[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D356-D358]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 4363-
4376; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 621 was introduced.          
  Page H1914
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1915-16
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3523, to provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat 
intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence 
community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-445);
  H. Res. 619, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4348) to 
provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor 
carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway 
Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such 
programs, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-446);
  H. Res. 620, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for 
domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H. Rept. 112-
447); and
  H.R. 1505, to prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and 
Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border 
security on such lands, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 112-448, Pt. 1).                                       
Page H1914
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fleischmann to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1849
Recess: The House recessed at 11:12 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1856
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated yesterday, April 16th:

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  Lena Horne Recognition Act: H.R. 1815, to posthumously award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to Lena Horne in recognition of her 
achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights 
movement, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 
157.                                                     
  Pages H1872-73
  Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012: The House passed H.R. 4089, to 
protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and 
shooting, by a yea-and-nay vote of 274 yeas to 146 nays, Roll No. 164. 
                                               Pages H1860-72, H1873-96
  Rejected the Tierney 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 160 ayes to 261 
noes, Roll No. 163.                                      
Pages H1895-96
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-19 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now 
printed in the bill. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 
be considered as read.                                   
Pages H1879-81
Agreed to:
  Hastings (WA) manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-444) 
that adds shooting ranges to the list of valid uses of public land and 
clarifies the term ``wilderness areas'' by adding ``including 
Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively 
classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-
primitive areas.'' States that the protection given to hunting in 
wilderness areas is not intended to permit motorized recreation or 
mineral extraction and reduces the reporting requirements. Addresses 
technical conflicts between Title I and Title II over certain Bureau of 
Land Management land and makes several technical changes; 
                                                         Pages H1881-82
  Fleming amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-444) that prohibits 
the Forest Service from banning hunters with dogs during deer season on 
Kisatchie National Forest; and                           
Pages H1886-87
  Foxx amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-444) that requires 
Presidential monument designations provided for under the Antiquities 
Act to be approved by the state legislatures and governors where the 
proposed monument is located (by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 198 
noes, Roll No. 162).                           
Pages H1889-91, H1894-95
Rejected:
  Holt amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-444) that sought to 
make a technical correction to clarify that all units of the National 
Park System, not just National Parks and National Monuments, are exempt 
from Title I. National Park System units currently open for hunting or 
recreational shooting would not be affected (by a recorded vote of 152 
ayes to 260 noes, Roll No. 158);               
Pages H1882-83, H1891-92
  Grijalva amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-444) that sought to 
make the new restrictions on managing hunting, fishing and recreational 
shooting effective only if the amount of land available for those 
purposes falls below 75% of all Federal public lands (by a recorded 
vote of 138 ayes to 279 noes, Roll No. 159);   
Pages H1883-84, H1892-93
  Peters amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 112-444) that sought to 
strike a provision in the underlying bill allowing the importation of 
endangered polar bear trophies from Canada by hunters who killed the 
bears despite warnings that importation of the bears would likely be 
illegal (by a recorded vote of 155 ayes to 262 noes, Roll No. 160); and
                                                  Pages H1884-86, H1893
  Heinrich amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-444) that sought to 
preserve hunting, fishing and recreational shooting in wilderness areas 
by specifying that the underlying bill will not allow development and 
motorized recreation in wilderness (by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 
244 noes, Roll No. 161).                          
Pages H1887-89, H1893
Withdrawn:
  Bishop (NY) amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-444) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have allowed for 
recreational fishing of Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island Sound 
transit zone.                                            
Pages H1887-88
  H. Res. 614, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 184 noes, Roll No. 156, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 235 
yeas to 179 nays, Roll No. 155.                          
Pages H1870-72
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 614 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 175 nays, Roll No. 154. 
                                                         Pages H1860-62
  Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 614, the provisions of H. Con. Res. 
112, as adopted by the House, shall have force and effect in the House 
as though Congress has adopted such concurrent resolution with the 
modifications specified in subsection (b), pending the adoption of a 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013.    
Page H1860
Recess: The House recessed at 5:10 p.m. and reconvened at 5:53 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1891
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1862,

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H1871, H1871-72, H1872-73, H1891-92, H1892-93, H1893, H1893-94, H1894-
95, H1896, H1896-97. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:53 p.m.