Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
The Senate was not in session today. It will next meet at 11 a.m., on
Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
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.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 13, 2010
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
No meetings/hearings scheduled.
House
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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Next Meeting of the SENATE
11 a.m., Tuesday, January 19
Senate Chamber
Program for Tuesday: Senate will meet in a pro forma session.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 a.m., Wednesday, January 13
House Chamber
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''.
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Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
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