[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 24, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D32-D33]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 3811-
3823; and 4 resolutions, H.Res. 523-526 were introduced.      
  Page H158
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H159-60
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 522, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1173) to 
repeal the CLASS program (H. Rept. 112-375).                  
Page H158
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Paulsen to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H117
Recess: The House recessed at 11:36 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H127

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Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Dr. 
Kate Braestrup, Maine Warden Service, Lincolnville, Maine.    
  Page H127
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2011: H.R. 2070, amended, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of the 
World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or 
an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt 
prayed with the nation on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day, by a \2/
3\ yea-and-nay vote of 386 yeas to 26 nays, Roll No. 8; 
                                                 Pages H131-32, H149-50
  War Memorial Protection Act: H.R. 290, to amend title 36, United 
States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the 
United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols; 
                                                          Pages H132-34
  Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2012: H.R. 3800, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure 
authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport 
improvement program; and                                 
  Pages H135-137
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the passage 
of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance: H. Res. 
516, to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 1 nay with 1 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 7.                            
  Pages H143-48, H149
Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House agreed to the Capps motion to 
instruct conferees on H.R. 3630 by a yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 16 
nays, Roll No. 9.                                
  Pages H137-43, H150-51
Recess: The House recessed at 3:06 p.m. and reconvened at 4:15 p.m. 
                                                              Page H148
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act: H.R. 1022, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of 
alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo 
Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks.        
  Pages H134-35
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, January 25th.                        
  Page H151
Recess: The House recessed at 4:58 p.m. and reconvened at 8:40 p.m. 
                                                              Page H151
State of the Union Address: President Barack Obama delivered his State 
of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 96. He was escorted into the House Chamber 
by a committee comprised of Representatives Cantor, McCarthy (CA), 
Hensarling, Sessions, Price (GA), McMorris Rodgers, Carter, Pelosi, 
Hoyer, Larson (CT), Becerra, Clyburn, Israel, and Sutton and Senators 
Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Murray, Stabenow, Begich, McConnell, Kyl, 
Alexander, Barrasso, Thune, Cornyn, and Blunt. The President's message 
was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-76).         
  Pages H151-56
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on pages 
H127-28.
Senate Referral: S. 1134 was referred to the Committees on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and the Budget. 
                                                              Page H156
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H149, H149-50, H150. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:24 p.m.