[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 85 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D575-D577]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 5905-
5928; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 680-682, were introduced.   
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3661-62
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Barton (TX) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:37 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2012: The House passed H.R. 436, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on 
medical devices, by a yea-and-nay vote of 270 yeas to 146 nays, Roll 
No. 361.                                       
  Pages H3601-15, H3615-18
  Rejected the Bishop (NY) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 179 yeas to 
239 nays, Roll No. 360.                                  
Pages H3615-17
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-23 shall be 
considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed 
in the bill.                                                 
Page H3601
  H. Res. 679, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
436) and (H.R. 5882), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 
173 noes, Roll No. 359, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 179 nays, Roll No. 358. 
                                               Pages H3589-99, H3600-01
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013: The House 
passed H.R. 5855, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 234 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 370. Consideration of the 
measure began yesterday, June 6th.                       
  Pages H3618-52
  Rejected the Tierney motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 165 ayes to 251 
noes, Roll No. 369.                                      
Pages H3650-51
  Agreed by unanimous consent that, during further consideration of 
H.R. 5855 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to House Resolution 
667, no further amendment to the bill may be offered except those 
appearing on a list submitted to the desk.                   
Page H3618
  Agreed to:
  Ellison amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of (1) the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the 
Constitution; (2) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (3) Section 
809(c)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; or 
(4) Section 210401(a) of the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994;                                                        
Page H3620
  Graves (MO) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled 
``Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain 
Immediate Relatives'' published by the Department of Homeland Security 
on April 2, 2012;                                        
Pages H3620-21
  Black amendment that prohibits funds from being used to provide 
funding for the position of Public Advocate within U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement;                                         
Page H3622
  Flores amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enforce 
section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; 
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  Pierluisi amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 6, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce section 1301(a) of title 31, United States

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Code, with respect to the use of amounts made available by this Act for 
``Customs and Border Protection--Salaries and Expenses'' for the 
expenses authorized to be paid in section 9 of the Jones Act and for 
the collection of duties and taxes authorized to be levied, collected, 
and paid in Puerto Rico, as authorized in section 4 of the Foraker Act, 
in addition to the more specific amounts available for such purposes in 
the Puerto Rico Trust Fund pursuant to such provisions of law; 
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  Barletta amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996;                    
Pages H3635-36
  Aderholt en bloc amendment that consists of the following amendments: 
Engel amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the Department 
of Homeland Security or any other Federal agency 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; Holt amendment that 
prohibits funds from being used for the purchase, operation, or 
maintenance of armed unmanned aerial vehicles; and Price (GA) amendment 
that prohibits funds from being used in contravention of immigration 
laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act);                                            
Page H3637
  Cravaack amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
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  King (IA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enforce 
Executive Order 13166 (August 16, 2000; 65 Fed. Reg. 50121) (by a 
recorded vote of 224 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 362); 
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  King (IA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to finalize, 
implement, administer, or enforce the ``Morton Memos'' described in the 
amendment (by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 175 noes, Roll No. 363); 
and                                            
Pages H3624-29, H3645-46
  Sullivan amendment that prohibits funds from being used to terminate 
an agreement governing a delegation of authority under section 287(g) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act that is in existence on the date 
of the enactment of this Act (by a recorded vote of 250 ayes to 164 
noes, Roll No. 366).                           
Pages H3632-34, H3647-48
Rejected:
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
enforce section 44920(f) of title 49, United States Code;    
Page H3640
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used 
for Behavior Detection Officers or the SPOT program;     
Pages H3640-41
  Blackburn amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
provide to a Transportation Security Officer, Behavior Detection 
Officer, or other employee of the Transportation Security 
Administration (1) a badge or shield or (2) a uniform with epaulets or 
a badge tab (by a recorded vote of 131 ayes to 282 noes, Roll No. 364) 
                                               Pages H3629-30, H3646-47
  Blackburn amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for 
Transportation Security Administration Transportation Security Officers 
or Behavior Detection Officers outside an airport (by a recorded vote 
of 204 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 365);           
Pages H3630-32, H3647
  Turner (NY) amendment that prohibits more than $20,000,000 from being 
made available for surface transportation security inspectors, except 
for the National Explosives Detection Canine Training Program and 
Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Teams (by a recorded vote of 
101 ayes to 314 noes, Roll No. 367); and       
Pages H3637-38, H3648-49
  Polis amendment that sought to reduce each amount made available by 
this Act by 2%, except for certain specified accounts (by a recorded 
vote of 99 ayes to 316 noes, Roll No. 368).       
Pages H3638-40, H3649
Withdrawn:
  Brown (FL) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding, by offset, for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection Salaries and Expenses by $25,000,000 and          
Page H3619
  Crowley amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
regarding the sense of Congress that the Department of Homeland 
Security should increase coordination with India on efforts to prevent 
terrorist attacks in the United States and India.        
Pages H3622-23
  Point of Order sustained against:
  Ryan (OH) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
issue an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to a citizen, subject, 
national, or resident of Brazil until the President of the United 
States determines and certifies to the Congress that the Government of 
Brazil has amended it laws to remove the prohibition on extradition of 
nationals of Brazil to other countries.                  
Pages H3621-22
  H. Res. 667, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
5743), (H.R. 5854), (H.R. 5855), and (H.R. 5325), was agreed to on 
Thursday, May 31st.
Recess: The House recessed at 4:07 p.m. and reconvened at 4:21 p.m. 
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Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House debated the Broun (GA) motion 
to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348. Further proceedings were postponed.
                                                         Pages H3652-58
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H3652.
Senate Referral: S. 3261 was referred to the Committee on Agriculture. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and nine recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3598-99, 
H3600-01, H3617, H3617-18, H3645, H3645-46, H3646-47, H3647, H3647-48, 
H3648-49, H3649, H3650-51, and H3651-52. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:35 p.m.