[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 65 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D484-D485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 38 public bills, H.R. 2195-
2232; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 44; and H. Res. 243-250 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H2790-94
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2794-95
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1890, to establish congressional trade negotiating objectives 
and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations, to 
provide for consideration of trade agreements, and for other purposes, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-100, Part 1); and
  H.R. 1891, to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the 
Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment 
program for Haiti, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 114-101). 
                                                             Page H2790
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
voice vote.                                                  
  Page H2775
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016: The House passed H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, by a yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 177 nays, Roll 
No. 215. Consideration began April 29th.                 
  Pages H2776-83


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  May 1, 2015, on page D484, the following appeared: Energy and 
Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016: 
The House passed H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, by a yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 177 nays, 
Roll No. 214. Consideration began April 29th.
  
  The online version should be corrected to read: Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016: The 
House passed H.R. 2028, making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, by a yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 177 nays, 
Roll No. 215. Consideration began April 29th.


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  Rejected the Bera 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 180 ayes to 235 
noes, Roll No. 214.                                      
Pages H2781-82
Agreed to:
  Duncan (SC) amendment that appropriates additional funds for ``Corps 
of Engineers, Civil, Department of the Army, Investigations'' by 
reducing funds for Department of Energy, Energy Programs, Departmental 
Administration'' by $2,500,000;                          
Pages H2776-77
  Rothfus amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of April 
29, 2015) that prohibits use of funds to apply the report entitled 
``Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquified Natural 
Gas from the United States'' in any public interest determination under 
the Natural Gas Act (by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 172 noes, Roll 
No. 208);                                                    
Page H2777
  Gosar amendment (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of April 
29, 2015) that prohibits the use of funds for the Department of 
Energy's Climate Model Development and Validation program (by a 
recorded vote of 224 ayes to 184 noes, Roll No. 209);    
Pages H2777-78
  McClintock amendment that prohibits the use of funds for the purchase 
of water to supplement or enhance instream water flow requirements in 
California (by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 211); 
                                                             Page H2779
  LaMalfa amendment that prohibits the use of funds to implement, 
administer, or enforce the requirement in the Code of Federal 
Regulations, that activities identified in the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act must be established or ongoing in order to receive an 
exemption under the Act (by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 174 noes, 
Roll No. 212); and                                       
Pages H2779-80

[[Page D485]]


  LaMalfa amendment that prohibits use of funds to deliver water to the 
Trinity River above the minimum requirements of the Trinity Record of 
Decision or to supplement flows in the Klamath River (by a recorded 
vote of 228 ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 213).             
Pages H2780-81
Rejected:
  Blackburn amendment (No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record of 
April 29, 2015) that reduces funding in the bill by 1 percent across-
the-board (by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 210). 
                                                         Pages H2778-79
  H. Res. 223, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2028) and (H.R. 2029) was agreed to on April 29th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5th. 
                                                             Page H2783
  Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2777, 
H2777-78, H2778-79, H2779, H2779-80, H2780-81, H2782, and H2783. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12:01 p.m.