[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 9, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D442-D445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 57 public bills, H.R. 5650-
5651, 5653-5707; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 647, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H2565-67
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2569-70
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4966, to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control 
Act of 2011, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-469, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 5652, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013 (H. Rept. 
112-470);
  H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for 
regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be 
provided by swaps entities under such Acts, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
112-471, Pt. 1); and
  H. Res. 648, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5652) to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013 (H. Rept. 112-472). 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Harper to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2451
Recess: The House recessed at 10:51 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2457
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act: H.R. 2072, amended, to 
reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 330 yeas to 93 nays, Roll No. 224 and 
                                               Pages H2460-81, H2490-91
  United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012: H.R. 
4133, amended, to express the sense of Congress regarding the United 
States-Israel strategic relationship, to direct the President to submit 
to Congress reports on United States actions to enhance this 
relationship and to assist in the defense of Israel, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 411 yeas to 2 nays with 9 answering ``present'', Roll 
No. 225.                                       
  Pages H2481-90, H2401-92
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow.                                     
  Page H2490
  Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012: The House 
agreed to discharge from committee and pass H.R. 4967, to prevent the 
termination of the temporary office of bankruptcy judges in certain 
judicial districts.                                      
  Pages H2492-93
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2013: The House continued with consideration of H.R. 5326, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year

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ending September 30, 2013. Consideration is expected to resume 
tomorrow, May 10th.               
  Pages H2493-H2515, H2515-51, H2551-57
Agreed to:
  Quayle amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
Enforcement Guidance Number 915.002 concerning ``Consideration of 
arrest and conviction records in employment decisions'';     
Page H2502
  Poe amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of May 8, 
2012) that prohibits funds from being used to enforce section 221(a) of 
title 13, United States Code, with respect to the American Community 
Survey;                                                  
Pages H2505-07
  Chaffetz amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1001(a) of title 
18, United States Code (by a recorded vote of 381 ayes to 41 noes, Roll 
No. 226);                                         
Pages H2493-96, H2516
  Blackburn amendment that prohibits funds from being used to defend 
against any action challenging any provision of Public Law 111-148 or 
any provision of title I or subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111-
152; or any amendment to a provision of law made by any provision 
described in paragraph (1) (by a recorded vote of 229 ayes to 194 noes, 
Roll No. 228);                              
Pages H2498-H2500, H2517-18
  Duncan (SC) amendment (No. 38 printed in the Congressional Record of 
May 8, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used to litigate against 
any of the several States on behalf of the National Labor Relations 
Board pertaining to secret ballot union elections (by a recorded vote 
of 232 ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 229);           
Pages H2501-02, H2518
  Garrett amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Justice to be a party to a single or multi-state court 
settlement where funds are removed from any residential mortgage-backed 
securitization trust (by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 185 noes, Roll 
No. 230);                                      
Pages H2503-04, H2518-19
  Schweikert amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Justice to bring any action against any State for 
implementation of a State law requiring voter identification (by a 
recorded vote of 232 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 231); 
                                               Pages H2504-05, H2519-20
  Webster amendment that prohibits funds from being used to conduct the 
survey, conducted by the Secretary of Commerce, commonly referred to as 
the ``American Community Survey'' (by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 
190 noes, Roll No. 232) (agreed by unanimous consent to vacate the 
earlier proceedings by which the amendment was agreed to by voice 
vote);                                            
Pages H2507-09, H2520
  Flores amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enforce 
section 526 of the Energy Independence Security Act of 2007 (by a 
recorded vote of 250 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 233); 
                                               Pages H2509-10, H2520-21
  Flores amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement 
the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order 13547 
(relating to the stewardship of oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes) 
(by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 174 noes, Roll No. 234); 
                                               Pages H2510-15, H2521-22
  Engel amendment (No. 28 printed in the Congressional Record of May 8, 
2012) that prohibits funds from being used to lease or purchase new 
light duty vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet 
inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum-Federal 
Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011;                   
Pages H2523-24
  Walsh (IL) amendment that prohibits funds made available in this Act 
for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program from being made 
available to any State or local government that violates section 642 of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996;                                                        
Page H2524
  Chaffetz amendment (No. 36 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
8, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used to implement section 
36.302(c)(9) of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations;       
Page H2531
  Brown (FL) amendment that increases funding, by offset, for emergency 
federal law enforcement assistance, as authorized by section 609M of 
the Justice Assistance Act of 1984, by $20,000,000;          
Page H2536
  Garamendi amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership by $443,000;         
Pages H2537-38
  Denham amendment (No. 26 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
8, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used to implement section 
10011(b) of Public Law 111-11;                           
Pages H2538-39
  Denham amendment that prohibits funds from being used to provide 
services from or for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, 
the United States Marshals Service, or employees of the Department of 
Justice, to carry out activities located at a newly constructed Federal 
courthouse located in Los Angeles, California;           
Pages H2539-41
  Huelskamp amendment (No. 24 printed in the Congressional Record of 
May 8, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used in contravention of 
the Defense of Marriage Act (by a recorded vote of 245 ayes to 171 
noes, Roll No. 235);                           
Pages H2547-51, H2551-52
  Landry amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement a 
proposed rule for turtle

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excluder devices as described in the Southeast Fishery Bulletin 
published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on May 
8, 2012 (by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 201 noes, Roll No. 236); 
                                               Pages H2522-23, H2552-53
  Gardner amendment (No. 32 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
8, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of the Department of Commerce who uses amounts in 
the Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration that consists of the sums described in 
section 311(e)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(e)(1)) for any purpose other than a 
purpose specifically authorized under such section (by a recorded vote 
of 357 ayes to 68 noes, Roll No. 237);               
Pages H2523, H2553
  Cravaack amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
7, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used to carry out the 
activities of the Climate Change Education program of the National 
Science Foundation (by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 188 noes, Roll 
No. 241); and                                  
Pages H2535-36, H2555-56
  Flake amendment that prohibits funds from being used to carry out the 
functions of the Political Science Program in the Division of Social 
and Economic Sciences of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and 
Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (by a recorded 218 
ayes to 208 noes, Roll No. 243).                  
Pages H2543-44, H2557
Rejected:
  Tierney amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for the 
John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders program by $10,000,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 160 ayes to 260 noes, Roll No. 227); 
                                               Pages H2496-98, H2516-17
  Rohrabacher amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used, 
with respect to the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, 
Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, 
Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, 
and Washington to prevent such States from implementing their own State 
laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation 
of medical marijuana (by a recorded vote of 163 ayes to 262 noes, Roll 
No. 238);                                      
Pages H2524-29, H2553-54
  Lewis (GA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used 
for the purpose of closing the regional field offices of the Antitrust 
Division of the Department of Justice (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes 
to 235 noes, Roll No. 239);                    
Pages H2529-31, H2554-55
  Holt amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used in 
contravention of any of the following: 1) The Fifth and Fourteenth 
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States; 2) Title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (relating to nondiscrimination in federally 
assisted programs); 3) Section 809(c)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (relating to prohibition of 
discrimination); and 4) Section 210401(a) of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (relating to unlawful police pattern or 
practice) (by a recorded vote of 193 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 240); 
and                                               
Pages H2532-35, H2555
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
carry out the SelectUSA initiative (by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 
217 noes, Roll No. 242).                       
Pages H2541-43, H2556-57
Withdrawn:
  Lee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would 
have increased funding, by offset, for Community Oriented Policing 
Services Programs by $177,087,000 and                    
Pages H2500-01
  Broun (GA) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited funds from being used to carry out or enforce 
section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.              
Pages H2544-47
  H. Res. 643, the rule providing for consideration of the measure, was 
agreed to yesterday, May 8th.
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the actions of the Government of Syria is to continue in effect beyond 
May 11, 2012--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
to be printed (H. Doc. 112-107).                             
  Page H2460
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H2460.
Senate Referral: S. 743 was referred to the Committees on Oversight and 
Government Reform, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and 
Homeland Security.                                           
  Page H2558
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H2570.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and 18 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2490-91, 
H2491-92, H2516, H2516-17, H2517-18, H2518, H2518-19, H2519-20, H2520, 
H2520-21, H2521-22, H2551-52, H2552-53, H2553, H2553-54, H2554-55, 
H2555, H2555-56, H2556-57, and H2557. There were no quorum calls.

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Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:01 a.m. on 
Thursday, May 10th.