[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 100 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D687-D688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




[[Page D687]]




                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 6059-
6078; and 8 resolutions, H.J. Res. 114; H. Con. Res. 130; and H. Res. 
718-723 were introduced.                                 
  Pages H4654-55
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4656-57
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Third Semiannual Report on the Activity of the Committee on Financial 
Services for the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-559);
  Semi-Annual Report of the Activity of the House Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence for the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-560);
  Activity Report of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (H. Rept. 
112-561);
  Third Semi-annual Activity Report of the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the United States House of Representatives for the Period January 5, 
2011 through May 31, 2012 (H. Rept. 112-562);
  H.R. 5892, to improve hydropower, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
112-563);
  H. Con. Res. 127, expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions 
to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under 
which the Internet has thrived (H. Rept. 112-564);
  H.R. 1588, to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure 
meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, 
including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, 
to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such 
agreements, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-
565);
  H.R. 3128, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are 
determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller 
institutions from capital deductions (H. Rept. 112-566);
  Survey of Activities for the House Committee on Rules For The Third 
Quarter of the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-567);
  Third Semiannual Activities of the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform for the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-568);
  Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce (H. Rept. 112-569);
  Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Semiannual 
Report of Committee Activities 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-570);
  Third Semiannual Report on the Activities of the Committee on House 
Administration During the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-571);
  Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on 
Natural Resources During the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-572);
  Summary on the Activities of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure for the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-573);
  Third Semiannual Report on Activities During the 112th Congress (H. 
Rept. 112-574);
  Third Semiannual Report on the Activities of the Committee on Armed 
Services for the 112th Congress (H. Rept. 112-575); and
  H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee 
disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of 
that machine (H. Rept. 112-576).                         
Pages H4653-54
Privileged Resolution: Representative Jackson Lee (TX) rose to a 
question of the privileges of the House and submitted a privileged 
resolution. Upon examination of the resolution, the Chair determined 
that the resolution qualified. Subsequently, the House agreed to the 
Webster motion to table H. Res. 718, raising a question of the 
privileges of the House, by a yea-and-nay vote of 259 yeas to 161 nays, 
Roll No. 443.                                            
  Pages H4614-15
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II--Conference 
Report: The House agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 
4348, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, 
motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the 
Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing 
such programs, by a yea-and-nay vote of 373 yeas to 52 nays, Roll No. 
451.                          
  Pages H4609-14, H4615-16, H4616-30, H4636
  H. Res. 717, the rule providing for consideration of the conference 
report, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 244 yeas to 176 nays, 
Roll No. 444, after the previous question was ordered without 
objection.                                     
Pages H4609-14, H4615-16
  Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2013: The House passed H.R. 5972, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2013, by a yea-and-nay vote of 261 yeas to 163 nays, Roll 
No. 450. Consideration of the measure began on Tuesday, June 26th. 
                                                         Pages H4630-35

[[Page D688]]


  Rejected the Barber 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 188 ayes to 233 
noes, Roll No. 449.                                      
Pages H4633-35
Agreed to:
  Landry amendment that was debated on June 27th that prohibits funds 
from being used to promulgate or implement any regulations that would 
mandate global positioning system tracking, electronic on-board 
recording devices, or event data recorders in passenger or commercial 
motor vehicles (agreed by unanimous consent that the earlier request 
for a recorded vote be vacated to the end that the Chair put the 
question de novo);                                           
Page H4630
  McClintock amendment (No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 26, 2012) that was debated on June 27th that prohibits funds from 
being used for the Third Street Light Rail Phase 2 Central Subway 
project in San Francisco, California (by a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 
186 noes, Roll No. 446);                                     
Page H4631
  Lankford amendment that was debated on June 27th that prohibits funds 
from being used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the 
Federal Highway Administration to implement, administer, or enforce the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act with respect to the cliff swallow or barn 
swallow (by a recorded vote of 234 ayes to 191 noes, Roll No. 447); and
                                                         Pages H4632-33
  Denham amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26, 2012) that was debated on June 27th that prohibits funds from being 
used for high-speed rail in the State of California or for the 
California High-Speed Rail Authority (by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 
185 noes, Roll No. 448).                                     
Page H4633
Rejected:
  Blackburn amendment that was debated on June 27th that sought to 
reduce each amount made available by this Act by 1% (by a recorded vote 
of 166 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 445).                  
Pages H4630-31
  H. Res. 697, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on June 26th.
  Temporary Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012: The House 
agreed by unanimous consent to discharge the committees of referral and 
pass H.R. 6064, to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway 
safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of 
the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law 
reauthorizing such programs.                             
  Pages H4637-41
Announcement from the Chair: The Chair announced to the House that, 
pursuant to H. Res. 711, the Speaker has certified to the United States 
Attorney for the District of Columbia the refusal of Eric H. Holder, 
Jr., to produce certain papers before the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform.                                           
  Page H4652
Recess: The House recessed at 3:34 p.m. and reconvened at 4:05 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4652
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 51, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.                 
  Page H4652
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified the Congress of his intent to add the Republic of Senegal to 
the list of least-developed beneficiary developing countries under the 
Generalized System of Preferences program--referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-120). 
                                                             Page H4652
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified the Congress of 
his intent to terminate the designations of Gibraltar and the Turks and 
Caicos Islands as beneficiary developing countries under the 
Generalized System of Preferences program--referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-121). 
                                                         Pages H4652-53
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H4652 .
Senate Referral: S. 1335 was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure.                           
  Page H4653
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4615, 
H4615-16, H4630-31, H4631, H4632, H4633, H4634-35, H4635 and H4636. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and at 4:12 p.m., pursuant to S. 
Con. Res. 51, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, July 
9, 2012.