[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 20, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D271-D272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 4214-
4227; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 109; and H. Res. 589-590, 592 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H1426-27
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H1428
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 591, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to 
improve patient access to health care services and provide improved 
medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system 
places on the health care delivery system (H. Rept. 112-416) and
  H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to 
information provided to the

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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (H. Rept. 112-417). 
                                                             Page H1426
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Tipton to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1393
Recess: The House recessed at 10:44 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1398
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Andrew 
Walton, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC.    
  Page H1398
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the resignation of the gentleman from Washington, Mr. Inslee, 
the whole number of the House is 432.                        
  Page H1398
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act: H.R. 665, amended, 
to establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real 
property, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 403 yeas with none voting 
``nay'', Roll No. 114.                         
  Pages H1401-05, H1410-11
Recess: The House recessed at 12:34 p.m. and reconvened at 1:47 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1405
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Sarbanes, 
wherein he resigned from the Committees on Science, Space, and 
Technology and Natural Resources.                            
  Page H1411
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Fudge, wherein 
she resigned from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. 
                                                             Page H1411
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 590, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
                                                             Page H1411
Removing restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the Atlantic 
District, Accomack County, Virginia: The House passed H.R. 2087, to 
remove restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the Atlantic 
District, Accomack County, Virginia, by a recorded vote of 240 ayes to 
164 noes, Roll No. 117.                        
  Pages H1405-10, H1411-20
  Rejected the Loretta Sanchez motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same to 
the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 180 ayes 
to 226 noes, Roll No. 116.                               
Pages H1418-19
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.                        
Page H1415
Rejected:
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of 
March 19, 2012) that sought to require independent valuation of the 
land prior to any restrictions being removed. The amendment requires 
valuations of the land for the years 1776, 1865, 2013, 2017, 2032, and 
2212 and                                                 
Pages H1416-17
  Grijalva amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
March 19, 2012) that sought to require Accomack County, VA, to pay fair 
market value for the land and to require an appraisal of the land prior 
to sale (by a recorded vote of 178 ayes to 226 noes, Roll No. 115). 
                                                  Pages H1415-16, H1417
  H. Res. 587, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 170 nays, Roll No. 113, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection.   
Page H1410
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 587 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 172 nays, Roll No. 112. 
                                                         Pages H1406-08
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members of 
the House to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: 
Representatives Boehner, Cantor, and Pelosi.                 
  Page H1420
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1407-08, 
H1410, H1410-11, H1417, H1418-19, H1419. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:16 p.m.