[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D30-D31]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 4365-
4375, were introduced.                                    
  Pages H330-31
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H331-32
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3584, to authorize, streamline, and identify efficiencies within 
the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-396).                         
Page H330
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative LaMalfa to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H283
Recess: The House recessed at 11:08 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H292
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend 
Nathaniel Demosthene,

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First Timothy Christian Church, Spring Valley, New York.      
  Page H292
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, January 13th.   
  Page H297
STREAM Act: The House passed H.R. 1644, to amend the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to ensure transparency in the 
development of environmental regulations, by a recorded vote of 235 
ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 42.                            
  Pages H308-23
  Rejected the Kildee 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 186 ayes to 
237 noes, Roll No. 41.                                    
Pages H321-22
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.                         
Page H315
Agreed to:
  Lamborn amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-395) that makes a 
technical fix to a U.S. Code citation and addresses a concern regarding 
copyrighted scientific products.                              
Page H316
Rejected:
  Kildee amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-395) that sought to 
prevent the rules in the underlying bill from being delayed if it 
protects drinking water quality (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 223 
noes, Roll No. 38);                              
Pages H316-17, H319-20
  Cartwright amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 114-395) that sought 
to direct funding from AML certified states for use in revitalizing 
economically distressed communities which have been adversely affected 
by discharge from abandoned mine lands (by a recorded vote of 203 ayes 
to 219 noes, Roll No. 39); and                      
Pages H317-18, H320
  Sewell (AL) amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 114-395) that sought 
to address the exemption clause in Sec. 530; lower the threshold of 
postponing the delay of a rule if there is a threat that a delay would 
cause or significantly contribute to the development of negative 
chronic or long-term health conditions (by a recorded vote of 190 ayes 
to 235 noes, Roll No. 40).                       
Pages H318-19, H320-21
  H. Res. 583, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1644), the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 22), and the bill (H.R. 3662), 
was agreed to by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 183 noes, Roll No. 37, 
after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 233 
yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 36.                          
Pages H297-H308
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Monday, January 
11th:
  North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2016: H.R. 757, amended, to 
improve the enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North 
Korea, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 43. 
                                                          Pages H323-24
Recess: The House recessed at 5:08 p.m. and reconvened at 8:33 p.m. 
                                                              Page H324
State of the Union Address: President Barack Obama delivered his State 
of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 102. He was escorted into the House Chamber 
by a committee comprised of Representatives McCarthy, Scalise, McMorris 
Rodgers, Walden, Messer, Jenkins (KS), Foxx, Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn, 
Becerra, Crowley, Israel, and DeLauro, and Senators McConnell, Cornyn, 
Thune, Barrasso, Blunt, Wicker, Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Murray, Leahy, 
Tester, Stabenow, and Klobuchar. The President's message was referred 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and 
ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 114-84).                   
  Pages H324-29
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H297.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H307, 
H307-08, H319-20, H320, H320-21, H322, H323, and H323-24. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:18 p.m.