LEGISLATIVE DAY OF JUNE 10, 2010
111TH CONGRESS - SECOND SESSION
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The House adjourned pursuant to a previous special order.
The next meeting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on June 14,
2010.
On motion to adjourn
Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Connolly (VA) moved that the House do now adjourn.
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SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all
anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to
Special Order speeches.
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Mr. Poe of TX requested the following general leaves to
address the House on June 17: himself for 5 min, Mr. Jones
for 5 min, and Mr. Burton of IN for 5 min.
Mr. Poe of TX requested that Mr. Burton of IN be allowed
to address the House for 5 minutes on June 16.
Mr. Poe of TX requested that Mr. Burton of IN be allowed
to address the House for 5 minutes on June 15.
Mr. Poe of TX requested that Mr. Burton of IN be allowed
to address the House for 5 minutes on June 14.
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one
minute speeches.
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Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent That, it may be in order
on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, for the Speaker to declare a
recess subject to the call of the Chair for the purpose
of receiving in the Chamber former Members of Congress.
Agreed to without objection.
Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent That, when the House
adjourns on Thursday, June 10, 2010, it adjourn to meet
at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, June 14, 2010, for Morning-Hour
Debate.
Agreed to without objection.
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congratulating Clinton County and the county seat of
Wilmington, Ohio, on the occasion of their bicentennial
anniversaries
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.
Considered as unfinished business.
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to improve the financial safety and soundness of the FHA
mortgage insurance program
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The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers,
punctuation, and cross references, and to make other
necessary technical and conforming corrections in the
engrossment of
H.R. 5072.
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to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances
from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 0,
1 Present
(Roll no. 354).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
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Considered as unfinished business.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the
unfinished business was the question on adoption of motions
to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on
which further proceedings had been postponed.
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to improve the financial safety and soundness of the FHA
mortgage insurance program
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 406 - 4
(Roll no. 353).
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On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
Amendment offered by Mr. Frank (MA).
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On motion to recommit with instructions
Agreed to by voice vote.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on
the Lee (NY) motion to recommit with instructions. The
instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same
back to the House with an amendment to add the following new
sections: 1.) prohibit mortgage insurance for borrowers with
strategic defaults; and 2.) prohibit bailout of FHA program
with taxpayer dollars.
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Mr. Lee (NY) moved to recommit with instructions to
Financial Services.
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Mr. Lee of New York moved to recommit the bill,
H.R. 5072,
to the Committee on Financial Services with instructions
to report the same back to the House forthwith with the
following amendment:
¢ At the end of the bill, add the following new sections:
¢ SEC. 16. PROHIBITION OF MORTGAGE INSURANCE FOR BORROWERS
WITH STRATEGIC DEFAULTS.***
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a
substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union.
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The House rose from the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union to report
H.R. 5072.
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On agreeing to the Maffei amendment
Agreed to by recorded vote: 416 - 0, 1 Present
(Roll no. 352).
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On agreeing to the Edwards (TX) amendment
Agreed to by recorded vote: 420 - 4
(Roll no. 351).
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On agreeing to the Turner amendment
Failed by recorded vote: 121 - 301
(Roll no. 350).
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On agreeing to the Price (GA) amendment
Failed by recorded vote: 106 - 316
(Roll no. 349).
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On agreeing to the Garrett (NJ) amendment
Failed by recorded vote: 131 - 289
(Roll no. 348).
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On agreeing to the Waters amendment
Agreed to by recorded vote: 417 - 3
(Roll no. 347).
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Maffei amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of
the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had
prevailed. Mr. Maffei demanded a recorded vote and the Chair
postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of
the amendment until later in the legislative day.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Maffei.
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An amendment numbered 13 printed in House Report 111-503
to state that no funds authorized under the act may be
used to pay the salary of an employee who has been officially
disciplined for viewing, downloading, or exchanging pornography
(including child pornography) on a Federal Government
computer or while performing official Federal Government
duties.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Edwards amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of
the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had
prevailed. Mr. Edwards demanded a recorded vote and the
Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of
adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative
day.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Edwards amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Edwards (TX).
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An amendment numbered 12 printed in House Report 111-503
to require individuals to certify that they have not been
convicted of a sex offense against a minor in order to
get an FHA mortgage.
On agreeing to the Nye amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Nye amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Nye.
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An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 111-503
to instruct the Federal Housing Administration to continue
the Special Forbearance program, as it relates to Chinese
Drywall, until the end of FY 2011.
On agreeing to the Clarke amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Clarke amendment.
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Amendment offered by Ms. Clarke.
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An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 111-503
to direct the GAO to include in its FHA report an analysis
on the effectiveness of HUD's loss mitigation home retention
options in assisting individuals, particularly low income
borrowers, in avoiding home foreclosure for mortgages.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Turner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of
the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had
prevailed. Mr. Turner demanded a recorded vote and the Chair
postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of
the amendment until later in the legislative day.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Turner amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Turner.
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An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 111-503
to repeal the emergency authority that allows the FHA
to insure loans up to $720,000 in certain high cost areas.
The amendment would create a maximum loan limit of $500,000
for a single family unit and a percentage of the same
ratio for 2-, 3- or 4-family residences.
On agreeing to the Weiner amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Weiner amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Weiner.
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An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 111-503
to increase loan limits for the construction or rehabilitation
of multifamily housing with elevators including rentals,
cooperatives, condominiums to ensure that they represent
today's construction costs. Would create an `extremely
high cost area' category for FHA Multifamily Insurance
for those areas, similar to those in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii,
and the Virgin Islands.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Price (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption
of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes
had prevailed. Mr. Price (GA) demanded a recorded vote and
the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of
adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative
day.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Price (GA) amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Price (GA).
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An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 111-503
to cap the number of mortgages the FHA can issue to 10%
of total loans originated in the U.S. each year. Within
90 days of enactment, FHA must submit a plan to Congress
to roll back FHA market share to 10% of loans originated
each year by 2012.
On agreeing to the Tierney amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Tierney amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Tierney.
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An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 111-503
to direct the Secretary of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development to provide mortgage insurance premium
refunds to eligible borrowers of FHA insured loans, which
were closed prior to December 8, 2004, but which were
not endorsed until December 8, 2004 or after that date,
and; (2) authorize such sums as may be necessary for such
refunds.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Garrett (NJ) amendment, the Chair put the question on
adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that
the noes had prevailed. Mr. Garrett (NJ) demanded a recorded
vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the
question of adoption of the amendment until later in the
legislative day.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Garrett (NJ) amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Garrett (NJ).
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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 111-503
to raise the FHA down payment requirement from 3.5% to
5% and prohibit closing costs from being rolled in as
well.
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On agreeing to the Bean amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Bean amendment.
Amendment offered by Ms. Bean.
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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-503
to require HUD to submit an annual report to Congress
discussing proposed or actual increases in the minimum
cash investment requirements (downpayment requirements)
in the FHA program. It further gives HUD the authority
to establish higher minimum cash investment requirements
for all or class(es) of borrowers and requires HUD to
take into consideration the findings of the annual report.
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On agreeing to the Cao amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Cao amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Cao.
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An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-503
to include information about credit risk and financial
counseling services to mortgagors in addition to the housing
and loan modification information currently included in
the bill.
On agreeing to the Cardoza amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Cardoza amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Cardoza.
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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-503
to prioritize foreclosure counseling services to areas
of the country that have been the hardest-hit by the housing
crisis.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Waters amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of
the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had
prevailed. Ms. Waters demanded a recorded vote and the Chair
postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of
the amendment until later in the legislative day.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1424, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Waters amendment.
Amendment offered by Ms. Waters.
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-503
to provide for various technical corrections, make modifications
to the GAO report in section 15 of the bill, provide that
the Secretary may increase loan limits for micropolitan
counties surrounded by higher cost areas and experiencing
significant growth, and address documentation standards
for FHA loans.
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The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business.
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to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances
from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill
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At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were
demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause
8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings
on the motion would be postponed.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on
S. 3473.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Oberstar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if
ordered, will be postponed until a time to be announced.
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with one minute
speeches, which by direction of the Chair would be limited
to 10 per side of the aisle.
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Chair designated Ms. Foxx to
lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag.
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The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant
to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.
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Today's prayer was offered by Bishop Miles Fowler, Big
Miller Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Lithonia, Georgia
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The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
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