[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 24, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D368-D369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 29 public bills, H.R. 1692-
1720; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 179 were introduced.     
  Pages H2297-99
Additional Cosponsors:                                
  Pages H2299-H2300
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 178, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 527) to 
amend the Helium Act to complete the privatization of the Federal 
helium reserve in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability 
in the helium markets while protecting the interests of American 
taxpayers, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-47).         
Page H2297
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Rodney Davis to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2251
Recess: The House recessed at 10:40 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2256
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Archbishop 
Oshagan Choloyan, Armenian Apostolic Church of America, New York, NY. 
                                                             Page H2256
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Specifying the size of the precious-metal blanks that will be used in 
the production of the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative 
coins: H.R. 1071, to specify the size of the precious-metal blanks that 
will be used in the production of the National Baseball Hall of Fame 
commemorative coins and                                  
  Pages H2260-61
  Awarding posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae 
Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in 
recognition of the 50th commemoration of the bombing of the Sixteenth 
Street Baptist Church: H.R. 360, amended, to award posthumously a 
Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole 
Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in recognition of the 50th commemoration 
of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church where the 4 
little Black girls lost their lives, which served as a catalyst for the 
Civil Rights Movement, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 420 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 123.                
  Pages H2261-67, H2275
Helping Sick Americans Now Act--Rule for Consideration: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 175, the rule that is providing for consideration of 
H.R. 1549, to amend Public Law 111-148 to transfer fiscal year 2013 
through fiscal year 2016 funds from the Prevention and Public Health 
Fund to carry out the temporary high risk health insurance pool program 
for individuals with preexisting conditions, and to extend access to 
such program to such individuals who have had creditable coverage 
during the

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6 months prior to application for coverage through such program, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 122, after the 
previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 192 
nays, Roll No. 121.                                      
  Pages H2267-75
Providing for a recess of the House for a joint meeting to receive Her 
Excellency Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea: Agreed by 
unanimous consent that it may be in order at any time on Wednesday, May 
8, 2013 for the Speaker to declare a recess, subject to the call of the 
Chair, for the purpose of receiving in Joint Meeting Her Excellency 
Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea.           
  Page H2275
Re-referral of H.R. 763: Agreed by unanimous consent that H.R. 763 be 
re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce.                            
  Page H2283
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted the 2013 National Drug Control Strategy--referred to the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, 
Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, 
Financial Services, Homeland Security, Oversight and Government Reform, 
Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and ordered to be 
printed (H. Doc. 113-20).                                
  Pages H2276-77
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2273-74, H2274-75 and H2275. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:26 p.m.