[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 31, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D806-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 31 public bills, H.R. 2869-
2899; were introduced.                                   
  Pages H5259-61
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5262-63
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2579, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
investigative leave requirements with respect to Senior Executive 
Service employees, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
113-186) and
  H. Res. 322, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 367) to 
amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major 
rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a 
joint resolution of approval is enacted into law; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2009) to prohibit the Secretary of the 
Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; providing 
for proceedings during the period from August 3, 2013, through 
September 6, 2013; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2879) to provide limitations on bonuses for Federal employees during 
sequestration, to provide for investigative leave requirements for 
members of the Senior Executive Service, to establish certain 
procedures for conducting in-person or telephonic interactions by 
Executive branch employees with individuals, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 113-187).                                              
Page H5259
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Heck (NV) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5179
Recess: The House recessed at 10:29 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5182
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Imam Talib 
Shareef, Masjid Muhammad, Washington, DC.                    
  Page H5182
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Government Spending Accountability Act of 2013: H.R. 313, amended, to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to institute spending limits and 
transparency requirements for Federal conference and travel 
expenditures;                                            
  Pages H5193-96
  Government Customer Service Improvement Act of 2013: H.R. 1660, 
amended, to require the establishment of Federal customer service 
standards and to improve the service provided by Federal agencies; 
                                                         Pages H5207-09
  Stop Playing on Citizen's Cash Act: H.R. 2769, amended, to impose 
moratorium on conferences held by the Internal Revenue Service; 
                                                         Pages H5209-11
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013: H.R. 2768, amended, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that a duty of the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue is to ensure that Internal Revenue 
Service employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain 
taxpayer rights;                                         
  Pages H5211-12
  STOP IRS Act: H.R. 2565, to provide for the termination of employment 
of employees of the Internal Revenue Service who take certain official 
actions for political purposes;                          
  Pages H5212-14
  Smarter Solutions for Students Act: Concurred in the Senate amendment 
to H.R. 1911, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish 
interest rates for new loans made on or after July 1, 2013 and to 
direct the Secretary of Education to convene the Advisory Committee on 
Improving Postsecondary Education Data to conduct a study on 
improvements to postsecondary education transparency at the Federal 
level, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 392 yeas to 31 nays, Roll No. 
426;                                           
  Pages H5214-21, H5240-41
  Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013: H.R. 850, amended, to impose 
additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions with 
respect to Iran, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas to 20 nays 
with 1 answering ``present'', Roll No. 427; and 
                                               Pages H5221-40, H5241-42
  Encouraging peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula: H. Con. 
Res. 41, amended, to encourage peace and reunification on the Korean 
Peninsula.                                               
  Pages H5254-56
Announcement by the Chair: The Speaker addressed the Members on matters 
of decorum in the House.                                     
  Page H5241
Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013: The House began consideration of 
H.R. 1582, to protect consumers by prohibiting the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating as final certain 
energy-related rules that are estimated to cost more than $1 billion 
and will cause significant adverse effects to the economy. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, August 1st.    
  Page H5242

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  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-19 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now 
printed in the bill.                                         
Page H5247
Proceedings Postponed:
  Waxman amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-174) that 
seeks to strike section 2 of the bill, which allows DOE to effectively 
veto EPA rules and                                       
Pages H5247-48
  Connolly amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-174) that 
seeks to prevent section 2 of the bill from applying to rules related 
to protecting air and water quality.                     
Pages H5248-49
  H. Res. 315, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2218) and (H.R. 1582) was agreed to on Wednesday, July 24th.
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Citizen Empowerment Act: H.R. 2711, amended, to amend title 5, United 
States Code, to establish certain procedures for conducting in-person 
or telephonic interactions by Executive branch employees with 
individuals;                                             
  Pages H5188-93
  Government Employee Accountability Act: H.R. 2579, amended, to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to provide for investigative leave 
requirements with respect to Senior Executive Service employees; 
                                                      Pages H5196-H5202
  Common Sense in Compensation Act: H.R. 1541, amended, to establish 
limitations, for fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015 on the total amount 
in awards or other discretionary monetary payments which may be paid to 
any Federal employee; and                                
  Pages H5202-07
  Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013: H.R. 1897, amended, to promote 
freedom and democracy in Vietnam.                        
  Pages H5249-54
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members on the 
part of the House to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission: 
Representatives Bishop (GA) and Thompson (CA).               
  Page H5256
Recess: The House recessed at 8:37 p.m. and reconvened at 9:38 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5257
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H5188.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5241, H5241-42. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:40 p.m.