[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 24, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D765-D766]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 6168-
6181; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 115; H. Con. Res. 134; and H. Res. 
739 were introduced.                                     
  Pages H5200-01
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5201-02
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1857, for the relief of Bartosz Kumor (H. Rept. 112-617);
  H.R. 824, for the relief of Daniel Wachira (H. Rept. 112-618);
  H.R. 823, for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. 
Refugio Carreno Rojas (H. Rept. 112-619);
  H.R. 794, for the relief of Allan Bolor Kelley (H. Rept. 112-620);
  H.R. 357, for the relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic (H. Rept. 
112-621); and
  H.R. 316, for the relief of Esther Karinge (H. Rept. 112-622). 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Rivera to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Bud 
Roland, St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Austin, Texas.     
  Page H5137
Recess: The House recessed at 12:31 p.m. and reconvened at 1:15 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5140
Recess: The House recessed at 2:17 p.m. and reconvened at 2:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5148
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
those who lost their lives and those who were wounded in the shooting 
in Aurora, Colorado on Friday, July 20, 2012.                
  Page H5149
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Federal Reserve Transparency Act: H.R. 459, amended, to require a 
full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and 
the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United 
States before the end of 2012.                           
  Pages H5150-62
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the United 
States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty defending the 
Capitol against an intruder armed with a gun on July 24, 1998. 
                                                             Page H5137
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Preserving America's Family Farms Act: H.R. 4157, amended, to 
prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing a proposed rule under 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 relating to child labor. 
                                                         Pages H5162-67
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To prohibit the Secretary 
of Labor from reissuing or issuing a rule substantially similar to a 
certain proposed rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
relating to child labor.''.                                  
Page H5167
Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and 
Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan: The House began consideration of 
H.R. 6082, to officially replace, within the 60-day Congressional 
review period under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President 
Obama's Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing 
Program (2012-2017) with a congressional plan that will conduct 
additional oil and natural gas lease sales to promote offshore energy 
development, job creation, and increased domestic energy production to 
ensure a more secure energy future in the United States. Further 
proceedings were postponed.                    
  Pages H5141-50, H5167-82
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-29 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 Natural Resources now 
printed in the bill.                                 
Pages H5141, H5174
Agreed to:
  Hastings (WA) manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. 
Rept. 112-616) that makes technical corrections to the underlying bill 
and                                                      
Pages H5174-75
  Richardson amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 112-616) 
that adds a new section which provides that in determining the areas 
off the coast of California to be made available for leasing under this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Governor and 
legislature of the State of California.                      
Page H5176
  Proceedings Postponed:
  Holt amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 112-616) that 
seeks to strike the provision

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that requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a single multi-
sale environmental impact statement for all of the new areas opened for 
drilling by the underlying bill;                             
Page H5175
  Markey amendment (No. 4 printed in part C of H. Rept. 112-616) that 
seeks to prohibit gas produced under new leases authorized by this 
legislation from being exported to foreign countries;    
Pages H5176-77
  Markey amendment (No. 5 printed in part C of H. Rept. 112-616) that 
seeks to create a statutory requirement that new leases offered 
pursuant to this act include drilling safety improvements in response 
to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster;                    
Pages H5177-78
  Holt amendment (No. 6 printed in part C of H. Rept. 112-616) that 
seeks to end free drilling in the Gulf of Mexico by requiring oil 
companies to pay in order to receive new leases on public lands; 
                                                         Pages H5178-79
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 7 printed in part C of H. Rept. 112-616) 
that seeks to require each drilling permit application to include an 
estimate of how much the price of gasoline will decrease as a result of 
any oil or gas found under the permit; and               
Pages H5179-81
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 8 printed in part C of H. Rept. 112-616) 
that seeks to require each drilling permit application to include an 
estimate of the impact on global change of the consumption of any oil 
or gas found under the permit.                           
Pages H5181-82
  H. Res. 738, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4078) and (H.R. 6082) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 244 ayes to 
170 noes, Roll No. 503, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 502. 
                                                         Pages H5148-50
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the actions of certain persons to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon 
or its democratic processes and institutions is to continue in effect 
beyond August 1, 2012--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-127).                     
  Page H5141
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5148-49, 
H5149-50. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:49 p.m.