[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 7, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D90-D91]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 63 public bills, H.R. 3911-
3973 were introduced.                                     
  Pages H567-71
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H571-72
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 540, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3521) to 
amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to 
provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of 
rescissions, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-389).       
Page H567
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Young (IN) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H515
Recess: The House recessed at 10:24 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H518
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Jeffrey 
Astrachan, Temple Beth Israel, York, Pennsylvania.            
  Page H518
Civilian Property Realignment Act: The House passed H.R. 1734, to 
decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, selling, disposing, 
and improving the efficiency of federal buildings and other civilian 
real property, by a recorded vote of 259 ayes to 164 noes, Roll No. 38. 
Consideration of the measure began yesterday, February 6th. 
                                                 Pages H529-30, H531-33
  Rejected the Michaud motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 
186 ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 37.                        
Pages H531-33
Rejected:
  Connolly (VA) amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-385) that was 
debated on February 6th that sought to protect the ability of Federal 
agencies to work with local governments to preserve appropriate excess 
Federal property as open space, eliminating Federal maintenance 
expenses while preserving public benefits (by a recorded vote of 191 
ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 36).                           
Pages H529-30
  H. Res. 537, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to yesterday.

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Oath of Office--First Congressional District of Oregon: Representative-
elect Suzanne Bonamici presented herself in the well of the House and 
was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Earlier, the Clerk 
of the House transmitted a facsimile copy of a letter from Mr. Steve 
Trout, Director of Elections, Office of the Secretary of State, State 
of Oregon, indicating that, according to the unofficial returns of the 
Special Election held January 31, 2012, the Honorable Suzanne Bonamici 
was elected Representative to Congress for the First Congressional 
District, State of Oregon.                                    
  Page H566
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentlewoman from Oregon, 
Ms. Bonamici, the whole number of the House is 434.           
  Page H531
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2012: The House passed H.R. 
3581, to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 to increase transparency in Federal budgeting, by a recorded vote 
of 245 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 42.            
  Pages H523-29, H533-49
  Rejected the Walz (MN) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on the Budget with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 190 yeas to 238 
nays, Roll No. 41.                                        
Pages H547-48
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print 112-13 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 the Budget now printed in 
the bill.                                                     
Page H542
Rejected:
  Tonko amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-388) that sought to 
establish a Commission of budgeting and accounting experts to provide 
recommendations to Congress regarding the best measure to accurately 
account for the costs of Federal credit programs. Would have allowed 
the Commission to delay and or supersede the provisions of the bill (by 
a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 40).    
Pages H545-47
Withdrawn:
  Dold amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-388) that was offered 
and subsequently withdrawn that would have required the OMB Director to 
prepare all budgets submitted to the President according to both 
accrual-basis and cash-basis GAAP accounting standards.   
Pages H544-45
  H. Res. 539, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 239 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 39, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection.    
Page H534
Notice of Intent to Offer Motion: Representative Bishop (NY) announced 
his intent to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 3630. 
                                                              Page H549
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated yesterday, February 
6th:
  New York City Natural Gas Supply Enhancement Act: H.R. 2606, amended, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the construction 
and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities in the Gateway 
National Recreation Area.                                     
  Page H549
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on pages H519 and 
H530.
Senate Referral: S. 1794 was held at the desk.                
  Page H519
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H529-30, 
H532-33, H533, H534, H546, H547-48 and H548. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:45 p.m.