[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 10, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D624-D627]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 4822-
4833; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 614-618, were introduced.   
  Page H5248
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5249-50
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 616, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4800) 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes; providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4457) to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and 
for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
4453) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
reduced recognition period for built-in gains of S corporations (H. 
Rept. 113-472).                                              
Page H5248
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Ribble to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5189
Recess: The House recessed at 10:30 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5192
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014: H.R. 4810, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts for the provision 
of hospital care and medical services at non-Department of Veterans 
Affairs facilities for Department of Veterans Affairs patients with 
extended waiting times for appointments at Department facilities, by a 
2/3 recorded vote of 426 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 287 
(Agreed by unanimous consent that the earlier proceedings on Roll No. 
275, the motion to suspend the rules on H.R. 4810, be vacated to the 
end that the Chair put the question de novo) and 
                                     Pages H5196-H5200, H5203, H5211-12
  Condemning the senseless rampage and mass shooting that took place in 
Isla Vista, California, on Friday May 23, 2014: H. Res. 608, amended, 
to condemn the senseless rampage and mass shooting that took place in 
Isla Vista, California, on Friday May 23, 2014.          
  Pages H5201-03
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2015: The House passed H.R. 4745, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015, by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 192 nays, Roll 
No. 297. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, June 9th. 
                                               Pages H5203-11, H5212-39
  Rejected the Esty motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 227 
noes, Roll No. 296.                                      
Pages H5237-39
  On a demand for a separate vote on a certain amendment agreed to in 
the Committee of the Whole:
  By a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 295, rejected 
the Gingrey amendment (No. 29 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 9, 2014) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to pay a 
Federal employee for any period of time during which such employee is 
using official time under section 7131 of title 5, United States Code 
(agreed to in the Committee of the Whole by voice vote). 
                                                  Pages H5226-27, H5237
Agreed to:
  Daines amendment that was debated on June 9th that prohibits funds 
from being used to develop, issue, or implement regulations that 
increase levels of minimum financial responsibility for transporting 
passengers or property as in effect on January 1, 2014, under 
regulations issued pursuant to sections 31138 and 31139 of title 49, 
United States Code (by a recorded vote of 214 ayes to 212 noes, Roll 
No. 283);                                                
Pages H5208-09
  Gosar amendment that was debated on June 9th that prohibits funds 
from being used to implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule 
entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'', published by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal Register on 
July 19, 2013 (by a recorded vote of 219 ayes to 207 noes, Roll No. 
285);                                                        
Page H5210
  Fleming amendment that was debated on June 9th that prohibits funds 
from being used to acquire a camera for the purpose of collecting or 
storing vehicle license plate numbers (by a recorded vote of 255 ayes 
to 171 noes, Roll No. 286);                              
Pages H5210-11
  Royce amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of June 9, 
2014) that prohibits funds from being used for the Housing Trust Fund 
established under section 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992;                  
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  Grijalva amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
a contract with any person whose disclosures of a proceeding with a 
disposition listed in section 2313(c)(1) of title 41, United States 
Code, in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information 
System include the term ``Fair Labor Standards Act'';        
Page H5219
  Higgins amendment that prohibits funds from being used to terminate 
the status of a unit of general local government as a metropolitan city 
(as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974) with respect to grants under section 106 of such Act; 
                                                             Page H5219
  Grayson amendment that prohibits funds from being used to make 
incentive payments pursuant to 48 CFR 16.4 to contractors for contracts 
that are behind schedule under the terms of the contract as prescribed 
by 48 CFR 52.211 or over the contract amount indicated in Standard Form 
33, box 20;                                                  
Page H5220
  Yoho amendment that prohibits funds from being used to promulgate, 
implement, or enforce any regulations that would mandate GPS tracking 
or event data recorders in light-duty non-commercial passenger motor 
vehicles;                                                    
Page H5223
  Gingrey amendment (No. 28 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
9, 2014) that prohibits funds from being used to provide mortgage 
insurance under title II of the National Housing Act for any mortgage 
on a 1- to 4-family dwelling to be used as the principal residence of a 
mortgagor who provides only an individual taxpayer identification 
number for identification;                                   
Page H5225
  DeLauro amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
any contract with an incorporated entity if such entity's sealed bid or 
competitive proposal shows that such entity is incorporated or 
chartered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such entity's sealed 
bid or competitive proposal shows that such entity was previously 
incorporated in the United States;                       
Pages H5227-28
  Gingrey amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 24305(c)(4) of title 49, United States Code; 
                                                         Pages H5228-29
  Sessions amendment that prohibits funds from being used to support 
Amtrak's route with the highest loss, measured by contributions/(Loss) 
per Rider, as based on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
Fiscal Years 2013-2017 Five Year Plan from May 2013;     
Pages H5229-30
  Bass amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the Secretary 
or the Federal Transit Administration to implement, administer, or 
enforce section 18.36(c)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
for construction hiring purposes;                            
Page H5230
  Engel amendment that prohibits funds from being used to lease or 
purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an 
agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011;   
Page H5231
  Denham amendment that prohibits funds from being used for high-speed 
rail in the State of California or for the California High-Speed Rail 
Authority (by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 186 noes, Roll No. 288); 
and                                               
Pages H5214-16, H5232
  Schock amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce paragraph (c)(3) of section 982.503, Code of 
Federal Regulations (by a recorded vote of 210 ayes to 209 noes, Roll 
No. 290).                                         
Pages H5219, H5233-34
Rejected:
  Gohmert amendment that was debated on June 9th that sought to reduce 
funding for the Public Housing Capital Fund by $7,100,000 and the 
Public Housing Operating Fund by $17,600,000 and apply the $24,700,000 
in savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 160 
ayes to 266 noes, Roll No. 276);                             
Page H5204
  Nadler amendment that was debated on June 9th that sought to increase 
funding, by offset, for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
program by $29,100,000 (by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 221 noes, 
Roll No. 277);                                           
Pages H5204-05
  Capito amendment that was debated on June 9th that sought to increase 
funding, by offset, for the Community Development Fund by $100,000,000 
for carrying out the community development block grant program (by a 
recorded vote of 114 ayes to 311 noes, Roll No. 278);    
Pages H5205-06
  Broun (GA) amendment that was debated on June 9th that sought to 
reduce funding for the community development block grant program by 
$20,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending reduction account (by 
a recorded vote of 134 ayes to 288 noes, Roll No. 279);      
Page H5206
  Broun (GA) amendment that was debated on June 9th that sought to 
reduce funding for Rental Housing Assistance by $7,000,000 and apply 
the savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 
143 ayes to 283 noes, Roll No. 280);                     
Pages H5206-07
  Broun (GA) amendment that was debated on June 9th that sought to 
reduce funding for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Office 
of Inspector General by $1,000,000 and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 130 ayes to 295 noes, 
Roll No. 281);                                           
Pages H5207-08
  Hartzler amendment that was debated on June 9th that sought to 
prohibit funds from being used to enforce section 319 of title 23, 
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Code (by a recorded vote of 188 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 282); 
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  Gosar amendment that was debated on June 9th that sought to prohibit 
funds from being used by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to retain any legal counsel who is not an employee of such 
Department or the Department of Justice (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes 
to 249 noes, Roll No. 284);                              
Pages H5209-10
  Blackburn amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 9, 2014) that sought to reduce each amount made available by the 
bill by 1% (by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 260 noes, Roll No. 289); 
                                               Pages H5216-17, H5232-33
  Gosar amendment that sought to reduce the amount made available for 
``Department of Housing and Urban Development--Management and 
Administration--Executive Offices'' by $2,000,000 (by a recorded vote 
of 190 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 291);           
Pages H5220-21, H5234
  Gosar amendment that sought to reduce the amount made available for 
``Department of Housing and Urban Development--Management and 
Administration--Administrative Support Offices'' by 4.2% (by a recorded 
vote of 181 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 292);      
Pages H5221, H5234-35
  Schiff amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
enforce section 47524 of title 49, United States Code, or part 161 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, with regard to noise or access 
restrictions or to enforce section 47107 of title 49, United States 
Code, with regard to access restriction on the operation of aircraft by 
the operator of Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California (by a recorded 
vote of 208 ayes to 212 noes, Roll No. 293); and 
                                               Pages H5221-22, H5235-36
  Sessions amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
support any Amtrak route whose costs exceed 2 times its revenues, as 
based on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Fiscal Years 2013-
2017 Five Year Plan from May 2013 (by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 
250 noes, Roll No. 294).                          
Pages H5230-31, H5236
Withdrawn:
  Titus amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited funds from being used to issue rules or 
regulations to allow an individual on an aircraft to engage in voice 
communications using a mobile communications device during a flight of 
that aircraft in scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air 
transportation except for use by a member of the flight crew, flight 
attendant on duty on an aircraft, or Federal law enforcement officer 
acting in an official capacity and                           
Page H5223
  Ellison amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have inserted a new section providing funding for affordable 
rental housing for extremely low-income families by improving targeting 
of mortgage interest deductions.                         
Pages H5224-25
Point of Order sustained against:
  Garamendi amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used in 
contravention of ``Buy America'' preferences;            
Pages H5217-18
  Cassidy amendment (No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
9, 2014) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to promulgate or 
enforce rules, orders, or consent agreements or to fund approved 
projects under TIGER unless the Department of Transportation implements 
the recommendations provided in a preliminary GAO report regarding 
TIGER grants; and                                        
Pages H5222-23
  Conyers amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
pay any FHA mortgage insurance claim or in connection with the sale of 
any mortgage insured by the FHA before compliance with existing FHA 
loss mitigation requirements, documentation of such compliance by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and provision of such 
documentation to the mortgagor.                          
Pages H5225-26
  H. Res. 604, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4745) and (H.R. 4681), was agreed to on May 30th.
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
the victims of the tragic incident at Reynolds High School in 
Troutdale, OR today.                                         
  Page H5232
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to 
the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of 
Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus's democratic processes 
or institutions is to continue in effect beyond June 16, 2014--referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
113-118).                                                    
  Page H5240
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and 21 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5204, 
H5204-05, H5205-06, H5206, H5206-07, H5207-08, H5208, H5208-09, H5209-
10, H5210, H5210-11, H5211-12, H5232, H5232-33, H5233-34, H5234, H5234-
35, H5235-36, H5236, H5237, H5238-39, and H5239. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:55 p.m.

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