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Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 997, 4413-4427; and 9 resolutions, H. Res. 998-1006 were introduced.

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Additional Cosponsors:

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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 2611, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Securing the Cities Initiative of the Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-389);
H.R. 3342, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-390);
H.R. 1065, to resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of Arizona, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-391);
H.R. 3644, to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish education and watershed programs which advance environmental literacy, including preparedness and adaptability for the likely impacts of climate change in coastal watershed regions, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-392);
H.R. 3726, to establish the Castle Nugent National Historic Site at St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-393);
H.R. 3759, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant economy-related contract extensions of a certain timber contracts between the Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-394); and
H.R. 3254, to approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-395).

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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Moran (VA) to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.

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Recess: The House recessed at 12:01 p.m. and reconvened at 6:32 p.m.

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Call of the House: The Speaker called the House to order and ascertained the presence of a quorum (373 present, Roll No. 1).

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Committee to Notify the President of the assembly of the Congress: The House agreed to H. Res. 998, authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President when a quorum of each House has assembled, and Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make. Subsequently, the Speaker appointed Majority Leader Hoyer and Minority Leader Boehner to the Committee.

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Notifying the Senate That a Quorum of the House Is Present: The House agreed to H. Res. 999, to authorize the Clerk of the House to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House is present and that the House is ready to proceed with business.

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Meeting Hour: The House agreed to H. Res. 1000, establishing the hour of daily meeting of the House.

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Morning Hour Debate: Agreed by unanimous consent that the order of the House of January 6, 2009, providing for Morning Hour Debate, be extended for the remainder of the 111th Congress, except that pursuant to H. Res. 1000, the date of May 17, 2010 shall be used in lieu of May 18, 2009.

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Consideration of Presidential Veto Message: Agreed by unanimous consent that if a veto message on H.J. Res. 64 is laid before the House on the legislative day of January 12, 2010, then after the message is read and the objections of the President are spread at large upon the Journal, further consideration of the veto message and the joint resolution shall be postponed until the legislative day of January 13, 2010, and that on that legislative day, the House shall proceed to the constitutional question of reconsideration and dispose of such question without intervening motion.

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Presidential Veto Message--Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2010: Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted his Memorandum of Disapproval of H.J. Res. 64, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2010, and explained his reasons therefor--ordered printed (H. Doc. 111-84).

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Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted a proclamation entitled ``To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes--referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered printed (H. Doc. 111-85).

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Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 1) developed during the proceedings of today and appears on pages H9-10.

Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 10 p.m.

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No meetings/hearings scheduled.

Committee on Armed Services, hearing on China: Recent Security Developments, 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following measures: H. Res. 994, Directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives all information in the Attorney General's possession relating to the decision to dismiss United States v. New Black Panther Party; H.R. 3190, Discount Pricing Protection Act of 2009; and H.R. 569, Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2009, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on Attempted Terrorist Attack on Northwest Flight 253, 10 a.m., 304 HVC.

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Program for Tuesday: Senate will meet in a pro forma session.
Next Meeting of the

Program for Wednesday: Disposition of the President's Veto of H.J. Res. 64--Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010. Consideration of the following suspensions: (1) H. Res. 981--Supporting continued political and economic development in Ukraine; (2) H. Res. 969--Congratulating Mark Ingram on winning the 2009 Heisman Trophy; (3) H. Res. 862--Congratulating the staff, students, and faculty at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy; (4) H. Res.--Congratulating North Central College; (5) H. Res. 1002--Honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and encouraging the continued commitment to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a national day of service; (6) H. Res. 860--Supporting the initiatives of Chicago Wilderness and the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights; (7) H.R. 3892--The ``E.V. Wilkins Post Office'' Designation Act; (8) H.R. 4139--The ``Sergeant Matthew L. Ingram Post Office'' Designation Act; (9) S. 692--To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances; (10) H.R. 2646--Government Accountability Office Improvement Act; and (11) H.R. 3237--To enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, ``National and Commercial Space Programs''.

HOUSE

Adler, John H., N.J., E3, E4, E6

Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E11

Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E9

Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E9, E10

Capuano, Michael E., Mass., E3

Childers, Travis W., Miss., E9

Chu, Judy, Calif, E5

Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E10, E11, E13

Courtney, Joe, Conn., E4

Davis, Susan A., Calif., E11

Engel, Eliot L., N.Y., E5

Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E6

Graves, Sam, Mo., E3, E3, E4, E4, E4, E5, E5, E5, E6

Jones, Walter B., N.C., E12

Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, E8

Lance, Leonard, N.J., E9, E9

Lee, Christopher John, N.Y., E7, E7, E8

Lungren, Daniel E., Calif., E10

McCollum, Betty, Minn., E11

McIntyre, Mike, N.C., E12

McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Wash., E10, E12

Owens, William L., N.Y., E6

Quigley, Mike, Ill., E5

Roskam, Peter J., Ill., E6

Skelton, Ike, Mo., E7, E13

Smith, Adrian, Nebr., E7, E14

Smith, Lamar, Tex., E7

Stupak, Bart, Mich., E3, E6

Upton, Fred, Mich., E9, E13

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