[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 143 (Saturday, October 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D980-D981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:
Additional Cosponsors:
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Chaffetz to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health 
Service Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014: The House began 
consideration of H.J. Res. 80, making continuing appropriations for the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the 
Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2014. Further proceedings were 
postponed.                                               
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  H. Res. 371, the rule providing for consideration of the joint 
resolution, was agreed to on Friday, October 4th.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding certain 
provisions of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2642 relating to the 
Secretary of Agriculture's administration of tariff-rate quotas for raw 
and refined sugar: The House rejected H. Res. 378, to express the sense 
of the House of Representatives regarding certain provisions of the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 2642 relating to the Secretary of 
Agriculture's administration of tariff-rate quotas for raw and refined 
sugar, by a yea-and-nay vote of 192 yeas to 212 nays with 1 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 545.                                   
  Page H6556
  H. Res. 380, the rule relating to consideration of the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2642 and providing for 
consideration of the resolutions (H. Res. 378) and (H. Res. 379), was 
agreed to yesterday, October 11th.
Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House rejected the Peterson motion to 
instruct conferees on H.R. 2642 by a yea-and-nay vote of 195 yeas to 
204 nays with 2 answering ``present'', Roll No. 546. The motion was 
debated yesterday, October 11th.                         
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  The Chair appointed the following conferees on H.R. 2642: From the 
Committee on Agriculture, for consideration of the House amendment and 
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Representatives Lucas, King (IA), Neugebauer, Rogers (AL), Conaway, 
Thompson (PA), Austin Scott (GA), Crawford, Roby, Noem, Denham, Rodney 
Davis (IL), Peterson, McIntyre, Costa, Walz, Schrader, McGovern, 
DelBene, Negrete McLeod, and Vela.                           
Page H6557
  From the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of title III 
of the House amendment, and title III of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Representatives Royce, Marino, 
and Engel.                                                   
Page H6557
  From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of secs. 1207 
and 1301 of the House amendment, and secs. 1301, 1412, 1435, and 4204 
of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Representatives Camp, Sam Johnson (TX), and Levin.           
Page H6557
  For consideration of the House amendment and the Senate amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Southerland 
and Fudge.                                                   
Page H6557
Discharge Petition: Representative Van Hollen presented to the clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H. 
Res. 372, providing for the consideration of legislation to reopen the 
Government (Discharge Petition No. 5)                        
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Quorum Calls Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6556 and H6557. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 12:37 p.m.