[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 109 (Thursday, July 19, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D746-D749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 6150-
6163; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 735-737 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H5077-78
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5078-79
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5958, to name the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact 
Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National 
Recreation Area in honor of James L. Buckley (H. Rept. 112-608);

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  H.R. 2834, to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, 
hunting, and shooting on Federal public lands and ensure continued 
opportunities for these activities, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-
609, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 6029, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for 
increased penalties for foreign and economic espionage, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 112-610);
  H.R. 2467, to take certain Federal lands in Mono County, California, 
into trust for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-611);
  H.R. 4484, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of 
National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest 
in Utah to Brigham Young University, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-612);
  H.R. 3742, to designate the United States courthouse located at 100 
North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the ``Edwin L. Mechem 
United States Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 112-613); and
  H.R. 4347, to designate the United States courthouse located at 709 
West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the ``Robert Boochever United 
States Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 112-614).                      
Page H5077
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Webster to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5013
Recess: The House recessed at 11:19 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                         Pages H5021-22
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend 
Jeffrey Bayhi, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana.                                                   
  Page H5022
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013: The House passed H.R. 
5856, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, by a yea-and-nay vote of 326 
yeas to 90 nays, Roll No. 498. Consideration of the measure began 
yesterday, July 18th.                                    
  Pages H5027-72
Agreed to:
  Gosar amendment that prohibits funds from being obligated or expended 
for assistance to the following entities: (1) The Government of Iran. 
(2) The Government of Syria. (3) Hamas. (4) Hizbullah. (5) The Muslim 
Brotherhood;                                                 
Page H5029
  Brooks amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Defense or a component thereof to provide the government 
of the Russian Federation with any information about the missile 
defense systems of the United States that is classified by the 
Department or component thereof;                         
Pages H5031-34
  Flores amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enforce 
section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security of Act of 2007; 
                                                         Pages H5050-52
  Runyan amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 41106 of title 49, United States Code; 
                                                             Page H5052
  Engel amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Defense 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;               
Page H5057
  Kucinich amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
a contract with any person or other entity listed in the Federal 
Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System as having been 
convicted of fraud against the Federal Government;       
Pages H5060-61
  King (IA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 7 of title 1, United States Code (by a 
recorded vote of 247 ayes to 166 noes, Roll No. 487); 
                                               Pages H5027-28, H5063-64
  Moran amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into a 
contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, 
make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport 
(by a recorded vote of 407 ayes to 5 noes, Roll No. 490); 
                                               Pages H5038-40, H5065-66
  Turner (OH) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to (1) 
reduce the nuclear forces of the United States in contravention of the 
Arms Control and Disarmament Act; or (2) to implement the Nuclear 
Posture Review Implementation Study or modify the Secretary of Defense 
Guidance for Employment of Force, Annex B, or the Joint Strategic 
Capabilities Plan, Annex N (by a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 178 noes, 
Roll No. 491);                                 
Pages H5040-42, H5066-67
  Berg amendment that prohibits funds from being used to reduce the 
number of the following nuclear weapons delivery vehicles of the United 
States: (1) Heavy bomber aircraft; (2) Air-launched cruise missiles; 
(3) Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines; (4) Submarine-
launched ballistic missiles; and (5) Intercontinental ballistic 
missiles (by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 493); 
                                               Pages H5047-50, H5067-68
  Mulvaney amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
12, 2012) that reduces the total amount of appropriations made 
available by the bill by $1,072,581,000, except as provided in 
subsection (b) of the amendment (by a recorded vote of 247 ayes to 167 
noes, Roll No. 495);                              
Pages H5054-57, H5069

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  Mulvaney amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
18, 2012) that reduces the amount made available for ``Military 
Personnel, Army'', by increasing such amount, by reducing the amount 
made available for ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', and by 
increasing such amount, by $4,359,624,000, $4,359,624,000, 
$1,197,682,000, and $1,197,682,000, respectively (by a recorded vote of 
238 ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 496); and       
Pages H5057-58, H5069-70
  Stearns amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement 
an enrollment fee for the TRICARE for Life program that does not exist 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act (by a recorded vote of 399 
ayes to 17 noes, Roll No. 497).                
Pages H5059-60, H5070-71
Rejected:
  Kucinich amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for 
the administration of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery 
for the student (high school) testing programs;          
Pages H5036-38
  Lee amendment that sought to reduce the total amount of 
appropriations made available by the bill by $19,200,000,000, except as 
provided in subsection (b) of the amendment (by a recorded vote of 87 
ayes to 326 noes, Roll No. 488);               
Pages H5030-31, H5064-65
  Lee amendment that sought to reduce the total amount of 
appropriations made available by the bill by $7,583,000,000, except as 
provided in subsection (b) of the amendment (by a recorded vote of 171 
ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 489);                  
Pages H5034-36, H5065
  Coffman amendment (No. 18 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
18, 2012) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to continue the 
deployment, beyond FY 2013, of the 170th Infantry Brigade in Baumholder 
and the 172nd Infantry Brigade in Grafenwohr, except pursuant to 
Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty (by a recorded vote of 123 ayes 
to 292 noes, Roll No. 492); and                   
Pages H5043-47, H5067
  Garamendi amendment that sought to reduce appropriations made in 
title IX of the bill by $12,670,355,000, except as provided in 
subsection (b) of the amendment (by a recorded vote of 137 ayes to 278 
noes, Roll No. 494).                           
Pages H5052-54, H5068-69
Withdrawn:
  Fitzpatrick amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that would have prohibited funds from being used to enter into a 
contract using procedures that do not give to small business concerns 
owned by veterans that are included in the database under section 
8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, any preference available with 
respect to such contract, except for a preference given to small 
business concerns owned by service-disabled veterans.        
Page H5060
Point of Order sustained against:
  Lee amendment that sought to require that funds made available by the 
bill for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan shall be 
obligated and expended only for purposes of providing for the safe and 
orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan of all members of the Armed Forces 
and Department of Defense contractor personnel who are in Afghanistan; 
                                                         Pages H5028-29
  Tonko amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to pay 
a contractor under a contract with the DoD for costs of any amount paid 
by the contractor or any subcontractor of the contractor to an employee 
performing work under the contract or any subcontract under the 
contract for compensation if the compensation of the employee for a 
fiscal year from the Federal Government for work under Federal 
contracts exceeds $230,700, except that the Secretary of Defense may 
establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions for scientists and 
engineers upon a determination that such exceptions are needed to 
ensure that the DoD has continued access to needed skills and 
capabilities;                                            
Pages H5042-43
  Ellison amendment that sought to require that not later than 30 days 
after a contract is awarded, the relevant contractor and subcontractor 
at any tier shall disclose to the Administrator of General Services all 
electioneering communications, independent expenditures, or 
contributions made in the most recent election cycle supporting or 
opposing a Federal political candidate, political party, or political 
committee, and contributions made to a third-party entity with the 
intention that such entity would use the contribution to make 
independent expenditures or electioneering communications; and 
                                                         Pages H5058-59
  Jones amendment (No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
18, 2012) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to negotiate, 
enter into, or implement any agreement with the Government of the 
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan that includes security assurances for 
mutual defense unless the agreement is in the form of a treaty 
requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or is specifically 
authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
                                                         Pages H5061-63
  Agreed by unanimous consent that in the engrossment of H.R. 5856 the 
clerk be permitted to make technical and conforming changes including 
numerical changes in the amendment offered by Representative Walz (MN).
                                                             Page H5075
  H. Res. 717, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on June 29th.

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Authorizing the Use of the Rotunda of the United States Capitol for an 
Event: The House agreed to discharge and agree to H. Con. Res. 133, to 
authorize the use of the rotunda of the United States Capitol for an 
event to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Arnold Palmer, in 
recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and 
good sportsmanship in golf.                                  
  Page H5072
National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act: The House 
concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2527, to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration 
of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.                   
  Pages H5072-73
Committee Filing Authority: Agreed that the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform have until midnight on July 20, 2012 to file its 
report to accompany H.R. 4078.                               
  Page H5075
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12 noon on Monday, July 23rd.                        
  Page H5075
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5027.
Quorum Calls Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and 11 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5063-64, 
H5064-65, H5065, H5065-66, H5066-67, H5067, H5067-68, H5068-69, H5069, 
H5069-70, H5070-71 and H5071-72. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:37 p.m.