[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 142 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1009-D1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 30 public bills, H.R. 3008-
3037; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 81; and H. Res. 410-411, 413-414 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H6412-15
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6415-16
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Supplemental report on H. Res. 409, waiving a requirement of clause 
6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions 
reported from the Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 112-214, Pt. 2) and H. 
Res. 412, providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the 
bill (H.R. 2608) to provide for an additional temporary extension of 
programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-215).      
Page H6412
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Ellmers to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6347
Recess: The House recessed at 11:15 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H6354
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs--Appointment:  Pursuant to section 
103(c) of Public Law 108-83 (2 U.S.C. 130-2), the Speaker appointed

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Janice C. Robinson as Director of the Office of Interparliamentary 
Affairs of the United States House of Representatives.       
  Page H6355
Recess: The House recessed at 1:34 p.m. and reconvened at 3:34 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6366
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to 
consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on 
Rules: The House agreed to H. Res. 409, waiving a requirement of clause 
6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions 
reported from the Committee on Rules, by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas 
to 182 nays, Roll No. 722, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 721. 
                                                         Pages H6366-74
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 411, electing a Member 
to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page H6376
Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 
2011: The House began consideration of H.R. 2401, to require analyses 
of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions 
of the Environmental Protection Agency. Further proceedings were 
postponed.                                     
  Pages H6360-66, H6374-89
  H. Res. 406, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 245 ayes to 175 noes, Roll No. 724, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 237 
yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 723.                          
Pages H6374-75
Recess: The House recessed at 7:55 p.m. and reconvened at 9:41 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6389
Small Business Program Extension and Reform Act of 2011: The House 
concurred in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 2608, to 
provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the 
Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, by a 
recorded vote of 219 ayes to 203 noes, Roll No. 727. 
                                                      Pages H6389-H6410
  H. Res. 412, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 176 nays, 
Roll No. 726, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 235 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 725.              
Pages H6398-99
Directing the Clerk to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 
2608: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 81, directing the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 
2608.                                                    
  Pages H6410-11
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6355.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 17 was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and S. 633 was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business.                                                    
  Page H6355
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6373-74, 
H6374, H6374-75, H6375, H6398-99, H6399 and H6410. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:50 a.m. on 
Friday, September 23rd.