[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 154 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1100-D1102]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 35 public bills, H.R. 3202-
3236; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 81-82; and H. Res 438-492, 2343 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H6975-77
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6978-79
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 258, to require the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a 
crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed, to require the Environmental Protection Agency to develop 
and implement an adaptive management plan, and for other purposes, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 112-245, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 1904, to facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral 
resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange 
of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-246);
  H.R. 818, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for 
prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the 
Uintah Water Conservancy District (H. Rept. 112-247);
  H.R. 2011, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an 
assessment of the capability of the Nation to meet our current and 
future demands for the minerals critical to United States manufacturing 
competitiveness and economic and national security in a time of 
expanding resource nationalism, and for other purposes, with amendments 
(H. Rept. 112-248);
  H.R. 2150, to amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 
1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious 
program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum 
Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve 
each year in the period 2011 through 2021, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 112-249);
  H.R. 2170, streamlining Federal review to facilitate renewable energy 
projects, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-250);
  H.R. 2171, to promote timely exploration for geothermal resources 
under existing geothermal leases, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-251); and
  H.R. 2173, to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy 
resources, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-252).             
Page H6975
Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act: The House passed H.R. 2273, to 
amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to facilitate recovery 
and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, 
of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil 
fuels, by a recorded vote of 267 ayes to 144 noes, Roll No. 800. 
                                                         Pages H6934-59
  Rejected the Cicilline 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 172 yeas to 
238 nays, Roll No. 799.                                  
Pages H6956-58
  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.                        
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Agreed to:
  Shimkus manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-244) that 
provides additional detail to the certification requirements that 
States would provide to EPA; adds certain operating criteria from Part 
258 of 40 CFR, clarifies that states may request technical assistance 
from EPA; adds a savings clause for citizen suits; adds additional 
constituents for groundwater monitoring; reiterates in the definition 
of revised criteria that the criteria were promulgated to protect human 
health and the environment. The amendment makes other technical and 
clarifying changes to H.R. 2273.                         
Pages H6945-46
Rejected:
  Waxman amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-244) that sought to 
require state programs to meet a legal standard of protection to ensure 
that human health and the environment are protected (by a recorded vote 
of 171 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 794);           
Pages H6946-47, H6953
  Markey amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-244) that sought to 
establish a time frame for bringing existing surface impoundments into 
compliance with revised criteria for design, groundwater monitoring, 
and corrective action. Would have maintained state flexibility to opt-
out (with certification) and provided up to 10-year compliance window 
(by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 795); 
                                               Pages H6947-48, H6953-54
  Markey amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 112-244) that sought to 
require the States to notify the public and the EPA and offer the 
opportunity to comment before a State establishes a program to regulate 
coal combustion waste (by a recorded vote of 185 ayes to 223 noes, Roll 
No. 796);                                         
Pages H6948-49, H6954
  Rush amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-244) that sought to 
provide Federal enforcement authority so that if the EPA Administrator 
determines that a structure is in violation of a State coal combustion 
residuals permit program, and the State has not taken appropriate 
action to enforce such permit program with respect to such structure, 
the Administrator may inspect such structure and enforce the 
requirements of such permit program with respect to such structure (by 
a recorded vote of 164 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 797); and 
                                                  Pages H6949-51, H6955
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-244) that sought 
to require the Administrator of the EPA to submit a report to Congress 
on the long-term impacts of State coal combustion residuals permit 
programs on human health and the environment within five years of 
enactment of the legislation (by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 235 
noes, Roll No. 798).                           
Pages H6951-52, H6955-56
  H. Res. 431, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 244 ayes to 163 noes, Roll No. 793, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 237 
yeas to 166 nays, Roll No. 792.                          
Pages H6925-34
Report Filing: Agreed that the Committee on the Judiciary have until 5 
p.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2011 to file a report to accompany H.R. 
822.                                                         
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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 18th; when the House adjourns on 
that day, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 21st; and 
when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on 
Monday, October 24th.                                        
  Page H6959
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China--
Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the 
following Member of the House to the Congressional-Executive Commission 
on the People's Republic of China: Representative Walz.      
  Page H6966
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of the 
House to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission: Representative 
Bishop (GA).                                                 
  Page H6966
National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development 
Programs of the U.S. Intelligence Community--Appointment: Read a letter 
from Representative Pelosi, Minority Leader, in which she appointed the 
following individuals to the National Commission for the Review of the 
Research and Development Programs of the U.S. Intelligence Community: 
The Honorable Rush D. Holt of New Jersey and, upon the recommendation 
of the Speaker, Ms. Samantha Ravich of Clark, New Jersey.    
  Page H6966
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6932-33, 
H6933-34, H6953, H6953-54, H6954, H6955, H6955-56, H6958, and H6958-59. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:26 p.m.

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