[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D572-D574]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 5311-
5319; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 133; and H. Res. 745-747, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H3093-94
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3094-95
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1769, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a 
national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health 
conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances 
during service in the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure, 
to establish an advisory board on such health conditions, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-592, Part 1); and
  H. Res. 744, providing for consideration of the bill (S. 2012) to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 5233) to repeal the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012, 
to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to clarify the 
respective roles of the District government and Congress in the local 
budget process of the District government, and for other purposes; and 
providing for proceedings during the period from May 27, 2016, through 
June 6, 2016 (H. Rept. 114-593).                         
Pages H3093-94
Recess: The House recessed at 10:54 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2971
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Monday, May 23rd:
  Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017: H.R. 5077, 
amended, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 371 yeas to 35 nays with 1 answering ``present'', Roll 
No. 235.                                                 
  Pages H2988-89
Unanimous Consent Agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that the 
question of motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2576 with 
an amendment may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of 
rule 20.                                                     
  Page H2989
Toxic Substances Control Act Modernization Act: The House agreed to the 
motion to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment consisting 
of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-54, modified by the amendment 
printed in H. Rept. 114-590, in lieu of the matter proposed to be 
inserted by the Senate, to H.R. 2576, to modernize the Toxic Substances 
Control Act, by a yea-and-nay vote of 403 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 
238.                                        
  Pages H2989-H3031, H3046-47
  H. Res. 742, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 2576) and providing for consideration of 
the bill (H.R.

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897) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 171 noes, Roll No. 
234, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 
234 yeas to 175 nays, Roll No. 233.            
Pages H2975-81, H2987-88
Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act: The House passed H.R. 897, to amend 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding 
the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, by 
a recorded vote of 258 ayes to 156 noes, Roll No. 237.   
  Pages H3031-46
  Rejected the Ruiz motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
182 yeas to 232 nays, Roll No. 236.                      
Pages H3044-46
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-53 shall be 
considered as adopted.                                       
Page H3031
  H. Res. 742, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 2576) and providing for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 897) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 171 
noes, Roll No. 234, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-
and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 175 nays, Roll No. 233. 
                                                Pages H2975-81 H2987-88
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2017: The House began consideration of H.R. 5055, making appropriations 
for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2017. Consideration is expected to resume 
tomorrow, May 25th.                            
  Pages H3047-57, H3057-92
Agreed to:
  Gosar amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Army Corps of 
Engineers, Investigations, by $1,000,000;                
Pages H3056-57
  Rodney Davis (IL) amendment that redirects $10,000,000 in funding 
within the Army Corps of Engineers, Investigations;      
Pages H3057-58
  Rice (SC) amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Army Corps 
of Engineers, Construction, by $2,241,850;                   
Page H3059
  Graham amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Army Corps of 
Engineers, Operation and Maintenance, by $3,000,000;     
Pages H3059-60
  McNerney amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, by $2,000,000;      
Page H3071
  Bonamici amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, by $9,000,000;      
Page H3073
  Schiff amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Nuclear Waste 
Disposal, Department of Energy by $19,111,000;               
Page H3078
  Langevin amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Weapons 
Activities, National Nuclear Security Administration, by $5,000,000; 
                                                             Page H3082
  Polis amendment that reduces funding for Federal salaries and 
expenses by $1 million and increases funding for other Defense 
activities by $500,000;                                  
Pages H3084-85
  Keating amendment that redirects $1,000,000 in funding within the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses;         
Page H3087
  Brownley (CA) amendment that prohibits the use of funds in 
contravention of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 
2014; and                                                
Pages H3089-90
  Burgess amendment that prohibits the enforcement for the use of funds 
for certain type of light bulbs.                         
Pages H3090-91
Rejected:
  Beyer amendment that sought to strike section 108, which prohibits 
the use of funds by the Corps of Engineers to develop, adopt, 
implement, administer, or enforce any change to the regulations in 
effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the terms 
``fill material'' or ``discharge of fill material'' for the purposes of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (agreed by unanimous consent to 
withdraw the earlier request for a recorded vote); 
                                                  Pages H3061-62, H3072
  Beyer amendment that sought to strike section 110, which prohibits 
the use of funds by the Corps of Engineers to develop, adopt, 
implement, administer, or enforce any change to the regulations and 
guidance in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of 
waters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act; and                                                 
Pages H3062-63
  Garamendi amendment that sought to strike funds for project 99-D-143, 
mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility.                   
Pages H3082-84
Withdrawn:
  DeSaulnier amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have struck section 111, regarding the possession of firearms at 
water resources development projects;                        
Page H3063
  Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM) amendment that was offered and 
subsequently withdrawn that would have redirected $25,000,000 in 
funding within the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program; 
                                                             Page H3072
  Perry amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding, by offset, for Energy Programs, 
Department of Energy, by $15,000,000;                        
Page H3073

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  Polis amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have zeroed out the Fossil Energy Research and Development fund 
and applied the $645,000,000 in savings to the spending reduction 
account;                                                     
Page H3075
  Katko amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have reduced funding for the Energy Information Administration by 
$1,500,000 and increased funding for Northern Border Regional 
Commission by $2,500,000; and                            
Pages H3077-78
  Langevin amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding, by offset, for Federal Salaries and 
Expenses, National Nuclear Security Administration, by $5,000,000. 
                                                         Pages H3081-82
Point of Order sustained against:
  Polis amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for the 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy fund, by $285,000,000. 
                                                         Pages H3075-77
Proceedings Postponed:
  Clawson (FL) amendment that seeks to increase funding, by offset, for 
Army Corps of Engineers, Construction, by $50,000,000;   
Pages H3058-59
  McNerney amendment that seeks to strike General Provisions, 
Department of the Interior, related to California state water projects;
                                                         Pages H3065-67
  Griffith amendment that seeks to reduce the Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy Program by $50,000,000, and increase the Fossil Energy 
Research and Development Program by $45,000,000;         
Pages H3069-71
  Buck amendment that seeks to zero out the accounts for Plant or 
Facility Acquisition, Construction, or Expansion of Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy Programs and apply the $3,481,616,000 in savings 
to the Spending Reduction Account;                       
Pages H3071-72
  Polis amendment that seeks to increase funds for Energy efficiency 
and renewable energy by $9,750,000 and decrease funds for fossil energy 
research and development by $13,000,000;                 
Pages H3073-74
  Polis amendment that seeks to zero out the Fossil Energy Research and 
Development fund and apply the $285,000,000 in savings to the spending 
reduction account;                                       
Pages H3074-75
  Weber (TX) amendment that seeks to zero out the Innovative Technology 
Guarantee program and apply the $7,000,000 in savings to the spending 
reduction account;                                       
Pages H3078-79
  Welch amendment that seeks to increase funding, by offset, for the 
Northern Border Regional Commission, by $2,500,000;          
Page H3079
  Ellison amendment that seeks to redirect $1,000,000 in funding within 
Departmental Administration, Department of Energy;       
Pages H3080-81
  Farr amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of May 23, 
2016) that seeks to strike section 506 pertaining to the further 
implementation of the coastal and marine spatial planning and 
ecosystem-based management components of the National Ocean Policy; and
                                                         Pages H3088-89
  Garamendi amendment that seeks to prohibit the use of funds to expand 
plutonium pit production capacity at the PF-4 facility at Los Alamos 
National Laboratory.                                     
Pages H3091-92
  H. Res. 743, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
5055) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 237 yeas to 171 nays, Roll 
No. 232, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 233 yeas to 174 nays, Roll No. 231.                   
Pages H2981-87
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today and message 
received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the 
House today appear on pages H2981, H3057.
Senate Referral: S. 2613 was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.                                                   
  Page H3092
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2985-86, 
H2986-87, H2987, H2987-88, H2988-89, H3045-46, H3046, and H3046-47. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:05 p.m.