[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 162 (Thursday, November 14, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1088-D1089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 3481-
3502; 1 private bill, H.R. 3503; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 64; 
and H. Res. 411-412, 414 were introduced.                
  Pages H7109-10
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H7111-12
Reports Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 413, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3350) to 
authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale 
current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the 
minimum essential health coverage requirement, and for other purposes 
(H. Rept. 113-265).                                          
Page H7109
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Petri to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7055
Recess: The House recessed at 10:49 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H7060
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Larry 
Phillips, Midway Baptist Church, Mount Airy, North Carolina. 
                                                             Page H7060
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H7060, H7080
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013--Motion to go to 
Conference: The House agreed by unanimous consent to the Shuster motion

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to take from the Speaker's table H.R. 3080, to provide for improvements 
to the rivers and harbors of the United States and to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, with a 
Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree 
to a conference requested by the Senate thereon.         
  Pages H7066-69
  Agreed to the Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) motion to instruct conferees 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 347 yeas to 76 nays with 1 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 582.                               
Pages H7079-80
  Subsequently, the Chair appointed the following conferees: From the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for consideration of 
the House bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Representatives Shuster, Duncan (TN), LoBiondo, Graves 
(GA), Capito, Miller (MI), Hunter, Bucshon, Gibbs, Hanna, Webster (FL), 
Rice (SC), Mullin, Rodney Davis (IL), Rahall, DeFazio, Brown (FL), 
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), Bishop (NY), Edwards, Garamendi, Hahn, 
Nolan, Frankel (FL), and Bustos.                             
Page H7080
  From the Committee on Natural Resources, for consideration of secs. 
103, 115, 144, 146, and 220 of the House bill, and secs. 2017, 2027, 
2028, 2033, 2051, 3005, 5002, 5003, 5005, 5007, 5012, 5018, 5020, title 
XII, and sec. 13002 of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Representatives Hastings (WA), Bishop (UT), 
and Napolitano.                                              
Page H7080
  Later, the Chair removed Representative Graves of Georgia as a 
conferee and appointed Representative Graves of Missouri to fill the 
vacancy. The Clerk was instructed to notify the Senate of the change in 
conferees.                                                   
Page H7095
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013: The House passed H.R. 2655, to 
amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve 
attorney accountability, by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 195 noes, 
Roll No. 581.                                            
  Pages H7069-79
  Rejected the Lewis motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 197 yeas to 225 
nays, Roll No. 580.                                      
Pages H7077-78
  H. Res. 403, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2655) and (H.R. 982), was agreed to yesterday, November 13th.
Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013: The House concurred in the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 1848, to ensure that the Federal Aviation 
Administration advances the safety of small airplanes and the continued 
development of the general aviation industry.                
  Page H7080
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H7078, 
H7078-79, H7079. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:29 p.m.