[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 34 (Friday, February 28, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D208-D209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 4118-
4136; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 494-496 were introduced.    
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2824, to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977 to stop the ongoing waste by the Department of the Interior of 
taxpayer resources and implement the final rule on excess spoil, mining 
waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 113-364);
  H.R. 3826, to provide direction to the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of 
standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired 
electric utility generating units, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
113-365);
  H.R. 163, to designate as wilderness certain land and inland water 
within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of 
Michigan, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-366);
  H.R. 931, to provide for the addition of certain real property to the 
reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 113-367);
  H.R. 2095, to prohibit an increase in the lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database of all lands 
identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans for 
lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is easily 
accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 113-368);
  H.R. 3492, to provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in 
Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National 
Elk Refuge, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-
369);
  H.R. 2259, to withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that 
land from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and 
disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws and to 
preserve existing uses, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-370); and
  H.R. 2126, to facilitate better alignment, cooperation, and best 
practices between commercial real estate landlords and tenants 
regarding energy efficiency in buildings, and for other purposes, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 113-371).                             
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Hultgren to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: The House passed 
H.R. 899, to provide for additional safeguards with respect to imposing 
Federal mandates, by a recorded vote of 234 ayes to 176 noes, Roll No. 
90.                                                      
  Pages H2069-86
  Rejected the Garcia motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform with instructions to report the same 
back to

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the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 192 ayes 
to 218 noes, Roll No. 89.                                
Pages H2083-85
Rejected:
  Cummings amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 113-362) that sought to 
strike section 5 of the bill, which would eliminate the current 
exemption from the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act for certain independent 
agencies (by a recorded vote of 185 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 86); 
                                               Pages H2076-77, H2081-82
  Connolly amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 113-362) that sought to 
ensure that other impacted entities, such as public interest 
organizations, are provided any opportunity for consultation afforded 
to the private sector under the Act (by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 
216 noes, Roll No. 87); and                       
Pages H2077-79, H2082
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 113-362) that sought 
to add Section 14 to the bill to clarify that the requirements of UMRA 
as amended by this Act do not apply if a cost-benefit analysis 
demonstrates that the benefits of the regulatory action exceed its 
costs (by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 88). 
                                               Pages H2079-81, H2082-83
  H. Res. 492, the rule that is providing for consideration of the 
bill, was agreed to yesterday, February 27th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet on Monday, March 3rd at 12 noon for morning hour debate and 2 p.m. 
for legislative business.                                    
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Quorum Calls--Votes:  Five recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2081-82, H2082, H2082-83, 
H2084-85, H2085-86. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:30 p.m.