[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 4377-
4399; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 116; and H. Res. 622 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H1976-77
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H1978
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Webster to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1917
Recess: The House recessed at 10:46 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1922
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 295 yeas to 118 nays with 2 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 167.                                        
  Pages H1922, H1932
Providing an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor 
carrier safety, transit, and other programs: The House passed 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, by a recorded vote of 293 ayes to 127 noes, Roll No. 
170.                                                     
  Pages H1925-62
  Rejected the Polis motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 
176 ayes to 242 noes, Roll No. 169.                      
Pages H1959-61
Agreed to:
  Boustany amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-446) that includes 
a guarantee that requires that the total amount available for spending 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) each fiscal year be equal 
to the Trust Fund receipts as estimated by the President's budget for 
that year;                                                   
Page H1944
  McKinley amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 112-446) that inserts 
the text of H.R. 2273, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act. Leaves 
regulation and enforcement of coal combustion residuals to the states, 
and utilizes the existing framework and requirements of Federal 
regulatory programs for those states to follow; and      
Pages H1955-58
  Ribble amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-446) that adds to the 
bill the environmental streamlining provisions from Title III of the 
American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7) (by a recorded 
vote of 255 ayes to 165 noes, Roll No. 168).   
Pages H1946-55, H1958-59
  H. Res. 619, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 177 noes, Roll No. 166, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 243 
yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 165.                          
Pages H1930-32
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on April 16th:
  Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act: H.R. 2453, amended, to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain, 
by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas to 4 nays with 2 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 171.                                   
  Page H1962
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow.                                     
  Page H1963
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1930-31, 
H1931-32, H1932, H1958-59, H1960-61, H1961-62, H1962. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:55 p.m.