[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 86 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D582-D583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 2393-
2396, 2398-2405; 1 private bills, H.R. 2406; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 
265-268, were introduced.                                
  Pages H3686-87
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3688-89
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 85, to create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the 
Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-
110);
  H.R. 1169, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the 
Secretary of the Navy certain Federal land in Churchill County, Nevada, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-111);

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  H.R. 1300, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize 
the volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of 
national wildlife refuges, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 113-112);
  H.R. 2397, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 113-113); and
  H. Res. 266, providing for consideration of the bill (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; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1797) to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable 
unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 113-114); and
  H.R. 1080, to amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative 
agreements under such Act for land management related to Department of 
Defense readiness activities and to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs to avoid 
or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness activities, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 113-115, Pt. 1).                         
Page H3686
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Bentivolio to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3657
Recess: The House recessed at 12:07 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3658
Recess: The House recessed at 2:09 p.m. and reconvened at 5 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3659
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act: H.R. 876, to 
authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on 
National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return 
Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 398 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll 
No. 245;                                          
  Pages H3659-60, H3667
  Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 588, with an amendment: H. Res. 264, to provide for the 
concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 588, with an 
amendment;                                               
  Pages H3660-61
  Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act: H.R. 253, amended, to provide for 
the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the 
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young 
University, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 
246;                                           
  Pages H3661-63, H3667-68
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To provide for the 
conveyance of approximately 80 acres of National Forest System land in 
the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young 
University, and for other purposes.''.                       
Page H3668
  Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act: H.R. 674, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility 
of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on 
Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the 
National Park System;                                    
  Pages H3663-64
  Authorizing the conveyance of two small parcels of land within the 
boundaries of the Coconino National Forest: H.R. 862, to authorize the 
conveyance of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the 
Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that were 
developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an erroneous 
survey conducted in May 1960, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 395 yeas 
with 1 voting ``nay'', Roll No. 247; and       
  Pages H3664-65, H3668-69
  Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act: H.R. 520, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of 
alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo 
Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks.       
  Pages H3665-66
Recess: The House recessed at 5:48 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3667
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the Western Balkans is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2013--
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 
(H. Doc. 113-37).                                        
  Pages H3666-67
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3667, H3667-68, and H3668-69. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 9:46 p.m.