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113th Congress (2013-2014)
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Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Daily Digest
Highlights
- The House passed H.R. 152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013.
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Senate
Chamber Action
The Senate was not in session and stands in recess until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, January 21, 2013.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:
57 public bills, H.R. 248-305; 1 private bill, H.R. 306; and 8 resolutions, H.J. Res. 17; H. Con. Res. 8; and H. Res. 29-34 were introduced.
Pages H168-73
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H173
Reports Filed:
There were no reports filed today.
Reading of the Constitution:
Pursuant to section 5(a) of H. Res. 5, the Chair recognized Representative Goodlatte for the reading of the Constitution.
Pages H89-96
Recess:
The House recessed at 11:10 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon.
Page H96
Meeting Hour:
Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 3 p.m. on Friday, January 18th.
Page H99
Motion to Adjourn:
Rejected the Ellison motion to adjourn by a recorded vote of 0 ayes to 419 noes, Roll No. 13.
Pages H108-09
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013:
The House passed H.R. 152, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 23.
Pages H99-H108, H109-52
Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-1 shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule further provides that no amendment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-1. After disposition of such amendments, the Chair shall put the question on the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule states that if the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A is not adopted, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and report that it has come to no resolution on the bill. If the amendment in the nature of a substitute is adopted, the amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment. The rule also directs the Clerk to, in the engrossment of H.R. 152, add the text of H.R. 219, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 152.
Pages H121-25
Agreed to:
Rogers (KY) amendment in the nature of a substitute (printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-1) that provides $17 billion in emergency funding to address immediate needs for victims and communities affected by Hurricane Sandy (by a recorded vote of 327 ayes to 91 noes, Roll No. 15);
Pages H127-28
Runyan amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that clarifies that the fisheries disaster money in the Frelinghuysen amendment is intended for states that were both impacted by Hurricane Sandy and suffered a fisheries disaster in 2012;
Page H137
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Blumenauer amendment (No. 6 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that clarifies that Corps of Engineers construction projects receiving funds in this legislation will be at full Federal expense only with respect to the funds provided by this legislation;
Page H140
Huelskamp amendment (No. 8 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that requires FEMA to disclose all disaster relief grants, not just those over $1 million;
Page H141
Velazquez amendment (No. 12 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that increases the funding to the National Cemetery Administration by $1 million for the purposes of repairing veteran's cemeteries damaged by Hurricane Sandy;
Page H145
Flores amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that strikes $150,000,000 for Regional Ocean Partnership grants (by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 16);
Pages H136-37, H146-47
Fleming amendment (No. 9 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1), as modified, to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that cuts $9,800,000 from the Fish & Wildlife Service for rebuilding seawalls and buildings on uninhabited islands in the Steward McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Connecticut (by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 19);
Pages H141-43, H148-49
Bishop (UT) amendment (No. 11 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from acquiring any more Federal land using funds provided under this emergency supplemental appropriations bill for Hurricane Sandy relief (by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 198 noes, Roll No. 21); and
Pages H144-45, H149-50
Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1), as amended, that provides an additional $33.677 billion in total spending to cover current and anticipated needs in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Sandy. This funding is in addition to the amendment submitted by Chairman Rogers (KY) (by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 22).
Pages H128-37, H150-51
Rejected:
Mulvaney amendment (printed in part B of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Rogers (KY) amendment (printed in part A of H. Rept. 113-1) that sought to provide an offset of the $17 billion in emergency funding to address immediate needs for victims and communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. The offset would have been achieved by an across-the-board cut of 1.63% to all discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2013 (by a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 14);
Pages H125-27
Broun (GA) amendment (No. 4 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that sought to strike $13,000,000 in funding to ``accelerate the National Weather Service ground readiness project'' (by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 214 noes, Roll No. 17);
Pages H137-39, H147
Duncan (SC) amendment (No. 5 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that sought to strip out the extra $1M for Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and replace that with a limitation against funding for LSC (by a recorded vote of 202 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 18); and
Pages H139-40, H147-48
Benishek amendment (No. 10 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that sought to strikes the proviso on line 20, restoring the requirement that local investments are required in Historic Preservation Grants (by a recorded vote of 208 ayes to 212 noes, Roll No. 20).
Pages H143-44, H149
Withdrawn:
Velazquez amendment (No. 7 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 113-1) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have increased the Community Development Fund appropriation amount by $25 million offset by reductions elsewhere in the bill.
Pages H140-41
Agreed by unanimous consent that in the engrossment of H.R. 152, the Clerk shall reinsert the text on page 1, lines 3 through 6, of the bill after the enacting clause.
Pages H151-52
H. Res. 23, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 367 yeas to 52 nays, Roll No. 12, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 293 yeas to 127 nays, Roll No. 11.
Pages H99-H108
United States Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly--Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member on the part of the House to the United States Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: Representative Turner (OH), Chairman.
Page H152
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member on the part of the House to the Commission on Security D23and Cooperation in Europe: Representative Smith (NJ), Co-Chairman.
Page H152
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Three yea-and-nay votes and 10 recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H107-08, H108, H108-09, H126-27, H127-28, H146-47, H147, H147-48, H148-49, H149, H149-50, H150-51 and H151. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:21 p.m.
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Committee Meetings
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Armed Services:
Full Committee organizational meeting for the 113th Congress. The Committee rules were approved.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Full Committee organizational meeting for the 113th Congress. The Committee rules were approved.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
No meetings/hearings scheduled.
No hearings are scheduled.
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Program for Monday:
Joint Session for the Inauguration of the President and Vice President of the United States.
Program for Friday:
The House will meet in pro forma session at 3 p.m.
HOUSE
Bachus, Spencer, Ala., E35
Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E33
Braley, Bruce L., Iowa, E28
Campbell, John, Calif., E31
Capps, Lois, Calif., E29
Coffman, Mike, Colo., E33
Himes, James A., Conn., E27
Israel, Steve, N.Y., E27
Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E35
Keating, William R., Mass., E27, E28
Latham, Tom, Iowa, E28
McGovern, James P., Mass., E29, E35
McIntyre, Mike, N.C., E33
Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E28, E29, E31, E34
Miller, George, Calif., E30
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E33
Owens, William L., N.Y., E32
Roybal-Allard, Lucille, Calif., E32
Ryan, Tim, Ohio, E28
Stivers, Steve, Ohio, E27, E29, E31
Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E30
Tiberi, Patrick J., Ohio, E34
Wolf, Frank R., Va., E31, E33, E34
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