[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 49 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D298]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 7 public bills, H.R. 4256-
4262; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 106 and H. Con. Res. 113-114, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H1570-71
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Page H1571-72
Reports Filed: A report was filed on March 23, 2012 as follows:
  H. Con. Res. 112, establishing the budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022 (H. Rept. 112-421).
  A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 595, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3309) to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for greater 
transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal 
Communications Commission (H. Rept. 112-422).                
Page H1570
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Denham to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1545
Recess: The House recessed at 12:08 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
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Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
recorded vote of 310 ayes to 80 noes with 4 answering ``present'', Roll 
No. 129.                                             
  Pages H1546, H1558
Recess: The House recessed at 2:15 p.m. and reconvened at 3 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1548
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Exempting inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements 
put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act: H.R. 2779, amended, to exempt inter-affiliate swaps 
from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 357 yeas to 36 nays, Roll No. 127;     
  Pages H1548-51, H1556-57
  Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act: H.R. 2682, 
amended, to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 370 yeas to 24 nays, Roll No. 128; and 
                                               Pages H1551-53, H1557-58
  Amending the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to 
information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection: 
H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to 
information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 
                                                         Pages H1555-56
Recess: The House recessed at 4 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1556
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Homes for Heroes Act: H.R. 3298, to establish the position of Special 
Assistant for Veterans Affairs in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.                                             
  Pages H1553-55
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified the Congress of his intention to suspend designation of 
Argentina as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized 
System of Preferences (GSP) program--referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-94)         
  Page H1548
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified the Congress of 
his intention to add the Republic of South Sudan to the list of 
beneficiary developing countries under the Generalized System of 
Preferences (GSP) program--referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-95).                  
Page H1548
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1556-57, 
H1557-58, and H1558. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 8:45 p.m.