[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D284-D285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 48 public bills, H.R. 1406-
1453; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 28; and H. Res. 141-144 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H1856-58
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1859-62
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 254, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate 
the development of hydroelectric

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power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project (H. Rept. 
113-25, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 291, to provide for the conveyance of certain cemeteries that 
are located on National Forest System land in Black Hills National 
Forest, South Dakota (H. Rept. 113-26);
  H.R. 507, to provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings 
owned by the United States to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and 
for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-27);
  H.R. 588, to provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be 
displayed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 113-28);
  H.R. 1033, 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 
(H. Rept. 113-29);
  H.R. 1120, to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from taking 
any action that requires a quorum of the members of the Board until 
such time as Board constituting a quorum shall have been confirmed by 
the Senate, the Supreme Court issues a decision on the 
constitutionality of the appointments to the Board made in January 
2012, or the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th 
Congress, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-30); and
  H. Res. 140, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 678) to 
authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower 
development under Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 113-31).                                           
Pages H1855-56
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Harris to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1839
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 294 yeas to 104 nays with 1 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 92.                                      
  Pages H1839, H1846-47
Recess: The House recessed at 2:20 p.m. and reconvened at 5:03 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1841
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act: H.R. 254, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development 
of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah 
Project, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 90 
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  Pages H1841-42, H1845
  American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013: H.R. 
1033, 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, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 283 yeas to 122 nays, Roll No. 91. 
                                                  Pages H1843-44, H1846
Recess: The House recessed at 5:25 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1844
Privileged Resolution: The House agreed to H. Res. 141, expressing the 
condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the 
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.                   
  Pages H1845-46
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H1841.
Senate Referral: S. Con. Res. 10 was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration.                                              
  Page H1854
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1845, H1846, H1846-47. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and at 8:30 p.m., pursuant to H. 
Res. 141, it stands adjourned as a further mark of respect to the 
memory of the late Baroness Margaret Thatcher.