[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 57 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D375]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 71 public bills, H.R. 4400-
4470; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 117; and H. Res. 623-629 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H2029-31
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2033-34
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1335, to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 
Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-449);
  H.R. 2240, to authorize the exchange of land or interest in land 
between Lowell National Historical Park and the city of Lowell in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-450);
  H.R. 2362, to facilitate economic development by Indian tribes and 
encourage investment by Turkish enterprises (H. Rept. 112-451); and
  H.R. 3452, to provide for the sale of approximately 30 acres of 
Federal land in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake 
County, Utah, to permit the establishment of a minimally invasive 
transportation alternative for skiers, called ``SkiLink'', to connect 
two ski resorts in the Wasatch Mountains, and for other purposes, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 112-452).                             
Page H2029
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Miller (MI) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1979
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Gerald 
Baker, St. Ann Catholic Church, Morganfield, Kentucky.       
  Page H1979
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 290 yeas to 118 nays with 3 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 174.                                     
  Pages H1979, H1989-90
Small Business Tax Cut Act: The House passed H.R. 9, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for domestic 
business income of qualified small businesses, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
235 yeas to 173 nays with 1 answering ``present'', Roll No. 177. 
                                            Pages H1981-89, H1990-S2010
  Rejected the Deutch motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 229 noes, 
Roll No. 176.                                            
Pages H2008-10
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill 
shall be considered as adopted.                      
Pages H1981, H1990
Rejected:
  Levin amendment in the nature of a substitute (printed in H. Rept. 
112-447) that replaces the deduction in the underlying bill with a 
deduction for small businesses for the amounts they spend on capital 
investments in 2012 (by a yea-and-nay vote of 175 yeas to 236 nays, 
Roll No. 175).                                           
Pages H2003-08
  H. Res. 620, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 234 ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 173, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 
yeas to 179 nays, Roll No. 172.                          
Pages H1981-89
  Agreed to the Sessions amendment to the rule by voice vote. 
                                                             Page H1981
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted the 2012 National Drug Control Strategy--referred to the 
Committees on Armed Services, Education and the Workforce, Energy and 
Commerce, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, the 
Judiciary, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, 
Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and 
Means and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-98).        
  Pages H2027-28
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1988, 
H1989, H1989-90, H2007-08, H2009-10, H2010. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:57 p.m.