[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 98 (Wednesday, July 10, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D682-D685]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 2637-
2652; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 45; and H. Res. 296 were 
introduced.                                                  
  Page H4369
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4370-71
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2218, to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal combustion residuals and 
establish requirements for the proper management and disposal of coal 
combustion residuals that are protective of human health and the 
environment, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-148) and
  H. Res. 295, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2642) 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 (H. Rept. 113-149).                   
Pages H4368-69
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Amodei to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4313
Recess: The House recessed at 10:38 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H4317
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H4318, H4367
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
the 19 firefighters lost in the wildfires of Yarnell, Arizona on June 
30, 2013.                                                    
  Page H4335
Recess: The House recessed at 3:04 p.m. and reconvened at 5:15 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4336
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2014: The House passed H.R. 2609, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2014, by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 198 nays, Roll 
No. 345. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, July 9th. 
                                                         Pages H4322-67
  Rejected the Schneider 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 195 ayes to 
230 noes, Roll No. 344.                                  
Pages H4365-67
Agreed to:
  Burgess amendment (No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
9, 2013) that prohibits funds from being used to implement or enforce 
section 430.32(x) of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations or to 
implement or enforce the standards established by the tables contained 
in section 325(I)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with 
respect to BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector 
lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps;              
Pages H4322-23
  Meadows amendment that prohibits funds from being used to pay the 
salary of individuals appointed to their current position through, or 
to otherwise carry out, paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 5503(a) 
of title 5, United States Code;                          
Pages H4323-24
  Scalise amendment that prohibits funds from being used within the 
borders of the State of Louisiana by the Mississippi Valley Division or 
the Southwestern Division of the Army Corps of Engineers or any 
district of the Corps within such divisions to implement or enforce the 
mitigation methodology, referred to as the ``Modified Charleston 
Method'';                                                
Pages H4324-25
  Blackburn amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Energy to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed 
rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Standards Ceiling Fans and Ceiling 
Fan Light Kits'' and identified by regulation identification number 
1904-AC87;                                               
Pages H4326-28
  Higgins amendment (No. 31 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
9, 2013) that prohibits funds from being used to relocate or 
consolidate general and administrative functions, personnel, or 
resources of the Buffalo and Chicago Districts of the Corps of 
Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division;           
Pages H4328-29
  Walberg amendment (No. 32 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
9, 2013) that prohibits funds from being used to carry out section 801 
of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007;         
Page H4329
  Grayson amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
9, 2013) 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

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statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or 
receiving stolen property;                               
Pages H4329-30
  Scalise amendment that increases funding, by offset, for construction 
activities of the Army Corps of Engineers by $2,000,000; 
                                                         Pages H4330-31
  Lynch amendment that increases funding, by offset, for construction 
activities of the Army Corps of Engineers by $20,000,000 (by a recorded 
vote of 217 ayes to 206 noes, Roll No. 338);      
Pages H4325-26, H4339
  Gosar amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Energy for any program, project, or activity required by 
or otherwise proposed in the memorandum from Steven Chu, Secretary of 
Energy, to the Power Marketing Administrators with the subject line 
``Power Marketing Administrations' Role'' and dated March 16, 2012; 
                                                         Pages H4339-40
  Turner amendment that prohibits funds from being used to reduce the 
active and inactive nuclear weapons stockpiles of the United States in 
contravention of section 303(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
Act;                                                     
Pages H4342-44
  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 H4345-46
  Garcia amendment that increases funding, by offset, for construction 
activities of the Corps of Engineers by $1,000,000;          
Page H4346
  Luetkemeyer amendment that prohibits funds from being used for the 
study of the Missouri River Projects authorized in section 108 of the 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2009;                                                    
Pages H4348-49
  Luetkemeyer amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to 
section 5018(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007; 
                                                         Pages H4349-51
  Noem amendment that prohibits funds from being used to issue rules or 
regulations to establish a fee for surplus water from Missouri River 
reservoirs;                                              
Pages H4351-52
  Kelly (PA) amendment (No. 20 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 9, 2013) that prohibits funds from being used to develop or submit 
a proposal to expand the authorized uses of the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund described in section 9505(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986;                                                    
Pages H4356-58
  LaMalfa amendment that prohibits funds from being used to regulate 
activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;              
Pages H4358-59
  King (IA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used for sediment 
or soil dumping into the Missouri River;                 
Pages H4359-60
  Flores amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce the National Ocean Policy developed under 
Executive Order No. 13547 of July 19, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 43023, 
relating to the stewardship of oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes); 
                                                         Pages H4360-61
  Flores amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce section 526 of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007; and                                    
Page H4361
  Fleming amendment that prohibits funds from being used to pay the 
salary of any officer or employee to carry out section 301 of the 
Hoover Power Plant act of 1984, added by section 402 of the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (by a recorded vote of 230 ayes 
to 194 noes, Roll No. 340).                       
Pages H4346-47, H4363
Rejected:
  Barrow amendment (No. 26 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
9, 2013) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any authority, in any preceding provision of 
this Act, to use funds for the purchase or hire of motor vehicles; 
                                                             Page H4330
  Hastings (FL) amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to 
increase funding, by offset, for Science activities of the Department 
of Energy by $223,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 266 noes, 
Roll No. 328);                                               
Page H4332
  Garamendi amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to 
increase funding, by offset, for the Advanced Research Projects 
Agency--Energy by $329,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 155 ayes to 266 
noes, Roll No. 329);                                     
Pages H4332-33
  Broun (GA) amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to 
eliminate funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing 
Loan Program and apply the $6,000,000 in savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 165 ayes to 252 noes, Roll No. 
330);                                                    
Pages H4333-34
  Jackson Lee amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to 
increase funding for Departmental Administration by $1,000,000 and 
reduce funding for Weapons Activities of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration by $1,200,000 (by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 238 
noes, Roll No. 331);                                         
Page H4334
  Quigley amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to reduce 
funding for Weapons Activities of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration

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by $23,700,000 and apply the savings to the spending reduction account 
(by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 332); 
                                                         Pages H4334-35
  Heck (NV) amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to 
increase funding for Weapons Activities of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration by $14,000,000 and reduce funding for Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation by $16,546,000 (by a recorded vote of 86 ayes 
to 338 noes, Roll No. 333);                              
Pages H4335-36
  Bass amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
implement, administer, or enforce, with respect to hydraulic fracturing 
operations in the Inglewood Oil Field (1) the exclusion in section 
1421(d)(1)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act; (2) section 261.4(b)(5) 
of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; or (3) the limitation in 
section 402(l)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (agreed by 
unanimous consent to withdraw the request for a recorded vote to the 
end that the amendment stand rejected in accordance with the voice vote 
thereon);                                            
Pages H4323, H4336
  Polis amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to reduce 
funding for Weapons Activities of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration by $13,072,000 and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 
334);                                                    
Pages H4336-37
  Burgess amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to reduce 
funding for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation by $48,000,000 and apply 
the savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 
114 ayes to 308 noes, Roll No. 335);                         
Page H4337
  Burgess amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to strike 
language allowing the Secretary of Energy to make not more than 
$48,000,000 available for the purpose of carrying out domestic uranium 
enrichment research, development, and demonstration activities (by a 
recorded vote of 131 ayes to 291 noes, Roll No. 336);    
Pages H4337-38
  Titus amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to strike 
section 509, which prohibits funds from being used to conduct closure 
of adjudicatory functions, technical review, or support activities 
associated with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license 
application, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possibility 
that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in the future (by a 
recorded vote of 87 ayes to 337 noes, Roll No. 337);     
Pages H4338-39
  Ben Ray Lujan amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, 
for construction activities of the Corps of Engineers by $15,000,000; 
                                                         Pages H4344-45
  Grayson amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies by $10,000,000;        
Page H4353
  Whitfield amendment that sought to prohibit funds under the heading 
Renewable Energy, Energy Reliability, and Efficiency from being used 
for wind energy programs (by a recorded vote of 94 ayes to 329 noes, 
Roll No. 339);                                 
Pages H4340-42, H4362-63
  Garamendi amendment (No. 28 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 9, 2013) that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
construction activities of the Corps of Engineers by $100,000,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 170 ayes to 253 noes, Roll No. 341); 
                                               Pages H4347-48, H4363-64
  Speier amendment that sought to reduce funding for Fossil Energy 
Research and Development by $30,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 174 ayes 
to 250 noes, Roll No. 342); and                      
Pages H4352, H4364
  Chabot amendment that sought to reduce the funding levels for the 
``Appalachian Regional Commission'', the ``Delta Regional Authority'', 
the ``Denali Commission'', the ``Northern Border Regional Commission'', 
and the ``Southeast Crescent Regional Commission'' to $0 (by a recorded 
vote of 147 ayes to 273 noes, Roll No. 343).   
Pages H4353-55, H4364-65
Withdrawn:
  Nugent amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited funds from being used to bring an action against 
the United States.                                           
Page H4345
Point of Order sustained against:
  Butterfield amendment that sought to express the sense of Congress 
that the Army Corps of Engineers should take into consideration and 
prioritize emergency operations, repairs, mitigation activities, and 
other activities in response to or in anticipation of any flood, 
hurricane, or other natural disaster when evaluating construction 
projects and                                             
Pages H4355-56
  Bridenstine amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used 
by the Corps of Engineers to set water storage prices for municipal use 
for a nonhydropower lake constructed by the Corps above the price that 
was set at the time of the completion of the lake.           
Page H4361
  H. Res. 288, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to yesterday, July 9th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, July 11th.                          
  Page H4367
Recess: The House recessed at 10:34 p.m. and reconvened at 11:11 p.m. 
                                                         Pages H4367-68
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and 17 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4332, 
H4332-33,

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H4333-34, H4334, H4334-35, H4335-36, H4336-37, H4337, H4338, H4338-39, 
H4339, H4362, H4363, H4363-64, H4364, H4365, H4366-67, H4367. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:12 p.m.