[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D876-D877]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 3119-
3132; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 56; and H. Res. 349-350 were 
introduced.                                                  
  Page H5654
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5655-56
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 351, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 687) to 
facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast 
Arizona by authorizing and directing exchange of Federal and non-
Federal land, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of 
the bill (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; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 3102) to amend the Food and Nutrition 
Act 2008; and for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-215); and
  H. Res. 352, providing for consideration of the joint resolution 
(H.J. Res. 59) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, 
and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to 
suspend the rules (H. Rept. 113-216).                    
Pages H5653-54
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative LaMalfa to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:55 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Dale 
Ribble, Oak Lake Church, Lincoln, Nebraska.                  
  Page H5597
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated yesterday, September 
17th:
  Providing for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote 
Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South 
Central

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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, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
402 yeas to 22 nays, Roll No. 465.                       
  Pages H5606-09
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013: The 
House passed 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, by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 178 
noes, Roll No. 471.                            
  Pages H5600-06, H5609-24
  Rejected the Cicilline motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 197 ayes to 
229 noes, Roll No. 470.                                  
Pages H5621-23
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.                
Pages H5600, H5604
Agreed to:
  Pearce amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 113-214) that clarifies 
the intention of the bill that it will not impact Secretarial Order 
3324, as it relates to oil/gas and potash.                   
Page H5617
Rejected:
  Lowenthal amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 113-214) that sought 
to clarify that the definition of ``Strategic and Critical Minerals'' 
only includes the minerals identified by the National Research Council 
(NRC) as strategic and critical minerals (and any additional minerals 
added by the Secretary that meet the NRC's criteria). Also would 
clarify that the definition of ``Mineral Exploration or Mine Permit'' 
in this underlying legislation only refers to mineral exploration or 
mine permit for strategic and critical minerals (by a recorded vote of 
187 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 466);           
Pages H5612-14, H5618-19
  Veasey amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 113-214) that sought to 
designate the Secretary of Interior to publish no later than 60 days 
ager enactment of the bill a list of ``Strategic and Critical 
Minerals'' for the purpose of the bill. The Secretary must update the 
list every 5 years (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 237 noes, Roll 
No. 467);                                      
Pages H5614-15, H5619-20
  Connolly amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 113-214) that sought to 
require mineral exploration and mining projects to be subjected to an 
Environmental Impact Statement review prior to approval. Removes the 
arbitrary limit on the time frame for such reviews (by a recorded vote 
of 186 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 468); and       
Pages H5615-16, H5620
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 113-2l4) that 
sought to require that the cost of cleanup be included in financial 
assurance and that financial insurance instruments shall be in the form 
of a surety bond, letter of credit or other instrument that would 
routinely be accepted in commerce (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 
235 noes, Roll No. 469).                       
Pages H5616-17, H5620-21
  H. Res. 347, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 231 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 464, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 
yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 463.                          
Pages H5600-06
Recess: The House recessed at 3:31 p.m. and reconvened at 4:31 p.m. 
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Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 349, electing a Member 
to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. 
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Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to persons 
who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism declared in 
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 is to continue in effect 
beyond September 23, 2013--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 113-63).                  
  Page H5641
  Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted the text of 
the Agreement Between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty for 
Cooperation Regarding Atomic Information, including a technical annex 
and security annex--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 113-64).                      
Page H5641
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5605, 
H5605-06, H5606, H5619, H5619-20, H5620, H5621, H5622-23, H5623-24. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:36 p.m.