[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D121-D122]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 4032-
4047; and 4 resolutions, H.Res. 548-551 were introduced. 
                                                          Pages H801-02
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H802-03
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Foxx to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H729
Recess: The House recessed at 11:03 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H736
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Rudy 
Stevens, United States Army, Pinehurst, North Carolina.       
  Page H736
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures which were debated yesterday, February 
14th:
  John J. Cook Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 2079, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street 
in East Rockaway, New York, as the ``John J. Cook Post Office'', by a 
2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 52;      
  Page H750
  Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building Designation 
Act: H.R. 3247, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1100 Town and Country Commons in Chesterfield, 
Missouri, as the ``Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office 
Building'', by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas with none voting 
``nay'', Roll No. 53; and                                 
  Pages H750-51
  Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building Designation Act: 
H.R. 3248, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as 
the ``Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building'', by a 2/3 
yea-and-nay vote of 412 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 54. 
                                                          Pages H751-52
Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of 
Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 3408, to set clear rules for the development of 
United States oil shale resources and to promote shale technology 
research and development. Further proceedings were postponed. 
                                                    Pages H740, H752-87
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of titles XIV and XVII of Rules Committee Print 
112-14 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee 
of the Whole, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 
for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and 
shall be considered as read.                           
Pages H740, H761
  Agreed to:
  Hastings (WA) amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) 
that changes the underlying bill's requirement that the Department of 
the Interior substitute two new lease blocks for each one lease block 
that is deferred from a lease sale at the request of the Department of 
Defense, to replace each deferred lease block with one new lease block. 
Also calls attention to the existing authority under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act for the President to designate National 
Defense Areas on the outer Continental Shelf that are restricted from 
exploration and operation. Requires the North Aleutian Basin lease sale 
to be conducted by 2015 rather than one year after enactment of the 
Act;                                                      
Pages H773-74
  Bilirakis amendment (No. 8 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) 
that requires the Secretary to conduct an economic impact survey to 
determine the economic effects that lease sales within 100 miles of the 
coast of Florida will have on the Florida fishing and tourism 
industries;                                               
Pages H775-76
  Richmond amendment (No. 10 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) 
that allows oil and gas revenues to be used for coastal wetlands 
conservation, coastal restoration, hurricane protection, or 
infrastructure projects directly impacted by coastal wetland losses. 
Currently, H.R. 7 contains a prohibition on how states can use oil and 
gas revenues. Energy producing states use offshore oil and gas revenues 
to fund their required state cost share of hurricane protection and 
coastline restoration programs; and                       
Pages H778-79
  Landry amendment (No. 11 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) that 
raises the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act cap to $750 million per 
year starting in year 2023 until 2055. The amendment keeps the $500 
million cap per year in place through year 2022 (by a recorded vote of 
266 ayes to 159 noes, Roll No. 62).                 
Pages H779-80, H786

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Rejected:
  Eshoo amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) that 
sought to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review 
the results of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration (PHMSA) study, as required by the bipartisan pipeline 
safety bill (P.L 112-90), before issuing a permit for the Keystone XL 
pipeline (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 55); 
                                                 Pages H767-68, H781-82
  Markey amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) that 
sought to ensure that if the Keystone XL pipeline is built, the oil 
that it transports to the Gulf of Mexico and the fuels made from that 
oil remain in this country to benefit Americans. Would have allowed the 
President to waive this requirement if it can be shown that an export 
of the oil or fuels won't increase our dependence on oil or fuels we 
buy from hostile nations, that prices for refiners and consumers won't 
go up if the export occurs, or if an export is needed to comply with 
any international treaties or other agreements we have to export oil or 
fuels (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 56); 
                                                 Pages H768-68, H782-83
  Rush amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) that 
sought to amend Title XIV to prohibit the issuance of a permit absent 
conditions that restrict the ability of the permit recipient from 
initiating or threatening to initiate proceedings to invoke the power 
of eminent domain against the will of a property's owner for the 
purposes of constructing or operating the Keystone XL pipeline (by a 
recorded vote of 149 ayes to 276 noes, Roll No. 57); 
                                                    Pages H769-71, H783
  Doyle amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) that 
sought to require that a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline is not to 
be issued or deemed issued unless the permit applicant can certify and 
provide adequate documentation to FERC that at least 75% of the iron 
and steel to be used in domestic portion of the pipeline is produced in 
North America (by a recorded vote of 193 ayes to 234 noes, Roll No. 
58);                                             
Pages H771-72, H783-84
  Polis amendment (No. 5 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) that 
sought to strike subtitle A of title XVII and provide a five year 
window offset through increasing the Federal share of drilling revenue 
(by a recorded vote of 160 ayes to 265 noes, Roll No. 59); 
                                                    Pages H772-73, H784
  Capps amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) that 
sought to strike Section 17304, relating to oil and gas lease sales in 
the Southern California planning area, and part 4, relating to OCS 
revenue sharing with coastal states (by a recorded vote of 160 ayes to 
267 noes, Roll No. 60);                          
Pages H774-75, H784-85
  Bishop (NY) amendment (No. 9 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) 
that sought to prohibit oil and natural gas lease sales in the 
northeast U.S. (by a recorded vote of 169 ayes to 257 noes, Roll No. 
61); and                                         
Pages H776-78, H785-86
  Deutch amendment (No. 12 printed in part A of H. Rept. 112-398) that 
sought to require a person to include in the application for a drilling 
lease an estimate of the economic impact, including job losses, 
resulting from a worst-case discharge of oil from facilities operating 
under the lease (by a recorded vote of 188 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 
63).                                             
Pages H780-81, H786-87
  H. Res. 547, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 186 noes, Roll No. 51, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 
yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 50.                            
Pages H740-50
United States Holocaust Memorial Council--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of the 
House to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council: Representative 
Israel.                                                       
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Recess: The House recessed at 8:54 p.m. and reconvened at 9:29 p.m. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and 10 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H749, 
H749-50, H750, H751, H751-52, H781-82, H782, H783, H783-84, H784, H785, 
H785-86, H786, H787. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:30 p.m.