[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 121 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D841-D843]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:  7 public bills, H.R. 6370-
6376; and 2 resolutions, H.J. Res. 118; and H. Res. 777 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H5859-60
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5860-61
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4631, to require quarterly reports on agency conferences and 
meetings, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-664).
                                                             Page H5859
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Webster to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5769
Recess: The House recessed at 10:31 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5772
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Government Spending Accountability Act of 2012: H.R. 4631, amended, 
to require quarterly reports on agency conferences and meetings; 
                                                         Pages H5776-78
  Government Customer Service Improvement Act: H.R. 538, amended, to 
require the establishment of customer service standards for Federal 
agencies;                                                
  Pages H5778-79
  Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program: H.R. 4305, amended, 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;                                  
  Pages H5787-90
  Amending the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program: H.R. 
2800, amended, to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient 
Alert Program;                                           
  Pages H5790-91
  Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2012: H.R. 6185, amended, to improve 
security at State and local courthouses;                 
  Pages H5791-93
  Amending the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the 
provisions relating to remedies for dilution: H.R. 6215, amended, to 
amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions 
relating to remedies for dilution;                       
  Pages H5795-96
  Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act: H.R. 6189, amended, to 
eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements for unfunded programs 
under the Office of Justice Programs;                        
  Page H5796
  Making improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, 
into a positive law title and to improve the Code: 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;           
  Pages H5796-H5814
  Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 
2012: H.R. 4057, amended, 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;                                      
  Pages H5817-21
  No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012: H.R. 6028, amended, to authorize the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security 
Administration) to modify screening requirements for checked baggage 
arriving from preclearance airports;                     
  Pages H5824-26
  Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act: S. 710, 
amended, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the 
Administrator of

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the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a hazardous waste 
electronic manifest system;                              
  Pages H5826-28
  Extending the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With 
Enforcers Beyond Borders Act of 2006: H.R. 6131, to extend the 
Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond 
Borders Act of 2006;                                     
  Pages H5829-30
  Vietnam Human Rights Act: H.R. 1410, amended, to promote freedom and 
democracy in Vietnam;                                    
  Pages H5835-42
  North Korean Refugee Adoption Act: H.R. 1464, to develop a strategy 
for assisting stateless children from North Korea;       
  Pages H5842-44
  Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to 
respect basic human rights: H. Res. 484, amended, to call on the 
Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to respect basic human 
rights and cease abusing vague national security provisions such as 
articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code which are often the 
pretext to arrest and detain citizens who peacefully advocate for 
religious and political freedom; and                     
  Pages H5844-46
  Expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded 
observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization 
(ICAO): S. Con. Res. 17, to express the sense of Congress that Taiwan 
should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO).                                     
  Pages H5846-47
Recess: The House recessed at 1:46 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5785
  Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act and FISA Amendments 
Act Reauthorization Act of 2012--Rule for Consideration: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 773, the rule that is providing for consideration of 
H.R. 5544, Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act and 
providing for consideration of H.R. 5949, FISA Amendments Act 
Reauthorization Act of 2012, by a recorded vote of 233 ayes to 179 
noes, Roll No. 561, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-
and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 560.      
  Pages H5780-86
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure which was debated yesterday, September 10th:
  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, by a \2/3\ yea-and-
nay vote of 402 yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 562.                
  Page H5787
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Stolen Valor Act of 2012: H.R. 1775, amended, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to establish a criminal offense relating to 
fraudulent claims about military service;                
  Pages H5793-95
  Extending by 3 years the authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center 
Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister 
Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver 
Program: S. 3245, to extend by 3 years the authorization of the EB-5 
Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant 
Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa 
Waiver Program;                                          
  Pages H5814-17
  Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act: H.R. 
3857, amended, to amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
include as an eligible use the sustainment of specialized operational 
teams used by local law enforcement under the Transit Security Grant 
Program; and                                             
  Pages H5821-24
  American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012:  H.R. 5865, 
amended, to promote the growth and competitiveness of American 
manufacturing.                                           
  Pages H5830-35
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress of the continuation, for an additional year, of the 
emergency declared with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United 
States of September 11, 2001--referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-138).         
  Page H5779
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency declared with respect to persons who commit, 
threaten to commit, or support terrorism is to continue in effect 
beyond September 23, 2012--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-139).             
Pages H5779-80
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5785-86, 
H5786-87 and H5787. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:55 p.m.

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