[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 62 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D420-D421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 358 public bills, H.R. 4965-5322; 2 
private bills, H.R. 5323-5324; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 121; and H. 
Res. 635-642 were introduced.                                 
  Pages H2266-75
Additional Cosponsors:                                            
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3556, to designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New 
York, as the ``Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 112-
456);
  H.R. 4097, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize 
appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and 
for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-457);
  H.R. 3989, to support State and local accountability for public education, 
inform parents of their schools' performance, and for other purposes, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 112-458);
  H.R. 3990, to encourage effective teachers in the classrooms of the United 
States and innovative education programs in our Nation's schools, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-459, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 3534, to amend title 31, United States Code, to revise requirements 
related to assets pledged by a surety, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-460); and
  H.R. 4078, to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory 
action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-461, Pt. 1).                      
Page H2266
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Robert 
Ballecer, S.J., Jesuit Conference, Washington, DC.                
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Cybersecurity Enhancement Act: H.R. 2096, amended, to advance 
cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards, by a 2/3 yea-
and-nay vote of 395 yeas to 10 nays, Roll No. 193 and 
                                                       Pages H2215-22, H2246
  Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and 
Development Act of 2012: H.R. 3834, amended, to amend the High-Performance 
Computing Act of 1991 to authorize activities for support of networking and 
information technology research.                       
  Pages H2222-27, H2252
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Backcountry Access Act: The House 
agreed by unanimous consent to discharge and pass H.R. 4849, as amended, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue commercial use authorizations 
to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within 
the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Earlier, agreed to the Hastings 
(WA) amendment to H.R. 4849.                                  
  Pages H2227-28
  Agreed that in the engrossment of H.R. 4849, the Clerk be authorized to 
make the change that was placed at the desk.                      
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Interest Rate Reduction Act: The House passed H.R. 4628, to extend student 
loan interest rates for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans, by a 
recorded vote of 215 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 195. 
                                                    Pages H2228-46, H2246-52
  Rejected the Capps motion to recommit the bill to the Committees on 
Education and the Workforce and Energy and Commerce with instructions to 
report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded 
vote of 178 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 194.                   
Pages H2246-51
  H. Res. 631, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 3523) 
and (H.R. 4628), was agreed to yesterday, April 26th.
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 43, providing for a 
conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the 
House of Representatives.                                         
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Commission on International Religious Freedom--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following member on the part of 
the House to the Commission on International Religious Freedom for a term 
ending May 14, 2014: Mr. Samuel Gejdenson of Branford, CT.        
  Page H2253
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H2228.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and two recorded votes developed 
during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2246, H2250-51, H2251-
52. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and at 3:08 p.m., pursuant to S. Con. 
Res. 43, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, May 7, 2012.