[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 48 (Thursday, March 22, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D293-D294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 4239-
4255; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 110-111; and H. Res. 594 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H1541-42
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H1543
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  In the Matter Regarding Arrests of Members of the House During a 
Protest Outside the Embassy of Sudan in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 
2012 (H. Rept. 112-419) and H.R. 3834, to amend the High-Performance 
Computing Act of 1991 to authorize activities for support of networking 
and information technology research, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-420).                                
Page H1541
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H1499, H1519
  Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: 
The House passed 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, 
by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 181 noes with 4 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 126. Consideration of the measure began 
yesterday, March 21st.                                   
  Pages H1501-19
  Rejected the Loebsack motion to recommit the bill to the Committees 
on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce with instructions to report 
the same to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote 
of 180 ayes to 229 noes with 2 answering ``present'', Roll No. 125. 
                                                         Pages H1516-18
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-18 shall be 
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, 
in lieu of the amendments recommended by the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce and the Judiciary 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.                                                        
Page H1501
Agreed to:
  Dent amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 112-416) that addresses the 
crisis in access to emergency care by extending liability coverage to 
on-call and emergency room physicians under the Public Health Service 
Act;                                                     
Pages H1507-09
  Gosar amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-416) that restores the 
application of antitrust laws to the business of health insurance by 
amending the McCarran-Ferguson Act;                      
Pages H1509-11
  Woodall amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-416) that strikes 
the findings in Title I (by a recorded vote of 234 ayes to 173 noes 
with 2 answering ``present'', Roll No. 122); and 
                                               Pages H1504-05, H1513-14

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  Stearns amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-416) that grants 
limited civil liability protection to health professionals that 
volunteer at federally declared disaster sites (by a recorded vote of 
251 ayes to 157 noes with 1 answering ``present'', Roll No. 124). 
                                                  Pages H1511-13, H1515
                                                              Rejected:
  Bonamici amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-416) that sought to 
delay the date of enactment until the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services submits to Congress a report on the potential effect of this 
title on health care premiums (by a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 228 
noes with 1 answering ``present'', Roll No. 123). 
                                               Pages H1505-07, H1514-15
  H. Res. 591, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to yesterday, March 21st.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12 noon on Monday, March 26th for morning hour debate and 2 
p.m. for legislative business.                               
  Page H1521
Commission on International Religious Freedom--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following member on the part 
of the House to the Commission on International Religious Freedom for a 
term effective March 23, 2012 and ending May 14, 2014: Mr. Robert P. 
George of Princeton, NJ.                                     
  Page H1530
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1513-14, H1514-15, H1515, 
H1518, H1518-19. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:55 p.m.