Daily Whipline

December 1, 2010

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House Meets At... Votes Predicted At...
10:00 a.m. For Legislative Business
Fifteen "One Minutes" Per Side
First Vote: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Last Vote: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
ANY ANTICIPATED MEMBER ABSENCES FOR VOTES TODAY SHOULD BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE OFFICE OF THE MAJORITY WHIP AT 226-3210.

Floor Schedule and Procedure

  • H. Res. 1741 – Providing  for consideration of H.J. Res. 101 - Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes (Rep. Polis – Rules):  The closed rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.  The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.  The rule provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read.  The rule further provides that all points of order against provisions of the joint resolution are waived.  This waiver does not affect the point of order available under clause 9 of rule XXI (regarding earmark disclosure).  The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Debate on the rule will be managed by Rep. Polis, and consideration will proceed as follows:
    • One hour of debate on the rule.
    • Possible vote on a Democratic Motion ordering the previous question. Members are urged to vote yes.
    • Vote on adoption of the rule. Members are urged to vote yes.

  • H.J.Res. 101 - Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 (Rep. Obey – Appropriations): Pursuant to H.Res. 1741, debate on the joint resolution will be managed by Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, or his designee.  Consideration of the joint resolution will proceed as follows:
    • One hour of general debate on the joint resolution
    • Debate and vote on Republican motion to recommit the joint resolution.
    • Vote on final passage of the bill.  Members are urged to VOTE YES.

  • H. Res. 1742 – Providing  for consideration of S. 3307 - Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Rep. McGovern – Rules):  The closed rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor.  The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 of rule XXI.  The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read.  The rule further provides that all points of order against provisions of the bill are waived.  This waiver does not affect the point of order available under clause 9 of rule XXI (regarding earmark disclosure). The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.  Debate on the rule will be managed by Rep. McGovern, and consideration will proceed as follows:
    • One hour of debate on the rule.
    • Possible vote on a Democratic Motion ordering the previous question. Members are urged to vote yes.
    • Vote on adoption of the rule. Members are urged to vote yes.

  • S. 3307 - Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Sen. Lincoln – Education and Labor): Pursuant to H.Res. 1742, debate on the bill will be managed by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, or his designee.  Consideration of the bill will proceed as follows:
    • One hour of general debate on the bill
    • Debate and vote on Republican motion to recommit the bill.
    • Vote on final passage of the bill.  Members are urged to VOTE YES.

  • Suspension Bills: Today, the House will consider several bills on the Suspension calendar.  Bills considered on the Suspension calendar are debatable for 40 minutes; may not be amended; and require a two-thirds vote for passage.  If a recorded vote is requested, it will be postponed.
  1. Senate Amendment H.R. 5283 - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Rep. Fortenberry - Judiciary)

  2. S. 1338 - To require the accreditation of English language training programs (Sen. Carper – Judiciary)

  3. S. 1421 - Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act (Sen. Levin - Judiciary)

  4. S.Con.Res. 75 - A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for an event marking the 50th anniversary of the inaugural address of President John F. Kennedy (Sen. Kerry - House Administration)

  5. H.R. 6184 - To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to extend and modify the program allowing the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of permits (Rep. Larsen - Transportation and Infrastructure)

  6. S. 3250 - Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010 (Sen. Carper - Transportation and Infrastructure)

  7. H.Res. 1669 - Congratulating the National Air Transportation Association for celebrating its 70th anniversary (Rep. Duncan - Transportation and Infrastructure)
  • Postponed Suspension Votes:
  1. H.Res. 1217 - Honoring Fort Drum's soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division for their past and continuing contributions to the security of the United States (Rep. Owens - Armed Services)

  2. H.Res. 1724 - Commending the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, for its outstanding support in creating a unique and lasting partnership with Little Rock Air Force Base, members of the Armed Forces stationed there and their families, and the Air Force (Rep. Snyder - Armed Services)

  3. H.Res. 1430 - Honoring and saluting golf legend Juan Antonio "Chi Chi" Rodriguez for his commitment to Latino youth programs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (Rep. Baca - Education and Labor)

  4. H.Res. 1638 - Supporting the goals and ideals of National GEAR UP Day (Rep. Fattah - Education and Labor)

  5. H.Res. 1598 - Expressing support for the designation of the month of October as National Work and Family Month (Rep. McCarthy (NY) - Education and Labor)

  6. H.Res. 1576 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Day of Recognition for Parents of Special Needs Children should be established (Rep. Burton - Education and Labor)

  7. H.Res. 1313 - Expressing support for designation of May as "Child Advocacy Center Month" and commending the National Child Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on their 25th anniversary in 2010 (Rep. Griffith - Education and Labor)

  8. H.Con.Res. 323 - Supporting the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust survivors in the United States are able to live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years (Rep. Wasserman Schultz - Education and Labor)

  9. H.Res. 1690 - Supporting the observance of American Diabetes Month (Rep. DeGette - Energy and Commerce)

  10. S. 2847 - CALM Act (Sen. Whitehouse - Energy and Commerce)

  11. H.Res. 1735 - Condemning North Korea in the strongest terms for its unprovoked military attack against South Korea on November 23, 2010 (Rep. Berman - Foreign Affairs)

  12. H.Res. 527 - Commending the NATO School for its critical support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) efforts to promote global peace, stability, and security (Rep. Tanner - Foreign Affairs)

  13. H.Res. 528 - Commending the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies for its efforts to promote peace, stability and security throughout North America, Europe, and Eurasia (Rep. Tanner - Foreign Affairs)

  14. H.Con.Res. 325 - Supporting the goals and ideals of National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day (Rep. Hastings (FL) - Financial Services)

 

Bill Summary & Key Issues

Summary of S. 3307 – Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010

  • Increases the number of eligible children enrolled in the school meals programs by using Medicaid data to directly certify children who meet income requirements without requiring individual applications. This provision will connect approximately new 115,000 students to the school meal programs.

  • Connects more children with school meals by setting benchmarks for states to improve their direct certification. Incentive bonuses will encourage improved performance. This will help certify an additional 4,500 students per year, on average.

  • Enhances universal meal access for eligible children in high poverty communities by eliminating paper applications and using census data to determine school wide income eligibility.

  • Provides more meals for at-risk children nationwide by allowing Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) providers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to be reimbursed for providing a meal to at-risk children after school. This provision will provide an additional 21 million meals to children annually.

  • Encourages innovative methods to provide meals to children through pilot projects in- and out-of school.

Increases Focus on Nutrition Quality and Children’s Health

  • Improves the nutritional quality of school meals by increasing the federal reimbursement rate for school lunches for districts who comply with federal nutrition standards. An additional 6 cents per meal will help schools meet new meal standards to provide children with healthier school meals. This is the first real reimbursement rate increase in over 30 years.

  • Establishes national nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools throughout the day.

  • Promotes nutrition and wellness in child care settings by establishing nutrition requirements for CACFP and providing guidance and technical assistance to support healthy child care settings.

  • Connects more children to healthy produce from local farms by helping communities establish local farm to school networks, create school gardens and use more local foods in school cafeterias.

  • Strengthens local school wellness policies by updating existing requirements, increasing transparency, providing opportunities for community involvement, and compliance measurements.

  • Supports breastfeeding for low-income women by establishing performance measures and permanently authorizing cash bonuses to recognize exemplary breastfeeding practices at WIC clinics and agencies. 

Improves Program Management & Program Integrity

  • Supports school’s food service budgets by preventing unrelated expenses from being charged to school food service accounts.

  • Establishes professional standards and training opportunities for school food service providers.

  • Streamlines program administration by reducing paperwork for CACFP providers. Sponsors will have greater flexibility with their administrative funds, be freed from duplicative paperwork requirements and wasteful monitoring practices.

  • Provides for greater information sharing between WIC and CACFP providers in order to reduce administrative burdens for CACFP providers.

  • Increases efficiency and modernizes the WIC program by transitioning from paper food vouchers to an electronic benefit program.

  • Improves food safety requirements for school meals by improving recall procedures and extending existing HACCP requirements to all places where school meals are prepared or served.

Offsets

  • Saves $1 billion over 10 years by extending a provision that allows the Secretary of Agriculture to include the value of commodities purchased specifically for the purpose of stabilizing the market toward the requirement that ensures 12 percent of the total federal support for the National School Lunch Program be provided in the form of commodity foods.

  • Saves approximately $1.3 billion over 10 years by restructuring the nutrition education component of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) into a new grant program. The new grant program would distribute Federal funds by formula to States and eliminates the requirement for States to provide matching funds.

  • Saves approximate $2.2 billion over 10 years by eliminating a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) temporary benefit increase provided by The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This provision brings SNAP benefits back to base levels November 1, 2013.

Quote of the Day

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."

- Leonardo da Vinci



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