[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 154 (Tuesday, December 4, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 5 public bills, H.R. 6628-
6632; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 143 and H. Res. 924, were 
introduced.                                                  
  Page H6622
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  Page H6623
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Harper to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6589
Recess: The House recessed at 10:43 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H6594
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Dr. 
Glen Bohannon, College Acres Baptist Church, Wilmington, North 
Carolina.                                                    
  Page H6594
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 290 yeas to 106 nays with 2 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 615.                                     
  Pages H6594, H6607-08
Private Calendar: On the call of the Private calendar, the House passed 
H.R. 1857, for the relief of Bartosz Kumor; H.R. 824, for the relief of 
Daniel Wachira; H.R. 823, for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez 
and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas; H.R. 794, for the relief of Allan Bolor 
Kelley; H.R. 357, for the relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic; and 
H.R. 316, for the relief of Esther Karinge. Additionally, the House 
passed over without prejudice S. 285, for the relief of Sopuruchi 
Chukwueke.                                               
  Pages H6597-99
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act: H.R. 6582, 
amended, to allow for innovations and alternative technologies that 
meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals, and to make technical 
corrections to existing Federal energy efficiency laws to allow 
American manufacturers to remain competitive, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 398 yeas to 2 nays with 1 answering ``present'', Roll No. 614. 
                                               Pages H6599-H6606, H6607
Recess: The House recessed at 1:04 p.m. and reconvened at 1:45 p.m. 
                                                         Pages H6606-07
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Ellison motion to adjourn by a recorded 
vote of 3 ayes to 393 noes, Roll No. 616.                
  Pages H6608-09
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, December 5th.                       
  Page H6609
Discharge Petition: Representative Walz presented to the clerk a motion 
to discharge the Committees on Ways and Means and the Budget from the 
consideration of H.R. 15, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
provide tax relief to middle-class families (Discharge Petition No. 6).
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6607, 
H6607-08, and H6608-09. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 4:45 p.m.