[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 120 (Monday, September 10, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D830-D832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 --public bills, H.R. 6363-
6369; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 117; and H. Res. 774-776 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H5764-65
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5765-67
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4057, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive policy to 
improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces through the provision of information on institutions of higher 
learning, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-646);
  H.R. 6215, to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in 
the provisions relating to remedies for dilution (H. Rept. 112-647);
  H.R. 6189, to eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements for 
unfunded programs under the Office of Justice Programs (H. Rept. 112-
648);
  H.R. 4305, to authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to 
assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in 
the rapid recovery of missing individuals, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
112-649);
  H.R. 1775, to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a 
criminal offense relating to fraudulent claims about military service, 
with amendments (H. Rept. 112-650);
  H.R. 2800, to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert 
Program, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-651);
  H.R. 6213, to limit further taxpayer exposure from the loan guarantee 
program established under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-652, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 6131, to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud 
Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 112-653);
  S. 710, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a 
hazardous waste electronic manifest system, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
112-654);
  H.R. 5544, to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving 
National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior 
National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the 
State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation 
resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the 
public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion 
within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important 
recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-655);
  H.R. 2706, to prohibit the sale of billfish, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 112-656);
  H.R. 6007, to exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain 
water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the 
Greater Texoma Utility Authority (H. Rept. 112-657);
  H.R. 5319, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
segments of the mainstem of the Nashua River and its tributaries in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 112-658);
  H.R. 5865, to promote the growth and competitiveness of American 
manufacturing, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-659, Pt. 1);
  H. Res. 773, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5544) to 
authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System 
land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and 
certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota 
that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands 
owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system 
that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary 
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, 
and conservation resources, and for other purposes, and providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 5949) to

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extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years (H. Rept. 112-
660);
  H.R. 6185, to improve security at State and local courthouses (H. 
Rept. 112-661, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 6080, to make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United 
States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code (H. 
Rept. 112-662); and
  H.R. 1974, to require the Public Printer to establish and maintain a 
website accessible to the public that allows the public to obtain 
electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports in one place, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-663, Pt. 1). 
                                                             Page H5764
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Womack to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5729
Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Dennis Cardoza, 
wherein he resigned as Representative for the Eighteenth Congressional 
District of California, effective at midnight on August 15, 2012. 
                                                             Page H5729
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the resignation of the gentleman from California, Mr. Cardoza, 
the whole number of the House is 430.                        
  Page H5729
Recess: The House recessed at 2:05 p.m. and reconvened at 4 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5730
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Cabin Fee Act: H.R. 3397, amended, to modify the Forest Service 
Recreation Residence Program by implementing a simple, equitable, and 
predictable procedure for determining cabin user fees;   
  Pages H5730-32
  Billfish Conservation Act: H.R. 2706, amended, to prohibit the sale 
of billfish;                                             
  Pages H5732-33
  North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012: H.R. 6007, amended, to 
exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by 
the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility 
Authority;                                               
  Pages H5733-34
  American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2012: H.R. 
2489, amended, to authorize the acquisition and protection of 
nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the 
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield 
Protection Program;                                      
  Pages H5735-36
  Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act: 
H.R. 2139, amended, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Lions 
Clubs International, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 376 yeas to 2 nays 
with 1 answering ``present'', Roll No. 558;    
  Pages H5740-42, H5747-48
  Requiring a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance 
options and how such options could be incorporated into the national 
flood insurance program: H.R. 6186, to require a study of voluntary 
community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be 
incorporated into the national flood insurance program, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 364 yeas to 11 nays, Roll No. 559; 
                                               Pages H5736-37, H5748-49
  Revising the authority of the Librarian of Congress to accept gifts 
and bequests on behalf of the Library: H.R. 6122, to revise the 
authority of the Librarian of Congress to accept gifts and bequests on 
behalf of the Library, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 377 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 557;                
  Pages H5742-43, H5747
  Amending the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit 
candidates for election for Federal office to designate an individual 
who will be authorized to disburse funds: H.R. 406, to amend the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election 
for Federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to 
disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate 
in the event of the death of the candidate;              
  Pages H5743-44
  Providing funding to ensure the printing and production of the 
authorized number of copies of the revised and updated version of the 
House document entitled ``Hispanic Americans in Congress'': H. Con. 
Res. 132, to provide funding to ensure the printing and production of 
the authorized number of copies of the revised and updated version of 
the House document entitled ``Hispanic Americans in Congress''; and 
                                                         Pages H5744-45
  Directing the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue 
depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia: H.R. 6336, 
amended, to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a 
statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and 
to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall 
of the Capitol Visitor Center.                           
  Pages H5745-46
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To direct the Joint 
Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick 
Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent 
display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the United States 
Capitol.''.                                                  
Page H5746
Recess: The House recessed at 5:21 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012: H.R. 4264, amended, to 
help ensure the fiscal solvency of the FHA mortgage insurance programs 
of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.       
  Pages H5737-40
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5747, H5748 and H5748-49. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 8:54 p.m.