[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D750-D753]
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House of Representatives

Chamber Action
     Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 20 public bills, 
     H.R. 5032-5051; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 117; and H. Res. 
     660, 662, were introduced.                          30Additional 
     Cosponsors:                                         30Report 
     Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 661, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5016) 
making appropriations for financial services and general government for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, and 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4718) to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus 
depreciation (H. Rept. 113-517).                             
Page H6034
     Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
     Representative Bentivolio to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
     today.                                                  30Recess: 
     The House recessed at 10:35 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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     Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, 
     Reverend Dr. George Dillard, Peachtree City Christian Church, 
     Peachtree City, Georgia.
      Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 660, electing a 
     Memberittee to certain standing committees of the House of 
     Representatives.
     ns: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
     followiensiong measures:
     Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Concurred in the 
     Senate amendments to H.R. 803, to amend the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States 
     workforce development system through innovation in, and 
     alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and 
     education programs in the United States, and to promote 
     individual and national economic growth, by a \2/3\ yea-and-
     nay vote of 415 yeas to 6 nays, Roll No. 378. 
                                       Pages H5887-H5971, H6009-10
     Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2015: The House began consideration of 
     H.R. 4923, making appropriations for energy and water 
     development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2015. Consideration is expected to resume 
     tomorrow, July 10th.         12Agreed to:
  Walorski amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Army Corps 
of Engineers, Construction by $500,000;                  
Pages H5983-84

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  Murphy (FL) amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 8, 2014) that increases funding, by offset, for Army Corps of 
Engineers, Construction by $1,000,000;                   
Pages H5984-85
  Cassidy amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
3, 2014) that increases funding, by offset, for Army Corps of 
Engineers, Construction by $5,000,000;                       
Page H5985
  Cassidy amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Army Corps 
of Engineers, Operation and Maintenance by $1,000,000;       
Page H5991
  Lankford amendment that provides such sums as are necessary to carry 
out the study authorized in section 6002 of the Water Resources Reform 
and Development Act of 2014;                                 
Page H5991
  Ruiz amendment that redirects $1,000,000 in funding within the Bureau 
of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources for the purpose of 
addressing environmental restoration, specifically the Salton Sea; 
                                                         Pages H5994-95
  Gardner amendment that redirects $3,000,000 in funding within the 
Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources for the Arkansas 
Valley Conduit;                                              
Page H5995
  Noem amendment that increases funding for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
Water and Related Resources by $10,000,000 and reduces funding for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $7,000,000 and for Department 
of Energy, Departmental Administration by $6,000,000;    
Pages H5995-96
  Hahn amendment that increases funding for Army Corps of Engineers, 
Operation and Maintenance by $57,600,000 and reduces funding for 
Department of Energy, Nuclear Energy by $73,309,100 (by a recorded vote 
of 281 ayes to 137 noes, Roll No. 372);        
Pages H5988-91, H6005-06
  Kaptur amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Department of 
Energy, Departmental Administration by $500,000;         
Pages H6015-16
  Reed amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Non-Defense 
Environmental Cleanup by $4,000,000;                     
Pages H6016-17
  Foster amendment that redirects $300,000 in funding within Department 
of Energy, Science for the National Undergraduate Fellowship Program; 
and                                                      
Pages H6018-19
  Kaptur amendment that redirects $1,000,000 in funding within 
Department of Energy, Departmental Administration for environmental 
justice programs.                                        
Pages H6021-23
Rejected:
  Castor (FL) amendment that sought to increase funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $112,686,000 and reduce funding for 
Fossil Energy Research and Development by $165,000,000; 
                                                         Pages H5997-98
  McAllister amendment that sought to increase funding for the Army 
Corps of Engineers flood damage reduction projects in the Mississippi 
River Valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri by $47,000,000 and to 
reduce funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 
$127,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 132 ayes to 284 noes, Roll No. 
371);                                          
Pages H5987-88, H6004-05
  Gosar amendment that sought to reduce funding for Army Corps of 
Engineers, Expenses by $4,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 104 ayes to 316 noes, Roll No. 
373);                                             
Pages H5992-93, H6006
  Wenstrup amendment that sought to increase funding for the Uranium 
Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund by $15,000,000 and 
reduce funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 
$10,421,000 and Department of Energy, Departmental Administration by 
$8,540,000 (by a recorded vote of 112 ayes to 309 noes, Roll No. 374); 
                                               Pages H5998-99, H6006-07
  Swalwell amendment that sought to increase funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $111,641,000 and reduce funding for 
Fossil Energy Research and Development by $161,879,450 (by a recorded 
vote of 172 ayes to 245 noes, Roll No. 375);   
Pages H5999-H6000, H6007
  Byrne amendment that sought to eliminate all funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, including the $150,000,000 made 
available for program direction, and transfer the $1,789,000,000 in 
savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 110 
ayes to 310 noes, Roll No. 376);               
Pages H6000-02, H6007-08
  McClintock amendment that sought to reduce funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $1,789,000,000; Nuclear Energy by 
$717,000,000; and Fossil Energy Research and Development by 
$593,000,000 and to apply the$3,099,000,000 in savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 97 ayes to 321 noes, Roll No. 
377); and                                      
Pages H6003-04, H6008-09
  McNerney amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability by $20,000,000. 
                                                             Page H6013
Withdrawn:
  Ben Ray Lujan amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that would have increased funding, by offset, for Army Corps of 
Engineers, Construction by $15,000,000;                  
Pages H5985-86
  Cicilline amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have allocated $44

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million in funding specifically for environmental infrastructure 
projects for financially distressed municipalities;      
Pages H5986-87
  Crawford amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have redirected $18,800,000 in funding within the Mississippi 
River and Tributaries account;                               
Page H5988
  Bilirakis amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have eliminated all funding for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and applied the $2,000,000 in 
savings to the spending reduction account;                   
Page H5993
  Cohen amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 
by $10,340,000 and reduced funding for Fossil Energy Research and 
Development by $15,000,000;                              
Pages H6002-03
  Perry amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding, by offset, for Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy by $20,100,000;                         
Pages H6011-12
  Foster amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding, by offset, for Department of Energy, 
Science by $40,155,000;                                  
Pages H6017-18
  Fortenberry amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that would have redirected $25,000,000 in funding within Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation; and                            
Pages H6024-25
  Fattah amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have redirected $1 in funding within the Northern Border Regional 
Commission.                                                  
Page H6030
Point of Order sustained against:
  Lankford amendment that sought to insert new language into the 
General Provisions, Department of Energy portion of the bill relating 
to grant awards.                                             
Page H6027
Proceedings Postponed:
  McClintock amendment that seeks to reduce funding for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs by $22,000,000; Nuclear Energy 
by $9,810,000; Fossil Energy Research and Development by $30,935,000; 
Department of Energy, Departmental Administration by $9,551,000; 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission by $49,062,000 and to apply the 
$121,358,000 in savings to the spending reduction account; 
                                                         Pages H6010-11
  Bonamici amendment that seeks to increase funding, by offset, for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $9,000,000;    
Pages H6012-13
  Speier amendment that seeks to reduce funding for Fossil Energy 
Research and Development by $30,935,000 and apply the savings to the 
spending reduction account;                              
Pages H6014-15
  Titus amendment (No. 15 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
8, 2014) that seeks to eliminate funding for Nuclear Waste Disposal and 
apply the $150,000,000 in savings to the spending reduction account; 
                                                         Pages H6019-20
  Schiff amendment that seeks to increase funding, by offset, for the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy by $20,000,000; 
                                                         Pages H6020-21
  Quigley amendment that seeks to reduce funding for the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons Activities by $7,600,000 and 
apply the savings to the spending reduction account;     
Pages H6023-24
  Chabot amendment that seeks to eliminate funding for the Denali 
Commission and apply the $10,000,000 in savings to the spending 
reduction account; and                                   
Pages H6028-30
  Titus amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
8, 2014) that seeks to strike section 506, relating to the Yucca 
Mountain geologic repository license application.        
Pages H6031-32
  H. Res. 641, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4899) and (H.R. 4923), was agreed to on June 25th.
     Presidential Message: Read a message from the President 
     wherein he transmitted the 2014 National Drug Control 
     Strategy--referred to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
     Agriculture, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Education 
     and the Workforce, Financial Services, Oversight and 
     Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland 
     Security, Natural Resources, and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
     113-129).                                           30Senate 
     Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
     subessagsequently presented to the House today appears on 
     page H5971.
     Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and seven recorded 
     votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on 
     pages H6004-05, H6005, H6006, H6006-07, H6007, H6008, H6008-
     09, and H6009. There were no quorum calls.
     Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:41 
     p.m.

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