[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 110 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D757-D758]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
  On Friday, July 20, 2012, the Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the following:
IMPACT OF THE DODD-FRANK ACT ON MUNICIPAL FINANCE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled ``The Impact 
of the Dodd-Frank Act on Municipal Finance''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  On Friday, July 20, 2012, the Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the following:
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands held a hearing on the following measures: H.R. 5744 
the ``Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012''; H.R. 5960, the 
``Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and 
Catastrophic Fire Act of 2012''; and H.R. 6089, to address the bark 
beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health conditions, and 
high risk of wildfires on National Forest System land and land under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the United States 
by expanding authorities established in the Healthy Forest Restoration 
Act of 2003 to provide emergency measures for high-risk areas 
identified by such States, to make permanent Forest Service and Bureau 
of Land Management authority to conduct good-neighbor cooperation with 
States to reduce wildfire risks, and for other purposes. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Gosar, Markey, and Tipton; and Mary Wagner, 
Associate Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Ed 
Roberson, Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau 
of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Doyel Shamley, Natural 
Resource Coordinator, Apache County, Arizona; Tom Jankovsky, 
Commissioner, Garfield County, Colorado; Dan Gibbs, Commissioner, 
Summit County, Colorado; and public witnesses.
  On Friday, July 20, 2012, the Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the following:
HELIUM: SUPPLY SHORTAGES IMPACTING OUR ECONOMY, NATIONAL DEFENSE AND 
MANUFACTURING
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing entitled ``Helium: Supply Shortages Impacting 
our Economy, National Defense and Manufacturing''. Testimony was heard 
from Tim Spisak, Deputy Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty 
Management, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and 
public witnesses.

Committee Hearings
  On Monday, July 23, 2012, the Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the following:
REGULATORY FREEZE FOR JOBS ACT OF 2012; AND CONGRESSIONAL REPLACEMENT 
OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ENERGY-RESTRICTING AND JOB-LIMITING OFFSHORE 
DRILLING PLAN
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on the following: 
H.R. 4078, the ``Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 2012''; and H.R. 
6082, the ``Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-
Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan''. The Committee 
granted, by a record vote, a structured rule for H.R. 4078. The rule 
provides two hours of general debate equally divided among and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of Rules Committee Print 112-28, as modified by the amendment printed 
in Part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as 
adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. 
The rule makes in order only those further amendments to H.R. 4078 
printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment 
may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject 
to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in Part B of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit H.R. 4078 with or without instructions.

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  The resolution further provides for a structured rule for H.R. 6082. 
The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Natural Resources. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for 
purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-29 and provides 
that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule 
makes in order only those amendments to H.R. 6082 printed in Part C of 
the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in 
the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in Part C of the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion 
to recommit H.R. 6082 with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairmen Issa and Hastings (WA), Representatives Cummings, 
Lankford, Griffin (AR), Watt, Johnson (GA), Manzullo, Frank (MA), 
Posey, Schweikert, Markey (MA), Woolsey, and Courtney.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.