[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 96 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D676-D679]
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. 4899-
4902; 4904-4921; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 631-632 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 6, to provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural 
gas to World Trade Organization countries, and for other purposes, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 113-477);
  H.R. 1281, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
programs under part A of title XI of such Act, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 113-478);
  H.R. 4092, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to 
establish the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the 
lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local 
assistance provided to promote the energy retrofitting of schools, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 113-479);
  H.R. 4263, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the Department of Homeland Security to establish a social media working 
group, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-480);
  H.R. 4903 making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 113-481);
  H.R. 3301, to require approval for the construction, connection, 
operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric 
transmission facilities at the national boundary of the United States 
for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity to or from 
Canada or Mexico, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
113-482, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 83, to require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team 
of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs 
of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated 
States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing 
reliance on imported fossil fuels

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and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other 
purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 113-483); and
  H.R. 4289, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the 
Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security 
to take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable 
communications capabilities among the components of the Department of 
Homeland Security, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-484). 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fleischmann to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:45 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Mr. Rajan Zed, 
Universal Society of Hinduism, Reno, Nevada.                 
  Page H5504
Customer Protection and End User Relief Act--Rule for Consideration: 
The House agreed to H. Res. 629, the rule that is providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4413) to reauthorize the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to 
provide end users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to 
ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, and to help 
farmers, ranchers, and end users manage risks to help keep consumer 
costs low, by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 184 nays, Roll No. 317, 
after the previous question was ordered without objection. 
                                                         Pages H5508-13
Recess: The House recessed at 1:23 p.m. and reconvened at 4:35 p.m. 
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015: The House resumed 
consideration of H.R. 4870, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. Consideration is 
expected to continue tomorrow, June 20th.                
  Pages H5514-55
Agreed to:
  Walorski amendment that was debated on June 18th that prohibits funds 
from being used to transfer or release to the Republic of Yemen (or any 
entity within Yemen) a detainee who is or was held, detained, or 
otherwise in the custody of DoD on or after June 24, 2009, at the 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (by a recorded vote 
of 238 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 321);                  
Pages H5516-17
  Runyan amendment that prohibits funds from being used to retire, 
divest, or transfer, or to prepare or plan for the retirement, 
divestment, or transfer of, the entire KC-10 fleet during fiscal year 
2015;                                                    
Pages H5520-21
  Walberg amendment that prohibits funds from being used to promulgate 
Directive 293, issued December 16, 2010, by the Office of Federal 
Contract Compliance Programs;                            
Pages H5523-24
  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 H5524-25
  Fleming amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
18, 2014) that prohibits funds from being used to appoint chaplains for 
the military departments in contravention of the Department of Defense 
Instruction 1304.28, dated June 11, 2004, incorporating change 3, dated 
March 20, 2014, regarding the appointment of chaplains for the military 
departments;                                             
Pages H5525-26
  Flores amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enforce 
section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; 
                                                         Pages H5527-28
  Conyers amendment that prohibits funds from being obligated or 
expended to transfer man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) to any 
entity in Syria;                                             
Page H5528
  McKinley amendment that prohibits funds from being used to design, 
implement, administer, or carry out the U.S. Global Climate Research 
Program National Climate Assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report, the United Nations' Agenda 21 
sustainable development plan, or the May 2013 Technical Update of the 
Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive 
Order 12866;                                             
Pages H5528-29
  Hanabusa amendment that prohibits funds from being used with respect 
to Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Resolution, including for 
the introduction of U.S. forces into hostilities in Iraq, into 
situations in Iraq where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
indicated by the circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or 
waters while equipped for combat, in contravention of the Congressional 
consultation and reporting requirements of sections 3 and 4 of such 
Resolution;                                                  
Page H5529
  Nugent amendment (No. 27 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
18, 2014) that prohibits funds from being used to plan for or carry out 
a furlough of a dual status military technician;         
Pages H5532-33
  Speier amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement 
Executive Order 12473 of April 13, 1984, as amended by Executive Order

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13669 of June 13, 2014, as those amendments apply to section 405(I) of 
the Rules for Courts-Martial;                                
Page H5533
  Gosar amendment that prohibits funds from being used to pay for 
storage for patrol boats procured under the Department of Navy 
Memorandum #105-E2P-196 dated October 12, 2010;          
Pages H5533-34
  Rogers (AL) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
implement the Treaty on Open Skies, done at Helsinki March 24, 1992, 
and entered into force January 1, 2002;                      
Page H5535
  Murphy (FL) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
maintain or improve Department of Defense real property with a zero 
percent utilization rate according to the Department's real property 
inventory database, except in the case of maintenance of an historic 
property as required by the National Historic Preservation Act or 
maintenance to prevent a negative environmental impact as required by 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969;           
Pages H5535-36
  Gosar amendment that prohibits funds from being used to procure any 
Army Aircrew Combat Uniforms;                            
Pages H5536-37
  Forbes amendment that prohibits funds from being obligated or 
expended to implement the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, 
Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on 
their Destruction;                                       
Pages H5537-38
  McClintock amendment that prohibits funds from being used to carry 
out specified sections of Executive Order 13423 and Executive Order 
13514; section 2911 of title 10, U.S.C.; sections 400AA or 400FF of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act; section 303 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992; and section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
                                                         Pages H5539-40
  Grayson amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
``consult'', as the term is used in reference to the Department of 
Defense and the National Security Agency, in contravention of the 
``assurance'' provided in section 20(c)(1)(A) of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology Act;                         
Pages H5540-41
  Wittman amendment that prohibits funds from being used to propose, 
plan for, or execute an additional Base Realignment and Closure round; 
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  Jackson Lee amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of Article II, section 2 of the Constitution; 
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  King (IA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to transfer 
weapons to the Palestinian Authority;                        
Page H5543
  Barrow (GA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a Senior Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps program or close, downgrade from host to extension 
center, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
program;                                                     
Page H5547
  Conaway amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
a contract for the planning, design, refurbishing, or construction of a 
biofuels refinery unless such planning, design, refurbishing, or 
construction is specifically authorized by law;          
Pages H5547-48
  Miller (MI) amendment that was debated on June 18th that prohibits 
funds from being used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage, 
or prepare to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage, any A-10 
aircraft, or to disestablish any units of the active or reserve 
component associated with such aircraft (by a recorded vote of 300 ayes 
to 114 noes, Roll No. 322);                              
Pages H5548-49
  Cotton amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
17, 2014) that prohibits funds from being used to transfer or release 
any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba to the individual's country of origin or to any other foreign 
country (by a recorded vote of 230 ayes to 184 noes, Roll No. 323); 
                                               Pages H5517-20, H5549-50
  Massie amendment that prohibits funds from being used by an officer 
or employee of the United States to query a collection of foreign 
intelligence information acquired under FISA using a United States 
person identifier except in specified instances (by a recorded vote of 
293 ayes to 123 noes with 1 answering ``present'', Roll No. 327); and 
                                                  Pages H5544-47, H5552
  Ellison 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'' (by a recorded 
vote of 212 ayes to 204 noes, Roll No. 331).             
Pages H5554-55
Rejected:
  Gohmert amendment that was debated on June 18th that sought to 
increase funding, by offset, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug 
Activities, Defense by $35,956,000 for the National Guard counter-drug 
program (by a recorded vote of 130 ayes to 292 noes, Roll No. 318); 
                                                         Pages H5514-15
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 17, 2014) that was debated on June 18th that sought to increase 
funding, by offset, for Environmental Restoration, Formerly

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Used Defense Sites by $3,400,000 (by a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 242 
noes, Roll No. 319);                                         
Page H5515
  Nadler amendment that was debated on June 18th that sought to strike 
section 8132, which prohibits funds from being used to reduce, convert, 
decommission, or otherwise move to nondeployed status any Minuteman III 
ballistic missile silo that contains a deployed missile as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act (by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 233 
noes, Roll No. 320);                                     
Pages H5515-16
  Grayson amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
detain, without conviction, any person for more than 15 years at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba;              
Pages H5543-44
  Moran amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
carry out sections 8107 and 8108 (by a recorded vote of 163 ayes to 249 
noes, Roll No. 324);                              
Pages H5521-22, H5550
  Lee amendment (No. 31 printed in the Congressional Record of June 18, 
2014) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the purposes of 
conducting combat operations in Iraq (by a recorded vote of 165 ayes to 
250 noes, Roll No. 325);                       
Pages H5522-23, H5550-51
  Lee amendment (No. 33 printed in the Congressional Record of June 18, 
2014) that sought to prohibit funds from being obligated or expended 
pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq 
Resolution of 2002 (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 231 noes, Roll 
No. 326);                                      
Pages H5526-27, H5551-52
  Fortenberry amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used 
to provide weapons in Syria (by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 244 
noes, Roll No. 328);                           
Pages H5529-31, H5552-53
  Grayson amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
transfer aircraft (including unmanned aerial vehicles), armored 
vehicles, grenade launchers, silencers, toxicological agents, launch 
vehicles, guided missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, torpedoes, 
bombs, mines, or nuclear weapons through the DoD Excess Personal 
Property Program established pursuant to the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (by a recorded vote of 62 ayes 
to 355 noes, Roll No. 329); and                
Pages H5531-32, H5553-54
  Lee amendment (No. 34 printed in the Congressional Record of June 18, 
2014) that sought to prohibit funds from being obligated or expended 
pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force after December 
31, 2014 (by a recorded vote of 157 ayes to 260 noes, Roll No. 330). 
                                                  Pages H5534-35, H5554
Proceedings Postponed:
  Lee amendment (No. 32 printed in the Congressional Record of June 18, 
2014) that seeks to prohibit funds from being used for the purpose of 
conducting combat operations in Afghanistan after December 31, 2014. 
                                                         Pages H5538-39
  H. Res. 628, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
4870) and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the 
bill (H.R. 3230), was agreed to yesterday, June 18th.
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the emergency declared in Executive Order 13617 
of June 25, 2012 with respect to the disposition of Russian highly 
enriched uranium is to continue in effect beyond June 25, 2014--
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 
(H. Doc. 113-122).                                           
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5504.
Senate Referral: S. 1237 was held at the desk.               
  Page H5504
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and 14 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5513, 
H5514-15, H5515, H5516, H5516-17, H5549, H5549-50, H5550, H5550-51, 
H5551-52, H5552, H5552-53, H5553-54, H5554 and H5554-55. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:09 p.m.