[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 124 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D886-D887]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 3133-
3156, were introduced.                                   
  Pages H5765-66
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5767-68
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  Supplemental report on 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, Pt. 
2).                                                          
Page H5765
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Smith (MO) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5657
Recess: The House recessed at 11:06 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5663
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Bishop Jerry 
Macklin, Glad Tidings Church, Hayward, California.       
  Pages H5663-64
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H5664, H5721
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014--Rule for Consideration: The 
House agreed to H. Res. 352, the rule that is providing for 
consideration of H.J. Res. 59, making continuing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2014 and providing for consideration of motions to suspend 
the rules, by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 473, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 
yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 472.                          
  Pages H5684-94
Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013: The House passed 
H.R. 3102, to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 217 yeas to 210 nays, Roll No. 476.       
  Pages H5694-H5721
  Rejected the Gallego motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Agriculture with instructions to report the bill back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 193 yeas to 230 
nays, Roll No. 475.                                      
Pages H5719-21
  H. Res. 351, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
687), (H.R. 1526), and (H.R. 3102) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 231 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 474, after the previous question was 
ordered without objection.                                   
Page H5694
Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: The House began 
consideration of 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, and to 
provide a temporary extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000. Consideration of the measure is 
expected to resume tomorrow, September 20th.             
  Pages H5721-55
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-21, modified by the 
amendment printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-215, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole and shall be 
considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment 
under the five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources. 
                                                             Page H5733
Agreed to:
  Daines amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-215) that 
requires the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report 
specifying for each Forest Reserve Revenue Area the annual volume 
requirement in effect for that fiscal year, the volume of board feet 
actually harvested, the average cost of preparation of timber sales, 
the revenues generated from such sales, and the amount of receipts 
distributed to each beneficiary county. Restricts the length of this 
report to one page;                                      
Pages H5749-50
  Smith (MO) amendment (No. 4 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-215) 
that puts a moratorium on the use of prescribed fires in the Mark Twain 
National Forest until the Secretary of Agriculture submits a report to 
Congress on the economic impacts of these fires. The amendment does not 
prohibit the use of prescribed fire as part of wildfire suppression 
activities; and                                          
Pages H5751-52
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 7 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-215) that 
streamlines the U.S. Forest Service's post-wildfire efforts by 
including reforestation, site rehabilitation and salvage operations as 
eligible to be conducted as a part of suppression efforts and adds 
funding flexibility for such work.                       
Pages H5754-55
Withdrawn:
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 6 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-215) that 
was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have limited the 
Department of Justice efforts to seek damages beyond

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actual damage to property, public lands and firefighting and 
restoration costs in states with laws limiting such damages. 
                                                             Page H5754
Proceedings Postponed:
  Daines amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-215) that 
seeks to protect forest reserve projects from delay by precluding 
Court-issued injunctions based on alleged violations of procedural 
requirements in selecting, planning, or analyzing the project; 
                                                         Pages H5747-49
  McClintock amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-215) 
that seeks to waive judicial review on any timber salvage project 
resulting from a wildfire occurring in 2013; and         
Pages H5750-51
  McClintock amendment (No. 5 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-215) 
that seeks to prohibit the U.S. Forest Service from removing any roads 
or trails unless there has been a specific decision, which included 
adequate and appropriate public involvement, to decommission the 
specific road or trail in question.                      
Pages H5752-54
  H. Res. 351, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
687), (H.R. 1526), and (H.R. 3102) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 231 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 474, after the previous question was 
ordered without objection.                                   
Page H5694
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today and a message received from 
the Senate today appear on pages H5669, H5694.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5692-93, H5693, H5694, H5720, 
H5721. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:40 p.m.