[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 101 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D721-D722]
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: 37 public bills, H.R. 4976-
5012; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 651-653 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H5816-18
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5819-30
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2807, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation 
contributions, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-494);
  H.R. 3134, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 
charitable contributions made by an individual after the close of the 
taxable year, but before the tax return due date, to be treated as made 
in such taxable year, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-495);
  H.R. 4619, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from 
individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 113-496);
  H.R. 4691, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the 
tax rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-497); and
  H.R. 4719, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food 
inventory, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113-498).             
Page H5816
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Foxx to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5771
Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014: The 
House passed H.R. 4899, to lower gasoline prices for the American 
family by increasing domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration 
and production and to streamline and improve onshore and offshore 
energy permitting and administration, by a recorded vote of 229 ayes to 
185 noes, Roll No. 368. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, 
June 25th.                                            
  Pages H5772-H5805
  Rejected the Bishop (NY) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 
235 noes, Roll No. 367.                                  
Pages H5803-05
  Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-50 shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule.                                            
Page H5773
Agreed to:
  Duncan (SC) amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that 
directs the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to include Virginia, 
North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia into an administrative 
planning area for offshore leasing purposes;             
Pages H5786-87
  Wittman amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that fosters 
STEM education in the South Atlantic states by allowing colleges, 
universities and historically black colleges and universities (with a 
preference to military veteran serving institutions of higher 
education) to partner with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to 
train the next generation of geological and geophysical scientists to 
better understand the oil, gas and other hydrocarbon potential of the 
offshore South Atlantic;                                 
Pages H5787-88
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that 
establishes an Office of Energy Employment and Training to ensure that 
veterans, women, and under-represented minorities are fully included in 
the hiring and training efforts of the Department of the Interior's 
energy planning, permitting, and regulatory agencies;    
Pages H5793-97
  Wittman amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that grants the 
Secretary of the Interior the ability to add a lease sale area to a 
finalized 5 year plan, as long as all of the National Environmental 
Policy Act requirements have been met on that specific area within the 
last 5 years (by a recorded vote of 244 ayes to 172 noes, Roll No. 
360); and                                      
Pages H5782-83, H5798-99
  Bishop (UT) amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that 
prohibits the Secretary from canceling, deferring or withdrawing any 
lease previously announced to be auctioned based on public comments 
received by the Department after the public comment period has expired 
(by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 365). 
                                               Pages H5792-93, H5802-03
Rejected:
  Lowenthal amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that sought 
to strike section 10410 which prohibits BOEM and BSEE from coordinating 
coastal and marine spatial planning under the National Ocean Policy (by 
a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 361); 
                                             Pages H5783-86, H5799H5800
  Capps amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that sought to 
require the Secretary of Interior to notify all relevant state and 
local regulatory agencies and publish a notice in the Federal Register

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within 30 days after receiving any application for a permit that would 
allow the conduct of any offshore oil and gas well stimulation 
activities (by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 362); 
                                               Pages H5788-89, H5800-01
  Deutch amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that sought to 
strike the provision that an action involving a covered energy decision 
shall take precedence over all other pending matters before the 
district court (by a recorded vote of 188 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 
363);                                             
Pages H5789-90, H5801
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that sought 
to require companies holding leases, which allow them to drill on 
public lands off-shore without paying a royalty, to renegotiate those 
leases prior to bidding on new leases issued pursuant to Title I of 
this Act (by a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 364); 
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Pages H5790-92, H5801-02
  DeFazio amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 113-493) that sought to 
authorize $10 million of the revenue generated by the underlying bill 
for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to use existing authority 
to limit speculation in energy markets (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes 
to 223 noes, Roll No. 366).                       
Pages H5797-98, H5803
  H. Res. 641, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4899) and (H.R. 4923), was agreed to yesterday, June 25th.
Recess: The House recessed at 10:53 a.m. and reconvened at 11:02 a.m. 
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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 30th.             
  Pages H5805, H5814
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5790.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Nine recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5799, H5800, H5800-01, H5801, 
H5801-02, H5802-03, H5803, H5804-05, H5805. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:54 p.m.