[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 18, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D738-D740]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 6137-
6149; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 733-734 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5009-10
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Schmidt to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:43 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Dr. 
Stan Ballard, Nettleton Baptist Church, Jonesboro, Arkansas. 
                                                             Page H4915
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012: H.R. 5872, amended, to 
require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester 
required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013, by a 2/3 
yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 471.    
  Pages H4920-25
  Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 5856, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013. Further 
proceedings were postponed.                           
  Pages H4926-H5006
Agreed to:
  Gallegly amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Operation 
and Maintenance, Air National Guard by $8,000,000 and Aircraft 
Procurement, Air Force by $16,000,000 for firefighting equipment; 
                                                             Page H4953
  Kucinich amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Defense 
Health Program by $10,000,000 for Gulf War Illness research; 
                                                         Pages H4954-55
  Langevin amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2012) that increases funding, by offset, for the Defense Health 
Program by $15,000,000 for spinal cord injury research; 
                                                         Pages H4956-57
  Sessions amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Defense 
Health Program by $10,000,000 for traumatic brain injury and post-
traumatic stress disorder research;                      
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  Walz (MN) amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the 
Defense Health Program by $5,000,000 for vision and eye research; 
                                                         Pages H4958-59
  Bonamici amendment that redirects funding within the account for 
Other Procurement, Army in order to assess the type of medical 
equipment needed for emergency missions of the National Guard; 
                                                         Pages H4960-61
  Jones amendment that increases funding for Overseas Deployments and 
Other Activities, Military Personnel by $148,462,000 and reduces 
funding for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by $412,287,000; 
                                                         Pages H4978-79
  Altmire amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Operation 
and Maintenance, Army Reserve by $5,500,000 and Operation and 
Maintenance, Army National Guard by $10,000,000 for the Yellow Ribbon 
program;                                                 
Pages H4980-81
  Boswell amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Defense 
Health Program by $10,000,000 for suicide prevention;    
Pages H4983-85
  LoBiondo amendment that prohibits funds from being used to operate an 
unmanned aircraft system except in accordance with the Fourth Amendment 
of the Constitution;                                     
Pages H4990-91
  Flake amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into a 
contract for UH-60 Leak Proof Drip Pans using procedures other than 
competitive procedures;                                      
Page H4991
  Wittman amendment that prohibits funds from being used to propose, 
plan for, or execute an additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
round;                                                       
Page H4992
  Poe (TX) amendment that revises funds made available for ``Operation 
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' and the amount under that heading for 
payments to reimburse key cooperating nations for logistical, military 
and other support by $650,000,000, respectively;             
Page H4995
  Bilbray amendment that prohibits funds from being used to remove any 
portion of the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, 
California; and                                          
Pages H4993-94
  Cohen amendment that reduces funding for the Afghanistan 
Infrastructure Fund by $175,000,000 and applies the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 191 noes, 
Roll No. 479).                                 
Pages H4982-83, H5001-02
Rejected:
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2012) that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites by $88,952,000; 
                                                         Pages H4953-54
  Hanna amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force by $30,000,000; 
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  Higgins amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide by 
$10,000,000;                                             
Pages H4959-60
  Baca amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide by 
$10,000,000;                                             
Pages H4971-78
  Speier amendment that sought to reduce funding for the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund by $120,500,000 and apply the 
savings to the spending reduction account;               
Pages H4985-88
  McCollum amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2012) that sought to reduce funding in various Military Personnel 
and Operation and Maintenance accounts by $187,770,000 and apply the 
savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 166 
ayes to 250 noes, Roll No. 472);               
Pages H4939-42, H4996-97
  Kingston amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2012) that sought to reduce funding in various Operation and 
Maintenance accounts by $72,300,000 and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 202 ayes to 216 noes, 
Roll No. 473);                                 
Pages H4947-53, H4997-98
  Quigley amendment that sought to reduce funding for the DDG-51 
Destroyer by $988,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 60 ayes to 359 noes, Roll No. 
474);                                             
Pages H4961-62, H4998
  Cohen amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for the 
Defense Health Program by $235,000,000 for cancer research (by a 
recorded vote of 145 ayes to 273 noes, Roll No. 475); 
                                               Pages H4962-64, H4998-99
  Pompeo amendment that sought to eliminate funding for the Defense 
Rapid Innovation Program and apply the $250,000,000 in savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 137 ayes to 282 noes, 
Roll No. 476);                              
Pages H4964-65, H4999-H5000
  Markey amendment that sought to reduce funding for Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide for ground-based missile 
defense by $75,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending reduction 
account (by a recorded vote of 150 ayes to 268 noes, Roll No. 477); 
                                                  Pages H4965-70, H5000
  Amash amendment that sought to strike section 8039 (by a recorded 
vote of 186 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 478) (agreed by unanimous 
consent that a

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recorded vote be taken on the Amash amendment which had been disposed 
of earlier by a voice vote);                   
Pages H4970-71, H5000-01
  Cicilline amendment that sought to eliminate funding for the 
Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by and apply the $375,000,000 in 
savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 149 
ayes to 270 noes, Roll No. 480);                  
Pages H4981-82, H5002
  Woolsey amendment that sought to reduce the total amount of 
appropriations made available by the bill by $181,000,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 114 ayes to 302 noes, Roll No. 481); 
                                               Pages H4988-89, H5002-03
  Markey amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
operate or maintain more than 300 land-based intercontinental ballistic 
missiles (by a recorded vote of 136 ayes to 283 noes, Roll No. 482); 
                                               Pages H4989-90, H5003-04
  Woolsey amendment that sought to reduce the total amount of 
appropriations made available by the bill by $293,900,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 106 ayes to 311 noes, Roll No. 483); 
                                                    Pages H4990, HH5004
  Woolsey amendment that sought to reduce the total amount of 
appropriations made available by the bill by $1,700,000,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 91 ayes to 328 noes, Roll No. 484); 
                                               Pages H4992-93, H5004-05
  Lee amendment that sought to reduce appropriations in title IX of the 
bill by $20,843,869,000, except as provided in subsection (b) of the 
amendment (by a recorded vote of 107 ayes to 312 noes, Roll No. 485); 
and                                            
Pages H4994-95, H5005-06
  King (IA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
administer the wage-rate requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of 
title 40, United States Code, with respect to any project or program 
funded by this bill (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 235 noes, Roll 
No. 486).                                            
Pages H4993, H5006
Withdrawn:
  Kucinich amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding, by offset, for the Defense Health Program 
by $6,000,000 for suicide prevention research and        
Pages H4955-56
  Poe (TX) amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2012) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have 
reduced coalition support funds for Pakistan by $1,300,000,000 and 
applied the savings to the spending reduction account.   
Pages H4979-80
  Point of Order sustained against:
  Mulvaney amendment that sought to transfer $5,557,306,000 in funding 
from Overseas Deployments and Other Activities accounts to Military 
Personnel accounts for the Army and Marine Corps;        
Pages H4942-47
  Section 8121 of the bill; and                          
Pages H4977-78
  Lee amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for any 
account of the Department of Defense (other than accounts excluded by 
subsection (b)) in excess of the amount made available for such account 
for fiscal year 2008, unless the financial statements of the Department 
for fiscal year 2013 are validated as ready for audit within 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this act.             
Pages H4991-92
  H. Res. 717, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on June 29th.
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13581 with respect to significant transnational criminal 
organizations is to continue in effect beyond July 24, 2012--referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
112-125).                                                    
  Page H4920
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and 15 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4925-26, 
H4996-97, H4997-98, H4998, H4998-99, H4999-H5000, H5000, H5000-01, 
H5001-02, H5002, H5002-03, H5003-04, H5004, H5004-05, H5005-06 and 
H5006. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:32 p.m.