[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1048-D1050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 3094-
3113; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 422-424 were introduced. 
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  Pages H6625-27
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2594, to prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the United 
States from participating in the European Union's emissions trading 
scheme, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-232 Pt. 1);
  H.R. 1025, to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the 
service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them 
with status as veterans under law (H. Rept. 112-233);
  H.R. 1263, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide 
surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and 
mortgage foreclosures, with amendments (H. Rept. 112-234);
  H.R. 2074, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require a 
comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents 
and other safety incidents that occur at medical facilities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, with amendments (H. Rept. 112-235); and
  H.R. 2302, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress of conferences 
sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, with amendments (H. 
Rept. 112-236).                                              
Page H6623
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Hartzler to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:15 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Returning unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband 
awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: H.R. 
1343, amended, to return unused or reclaimed funds made available for 
broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
to the Treasury of the United States.                    
  Pages H6570-73
Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 2681, to provide additional time for the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue 
achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities. 
                                                      Pages H6573-H6617
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.                        
Page H6581
Rejected:
  Waxman amendment (No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to add a section to instruct the EPA 
Administrator not

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to delay actions to reduce emissions from any cement kiln if such 
emissions are harming brain development or causing learning 
disabilities in infants or children (by a recorded vote of 166 ayes to 
246 noes, Roll No. 747);                          
Pages H6581-87, H6605
  Rush amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of October 
4, 2011) that sought to add a subsection stating that section 5 is 
intended to supplement the provisions of, and shall not be construed to 
supersede any requirement, limitation, or other provision of, sections 
112 and 129 of the Clean Air Act (by a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 251 
noes, Roll No. 748);                           
Pages H6587-89, H6605-06
  Capps amendment (No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to add a section to include findings for 
health costs and benefits for the rules specified in section 3(b) (by a 
recorded vote of 158 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 749); 
                                               Pages H6589-92, H6606-07
  Schakowsky amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to add a section that finds that mercury 
released into the ambient air from cement kilns addressed by the rules 
listed in section 2(b) of this Act is a potent neurotoxin (by a 
recorded vote of 175 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 750); 
                                                  Pages H6592-95, H6607
  Waxman amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to require the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget to make a determination regarding whether this 
Act authorizes the appropriation of funds to implement this Act (by a 
recorded vote of 167 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 751); 
                                               Pages H6595-96, H6607-08
  Waxman amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to add a section that finds that if the 
rules specified in section 3(b) remain in effect, they are expected to 
reduce the amount of mercury that deposits to land and water (by a 
recorded vote of 169 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 752); 
                                                  Pages H6596, H6608-09
  Pallone amendment (No. 21 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to add a section that finds that Federal 
departments should support efforts to achieve the objectives for 
improving the health of all Americans through reduced exposure to 
mercury that are established in Healthy People 2020 and to add a 
section relating to the reduction of blood-mercury concentrations (by a 
recorded vote of 166 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 753); 
                                                  Pages H6596-98, H6609
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to strike in the Compliance Dates section 
``not earlier than 5 years after the effective date of the regulation'' 
and insert ``not later than 3 years after the regulation is promulgated 
as final'' (by a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 262 noes, Roll No. 754); 
                                               Pages H6598-99, H6609-10
  Quigley amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to add a section relating to Protection 
from Avoidable Cases of Cancer (by a recorded vote of 175 ayes to 248 
noes, Roll No. 755);                        
Pages H6599-H6600, H6610-11
  Connolly amendment (No. 18 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to add a section relating to Protection 
from Respiratory and Cardiovascular Illness and Death (by a recorded 
vote of 176 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 756);      
Pages H6600-01, H6611
  Welch amendment (No. 20 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to add a section that finds that the 
American people are exposed to mercury from industrial sources 
addressed by the rules listed in section 2(b) of this Act through the 
consumption of fish containing mercury and every State in the Nation 
has issued at least one mercury advisory for fish consumption (by a 
recorded vote of 174 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 757); 
                                               Pages H6601-02, H6611-12
  Moore amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of October 
4, 2011) that sought to state that the Act shall not take effect until 
the President certifies that implementation will not adversely affect 
public health in the United States and will not have a 
disproportionately negative impact on subpopulations that are most at 
risk from hazardous air pollutants (by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 
256 noes, Roll No. 758); and                   
Pages H6602-04, H6612-13
  Ellison amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that sought to require that not later than 60 days 
after the enactment of the Act, the Administrator shall publish a 
notice in the Federal Register estimating the public health impact of 
delaying regulation for the Portland cement manufacturing industry and 
Portland cement plants (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 252 noes, 
Roll No. 759).                                    
Pages H6604-05, H6613
  Proceedings Postponed:
  Cohen amendment (No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that seeks to insert a subparagraph relating to 
potential reductions in the number of illness-related absences from 
work due to respiratory or other illnesses;              
Pages H6613-14
  Keating amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that seeks to insert a paragraph relating to a date 
for compliance with standards and requirements under such regulation in 
accordance with section 112(i)(3) of the Clean Air Act; and 
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  Edwards amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
October 4, 2011) that seeks to add a section that finds that if the 
rules specified in section 3(b) remain in effect, they will yield 
annual public health benefits of $6,700,000,000 to $18,000,000,000, 
while the costs of such rules are $926,000,000 to $950,000,000. 
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  H. Res. 419, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2681) and (H.R. 2250) was agreed to yesterday, October 4th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, October 6th.                        
  Page H6617
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6566.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Thirteen recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6605, H6606, H6606-07, H6607, 
H6608, H6608-09, H6609, H6610, H6610-11, H6611, H6612, H6612-13, H6613. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:32 p.m.