[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 20, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D630-D632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 5974-
5985; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 694-696 were introduced.    
  Page H3914
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3915-16
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5972, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes 
(H. Rept. 112-541);
  H.R. 5973, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
112-542);
  Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the Budget Third 
Quarter 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-543); and
  H.R. 4264, to help ensure the fiscal solvency of the FHA mortgage 
insurance programs of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-544).                   
Page H3914
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative McClintock to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3809
Recess: The House recessed at 10:12 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H3810
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend 
Richard Haynes, Salem Missionary Baptist Church, Lilburn, Georgia. 
                                                             Page H3810
Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House agreed to the Walz (MN) motion 
to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348 by a yea-and-nay vote of 386 yeas to 
34 nays with 1 answering ``present,'' Roll No. 391. The motion was 
debated yesterday, June 19th.                                
  Page H3824
Notice of Intent to Offer Motion: Representative Hoyer announced his 
intent to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348. 
                                                             Page H3824
Notice of Intent to Offer Motion: Representative Black announced her 
intent to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348. 
                                                             Page H3824
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act: S. 3187, 
amended, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise 
and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical 
devices and to establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and 
biosimilars.                                             
  Pages H3825-68

[[Page D631]]

Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House debated the McKinley motion to 
instruct conferees on H.R. 4348. Further proceedings were postponed. 
                                                             Page H3868
Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012: The House began consideration 
of H.R. 4480, to provide for the development of a plan to increase oil 
and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas 
leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, 
and the Secretary of Defense in response to a drawdown of petroleum 
reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Further proceedings were 
postponed.                                  
  Pages H3814-24, H3875-H3912
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-24 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now 
printed in the bill.                                         
Page H3890
Agreed to:
  McKinley amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that requires 
the consultation and input of the National Energy Technology Laboratory 
(NETL) under the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee within Title 
II of the legislation. NETL will work with the Committee to analyze and 
report on the impacts of the rules and actions of the EPA on our 
nation's gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices;      
Page H3898
  McKinley amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that requires 
under section 203 of the bill to conduct an analysis relating to any 
other matters that affect the growth, stability, and sustainability of 
the nation's oil and gas industries, particularly relating to that of 
other nations. Requires the Committee to look at the actions, or 
inactions, of other nations' regulations, enforcements, and matters 
relating to the oil and gas industry, and how they have either helped 
positively or negatively towards the oil and gas industries in those 
other nations; and                                       
Pages H3898-99
  Terry amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that gives the 
EPA the ability to waive certain fuel requirements in a geographic 
area, when there is a problem with distribution or delivery of fuel or 
fuel additives, for a period of 20 days, which could also be extended 
for another 20 days if the conditions exist. Directs the EPA and 
Department of Energy to conduct the Fuel Harmonization Study required 
by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 by June 2014.           
Pages H3902-04
Rejected:
  Polis amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that sought to 
exclude hydraulic fracturing activities within 1,000 feet of a primary 
or secondary school and                                  
Pages H3896-97
  Quigley amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that sought to 
ensure that protection of the marine and coastal environment is of 
primary importance in making areas of the outer Continental Shelf 
available for leasing, exploration, and development rather than 
expeditious development of oil and gas resources, to prohibit oil and 
gas leasing, exploration, and development in important ecological areas 
of the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. 
                                                         Pages H3897-98
Proceedings Postponed:
  Hastings (WA) Manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) 
that seeks to make technical corrections, eliminate the designation of 
the Colville River as an Aquatic Resource of National Importance, and 
require additional right of ways planned into and out of the National 
Petroleum Reserve Alaska;                                
Pages H3895-96
  Waxman amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
provide that the rules described in section 205(a) shall not be delayed 
if the pollution that would be controlled by the rules contributes to 
asthma attacks, acute and chronic bronchitis, heart attacks, cancer, 
birth defects, neurological damage, premature death, or other serious 
harms to human health;                                
Pages H3899-H3900
  Connolly amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
define the term ``public health'' in the Clean Air Act;      
Page H3901
  Gene Green (TX) amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that 
seeks to strike section 206 of the bill, which would require the 
consideration of feasibility and costs in revising or supplementing 
national ambient air quality standards for ozone;        
Pages H3901-02
  Rush amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
provide that Sections 205 and 206 shall cease to be effective if the 
Administrator of the Energy Information Administration determines that 
implementation of this title is not projected to lower gasoline prices 
and create jobs in the United States within 10 years;    
Pages H3904-05
  Holt amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
reduce the number of onshore leases on which oil and gas production is 
not occurring as an incentive for oil and gas companies to begin 
producing on the leases that they already hold;          
Pages H3905-06
  Connolly amendment (No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
clarify that the section requiring a $5,000 protest fee shall not 
infringe upon

[[Page D632]]

the protections afforded by the First Amendment to the Constitution to 
petition for the redress of grievances;                  
Pages H3906-07
  Amodei amendment (No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from moving any aspect of the 
Solid Minerals program administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) to the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement 
(OSM);                                                   
Pages H3907-09
  Markey amendment (No. 15 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
prohibit oil and gas produced under new leases authorized by this 
legislation from being exported to foreign countries;    
Pages H3909-10
  Landry amendment (No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
raise the cap of revenue shared among the Gulf States who produce 
energy on the Outer Continental Shelf starting in FY2023 from $500 
million to $750 million; and                             
Pages H3910-11
  Rigell amendment (No. 17 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that seeks to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to include Outer Continental 
Shelf (OCS) Lease Sale 220 off the coast of Virginia in the 5 Year Plan 
for OCS oil and gas drilling and to conduct Lease Sale 220 within one 
year of enactment. In addition, the amendment would also ensure that no 
oil and gas drilling may be conducted off the coast of Virginia which 
would conflict with military operations.                 
Pages H3911-12
  H. Res. 691, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 245 yeas to 178 nays, Roll No. 390, 
after the previous question was ordered by a recorded vote of 242 ayes 
to 183 noes, Roll No. 389.                               
Pages H3814-24
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow.                                     
  Page H3912
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3810.
Senate Referral: S. 3314 is held at the desk.                
  Page H3810
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3822-23, 
H3823-24, H3824. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:25 p.m.