[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 83 (Wednesday, June 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D555-D556]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R.2327-
2345; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 257-259 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3357-58
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 634, to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and 
for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-105, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 634, to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and 
for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-105, Pt. 2);
  H.R. 742, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for 
regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be 
provided by swaps entities under such Acts (H. Rept. 113-106, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 742, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for 
regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be 
provided by swaps entities under such Acts (H. Rept. 113-106, Pt. 2);
  H.R. 1038, to provide equal treatment for utility special entities 
using utility operations-related swaps, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 113-107);
  Supplemental report on H.R. 1947, to provide for the reform and 
continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of 
Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes (Rept. 
113-92, Pt. 3) and
  H. Res. 260, providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1960) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposed (H. Rept. 113-108)                            
Page H3355
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Massie to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:44 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Colonel Andrew 
Gibson, Maine Army National Guard, Augusta, Maine.           
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Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 257, electing certain 
Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013: H.R. 2167, to authorize 
the Secretary of Housing

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and Urban Development to establish additional requirements to improve 
the fiscal safety and soundness of the home equity conversion mortgage 
insurance program;                                    
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  Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013: H.R. 
634, amended, to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, by 
a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 411 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 215; 
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  Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act 
of 2013: H.R. 742, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for 
regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be 
provided by swaps entities under such Acts, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 420 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 216; and          
  Pages H3304-07, H3317
  Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013: H.R. 1038, to provide equal 
treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related 
swaps, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 423 yeas with none voting 
``nay'', Roll No. 219.                         
  Pages H3307-09, H3332-33
Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act: The House passed H.R. 1256, to direct 
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission to jointly adopt rules setting forth the application 
to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to 
swaps that were enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act, by a recorded vote of 301 ayes to 124 
noes, Roll No. 218.                                      
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  Rejected the Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) motion to recommit the bill to 
the Committee on Financial Services with instructions to report the 
same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 194 yeas to 230 nays, Roll No. 217.              
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  Pursuant to the rule, the amendments recommended by the Committee on 
Financial Services now printed in the bill shall be considered as 
adopted.                                                     
Page H3318
  H. Res. 256, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1960) and (H.R. 1256), was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 239 yeas 
to 184 nays, Roll No. 214, after the previous question was ordered 
without objection.                                       
Pages H3309-16
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014: The House 
began consideration of H.R. 1960, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense 
and for military construction and to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year. Consideration is expected to resume 
tomorrow, June 13th.                                     
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  H. Res. 256, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
1960) and (H.R. 1256), was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 239 yeas 
to 184 nays, Roll No. 214, after the previous question was ordered 
without objection.                                       
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Recess: The House recessed at 8:50 p.m. and reconvened at 3 a.m. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3315-16, 
H3316-17, H3317, H3331-32, H3332, and H3333. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:01 a.m. 
Thursday, June 13, 2013.