[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D239-D240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 30 public bills, H.R. 6, 4156-
4184; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 90-91; and H. Res. 504-509, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H2255-56
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2257-58
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 311, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule 
with respect to certain farms (H. Rept. 113-375).            
Page H2255
Electricity Security and Affordability Act: The House passed 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, by a recorded vote of 229 ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 
106. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, March 5th. 
                                                         Pages H2208-15
  Rejected the Brownley motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 184 yeas to 
223 nays, Roll No. 105.                                      
Page H2211
Agreed to:
  Smith (TX) amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 113-373) that was 
debated on March 5th that requires the Administrator to apply the 
specific criteria, under the bill, for setting a standard based on the 
best system of emission reduction for new sources within the coal 
category, when setting a standard for any fossil fuel category (by a 
recorded vote of 230 ayes to 184 noes, Roll No. 101).        
Page H2209
Rejected:
  Capps amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 113-373) that was debated 
on March 5th that sought to allow the EPA to consider all pollution 
control technologies being used in the United States or elsewhere when 
setting new power plant emission standards (by a recorded vote of 184 
ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 102);                         
Pages H2209-10
  Schakowsky amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 113-373) that was 
debated on March 5th that sought to accept the scientific finding of 
the EPA that greenhouse gas pollution is ``contributing to long-lasting 
changes in our climate that can have a range of negative effects'' (by 
a recorded vote of 190 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 103); and 
                                                             Page H2210
  Waxman amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 113-373) that was debated 
on March 5th that sought to provide that the bill takes effect when the 
Administrator of the EIA certifies that another Federal program, other 
than one under section 111 of the Clean Air Act, will reduce carbon 
pollution in at least equivalent quantities, with similar timing and 
from the same sources as the reductions required under the rules and 
guidelines nullified by section 4 (by a recorded vote of 178 ayes to 
231 noes, Roll No. 104).                                 
Pages H2210-11
  H. Res. 497, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
3826) and (H.R. 4118), was agreed to yesterday, March 5th.
Privileged Resolution--Intent to Offer: Representative Fudge announced 
her intent to offer a privileged resolution.                 
  Page H2215
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Providing for the costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine: H.R. 4152, to 
provide for the costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 385 yeas to 23 nays, Roll No. 114. 
                                                  Pages H2215-19, H2243
Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act: The House 
passed H.R. 2641, to provide for improved coordination of agency 
actions in the preparation and adoption of environmental documents for 
permitting determinations, by a recorded vote of 229 ayes to 179 noes, 
Roll No. 113.                                  
  Pages H2220-36, H2237-43
  Rejected the DelBene 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 recorded vote of 190 ayes to 217 
noes, Roll No. 112.                                      
Pages H2240-42
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-39 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule.                                            
Page H2228
Agreed to:
  Webster amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-374) that 
provides for projects that are under environmental review at the time 
of enactment to be completed within the deadlines that the underlying 
bill outlines and                                        
Pages H2234-35
  McKinley amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-374) that 
does not allow agencies under this legislation to take into account the 
``social

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cost of carbon'' from the ``Technical Support Document: Social Cost of 
Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866 from 
May 2013 or November 2013'' (by a recorded vote of 222 ayes to 188 
noes, Roll No. 109).                           
Pages H2233-34, H2238-39
Rejected:
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-374) 
that sought to strike deemed approved language for any project for 
which an agency does not meet the deadlines contained in the bill (by a 
recorded vote of 180 ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 108); 
                                                   Page H2231-33, H2238
  Nadler amendment (No. 4 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-374) that 
sought to exempt from the bill any construction project for a nuclear 
facility planned in an area designated as an earthquake fault zone (by 
a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 110); and 
                                                Page H2235-36, H2239-40
  Johnson (GA) amendment (No. 5 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-374) 
that sought to clarify that nothing in the bill will change or limit 
any law or regulation allowing for public comment or participation in 
an agency decision making process (by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 
217 noes, Roll No. 111).                             
Pages H2236, H2240
  H. Res. 501, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2824) and (H.R. 2641), was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas 
to 190 nays, Roll No. 100, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 99.   
Pages H2202-08
Privileged Resolution: Representative Fudge rose to a question of the 
privileges of the House and submitted a privileged resolution. Upon 
examination of the resolution, the Chair determined that the resolution 
qualified. Subsequently, the House agreed to the Cantor motion to table 
H. Res. 504, raising a question of the privileges of the House, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 211 yeas to 186 nays with 10 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 107.                                            
  Pages H2236-37
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 10th and that the order of the House of 
January 7, 2014 regarding morning hour debate not apply on that day. 
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Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect 
to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Ukraine--
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 
(H. Doc. 113-95).                                            
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and 11 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2207-08, 
H2208, H2209, H2209-10, H2210, H2211, H2213-14, H2214, H2237, H2238, 
H2238-39, H2239, H2240, H2242, H2242-43, and H2243. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:39 p.m.