[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D311-D312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 4263-
4272; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 596, 598, 599, were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1641-42
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 597, providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution 
(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, and providing for 
consideration of motions to suspend the rules (H. Rept. 112-423). 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Paulsen to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:54 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Concur in the Senate amendment 
to H.R. 3606, to increase American job creation and economic growth by 
improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth 
companies, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 380 yeas to 41 nays, Roll No. 
132.                                           
  Pages H1586-93, H1597-98
Privileged Resolution: The House agreed to H. Res. 596, requesting 
return of official papers on H.R. 5.                         
  Page H1593
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in the service 
of our Nation in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families, and of all 
who serve in the armed forces and their families.            
  Page H1597
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated yesterday, March 26th:
  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, by a \2/3\ recorded vote of 414 ayes to 5 noes, Roll No. 
133.                                                     
  Pages H1598-99
Point of Personal Privilege: Representative Maloney rose to a point of 
personal privilege and was recognized to proceed for one hour. 
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Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012: H.R. 4239, amended, to 
provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor 
carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the

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Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing 
such programs.                                           
  Pages H1600-09
Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012: The House 
passed 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, by a recorded vote of 247 ayes 
to 174 noes, Roll No. 138.                     
  Pages H1609-24, H1624-29
  Rejected the Perlmutter motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 
236 noes, Roll No. 137.                                  
Pages H1626-28
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.                        
Page H1617
Agreed to:
  Walden amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-422) that makes the 
FCC's handling of FOIA requests more open and transparent; 
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  Al Green (TX) amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-422) that 
clarifies that the Act would not impede the FCC's ability to provide, 
in times of an emergency, for effective and efficient communication 
systems to alert the public of dangerous weather conditions; and 
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  Eshoo amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 112-422), as modified, 
that expresses that nothing in this Act shall impede the FCC from 
providing efficient and effective communication systems for state and 
local first responders.                                      
Page H1624
Rejected:
  Speier amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 112-422) that sought to 
prevent this Act from taking effect until the FCC provides a report on 
the impact of the changes of this Act on the FCC's mandate to promote 
competition and innovation;                              
Pages H1623-24
  Crowley amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-422) that sought to 
require, in the event that the FCC creates or amends a rule relating to 
baby monitors, the FCC to require the packaging of a new baby monitor 
to display a warning label so that families are informed that video and 
sounds captured by an analog baby monitor may be easily viewed or heard 
by potential intruders outside a consumer's home (by a recorded vote of 
196 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 134);           
Pages H1619-20, H1624-25
  Eshoo amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-422) that sought to 
require entities sponsoring political programming to disclose the 
identity of any donor that has contributed $10,000 or more to such 
entity in an election reporting cycle (by a recorded vote of 179 ayes 
to 238 noes, Roll No. 135); and                
Pages H1620-21, H1625-26
  Owens amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-422) that sought to 
express that nothing in this Act shall impede the FCC from implementing 
rules to ensure broadband access in rural areas (by a recorded vote of 
194 ayes to 222 noes, Roll No. 136).              
Pages H1622-23, H1626
  H. Res. 595, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 177 noes, Roll No. 131, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 236 
yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 130.                   
Pages H1593-97, H1597
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today and a message received from 
the Senate today appear on pages H1582 and H1586.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1596-97, 
H1597, H1598, H1598-99, H1624-25, H1625, H1626, H1627-28, and H1628-29. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:18 p.m.