, Roll 
No. 703).                                                
Pages H6119-20
  H. Res. 392, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2218) and (H.R. 1892), was agreed to on September 8th.
     Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative 
     Altmire, wherein he resigned from the Committee on Small 
     Business.
      Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 398, electing a Member 
     itteeto a certain standing committee of the House of 
     Representatives.                                        30Quorum 
     Calls--Votes: Four recorded votes developed during the 
     proceedum Caings of today and appear on pages H6119, H6120, 
     H6122, and H6122-23. There were no quorum calls.
     Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 4:53 
     p.m.

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