[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 26, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1145-D1146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 3261-3268 
were introduced.                                             
  Page H7133
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7134-35
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Cravaack to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7071
Recess: The House recessed at 11:22 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H7080
Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of 
modified adjusted gross income and amending the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain 
payments--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 448, the 
rule that is providing for consideration of H.R. 2576, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified 
adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for 
certain healthcare-related programs and H.R. 674, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding 
on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, by a 
recorded vote of 253 ayes to 172 noes, Roll No. 811, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 243 ayes to 178 noes, 
Roll No. 810.                                  
  Pages H7084-90, H7112-13
Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011: The House 
passed 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, by a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 186 
noes, Roll No. 809.                                   
  Pages H7090-H7112
  Rejected the Deutch motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 
237 noes, Roll No. 808.                                  
Pages H7110-11
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-258, 
shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
under the five-minute rule.                              
Pages H7100-02
Rejected:
  Lujan amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-258) that 
sought to exempt all Native American sacred and cultural sites from the 
land conveyance (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 
805);                                             
Pages H7102-04, H7108
  Markey amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-258) that 
sought to require, as a condition of the land exchange authorized by 
the bill, that Resolution Copper pay an 8 percent royalty to the United 
States on all locatable minerals produced in commercial quantities from 
the Federal land the company receives in the exchange (by a recorded 
vote of 173 ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 806); and 
                                               Pages H7104-06, H7108-09
  Grijalva amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-258) that 
sought to require that the remote operations center for the proposed 
mine be

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located in the local community, that the company actively recruit and 
hire local employees, that all ore produced from the mine be processed 
in the United States and that all equipment used at the mine be made in 
the United States (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 
807).                                          
Pages H7106-07, H7109-10
  H. Res. 444, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to yesterday, October 25th.
Recess: The House recessed at 3:05 p.m. and reconvened at 3:45 p.m. 
                                                             Page H7107
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in the service 
of our Nation in Iraq and Afghanistan, their families, and all who 
serve in the armed forces and their families.                
  Page H7110
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated yesterday, October 
25th:
  National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act: H.R. 2527, 
amended, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
recognition and celebration of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 812. 
                                                         Pages H7113-14
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow.                                     
  Page H7114
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7108, 
H7108-09. H7109-10, H7111, H7111-12, H7112-13, H7113, H7113-14. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:19 p.m.