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Holtz, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, and lists in the Foreign Service, all 

of the Department of State. 

CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 

GRANT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 

Subcommittee on Children and Families concluded a 

hearing to examine the Child Care and Development 

Block Grant reauthorization, focusing on helping to 

meet the child care needs of American families, after 

receiving testimony from Linda K. Smith, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services 

and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood 

Development, Administration for Children and Families; Rolf Grafwallner, Maryland State Department 

of Education Assistant State Superintendent, Baltimore; Janet Singerman, Child Care Resources Inc., 

Charlotte, North Carolina; Phil Acord, Children’s 

Home, Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Susana Coro, 

Falls Church/McLean Children’s Center, Falls 

Church, Virginia. 

TRIBAL GAMING 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an 

oversight hearing to examine the regulation of tribal 

gaming, focusing on brick and mortar to the internet, after receiving testimony from former Representative Jon C. Porter, Las Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of Porter Gordon Silver Communications; Tracie 

Stevens, Chairwoman, National Indian Gaming 

Commission; Bruce Bozsum, The Mohegan Tribe, 

Uncasville, Connecticut; Glen Gobin, The Tulalip 

Tribes, Tulalip, Washington; Jamie Hummingbird, 

Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission, Tahlequah, 

Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Tribal Gaming 

Commissioners/Regulators Association; Elizabeth 

Lohah Homer, Homer Law, Washington, D.C.; and 

Gene Johnson, Spectrum Gaming Group, Linwood, 

New Jersey. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a 

hearing to examine the nomination of William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney 

General, Department of Justice, after the nominee, 

who was introduced by Senator Kohl, testified and 

answered questions in his own behalf. 

INTELLIGENCE 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed 

hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony 

from officials of the intelligence community. 

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Committee recessed subject to the call. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 6205–6227; and 3 resolutions, H. 

Res. 742–744 were introduced. Pages H5326–27 

Additional Cosponsors: Page H5328 

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: 

H.R. 6122, to revise the authority of the Librarian 

of Congress to accept gifts and bequests on behalf of 

the Library, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 

112–624); 

H.R. 1402, to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives at no net 

cost to the Federal Government, with an amendment 

(H. Rept. 112–625); 

H.R. 3641, to establish Pinnacles National Park 

in the State of California as a unit of the National 

Park System, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112–626); and H.R. 4606, to authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for 

other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 

112–627). Page H5326 

Condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the 

heinous atrocities that occurred in Aurora, Colorado: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 134, to 

condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the heinous atrocities that occurred in Aurora, Colorado. 

 Pages H5297–H5302 

H. Con. Res. 134 was considered pursuant to the 

order of the House of July 25, 2012. 

Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 2012: The 

House passed H.R. 4078, to provide that no agency 

may take any significant regulatory action until the 

unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent, by a recorded vote of 245 ayes to 172 noes, 

Roll No. 536. Consideration of the measure began 

yesterday, July 25th. Pages H5302–20 

Rejected the Sutton motion to recommit the bill 

to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

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the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yeaand-nay vote of 181 yeas to 234 nays, Roll No. 535. 

 Pages H5318–19 

Agreed to: 

Posey amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. 

Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th that 

requires that awarded attorney’s fees and costs for 

small businesses in Title I would be paid out of the 

administrative budget of the office in the agency 

that proposed the regulation (by a recorded vote of 

248 ayes to 171 noes, Roll No. 525); Pages H5311–12 

McKinley amendment (No. 13 printed in part B 

of H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that reduces the term ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

from $100,000,000 or more to $50,000,000 or more 

in annual cost to the economy. This amendment 

would allow for more oversight on Federal Agency 

Regulations by lowering the dollar amount threshold 

(by a recorded vote of 240 ayes to 178 noes, Roll 

No. 527); Pages H5312–13 

Fitzpatrick amendment (No. 19 printed in part B 

of H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that directs the Securities and Exchange Commission 

to take into account the large burden of section 

404b of Sarbanes-Oxley on companies with a public 

float less than $250 million, compared to the benefit 

(by a recorded vote of 251 ayes to 166 noes, Roll 

No. 531); Pages H5315–16 

Posey amendment (No. 20 printed in part B of H. 

Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th that 

keeps the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 

(SEC) from enforcing or issuing interpretive guidance on climate change (by a recorded vote of 245 

ayes to 171 noes, Roll No. 532); and Page H5316 

Posey amendment (No. 25 printed in part B of H. 

Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th that 

makes it clear that the definition of ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ would include new Treasury regulations regarding non-resident alien deposits (by a recorded vote of 251 ayes to 165 noes, Roll No. 534). 

 Pages H5317–18 

Rejected: 

Watt amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. 

Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th that 

sought to exempt regulatory actions that are regulatory actions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that streamline the application process for patents and trademarks, including rules implementing 

the micro entity provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, from Title I of the bill and exempt 

midnight rules implementing such provisions from 

Title II of the bill. The amendment also would have 

exempted consent decrees and settlement agreements 

in an action to compel agency action by the PTO 

to help streamline the application process for patents 

and trademarks from Title III of the bill (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 520); 

 Page H5308 

Loebsack amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of 

H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that sought to allow actions that would lower prices 

for gasoline, diesel, oil, or other motor fuels (by a 

recorded vote of 177 ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 

521); Pages H5308–09 

Richardson amendment (No. 8 printed in part B 

of H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that sought to ensure that the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 

health provisions of the Health Care and Education 

Reconciliation Act of 2010 can be carried out (by a 

recorded vote of 170 ayes to 247 noes, Roll No. 

522); Pages H5309–10 

Richardson amendment (No. 9 printed in part B 

of H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that sought to allow regulations that protect consumers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (by a 

recorded vote of 173 ayes to 246 noes, Roll No. 

523); Page H5310 

Connolly amendment (No. 10 printed in part B 

of H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that sought to clarify the procedure for considering 

a request for a congressional waiver by the President 

(by a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 234 noes, Roll 

No. 524); Pages H5310–11 

Nadler amendment (No. 12 printed in part B of 

H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that sought to exempt issues relating to nuclear 

power plants from the obstacles to establishing safety 

protections in the following titles of H.R. 4078: 

Title I (Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act); Title III 

(Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements 

Act); Title V (Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act) (by a recorded 

vote of 176 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 526); 

 Page H5312 

George Miller (CA) amendment (No. 15 printed 

in part B of H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated 

on July 25th that sought to exempt from the definition of significant regulatory action a rule that 

would prevent or reduce deaths or injuries caused by 

explosions and fires related to the ignition of combustible dusts in the workplace (by a recorded vote 

of 174 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 528); 

 Pages H5313–14 

Woolsey amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of 

H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that sought to exempt from the definition of significant regulatory action a rule that would prevent or 

reduce the number of workers suffering electrocutions or other fatalities associated with working on 

high voltage transmission and distribution lines (by 


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a recorded vote of 178 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 

529); Page H5314 

Waters amendment (No. 18 printed in part B of 

H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that sought to authorize appropriations (1) to enable 

the SEC and CFTC to carry out the additional cost/ 

benefit analysis requirements under the bill; (2) for 

costs of litigation incurred by the Commissions related to the requirements under the bill (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes to 247 noes, Roll No. 530); 

and Pages H5314–15 

Maloney amendment (No. 21 printed in part B of 

H. Rept. 112–616) that was debated on July 25th 

that sought to mandate that Title VI cannot take effect until the Chair of the SEC certifies that in conducting the cost benefit analysis no resources will be 

diverted away from the SEC’s mission to protect investors, maintain efficient markets and promote access to capital (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 243 

noes, Roll No. 533). Pages H5316–17 

H. Res. 741, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill, was agreed to by voice vote. 

 Page H5307 

Agreed to the Foxx amendment to the rule by 

voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 183 nays, 

Roll No. 519. Pages H5302–07 

Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 30th. Page H5323 

Senate Message: Message received from the Senate 

today appears on page H5302. 

Senate Referral: S. 285 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Page H5325 

Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and 

16 recorded votes developed during the proceedings 

of today and appear on pages H5307, H5308, 

H5308–09, H5309–10, H5310, H5310–11, 

H5311–12, H5312, H5312–13, H5313–14, H5314, 

H5314–15, H5315, H5316, H5316–17, H5317, 

H5319, H5319–20. There were no quorum calls. 

Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:39 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY— 

CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM 

STANDARDS (CFATS) PROGRAM 

Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a 

hearing on the Department of Homeland Security— 

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) 

Program. Testimony was heard from Steve Caldwell, 

Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, 

Government Accountability Office; and Suzanne 

Spaulding, Deputy Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

CIVILIAN WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS— 

NOW AND ACROSS THE FUTURE YEARS 

DEFENSE PROGRAM 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on Civilian Workforce Requirements—Now and Across the Future Years Defense 

Program. Testimony was heard from Frederick E. 

Vollrath, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management, Department of Defense; and Brenda Farrell, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on 

Environment and the Economy held a markup of S. 

710, the ‘‘Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act’’. The bill was forwarded, as amended. 

THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT 

Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled ‘‘The 10th Anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’’. Testimony was 

heard from public witnesses. 

PREVENTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM 

Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security 

Technologies held a hearing entitled ‘‘Preventing 

Nuclear Terrorism: Does DHS Have an Effective and 

Efficient Nuclear Detection Strategy?’’. Testimony 

was heard from Huban Gowadia, Acting Director, 

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of 

Homeland Security; David Maurer, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Vayl Oxford, National Security Executive Policy Advisor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS 

DIVISION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on the U.S. Department of 

Justice Civil Rights Division. Testimony was heard 

from Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, 

Civil Rights Division. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a markup of 

H.R. 6169, the ‘‘Pathway to Job Creation through 


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