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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

The Senate was not in session and stands adjourned until 10 a.m., on Wednesday, September 19, 

2012. 

Committee Meetings 

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No committee meetings were held. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 1 public 

bill, H.R. 6429; and 2 resolutions, H.Res. 786–787 

were introduced. Page H6068 

Additional Cosponsors: Page H6069 

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: 

H.R. 3319, to allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to 

determine the requirements for membership in that 

tribe, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112–675); 

H.R. 5987, to establish the Manhattan Project 

National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 

Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112–676); 

H.J. Res. 118, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 

Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family 

Assistance of the Administration for Children and 

Families of the Department of Health and Human 

Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority 

under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (H. Rept. 

112–677, Pt. 1); and 

H.J. Res. 118, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 

Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family 

Assistance of the Administration for Children and 

Families of the Department of Health and Human 

Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority 

under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (H. Rept. 

112–677, Pt. 2). Page H6068 

Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 

appointed Representative Harris to act as Speaker 

pro tempore for today. Page H6063 

Quorum Calls—Votes: There were no Yea-and-Nay 

votes, and there were no Recorded votes. There were 

no quorum calls. 

Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 12:02 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

No hearings were held. 

Joint Meetings 

No joint committee meetings were held. 

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to 

hold hearings to examine five years of the ‘‘America 

COMPETES Act’’, focusing on progress, challenges, and 

next steps, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. 


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D876 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST September 18, 2012 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee 

on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 

3265, to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 

collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership 

but that is subject to a power site reservation, H.R. 

2842, to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, S. 3464, to amend the Mni Wiconi Project 

Act of 1988 to facilitate completion of the Mni Wiconi 

Rural Water Supply System, and S. 3483, to amend the 

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River 

boundary, to provide water certainty for the City of 

Prineville, Oregon, 9:30 a.m., SD–366. 

Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD–419. 

Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2215, 

to create jobs in the United States by increasing United 

States exports to Africa by at least 200 percent in real 

dollar value within 10 years, S. 2318, to authorize the 

Secretary of State to pay a reward to combat transnational 

organized crime and for information concerning foreign 

nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals, S. 

3310, to direct the President, in consultation with the 

Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Department of Defense, to establish guidelines for United States foreign assistance programs, S. 

3331, to provide for universal intercountry adoption accreditation standards, S. 3341, to require a quadrennial 

diplomacy and development review, S. Con. Res. 50, expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model 

under which the Internet has thrived, S. Res. 516, expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or 

compensation for property seized during the Nazi and 

Communist eras, S. Res. 466, calling for the release from 

prison of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia 

Tymoshenko, S. Res. 543, to express the sense of the Senate on international parental child abduction, the nominations of Richard G. Olson, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Joseph E. 

Macmanus, of New York, to be Representative of the 

United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 

Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Walter North, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently 

and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 

the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of 

Vanuatu, Sharon English Woods Villarosa, of Texas, to be 

Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve 

concurrently and without additional compensation as 

Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, Dawn M. 

Liberi, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 

Burundi, and Stephen D. Mull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, all of the Department 

of State, and John Hardy Isakson, of Georgia, and Patrick 

J. Leahy, of Vermont, both to be a Representative of the 

United States of America to the Sixty-seventh Session of 

the General Assembly of the United Nations, and lists in 

the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S–116, Capitol. 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business meeting to consider S. 3391, to amend section 353 

of the Public Health Service Act with respect to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification, 

an original bill entitled, ‘‘Recalcitrant Cancer Research 

Act of 2012’’, S. 1440, to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity, and nomination lists in the 

Public Health Service, 10 a.m., SD–430. 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 

to hold hearings to examine homeland threats and agency 

responses, 10 a.m., SD–342. 

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine investing in an effective 

Federal workforce, 2:30 p.m., SD–342. 

Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 

the nominations of Katherine Polk Failla, to be United 

States District Judge for the Southern District of New 

York, Pamela Ki Mai Chen, to be United States District 

Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Troy L. 

Nunley, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Sheri Polster Chappell, to be 

United States District Judge for the Middle District of 

Florida, and Mark A. Barnett, of Virginia, to be a Judge 

of the United States Court of International Trade, 10 

a.m., SD–226. 

Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 

Human Rights, to hold hearings to examine hate crimes 

and the threat of domestic extremism, 2:30 p.m., 

SH–216. 

Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine 

eliminating waste and fraud in Medicare, focusing on an 

examination of prior authorization requirements for power 

mobility devices, 2:30 p.m., SD–562. 

House 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, 

markup of H.R. 1206, the ‘‘Access to Professional Health 

Insurance Advisors Act of 2011’’; and H.R. 1063, the 

‘‘Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 

2011’’, 4 p.m., 2123 Rayburn. 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, 

Global Health, and Human Rights, ‘‘Examining the Role 


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of Rwanda in the DRC Insurgency’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and 

Financial Management hearing entitled ‘‘Trade Adjustment Assistance for U.S. Firms: Evaluating Program Effectiveness and Recommendations’’, 11 a.m., 2247 Rayburn. 

Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 

3409, the ‘‘Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act’’; and H.J. Res. 118 

providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 

title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the 

Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for 

Children and Families of the Department of Health and 

Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance 

for Needy Families program, 5 p.m., H–313, Capitol. 


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