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Friday, September 14, 2012 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

The Senate was not in session today. It will next 

meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, September 17, 2012 for 

a pro forma session. 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

SITUATION IN SYRIA 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a 

closed briefing on the situation in Syria, after receiving testimony from Leon E. Panetta, Secretary, and 

Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a 

hearing to examine the nomination of Kevin K. 

Washburn, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary 

of the Interior for Indian Affairs, after the nominee 

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testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 6410–6428; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 

785 were introduced. Pages H6060–61 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages H6061–62 

Reports: Reports were filed today as follows: 

H.R. 2299, to amend title 18, United States 

Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 

circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of 

parents in abortion decisions (H. Rept. 112–671); 

H.R. 6060, to amend Public Law 106–392 to 

maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through 

fiscal year 2019 (H. Rept. 112–672); 

H.R. 6190, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption in the United 

States of remaining inventories of over-the-counter 

CFC epinephrine inhalers (H. Rept. 112–673); and 

H.R. 2903, to reauthorize the programs and activities of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112–674, Pt. 

1). Pages H6059–60 

Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 

appointed Representative Bishop (UT) to act as 

Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H6003 

Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, Associate Professor, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC. Page H6003 

No More Solyndras Act: The House passed H.R. 

6213, to limit further taxpayer exposure from the 

loan guarantee program established under title XVII 

of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, by a recorded vote 

of 245 ayes to 161 noes, Roll No. 584. 

 Pages H6004–24 

Rejected the Markey motion to recommit the bill 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with 

instructions to report the same back to the House 

forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 

175 ayes to 234 noes, Roll No. 583. Pages H6022–24 

Pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature 

of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112–31 shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 

five-minute rule, in lieu of the amendment in the 

nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 

bill. Page H6017 


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D866 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST September 14, 2012 

Rejected: 

DeGette amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 

112–668) that sought to make changes to the findings section of the bill (by a recorded vote of 169 

ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 581) and 

 Pages H6018–19, H6021 

Waxman amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 

112–668) that sought to strike the subsection preventing DOE from issuing a new loan guarantee for 

applications submitted after December 31, 2011 (by 

a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 

582). Pages H6019–22 

H. Res. 779, the rule providing for consideration 

of the bill, was agreed to yesterday, September 13th. 

Reauthorizing the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act: Agreed by unanimous consent to take from the Speaker’s table and pass S. 

3552, to reauthorize the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Pages H6024–42 

Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Tuesday, September 18th and when the House adjourns 

on that day, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on 

Wednesday, September 19th for morning hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business. Page H6047 

Senate Message: Message received from the Senate 

today appears on page H6012. 

Senate Referrals: S. 3552 was held at the desk and 

S.J. Res. 44 was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Page H6012 

Quorum Calls—Votes: Four recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on 

pages H6021, H6021–22, H6023–24 and H6024. 

There were no quorum calls. 

Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 3:18 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUDITABILITY 

CHALLENGES 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Department of Defense Auditability Challenges. Testimony 

was heard from Elizabeth A. McGrath Deputy Chief 

Management Officer Department of Defense; Robert 

F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), 

Department of Defense; Gladys J. Commons, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management 

and Comptroller, Department of the Navy; Mary 

Sally Matiella, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller, Department 

of the Army; Marilyn M. Thomas, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller, Department of the Air Force. 

TITLE 42—A REVIEW OF SPECIAL HIRING 

AUTHORITIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on 

Health held a hearing entitled ‘‘Title 42—A Review 

of Special Hiring Authorities’’. Testimony was heard 

from Robert Goldenkoff, Director, Strategic Issues, 

Government Accountability Office; and Robert 

Cramer, Managing Associate General Counsel, Government Accountability Office. 

HOUSING FOR HEROES: EXAMINING HOW 

FEDERAL PROGRAMS CAN BETTER SERVE 

VETERANS 

Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity held 

a hearing entitled ‘‘Housing for Heroes: Examining 

How Federal Programs Can Better Serve Veterans’’. 

Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

LESSONS FROM FORT HOOD: IMPROVING 

OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT THE DOTS 

Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on 

Oversight, Investigations, and Management held a 

hearing entitled ‘‘Lessons From Fort Hood: Improving our Ability to Connect the Dots’’. Testimony 

was heard from Douglas Winter, Deputy Chair, 

William H. Webster Commission; Kshemendra 

Paul, Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and public witnesses. 

PER CAPITA ACT AND FEDERAL 

TREATMENT OF TRUST PER CAPITA 

DISTRIBUTIONS 

Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing entitled ‘‘Per Capita Act and Federal Treatment of Trust 

Per Capita Distributions’’. Testimony was heard 

from Christy J. Jacobs, Director, Office of Indian 

Tribal Governments, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NASA’S 

COMMERCIAL CREW ACQUISITION 

STRATEGY 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Recent Developments in NASA’s Commercial Crew Acquisition 

Strategy’’. Testimony was heard from William H. 

Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and a 

public witness. 


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