[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 77 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D516-D517]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 27 public bills, H.R. 2231-
2257; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 245-248 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H3094-95
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3096-97
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 
2014 (H. Rept. 113-96).                                      
Page H3094
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Brooks (AL) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3019
Recess: The House recessed at 10:49 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H3024
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Satguru 
Bodhinatha Veylanswami, Kauai Aadheenam Hindu Monastery, Kauai, Hawaii.
                                                             Page H3024
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Ruth Moore Act of 2013: H.R. 671, amended, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation 
procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental 
health conditions related to military sexual trauma.     
  Pages H3029-32
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 
Congress an annual report on claims for disabilities incurred or 
aggravated by military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.''. 
                                                             Page H3032
Providing for the Use of the Catafalque Situated in the Exhibition Hall 
of the Capitol Visitor Center: The House agreed to take from the 
Speaker's table and agree to S. Con. Res. 18, providing for the use of 
the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor 
Center in connection with memorial services to be conducted in the 
United States Senate Chamber for the Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg, 
late a Senator from the State of New Jersey.                 
  Page H3044
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2014: The House passed H.R. 2216, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2014, by a yea-and-nay vote of 421 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 193. 
                                               Pages H3032-42, H3044-88
  Rejected the Enyart motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 198 ayes to 227 
noes, Roll No. 192.                                      
Pages H3086-88
Agreed to:
  Griffith (VA) amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 3, 2013) that reduces the amount per unit that may be spent 
annually for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag officer 
quarters without 30 days prior notification from $35,000 to $15,000; 
                                                         Pages H3061-63
  Blumenauer amendment that redirects $35,000,000 in funding within the 
Medical and Prosthetic Research account for Post-traumatic Stress 
Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury research;            
Pages H3063-64
  Gallego amendment that redirects $5,000,000 in funding within the 
General Operating Expenses account of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration for veterans employment;                  
Pages H3064-65
  Culberson amendment that requires that none of the funds be obligated 
or expended for the development of an electronic health record except 
for a health record as set forth in the Joint Strategic Plan for Fiscal 
Years 2013-2015 of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of 
Defense, Joint Executive Council;                        
Pages H3067-72
  Kingston amendment that prohibits funds from being used to pay more 
than 75 percent of the salary of any senior Department of Veterans 
Affairs official during the period beginning on July 1, 2014, and 
ending on September 30, 2014, unless as of July 1, 2014, the percentage 
of disability compensation claims that are more than 125 days old is 
less than or equal to 40 percent;                        
Pages H3074-75
  Kuster amendment that prohibits funds from being used for any 
conference for which the cost to the agency exceeds $500,000; 
                                                             Page H3075
  Rothfus amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
3, 2013) that prohibits funds from being used by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to pay a performance award under section 5384 of title 
5, United States Code;                                   
Pages H3075-77
  Grayson amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
a contract with any offeror or any of its principals if that offeror 
has, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of 
or had a civil judgment rendered against it for commission of a fraud 
or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to 
obtain, or performing a public contract or subcontract; violation of 
Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to

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the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, 
forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false 
statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or 
receiving stolen property;                                   
Page H3077
  Runyan amendment that prohibits funds from being used to propose, 
plan for, or execute a new or additional Base Realignment and Closure 
round;                                                   
Pages H3077-78
  Murphy (FL) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to award 
any contract in an amount greater than $1,000,000 for which the 
Department of Defense did not receive at least two offers;   
Page H3078
  Terry amendment that prohibits funds from being used to increase the 
funding for any major medical facility project which is under 
construction as of the date of the enactment of this Act, above the 
amount specified in the prospectus described in subsection (b) of such 
section 8104 and the detailed estimate of cost described in paragraph 
(1) of such subsection;                                      
Page H3078
  Engel amendment that prohibits funds from being used to lease or 
purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an 
agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011; 
                                                         Pages H3078-79
  Tipton amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Information 
Technology Systems by $10,000,000 to increase disability claims 
processing;                                                  
Page H3079
  Murphy (FL) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
maintain or improve Department of Defense real property with a zero 
percent utilization rate according to the Department's real property 
inventory database, except in the case of maintenance of an historic 
property or maintenance to prevent a negative environmental impact; and
                                                         Pages H3079-80
  Amodei amendment that redirects $44,000,000 in funding within the 
General Operating Expenses account of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration for increased staffing in certain regional Veterans 
Affairs offices (by a recorded vote of 248 ayes to 172 noes, Roll No. 
189).                                             
Pages H3065-67, H3084
Rejected:
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to eliminate funding for the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program and apply the 
$199,700,000 in savings to the spending reduction account; 
                                                         Pages H3058-61
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to eliminate funding for the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and construction 
of a new headquarters and apply the $38,513,000 in savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 151 ayes to 269 noes, 
Roll No. 188);                                 
Pages H3057-58, H3083-84
  Moran amendment that sought to strike section 413, which prohibits 
funds from being used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in 
the United States to house any individual detained at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or 
imprisonment (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 
190); and                                      
Pages H3072-73, H3084-85
  King (IA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing wage requirements in 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act) (by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 
231 noes, Roll No. 191).                       
Pages H3080-83, H3085-86
Withdrawn:
  Farr amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of June 3, 
2013) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have 
prohibited funds from being used to implement Veterans Health 
Administration directive 2011-004 regarding ``Access to clinical 
programs for veterans participating in State-approved marijuana 
programs''.                                              
Pages H3073-74
  H. Res. 243, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2216) and (H.R. 2217) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas 
to 194 nays, Roll No. 187, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 186. 
                                                         Pages H3032-42
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today and a message received from 
the Senate today appear on pages H3044.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3041, 
H3042, H3083-84, H3084, H3085, H3085-86, H3087-88, H3088. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:55 p.m.