[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 16 (Monday, February 4, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D68-D69]
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House of Representatives

Chamber Action
     Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 41 public bills, 
     H.R. 452-491; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 11; and H. Res. 
     341-342, were introduced.                            30Additional 
     Cosponsors:                                              30Reports 
     Filed:Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 297, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals 
(H. Rept. 113-3);
  H.R. 225, to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with 
respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions (H. Rept. 113-4);
  H.R. 235, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to 
States to streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans 
with military emergency medical training to become civilian emergency 
medical technicians (H. Rept. 113-5);
  H.R. 267, to improve hydropower, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
113-6);
  H.R. 316, to reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses 
and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain 
hydroelectric projects (H. Rept. 113-7); and
  H. Res. 48, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 444) to 
require that, if the President's fiscal year 2014 budget does not 
achieve balance in a fiscal year covered by such budget, the President 
shall submit a supplemental unified budget by April 1, 2013, which 
identifies a fiscal year in which balance is achieved, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 113-8).                                
Pages H340-41
     Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative 
     Wasserman Schultz, wherein she resigned from the Committee on 
     the Budget, effective immediately.                       30Recess: 
     The House recessed at 2:17 p.m. and reconvened at 5:05 p.m. 
                                                         ess: Page H319
     Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass 
     the following measures:
     Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013: 
     H.R. 297, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs 
     in children's hospitals, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 352 
     yeas to 50 nays, Roll No. 32 and       
       Pages H319-22, H325-26
     National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013: H.R. 225, to 
     amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide 
     for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with 
     respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions, by a \2/3\ 
     yea-and-nay vote of 375 yeas to 27 nays, Roll No. 31. 
                                            Pages H322-25, H326-27
     Recess: The House recessed at 5:36 p.m. and reconvened at 
     6:30 p.m.
     ed Resolution: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 11, providing 
     vilegfor a joint session of Congress to receive a message 
     from the President.
     tial Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
     notsidenified Congress that the national emergency declared 
     with respect to the situation in or in relation to Cote 
     d'Ivoire is to continue in effect beyond February 7, 2013--
     referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to 
     be printed (H. Doc. 113-8).                              30Quorum 
     Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
     procerum Cedings of today and appear on pages H325-26 and 
     H326-27. There were no quorum calls.
     Adjournment:The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 9:09 
     p.m.
Committee Meeting
                                                REQUIRE A PLAN ACT
  Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 444, the 
``Require a PLAN ACT''. The Committee granted, by a record vote of 9 to 
   3, a structured rule for H.R. 444. The rule provides one hour of 
            general debate equally divided and controlled by

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the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget or 
their respective designees. The rule waives all points of order against 
  consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
    considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
 provisions in the bill. The rule makes in order only those amendments 
   printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 
 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
 controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
  amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
 question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
 without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Price 
         (GA), Schwartz, Scalise, Fleming, Gibson, and Messer.
Joint Meetings
       No joint committee meetings were held.

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