[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 143 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1017-D1018]
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: 29 public bills, H.R. 3038-
3066; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 82; and H. Res. 415-416 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H6455-57
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6457-58
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 241, to authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest 
System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-216);
  H.R. 461, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah 
Valley Electric Service District, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-217);
  H.R. 473, to provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of 
land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations 
Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-218);
  H.R. 795, to expand small-scale hydropower (H. Rept. 112-219, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 1258, to provide for the conveyance of parcels of land to 
Mantua, Box Elder County, Utah (H. Rept. 112-220);
  H.R. 1421, to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to 
clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma with regard to the 
maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam in Oklahoma (H. Rept. 112-221 
Pt. 1);
  H.R. 1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for 
membership in that tribe (H. Rept. 112-222); and
  H.R. 2583, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 112-223).                                          
Pages H6454-55
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Dold to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6417
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Dr. 
Charley Hames, Jr., Beebe Memorial Cathedral, Oakland, California. 
                                                             Page H6417
Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 
2011: The House passed H.R. 2401, to require analyses of the cumulative 
and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, by a recorded vote of 249 ayes to 169 
noes, Roll No. 741. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, 
September 22nd.                                          
  Pages H6419-46
  Rejected the McCollum motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 180 yeas to 
233 nays, Roll No. 740.                                  
Pages H6444-46
Agreed to:
  Moore amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that ensures that 
the study will analyze the impact that a rule or action could have on 
low-income communities and public health (by a recorded vote of 337 
ayes to 76 noes, Roll No. 730);                      
Pages H6423, H6438
  Kinzinger amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that adds 
upcoming EPA gasoline regulations to the list of measures to be 
analyzed for their cumulative impact on energy prices, jobs, and 
American competitiveness (by a recorded vote of 269 ayes to 145 noes, 
Roll No. 732);                                 
Pages H6425-26, H6439-40
  Dent amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that adds the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) from the Portland Cement 
Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement 
Plants to the Covered Rules within the bill (by a recorded vote of 269 
ayes to 150 noes, Roll No. 733);               
Pages H6426-27, H6440-41
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that 
extends the public comment period from 90 days to 120 days (by a 
recorded vote of 346 ayes to 74 noes, Roll No. 736); 
                                                  Pages H6429-31, H6442
  Whitfield amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that 
provides that the Cross State Air Pollution Rule has no legal force or 
effect, and directs EPA to continue to apply Clean Air Interstate Rule 
(CAIR) for at least 3 years until after the study in the underlying 
bill is complete. The amendment also requires that the proposed Utility 
Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rule has no legal force 
and effect and that any subsequent Utility MACT rule be issued no 
sooner than 1 year after the study in the underlying bill is complete. 
If reissuing the rule, EPA is required to ensure that MACT standards 
are achievable in practice and that the compliance period is at least 5 
years (by a

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recorded vote of 234 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 737); and 
                                               Pages H6431-34, H6442-43
  Latta amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that updates the 
Clean Air Act's criteria for what factors can be considered when 
promulgating National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). 
Specifically, it allows the EPA Administrator to consider feasibility 
and cost when setting these standards, which would negate the effect of 
a 2001 Supreme Court ruling that held implementation costs cannot be 
considered when setting NAAQS (by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 192 
noes, Roll No. 738).                           
Pages H6434-35, H6443-44
Rejected:
  Welch amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that sought to 
add the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, as well as the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, among others, to the interagency 
council that this bill would create. Additionally, the amendment would 
have directed the committee to look at important health impacts on the 
most vulnerable subpopulations that would be affected by EPA's proposed 
rules (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 728); 
                                               Pages H6420-22, H6436-37
  McNerney amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that sought to 
add the effect on clean energy jobs and clean energy companies, 
including those that export clean energy technology, to the items to be 
considered in the analyses required by the bill (by a recorded vote of 
184 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 729);              
Pages H6422, H6437-38
  Capps amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that sought to 
require the Committee to include in its analyses an estimate of the 
incidence of birth and developmental defects and infant mortality that 
would result from a delay to covered rules and covered actions under 
the bill (by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 731); 
                                               Pages H6423-25, H6438-39
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that 
sought to exclude from the Committee's jurisdiction all rules and 
regulations that undergo a cost-benefit analysis as a part of existing 
regulatory requirements (by a recorded vote of 165 ayes to 254 noes, 
Roll No. 734);                                 
Pages H6427-28, H6440-41
  Connolly amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that sought to 
require the committee to study policies which will lead to creation of 
American jobs in the clean energy sector (by a recorded vote of 186 
ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 735); and           
Pages H6428-29, H6441-42
  Richardson amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 112-213) that sought 
to strike the offset provision of NR 2401, which would reduce funding 
to the Diesel Emission Reductions Act (by a recorded vote of 181 ayes 
to 237 noes, Roll No. 739).                          
Pages H6435, H6444
  H. Res. 406, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to yesterday, September 22nd.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12 noon on Monday, September 26th, and further when the House 
adjourns on that day, it shall meet at 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 
29th.                                                        
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6426.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and thirteen recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6436-37, 
H6437-38, H6438, H6439, H6439-40, H6440, H6440-41, H6441-42, H6442, 
H6442-43, H6443-44, H6444, H6445-46 and H6446. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 2:25 p.m.