[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 78 (Wednesday, June 5, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D522-D525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 2258-
2271; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 249 were introduced.     
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: H.R. 1092, to 
designate the air route traffic control center located in Nashua, New 
Hampshire, as the ``Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control 
Center'' (H. Rept. 113-97).                                  
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Stewart to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:48 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Rev. Dr. Thomas 
Elliott, Cannon United Methodist Church, Snellville, Georgia. 
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014: The House 
began consideration of H.R. 2217, making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2014. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, June 6th. 
                                            Pages H3110-61, H3162-H3214
Agreed to:
  Reichert amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the United 
States Fire Administration by $1,838,000;                    
Page H3133
  Poe (TX) amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Border 
Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology by $10,000,000; 
                                                         Pages H3135-36
  Runyan amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Firefighter 
Assistance Grants by $5,000,000;                             
Page H3137
  Grimm amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Urban 
Search and Rescue Response System by $7,667,000;         
Pages H3137-38
  Lynch amendment (No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
4, 2013) that increases funding, by offset, for the Transportation 
Security Administration for surface transportation security activities 
by $15,676,000;                                          
Pages H3138-39
  Tipton amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the National 
Predisaster Mitigation Fund by $7,655,000;               
Pages H3140-42
  Tipton amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the 
Transportation Security Administration for detection equipment at rural 
airports by $3,000,000;                                      
Page H3147
  Hudson amendment (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
4, 2013) that redirects $12,500,000 in funding within the 
Transportation Security Administration aviation security account for 
the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program;                 
Pages H3147-49
  Mica amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of June 4, 
2013) that increases funding, by offset, for the Screening Partnership 
Program by $31,810,000;                                  
Pages H3149-50

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  Brownley amendment that redirects $97,500,000 in funding within the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Port Security Grant 
Program;                                                 
Pages H3157-58
  Swalwell amendment that redirects $97,500,000 in funding within the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency for mass transit security programs;
                                                         Pages H3158-59
  Pierluisi amendment (No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 4, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce section 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
with respect to the use of amounts made available by this Act for the 
``Salaries and Expenses'' and ``Air and Marine Operations'' accounts of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the expenses authorized to be 
paid in section 9 of the Jones Act and for the collection of duties and 
taxes authorized to be levied, collected, and paid in Puerto Rico, as 
authorized in section 4 of the Foraker Act, in addition to the more 
specific amounts available for such purposes in the Puerto Rico Trust 
Fund pursuant to such provisions of law;                 
Pages H3179-80
  Grimm amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement any 
change in the list of sharp objects prohibited under section 1540.111 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, from being carried by 
passengers as accessible property or on their person through passenger 
screening checkpoints or into airport sterile areas and the cabins of a 
passenger aircraft;                                      
Pages H3180-82
  Bustos amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into a 
contract with an offeror for the purchase of an American flag if the 
flag is certified as a foreign end product;                  
Page H3190
  Grayson en bloc amendment consisting of the following amendments: an 
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 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; an amendment 
that prohibits funds from being used in contravention of the First, 
Second, or Fourth Amendments to the Constitution; and an amendment that 
prohibits funds from being used for the purchase, operation, or 
maintenance of armed unmanned aerial vehicles;           
Pages H3191-92
  Collins (GA) amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 4, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used in contravention of 
section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;       
Page H3193
  Salmon amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996;                    
Pages H3194-96
  Jackson Lee amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 44917 of title 49, United States Code; 
                                                         Pages H3197-98
  Gingrey amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
                                                             Page H3198
  Cassidy amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
4, 2012) that prohibits funds from being used to implement, carry out, 
administer, or enforce section 1308(h) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (by a recorded vote of 281 ayes to 146 noes, Roll No. 203);
                                               Pages H3184-90, H3202-03
  Meadows amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
a new contract for the purpose of purchasing ammunition before the date 
the report required by section 567(a) is submitted to Congress (by a 
recorded vote of 234 ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 204); 
                                                  Pages H3190-91, H3203
  Flores amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enforce 
section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; 
                                                         Pages H3205-06
  Meehan amendment that prohibits funds from being used for U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection preclearance operations at Abu Dhabi 
International Airport in the United Arab Emirates;       
Pages H3206-07
  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;   
Page H3208
  Ellison amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of (1) the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the 
Constitution; (2) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (3) Section 
809(c)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; or 
(4) Section 210401(a) of the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994; and                                                
Pages H3212-13
  Barletta amendment that prohibits funds from being used for official 
reception and representational expenses until the Secretary of Homeland 
Security complies with section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act.                                    
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Rejected:
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to eliminate funding for the 
Transportation Security Administration for expenses related to 
providing civil aviation security services and apply the $4,872,739,000 
to the spending reduction account;                       
Pages H3146-47
  Moore amendment that sought to increase funding for the Office for 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties by $3,346,000 and reduce funding for 
the U.S. Customs Border Protection Automation Modernization account by 
$4,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 257 noes, Roll No. 194); 
                                                  Pages H3132-33, H3159
  Polis amendment that sought to reduce funding for the U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Salaries and Expenses account by 
$43,592,000; strike funding for the 287(g) program; and increase 
funding for the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties by 
$4,359,200 (by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 245 noes, Roll No. 195); 
                                               Pages H3133-35, H3159-60
  Heck (NV) amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
the Urban Area Security Initiative by $22,000,000 (by a recorded vote 
of 156 ayes to 268 noes, Roll No. 196);        
Pages H3136-37, H3160-61
  Garcia amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection Salaries and Expenses for staffing at 
airports (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 197); 
                                                  Pages H3139-40, H3161
  Deutch amendment that sought to strike the provision in the bill 
requiring that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement maintain a 
level of not less than 34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2014 
(by a recorded vote of 190 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 198); 
                                               Pages H3142-46, H3162-66
  Murphy (FL) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used 
for the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Program;      
Pages H3192-93
  Bishop (NY) amendment that sought to eliminate the National Bio- and 
Agro-defense facility and apply the $404,000,000 in savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 80 ayes to 345 noes, 
Roll No. 199);                              
Pages H3166-70, H3199-H3200
  Moran amendment that sought to amend section 533 of the bill to apply 
to detainees transferred to the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense, after December 31, 2005 (by a 
recorded vote of 165 ayes to 261 noes, Roll No. 200); 
                                               Pages H3170-78, H3200-01
  Garrett amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used by 
the Transportation Security Administration or a Visible Intermodal 
Protection and Response team to conduct a security screening other than 
pursuant to section 44901 of title 49, United States Code (by a 
recorded vote of 180 ayes to 247 noes, Roll No. 201); 
                                                  Pages H3178-79, H3201
  Ryan (OH) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
issue visas to individuals for whom Brazil is the beneficiary's place 
of birth (by a recorded vote of 50 ayes to 373 noes with 1 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 202);                    
Pages H3182-84, H3201-02
  Thompson (MS) amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 4, 2013) that sought to prohibit funds from being used by the 
Transportation Security Administration for the Behavior Detection 
Officer program (by a recorded vote of 146 ayes to 280 noes, Roll No. 
205); and                                      
Pages H3193-94, H3203-04
  Runyan amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
carry out the amendments made by section 100207 of the Biggert-Waters 
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 with respect to any property located 
in the State of New Jersey or the State of New York (by a recorded vote 
of 148 ayes to 278 noes, Roll No. 206).        
Pages H3196-97, H3204-05
Withdrawn:
  Mica amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of June 4, 
2013) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have 
increased, by offset, funding for the Office of Transportation Threat 
Assessment and Credentialing by $23,334,000.             
Pages H3150-57
Point of Order sustained against:
  Section 563 of the bill.                                   
Page H3175
Proceedings Postponed:
  Ben Ray Lujan amendment that seeks to increase funding, by offset, 
for state and local programs within the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for wildfire preparedness by $10,000,000;         
Pages H3207-08
  King (IA) amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the ``Morton Memos'' 
described in the amendment; and                          
Pages H3208-12
  Blackburn amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used for 
any activity by Transportation Security Administration Transportation 
Security Officers outside an airport as defined in section 47102 of 
title 49, United States Code.                            
Pages H3213-14
  H. Res. 243, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2216) and (H.R. 2217), was agreed to yesterday, June 4th.
Oath of Office--Eighth Congressional District of Missouri: 
Representative-elect Jason Smith presented himself 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 received 
from Ms. Julie A. Allen,

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Director of Elections and Information Technology, Missouri Secretary of 
State's Office, indicating that, according to the unofficial returns of 
the Special Election held June 4, 2013, the Honorable Jason Smith was 
elected Representative to Congress for the Eighth Congressional 
District, State of Missouri.                                 
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Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentleman from Missouri, 
Mr. Smith, the whole number of the House is 435.             
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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow.                                     
  Page H3214
Quorum Calls--Votes: Thirteen recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3159, H3159-60, H3160-61, 
H3161, H3162-63, H3200, H3200-01, H3201, H3202, H3202-03, H3203, H3203-
04, H3204-05. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:32 a.m. on 
Thursday, June 6, 2013.