[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 168 (Friday, November 4, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1187-D1189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 33 public bills, H.R. 3364-
3396; and 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 84; H. Con. Res. 86; and H. Res. 
458-460 were introduced.                                 
  Pages H7397-99
Additional Cosponsors:                                
  Pages H7399-H7400
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 915, to establish a Border Enforcement Security Task Force 
program to enhance border security by fostering coordinated efforts 
among Federal, State, and local border and law enforcement officials to 
protect United States border cities and communities from trans-national 
crime, including violence associated with drug trafficking, arms 
smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and 
kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United 
States, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-268);
  H.R. 1447, to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security 
Administration) to establish an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-269);
  H.R. 1165, to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an 
Ombudsman Office within the Transportation Security Administration for 
the purpose of enhancing transportation security by providing 
confidential, informal, and neutral assistance to address work-place 
related problems of Transportation Security Administration employees, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-270);
  H.R. 1801, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for 
expedited security screenings for members of the Armed Forces, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-271); and
  H. Res. 255, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
that effective sharing of passenger information from inbound 
international flight manifests is a crucial component of our national 
security and that the Department of Homeland Security must maintain the 
information sharing standards required under the 2007 Passenger Name 
Record Agreement between the United States and the European Union (H. 
Rept. 112-272).                                          
Pages H7396-97
Recess: The House recessed at 9:35 a.m. and reconvened at 10:15 a.m. 
                                                             Page H7340
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  America's Cup Act of 2011: H.R. 3321, to facilitate the hosting in 
the United States of the 34th America's Cup by authorizing certain 
eligible vessels to participate in activities related to the 
competition, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 387 yeas to 2 nays with 1 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 831.                        
  Pages H7342-44
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 2838, to authorize appropriations for the Coast 
Guard for fiscal years 2012 through 2015. Further proceedings were 
postponed.                                     
  Pages H7337-42, H7344-80
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print dated October 28, 
2011 shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure now printed in the bill.                  
Page H7352

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  Agreed to:
  LoBiondo en bloc amendment that consists of the following amendments 
printed in H. Rept. 112-267: LoBiondo amendment (No. 1) that adds a new 
section providing the Secretary authority to extend the duration of 
medical certificates issued to merchant mariners, requires the Coast 
Guard to study the efficacy of requiring the carriage of certain 
survival craft, makes several technical and clarifying changes, and 
adds a new title providing new authorities to suppress the threat of 
piracy and protect U.S. vessels and mariners transiting high risk 
waters; Shuler amendment (No. 2) that requires the Coast Guard to give 
priority to persons that manufacture materials, parts, and components 
in the United States when entering into contracts and placing orders 
under Sec. 208(a); McIntyre amendment (No. 11) that adds to the purpose 
section of the establishment of the Committee on the Marine 
Transportation System (Section 401) that it coordinate with local 
businesses to promote an efficient marine transportation system; 
Cummings amendment (No. 12) that expands the information the Maritime 
Administration is required to include in the determinations it makes of 
the availability of qualified United States flag capacity to carry 
cargo between two points in the United States when a waiver of Jones 
Act requirements pertaining to such carriage is sought; McCaul 
amendment (No. 14) that prohibits the U.S. Coast Guard from delegating 
vessel inspections from organizations that also provide these services 
on behalf of any State Sponsor of Terrorism--such as Iran, Sudan and 
Syria; Murphy (CT) amendment (No. 16) that gives manufacturers the 
opportunity to provide information to contracting officers regarding 
how their bid for a contract will affect domestic employment; Brown 
(FL) amendment (No. 17) that prohibits the Army Corps of Engineers from 
applying any additional peer review studies to the Jacksonville Port 
dredging project; and Ribble amendment (No. 18) that changes the 
legislative description of a commercial vessel to include all Federally 
owned and operated vessels, exempting military, Department of Defense, 
and Coast Guard vessels;                                 
Pages H7363-65
  Huizenga amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 112-267) that freezes 
the Environmental Protection Agency's current vessel discharge 
regulatory framework for certain vessels of historic significance; and 
                                                         Pages H7376-77
  Napolitano amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-267) that gives 
distant water tuna vessels in the Western Pacific Ocean the option of 
using Guam as their required port of call in order to meet U.S. 
maritime regulations (by a recorded vote of 364 ayes to 37 noes, Roll 
No. 834).                                      
Pages H7368-71, H7378-79
Rejected:
  Cummings amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-267) that sought to 
strike a provision that would eliminate an existing statutory 
requirement that the Coast Guard appoint an ombudsman in each Coast 
Guard District (by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 
832);                                          
Pages H7365-66, H7377-78
  Thompson (MS) amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 112-267) that 
sought to add a new section to the end of title II of to open 
admissions to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to eligible candidates 
nominated by Congress. Specifically, the amendment would require the 
U.S. Coast Guard to ensure that, beginning in academic year 2014, half 
of the incoming class is composed of eligible candidates nominated by 
the Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, by the President 
pro tempore of the Senate; Senators; Representatives; and Delegates to 
the House of Representatives (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 218 
noes, Roll No. 833);                              
Pages H7366-67, H7378
  Bishop (NY) amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-267) that sought 
to provide states the authority to impose more protective operational 
requirements on the discharge of ballast water within state resource 
waters (by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 225 noes, Roll No. 835); and 
                                               Pages H7371-76, H7379-80
  Slaughter amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-267) that sought 
to strike Title VII (by a recorded vote of 161 ayes to 237 noes , Roll 
No. 836).                               
Pages H7339-40, H7374-76, H7380
Withdrawn:
  Palazzo amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-267) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have struck section 303 
of the bill which places unneeded and harmful restrictions on the 
future contracting and construction of the United States Coast Guard 
National Security Cutter and                             
Pages H7367-68
  Olson amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 112-267) that was offered 
and subsequently withdrawn that would have required the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard, in consultation with appropriate representatives of 
industry, to conduct a feasibility study to determine the capability, 
cost, and benefits of requiring the owner or operator of a manned 
facility, installation, unit, or vessel to locate a standby vessel 
nearby.                                                      
Page H7377
  H. Res. 455, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 245 yeas to 166 nays, Roll No. 830, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 
yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 829.                   
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Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections 
in the enrollment of H.R. 2061: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 86, to 
direct the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in 
the enrollment of H.R. 2061.                                 
  Page H7381
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011: 
The House passed S. 1487, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to establish a 
program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel 
Cards.                                                       
  Page H7381
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 7th; when the House adjourns on 
that day, it adjourn to meet at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 10th; 
and when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. 
on Monday, November 14th.                                    
  Page H7382
National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development 
Programs of the United States Intelligence Community--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of 
the House to the National Commission for the Review of the Research and 
Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community: 
Representative Conaway.                                      
  Page H7382
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7340-41, 
H7341, H7343-44, H7377-78, H7378, H7379, H7379-80 and H7380. There were 
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:13 p.m.