[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D635-D636]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 4834-
4848; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 101; and H. Res. 619-621, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H5318-19
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5319-20
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Smith (MO) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5251
Recess: The House recessed at 10:43 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H5255
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Eytan 
Hammerman, Temple Beth Shalom, Mahopac, New York.            
  Page H5256
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015: The House began 
consideration of 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. Further 
proceedings were postponed.                 
  Pages H5265-95, H5296-H5312
Agreed to:
  Lee amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Child Nutrition 
Programs by $8,150,000 for the establishment, maintenance, or expansion 
of the school breakfast program;                         
Pages H5287-88
  Thompson (CA) amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the 
Office of the Inspector General by $1,000,000 for meat safety 
inspections;                                                 
Page H5288
  Hinojosa amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service by $2,500,000 for the eradication 
of specialty crop pests;                                     
Page H5289
  Gosar amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Office of 
the Inspector General by $220,000;                       
Pages H5289-90

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  Gosar amendment that reduces funding for the Office of the General 
Counsel by $2,181,000 and applies the savings to the spending reduction 
account;                                                 
Pages H5290-91
  Cohen amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Child 
Nutrition Programs by $3,000,000 for the summer food service program; 
                                                         Pages H5291-92
  Schiff amendment that redirects $1,000,000 in funding within the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for the study of captive 
marine mammals;                                              
Page H5294
  Gardner amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Distance 
Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program by $3,461,000 for 
telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas; 
                                                             Page H5296
  McNerney amendment that redirects $11,000,000 in funding within the 
Farm Service Agency;                                     
Pages H5297-98
  Speier amendment that redirects $1,000,000 in funding within the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to expand eligibility for 
veterans; and                                                
Page H5304
  Royce amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
10, 2014) that reduces funding for the Agricultural Marketing Service 
by $15,500,000 and increases funding for the Foreign Agricultural 
Service by $10,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 198 noes, 
Roll No. 302).                                 
Pages H5294-95, H5308-09
Rejected:
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to reduce each Under Secretary 
account by $5,000 and apply the $40,000 in savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 178 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 
300);                                             
Pages H5290, H5307-08
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to reduce funding for the Economic 
Research Service by $7,726,000 and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 130 ayes to 290 noes, Roll No. 
301);                                             
Pages H5292-93, H5308
  Grayson amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for the 
Food Safety and Inspection Service by $5,500,000 (by a recorded vote of 
150 ayes to 272 noes, Roll No. 303);           
Pages H5296-97, H5309-10
  Garamendi amendment that sought to allocate $50,000,000 within the 
Farm Service Agency for the emergency conservation program under the 
Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (by a recorded vote of 148 ayes to 276 
noes, Roll No. 304);                                 
Pages H5298, H5310
  Duncan (TN) amendment that sought to reduce funding for the Watershed 
Rehabilitation Program by $10,000,000 and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 119 ayes to 303 noes, 
Roll No. 305);                                 
Pages H5300-01, H5310-11
  Broun (GA) amendment that sought to eliminate funding for the 
Watershed Rehabilitation Program and apply the $25,000,000 in savings 
to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 62 ayes to 358 
noes, Roll No. 306); and                    
Pages H5299-H5300, H5311-12
  DeLauro amendment that sought to reduce funding for the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for information technology by $17,578,000 
(by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 307). 
                                                  Pages H5305-07, H5312
Withdrawn:
  Gallego amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have eliminated $3,869,000 in funding for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations.         
Pages H5288-89
  H. Res. 616, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4800), (H.R. 4457), and (H.R. 4453), agreed to by a recorded vote of 
227 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 299, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 298. 
                                                         Pages H5259-65
Recess: The House recessed at 4:04 p.m. and reconvened at 4:51 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5295
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, June 12th.                          
  Page H5312
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today and messages received from 
the Senate today appear on pages H5295, H5265, and H5312.
Senate Referral: S. Con. Res. 37 was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration.                                              
  Page H5317
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and nine recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5264, 
H5264-65, H5307-08, H5308, H5308-09, H5309-10, H5310, H5310-11, H5311-
12, and H5312. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:58 p.m.