[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 64 (Tuesday, May 8, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D432-D435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 108 public bills, H.R. 5542-
5649, were introduced.                                   
  Pages H2441-43
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2447-48
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 
2013 (H. Rept. 112-465);
  H.R. 2764, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing 
functions of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 
of Homeland Security and to require dissemination of information 
analyzed by the Department to entities with responsibilities relating 
to homeland security, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 112-466);
  H.R. 3140, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the assignment of officers 
and analysts to certain State and urban area fusion centers to enhance 
the security of mass transit systems (H. Rept. 112-467); and
  H.R. 2179, to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security 
Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport 
security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-468).    
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Webster to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2331
Recess: The House recessed at 10:35 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2334
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 296 yeas to 108 nays with 3 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 201.                                        
  Pages H2335, H2346
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2013: The House began consideration of H.R. 5326, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013. Consideration 
is expected to resume tomorrow, May 9th.              
  Pages H2346-H2440
Agreed to:
  Turner (OH) amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of 
May 7, 2012) that increases funding for China antidumping and 
countervailing duty enforcement and compliance activities by 
$5,000,000;                                              
Pages H2363-64
  Cicilline amendment that expands the definition of ``grants'' under 
Economic Development Assistance Programs to include ``grants, including 
grants authorized under section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980'';                                
Pages H2368-69
  Lynch amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of May 7, 
2012) that increases funding, by offset, for the Office of Justice 
Programs for drug courts by $4,000,000;                  
Pages H2370-71
  Hanabusa amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for marine debris 
programs by $1,600,000;                                  
Pages H2373-74
  Gowdy amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of May 7, 
2012) that reduces funding for the Department of Justice, General 
Administration by $1,000,000 and applies the savings to the spending 
reduction account;                                       
Pages H2376-77
  Runyan amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Office on 
Violence Against Women by $5,000,000;                        
Page H2379
  Harris amendment (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
7, 2012) that reduces funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Operations, Research, and Facilities by $542,000 and 
applies the savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded 
vote of 219 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 209);         
Pages H2373, H2386
  Grimm amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Office of 
Justice Programs for regional information sharing activities by 
$18,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 210);
                                                  Pages H2374, H2386-87
  Runyan amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Edward 
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program by $22,418,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 325 ayes to 81 noes, Roll No. 212); 
                                                     Pages H2377, H2388
  Wasserman Schultz amendment that redirects $30,000,000 in funding 
with respect to missing and exploited children programs;     
Page H2392
  Broun (GA) amendment that reduces funding for the Marine Mammal 
Commission by $181,500;                                  
Pages H2414-15
  Grimm amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Community 
Oriented Policing Services for the hiring and rehiring of additional 
career law enforcement officers (by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 204 
noes, Roll No. 214);                           
Pages H2393-95, H2433-34
  Black amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the Attorney 
General to originate or join in any lawsuit that seeks to overturn, 
enjoin, or invalidate immigration enforcement laws in Oklahoma, 
Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia 
(by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 220) (agreed by 
unanimous consent to vacate the earlier proceedings by which the 
amendment was agreed to by voice vote); and    
Pages H2419-22, H2437-38
  Southerland amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used 
to develop, approve, or implement a new limited access privilege 
program that is not already developed, approved, or implemented for any 
fishery under the jurisdiction of the South Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, New 
England, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (by a recorded 
vote of 220 ayes to 191 noes, Roll No. 223).   
Pages H2426-31, H2439-40
Rejected:
  Clarke (NY) amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
the Minority Business Development Agency by $5,311,000;      
Page H2370
  Waters amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities by 
$13,500,00; increase funding, by offset, for Salaries and Expenses, 
United States Attorneys by $21,500,000; and increase funding, by 
offset, for Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses by 
$9,000,000;                                              
Pages H2377-79
  Peters amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for the 
International Trade Administration by $9,000,000 and the Office of the 
United States Trade Representative by $1,790,000 (by a recorded vote of 
141 ayes to 261 noes, Roll No. 202);           
Pages H2360-61, H2381-82
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to reduce funding across various 
accounts by a total of $874,593,990 and apply the savings to the 
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reduction account (by a recorded vote of 137 ayes to 270 noes, Roll No. 
203);                                             
Pages H2361-36, H2382
  McClintock amendment that sought to reduce funding for the 
International Trade Administration by $277,824,000 and apply the 
savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 121 
ayes to 287 noes, Roll No. 204);                  
Pages H2363, H2382-83
  Michaud amendment that sought to increase finding, by offset, for the 
Economic Development Administration by $38,000,000 (by a recorded vote 
of 190 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 205);        
Pages H2364-66, H2383-84
  Scalise amendment that sought to reduce funding for the Economic 
Development Administration by $7,500,000 and reduce funding for the 
Department of Commerce, Departmental Management by $10,706,000 and 
apply the savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote 
of 174 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 206);           
Pages H2369-70, H2384
  Pompeo amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of May 7, 
2012) that sought to zero out the funding for Economic Development 
Assistance Programs and apply the savings to the spending reduction 
account (by a recorded vote of 129 ayes to 279 noes, Roll No. 207); 
                                               Pages H2366-68, H2384-85
  Quayle amendment that sought to zero out the funding for the Advanced 
Manufacturing Technology Consortia and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 147 ayes to 255 noes, 
Roll No. 208);                                 
Pages H2372-73, H2385-86
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to reduce funding for Pacific 
Coastal Salmon Recovery by $15,000,000 and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 168 ayes to 239 noes, 
Roll No. 211);                                 
Pages H2374-75, H2387-88
  Davis (IL) amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of 
May 7, 2012) that sought to increase funding, by offset, for Second 
Chance Act grants by $10,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 99 ayes to 311 
noes, Roll No. 213);                           
Pages H2390-91, H2432-33
  Huizenga amendment that sought to strike section 212 (by a recorded 
vote of 199 ayes to 211 noes, Roll No. 215);      
Pages H2406-07, H2334
  Johnson (GA) amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, 
for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by $7,143,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 96 ayes to 314 noes, Roll No. 216); 
                                                  Pages H2408-09, H2435
  Flake amendment that sought to reduce funding for the National 
Science Foundation by $1,248,473,000 and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 121 ayes to 291 noes, 
Roll No. 217);                                 
Pages H2409-10, H2435-36
  Westmoreland amendment that sought to reduce funding for the Legal 
Services Corporation by $128,000,000 and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 165 ayes to 246 noes, 
Roll No. 218);                                    
Pages H2411-14, H2436
  Austin Scott (GA) amendment that sought to zero out the funding for 
the Legal Services Corporation and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 122 ayes to 289 noes, Roll No. 
219);                                             
Pages H2414, H2436-37
  Blackburn amendment that sought to reduce total funding in the bill 
by 1% (by a recorded vote of 160 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 221); and 
                                                  Pages H2424-25, H2438
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to reduce each amount in the bill 
(other than amounts required to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available by law; amounts for the United States Marshals Service; the 
FBI; or NASA), by 12.2% (by a recorded vote of 105 ayes to 307 noes, 
Roll No. 222).                                 
Pages H2425-26, H2438-39
Withdrawn:
  Sessions amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
7, 2012) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have 
struck language in section 505 relating to the contracting out or 
privatizing any functions presently performed by Federal employees and 
                                                         Pages H2416-17
  Jackson Lee (TX) amendment that was offered and subsequently 
withdrawn that would have increased funds, by offset, for Office of 
Justice Programs, specifically DNA Analysis Backlog, by $34,000,000. 
                                                         Pages H2422-24
  H. Res. 643, the rule providing for consideration of the measure, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 200, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 235 
yeas to 174 nays, Roll No. 199.                          
Pages H2337-46
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H2448-49.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and 23 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2344-45, 
H2345, H2346, H2381-82, H2382, H2382-83, H2383-84, H2384, H2384-85, 
H2385-86, H2386, H2386-87, H2387-88, H2388, H2432-33, H2433-34, H2434, 
H2435, H2435-36, H2436, H2437, H2437-38, H2438, H2439, and H2439-40. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:27 a.m. on 
Wednesday, May 9th.

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