[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 17, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D869-D870]
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. 3105-
3118; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 55; and H.Res. 348 were 
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  Pages H5587-88
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5589-90
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2449, to authorize the President to extend the term of the 
Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States 
of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil 
Uses of Nuclear Energy for a period not to exceed March 19, 2016 (H. 
Rept. 113-209);
  H.R. 1410, to prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in 
Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts (H. Rept. 113-
210);
  H.R. 2011, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a 
two-year extension of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education (H. 
Rept. 113-211);
  H.R. 813, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for 
advance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, with amendments (H. Rept. 113-212);
  H.R. 1526, to restore employment and educational opportunities in, 
and improve the economic stability of, counties containing National 
Forest System land, while also reducing Forest Service management 
costs, by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of 
revenue from National Forest System land, to provide a temporary 
extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-
213, Pt. 1); and
  H. Res. 347, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 761) to 
require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and 
mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States 
economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness (H. 
Rept. 113-214).                                              
Page H5587
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Valadao to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:03 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 2:09 p.m. and reconvened at 4 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5556
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Keep the Promise Act of 2013: H.R. 1410, to prohibit gaming 
activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of 
certain gaming compacts;                                 
  Pages H5556-62
  Authorizing the President to extend the term of the Agreement for 
Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of 
Nuclear Energy for a period not to exceed March 19, 2016: H.R. 2449, to 
authorize the President to extend the term of the Agreement for 
Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of 
Nuclear Energy for a period not to exceed March 19, 2016, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 407 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 461; 
                                               Pages H5562-64, H5573-74

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  Organization of American States Revitalization and Reform Act of 
2013: S. 793, amended, to support revitalization and reform of the 
Organization of American States, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 383 
yeas to 24 nays, Roll No. 462; and             
  Pages H5567-69, H5574-75
  Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2013: H.R. 3092, 
amended, to amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 407 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 460. 
                                               Pages H5569-72, H5572-73
Recess: The House recessed at 5:53 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in memory of 
the victims of the shooting at the Washington Naval Yard on Monday, 
September 16, 2013.                                          
  Page H5574
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Providing for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote 
Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South 
Central Asia: H.R. 301, amended, to provide for the establishment of 
the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities 
in the Near East and South Central Asia.                 
  Pages H5564-67
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted an Agreement on Social Security between the United States 
of America and the Slovak Republic--referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 113-62).        
  Page H5572
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5572-73, H5573-74, H5574. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Committee Meeting
NATIONAL STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS PRODUCTION ACT OF 2013
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 761, the 
``National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013''. 
The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-2, a structured rule for 
H.R. 761. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Natural Resources. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original 
text for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now 
printed in the bill the provides that it shall be considered as read. 
The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. The rule makes in order only those further amendments 
printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 
a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Hastings (WA) 
and Representative Hastings (FL).

Joint Meetings
EFFORTS TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe efforts to combat human trafficking, focusing on the role and 
mandate of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Trafficking 
in Human Beings and efforts to combat modern day slavery in the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe region, after 
receiving testimony from Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe Special Representative and 
Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Vienna, Austria.
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