[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1354-D1355]
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: 20 public bills, H.R. 3638-
3657; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 494 were introduced.     
  Pages H8879-81
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H8881-82
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 493, providing for consideration of the conference report to 
accompany the bill (H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period 
from December 16, 2011 through January 16, 2012 (H. Rept. 112-330). 
                                                             Page H8879
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative McClintock to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H8731
Recess: The House recessed at 11:16 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H8741
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures which were debated yesterday, December 
12th:
  Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building Designation Act: 
H.R. 3246, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the 
``Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building'', by a \2/3\ 
recorded vote of 415 ayes with none voting ``no'', Roll No. 920; 
                                                         Pages H8759-60
  Amending title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the 
United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for 
breast cancer research: S. 384, to amend title 39, United States Code, 
to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a 
semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research, by a \2/3\ 
recorded vote of 417 ayes to 1 no, Roll No. 921; and      
  Page H8760-61
  William T. Trant Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 2767, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8 
West Silver Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, as the ``William T. 
Trant Post Office Building'', by a \2/3\ recorded vote of 420 ayes with 
none voting ``no'', Roll No. 924.                        
  Pages H8824-25
Privileged Resolution -- Intent to Offer:  Representative Davis (IL) 
announced his intent to offer a privileged resolution.       
  Page H8761
Question of Privilege: Representative Davis (IL) rose to a question of 
the privileges of the House and submitted a resolution. The Chair ruled 
that the resolution did not constitute a question of the privileges of 
the House.                                               
  Pages H8761-62
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011:  The House passed 
H.R. 3630, to provide incentives for the creation of jobs, by a 
recorded vote of 234 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 923. 
                                            Pages H8745-59, H8762-H8824
  Rejected the Van Hollen motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 
244 noes, Roll No. 922.                                  
Pages H8820-24
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment printed in H. Rept. 112-328 shall 
be considered as adopted.                                    
Page H8762
  H. Res. 491, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 919, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 236 
yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 918.                          
Pages H8758-59
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 491 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 174 nays, Roll No. 917. 
                                                         Pages H8745-48
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011: H.R. 313, 
amended, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that persons 
who enter into a conspiracy within the United States to possess or 
traffic illegal controlled substances outside the United States, or 
engage in conduct within the United States to aid or abet drug 
trafficking outside the United States, may be criminally prosecuted in 
the United States;                                       
  Pages H8831-34
  Calling for the repatriation of POW/MIAs and abductees from the 
Korean War: H. Res. 376, amended, to call for the repatriation of POW/
MIAs and abductees from the Korean War; and              
  Pages H8870-73
  Urging the Republic of Turkey to safeguard its Christian heritage and 
to return confiscated church properties: H. Res. 306, amended, to urge

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the Republic of Turkey to safeguard its Christian heritage and to 
return confiscated church properties.                    
  Pages H8873-78
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act: H.R. 3421, to award Congressional Gold 
Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the 
terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001; 
                                                         Pages H8825-28
  United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin 
Act: H.R. 886, amended, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the 
establishment of the Nation's first Federal law enforcement agency, the 
United States Marshals Service;                          
  Pages H8828-31
  Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011: H.R. 1905, amended, to strengthen 
Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its 
pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities; and 
                                                         Pages H8834-59
  Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and 
Modernization Act of 2011: H.R. 2105, amended, to provide for the 
application of measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran, North 
Korea, and Syria certain goods, services, or technology. 
                                                         Pages H8859-70
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H8745.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8747-48, 
H8758, H8758-59, H8759-60, H8760, H8823-24, H8824 and H8824-25. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:37 p.m.