[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 15, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D21-D23]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 57 public bills, H.R. 248-305; 
1 private bill, H.R. 306; and 8 resolutions, H.J. Res. 17; H. Con. Res. 
8; and H. Res. 29-34 were introduced.                     
  Pages H168-73
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page H173
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Reading of the Constitution: Pursuant to section 5(a) of H. Res. 5, the 
Chair recognized Representative Goodlatte for the reading of the 
Constitution.                                              
  Pages H89-96
Recess: The House recessed at 11:10 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                               Page H96
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 3 p.m. on Friday, January 18th.                        
  Page H99
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Ellison motion to adjourn by a recorded 
vote of 0 ayes to 419 noes, Roll No. 13.                  
  Pages H108-09
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013: The House passed H.R. 152, 
making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2013, by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 23. 
                                                Pages H99-H108, H109-52
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-1 shall be considered as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule 
further provides that no amendment to that amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be in order except those printed in part B of H. Rept. 
113-1. After disposition of such amendments, the Chair shall put the 
question on the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule 
states that if the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in 
part A is not adopted, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and report 
that it has come to no resolution on the bill. If the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute is adopted, the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of 
further amendment. The rule also directs the Clerk to, in the 
engrossment of H.R. 152, add the text of H.R. 219, as passed by the 
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 152.              
Pages H121-25
  Agreed to:
  Rogers (KY) amendment in the nature of a substitute (printed in part 
A of H. Rept. 113-1) that provides $17 billion in emergency funding to 
address immediate needs for victims and communities affected by 
Hurricane Sandy (by a recorded vote of 327 ayes to 91 noes, Roll No. 
15);                                                      
Pages H127-28
  Runyan amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the 
Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that clarifies that the fisheries disaster money in the Frelinghuysen 
amendment is intended for states that were both impacted by Hurricane 
Sandy and suffered a fisheries disaster in 2012;              
Page H137

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  Blumenauer amendment (No. 6 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to 
the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that clarifies that Corps of Engineers construction projects receiving 
funds in this legislation will be at full Federal expense only with 
respect to the funds provided by this legislation;            
Page H140
  Huelskamp amendment (No. 8 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to 
the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that requires FEMA to disclose all disaster relief grants, not just 
those over $1 million;                                        
Page H141
  Velazquez amendment (No. 12 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to 
the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that increases the funding to the National Cemetery Administration by 
$1 million for the purposes of repairing veteran's cemeteries damaged 
by Hurricane Sandy;                                           
Page H145
  Flores amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the 
Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that strikes $150,000,000 for Regional Ocean Partnership grants (by a 
recorded vote of 221 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 16); 
                                                 Pages H136-37, H146-47
  Fleming amendment (No. 9 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1), as 
modified, to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. 
Rept. 113-1) that cuts $9,800,000 from the Fish & Wildlife Service for 
rebuilding seawalls and buildings on uninhabited islands in the Steward 
McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Connecticut (by a recorded vote of 
216 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 19);              
Pages H141-43, H148-49
  Bishop (UT) amendment (No. 11 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to 
the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from 
acquiring any more Federal land using funds provided under this 
emergency supplemental appropriations bill for Hurricane Sandy relief 
(by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 198 noes, Roll No. 21); and 
                                                 Pages H144-45, H149-50
  Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1), 
as amended, that provides an additional $33.677 billion in total 
spending to cover current and anticipated needs in the wake of the 
devastating Hurricane Sandy. This funding is in addition to the 
amendment submitted by Chairman Rogers (KY) (by a recorded vote of 228 
ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 22).                  
Pages H128-37, H150-51
Rejected:
  Mulvaney amendment (printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-1) to the 
Rogers (KY) amendment (printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-1) that sought 
to provide an offset of the $17 billion in emergency funding to address 
immediate needs for victims and communities affected by Hurricane 
Sandy. The offset would have been achieved by an across-the-board cut 
of 1.63% to all discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2013 (by a 
recorded vote of 162 ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 14);      
Pages H125-27
  Broun (GA) amendment (No. 4 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to 
the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that sought to strike $13,000,000 in funding to ``accelerate the 
National Weather Service ground readiness project'' (by a recorded vote 
of 206 ayes to 214 noes, Roll No. 17);              
Pages H137-39, H147
  Duncan (SC) amendment (No. 5 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to 
the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that sought to strip out the extra $1M for Legal Services Corporation 
(LSC) and replace that with a limitation against funding for LSC (by a 
recorded vote of 202 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 18); and 
                                                 Pages H139-40, H147-48
  Benishek amendment (No. 10 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to 
the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that sought to strikes the proviso on line 20, restoring the 
requirement that local investments are required in Historic 
Preservation Grants (by a recorded vote of 208 ayes to 212 noes, Roll 
No. 20).                                            
Pages H143-44, H149
Withdrawn:
  Velazquez amendment (No. 7 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to 
the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) 
that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have increased 
the Community Development Fund appropriation amount by $25 million 
offset by reductions elsewhere in the bill.               
Pages H140-41
  Agreed by unanimous consent that in the engrossment of H.R. 152, the 
Clerk shall reinsert the text on page 1, lines 3 through 6, of the bill 
after the enacting clause.                                
Pages H151-52
  H. Res. 23, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 367 yeas to 52 nays, Roll No. 12, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 293 
yeas to 127 nays, Roll No. 11.                           
Pages H99-H108
  United States Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly--Appointment: 
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member 
on the part of the House to the United States Group of the NATO 
Parliamentary Assembly: Representative Turner (OH), Chairman. 
                                                              Page H152
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member on 
the part of the House to the Commission on Security

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and Cooperation in Europe: Representative Smith (NJ), Co-Chairman. 
                                                              Page H152
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and 10 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H107-08, 
H108, H108-09, H126-27, H127-28, H146-47, H147, H147-48, H148-49, H149, 
H149-50, H150-51 and H151. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:21 p.m.