[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 48 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D300]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 36 public bills, H.R. 1483-
1518; 1 private bill, H.R. 1519; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 151-152 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H1955-57
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1958-59
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 756, to advance cybersecurity research, deelopment, and 
technical standards, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 113-33) and
  H.R. 967, to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to 
authorize activities for support of networking and information 
technology research, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 113-34).                                               
Page H1955
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Foxx to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1913
Recess: The House recessed at 10:48 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1918
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 272 yeas to 136 nays with 1 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 99.                                         
  Pages H1918, H1931
Oath of Office--Second Congressional District of Illinois: 
Representative-elect Robin L. Kelly presented herself in the well of 
the House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. 
Earlier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter 
from Mr. Rupert T. Borgsmiller, Executive Director, Illinois State 
Board of Elections, indicating that, according to the unofficial 
returns of the Special Election held April 9, 2013, the Honorable Robin 
L. Kelly was elected Representative to Congress for the Second 
Congressional District, State of Illinois.               
  Pages H1929-30
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentlewoman from 
Illinois, Ms. Kelly, the whole number of the House is 433.   
  Page H1930
Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act--Rule 
for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 146, the rule that is 
providing for consideration of 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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 194 nays, Roll 
No. 98, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 226 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 97.          
  Pages H1923-29, H1930-31
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow.                                    
  Page H1932
Discharge Petition: Representative DeLauro presented to the clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committee on Education and the Workforce from 
the consideration of H.R. 377, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in 
the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes 
(Discharge Petition No. 1).
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1929 and H1951.
Senate Referral: S. 716 was held at the desk.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1929, H1930-31, H1931. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:45 p.m.