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biofuels, wind, geothermal, solar. All of it, 

he said. What’s missing is coal. 

If we’re not going to build a new 

power plant, that’s also jobs not just 

for the miners. It means no jobs for the 

boilermakers, the electrical workers, 

the ironworkers, the steamfitters, the 

plumbers, the insulators, the carpenters, the laborers, the operating engineers, the cement masons, and the 

steelworkers. That means, down in 

southwestern Pennsylvania, in Greene 

County, where 43 percent of their income is coal, they won’t have that income. Washington County will also suffer, and so many Americans will suffer. 

We need to be investing in new technologies to clean up coal and to clean 

up these power plants and rebuild 

them, not to shut them down. 

Mrs. CAPITO. I agree. I think carbon 

capture and sequestration holds great 

promise, but we’ve got to make sure 

that we’ve got the technology available 

so that we can elongate the life of coal. 

Contained within the bill we’re going 

to vote on on Friday is something that 

I’ve been concerned about now for 

years, which is of this administration’s 

inability or reluctance or that it will 

not even consider the job and economic 

impact of the decisions they’re making. We’ve passed bill after bill here, 

saying to the EPA and to the President, Mr. President, you’ve got to 

weave a balance between the economy 

and the environment. You’ve got to 

look at what the job and economic impact of these small towns and counties 

will be. 

Let’s talk about what’s happening to 

the county school systems. When these 

four coal mines shut down in West Virginia, we have a severance tax. That 

severance tax goes to pay the counties, 

and a lot of that money goes to the 

education of those children. What’s 

going to happen? Who is going to fill 

that gap? Who considered that when 

they made the decisions to make it impossible to get a permit? to make it 

impossible to mine the coal? to make 

it impossible to burn the coal? 

I mean, we’re cutting off our nose to 

spite our face. That’s an old and tired 

term, but if we don’t have a base load, 

cheap energy and an abundant energy 

source—and you and I are both from 

States that have a lot of natural gas. 

We’re all for natural gas. We want the 

abundance of natural gas, and we realize the low price of natural gas is part 

of what’s feeding into this. We need an 

all-of-the-above plan that must contain 

clean coal and efficient coal. 

Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. I’ll 

add a story here. 

I remember back in the 1970s, in Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, where a dam 

broke and wiped out the town. I remember going there to work with the 

Red Cross. In the late evening at Van 

High School, I was talking to a gentleman who had lost his home. He had 

said that, before the dam broke, the police had come down the street, and 

they’d said, Leave your homes. The 

dam has broken. He said he grabbed his 

kids, and they ran up the hill as fast as 

they could. As fast as he could run, the 

water was at his feet, and when he 

turned around, his home was gone; the 

town was gone; there was nothing left. 

In the darkness of that classroom 

late at night, I could hear him beginning to cry, and I said, But you have 

your family. 

He said, I know, and there is someone 

else in this town who has lost everything. He even lost his family. 

I said, Well, prayers and good luck 

helped you. 

He said, No. It was also the fact that 

we heard the same warnings. The difference was I listened, and he did not. 

We are at that same point, too. We 

are hearing about the existence of 

towns all throughout Appalachia and 

all throughout this Nation. We need to 

be mining American coal and using our 

ingenuity to clean it up, not shut it 

down, to help all these towns, to help 

the schools, and to help those families. 

Mrs. CAPITO. I want to thank you 

for joining me tonight at this late 

hour. I have just a few more minutes 

left, and I’d like to spend a little bit of 

time on what I think is a large overreach on the part of EPA into making 

law where Congress should be making 

the law. 

We should be deciding how to legislate on the Clean Water Act. We should 

be deciding how to legislate on the 

Clean Air Act. We should be deciding 

how to move forward on permitting in 

our Nation because we consider jobs 

and the economy across party lines, 

and those are important considerations 

for a lot of the bills we put forward. 

But this administration has decided 

to do an end around. They’re making 

regulation after regulation. And what 

has happened? The Federal courts have 

said on at least two or three different 

occasions—and maybe more—that this 

administration is in an area where 

they don’t belong. It’s a legislative 

area. It’s not a regulatory area. It’s an 

area that needs to be addressed 

through legislation by the Congress because that’s the proper place for these 

decisions to be made. 

So I hope that the President is listening, and I hope his administration is 

listening because, with thousands of 

jobs lost, higher electric bills, less reliable energy, fewer manufacturing jobs, 

this all feeds into an over 8 percent unemployment—folks who have quit 

looking and others who have given up. 

If we don’t have a full-out energy 

plan that includes everything and our 

most basic and our longest living energy resource—coal—and use the properties there and enhance them through 

research and development, we are 

going to find ourselves with over 8 percent unemployment, and we are going 

to find communities wiped out. States 

like mine—that are 95 percent reliant 

on coal production for our electricity— 

are going to be severely disadvantaged. 

I don’t want to live in a country where 

the regulatory environment and the 

President are picking winners and losers across this country, and that’s 

what has happened. 

So I look forward to joining my colleague in voting for this bill on Friday. 

I thank you very much, and I thank 

the staff for staying so late, too. 

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance 

of my time. 

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ADJOURNMENT 

Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I move 

that the House do now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 10 p.m.), under its previous 

order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, September 20, 2012, 

at 10 a.m. for morning-hour debate. 

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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 

ETC. 

Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive 

communications were taken from the 

Speaker’s table and referred as follows: 

7847. A letter from the Administrator, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 

Department’s final rule — Beef Promotion 

and Research; Amendment to the Order [Doc. 

No.: AMS-LS-11-0086] received September 7, 

2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 

Committee on Agriculture. 

7848. A letter from the Acting Administrator, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Cranberries Grown in States of Massachusetts, 

Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in the State of New 

York; Changing Reporting Requirements 

[Doc. No.: AMS-FV-12-0002; FV12-929-1 IR] received September 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 

7849. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Clothianidin; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0217; FRL-9360-4] 

received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 

7850. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0395; FRL-9357-5] 

received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 

7851. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Flutriafol; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [EPA-HQOPP-2012-0324; FRL-9349-6] received August 

24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 

the Committee on Agriculture. 

7852. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — S-Metolachlor; Pesticide 

Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0657; FRL9356-9] received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 

7853. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act, 

Army Case Number 11-05; to the Committee 

on Appropriations. 

7854. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act, 


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Army Case Number 11-01; to the Committee 

on Appropriations. 

7855. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report of three violations of the 

Antideficiency Act by the Indian Health 

Services, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the 

Committee on Appropriations. 

7856. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting Biennial Core Report to Congress, pursuant to 

Public Law 112-81, section 2464(B)(e) (125 

STAT. 1368); to the Committee on Armed 

Services. 

7857. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 

regarding the report on eliminating barriers 

to firms that are not traditional suppliers to 

the department; to the Committee on Armed 

Services. 

7858. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting the 

semi-annual status report of the U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program (CDP) for 

September 2012; to the Committee on Armed 

Services. 

7859. A letter from the Principal Deputy, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 

on the approved retirement of Colonel Edward D. Banta, United States Marine Corps, 

and his advancement on the retired list in 

the grade of brigadier general; to the Committee on Armed Services. 

7860. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting 

the Commission’s ‘‘Major’’ final rule — Conflict Minerals [34-67716; S7-40-10] (RIN: 3235- 

AK84) received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services. 

7861. A letter from the Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, transmitting the Administration’s report entitled, ‘‘Annual Energy 

Outlook 2012’’, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 

790f(a)(1); to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. 

7862. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — 2012 Technical Corrections, 

Clarifying and Other Amendments to the 

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, and Confidentiality Determinations for Certain Data 

Elements of the Fluorinated Gas Source Category [EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0147; FRL-9714-3] 

(RIN: 2060-AR53) received August 24, 2012, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

7863. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 

of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Volatile Organic Compounds; Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings 

[EPA-R05-OAR-2010-1047; FRL-9720-2] received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. 

7864. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 

of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Attainment Plan for the Philadelphia-Wilmington, Pennsylvania-New JerseyDelaware 1997 Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area [EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0391; 

FRL-9719-4] received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce. 

7865. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 

of Implementation Plans and Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 

Tennessee: Bristol; Determination of Attaining Data for the 2008 Lead Standards [EPAR04-OAR-2012-0323; FRL-9720-8] received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. 

7866. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Revisions to the California 

State Implementation Plan, San Diego 

County, Antelope Valley and Montery Bay 

Unified Air Pollution Agencies [EPA-R09- 

OAR-2012-0550; FRL-9718-1] received August 

24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

7867. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Revisions to the California 

State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin 

Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District 

[EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0546; FRL-9714-1] received August 24, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. 

7868. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 

of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Arkansas; Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 

Ozone NAAQS and the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 

NAAQS and Interstate Transport Requirements for the 1997 Ozone NAAQS and 2006 

PM2.5 NAAQS [EPA-R06-OAR-2008-0633; FRL9713-8] received September 10, 2012, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce. 

7869. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 

of Implementation Plans and Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois; Ozone [EPA-R05-OAR-2009-0666; FRL9712-8] received September 10, 2012, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce. 

7870. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 

of Implementation Plans and Operating Permits Program; Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico; Administrative Changes [EPA-R02- 

OAR-2012-0032; FRL-9714-5] received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. 

7871. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Arkansas: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revision [EPA-R06-RCRA-2010-0307; 

FRL-9713-3] received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

7872. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Final Confidentiality Determinations for Nine Subparts and Amendments to Subpart A and I under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule 

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0028; FRL-9706-6] (RIN: 

2060-AQ70) received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

7873. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules 

on Certain Chemical Substances [EPA-HQOPPT-2012-0450; FRL-9358-1] (RIN: 2070-AB27) 

received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

7874. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Source Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Implementing Best 

Available Retrofit Technology for Four Corners Power Plant: Navajo Nation [EPA-R09- 

OAR-2010-0683; FRL-9715-9] received September 10, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. 

7875. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting report 

on proposed obligations for the Cooperative 

Threat Reduction; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

7876. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of 

State, transmitting report prepared by the 

Department of State concerning international agreements other than treaties entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day 

period specified in the Case-Zablocki Act; to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

7877. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, 

Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 

transmitting waiver of requirement to certify conditions under Section 203 of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 

2009; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

7878. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the National 

Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and 

pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 

2003, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe that was declared in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

7879. A letter from the Associate General 

Counsel for General Law, Department of 

Homeland Security, transmitting a report 

pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform 

Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform. 

7880. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, 

Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 

transmitting annual category rating report 

from November 1, 2012 to October 31, 2011; to 

the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 

7881. A letter from the Inspector General, 

Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting fiscal year 2014 Budget for the Office of the Inspector General; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 

7882. A letter from the Chairman, Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation, transmitting a piece of draft legislation entitled ‘‘National Historic Preservation Act Amendment 

of 2012’’; to the Committee on Natural Resources. 

7883. A letter from the Acting Assistant 

Attorney General, Department of Justice, 

transmitting the administration of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 

amended for the six month period ending December 31, 2011, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 621; to 

the Committee on the Judiciary. 

7884. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 

transmitting the Office’s report entitled, 

‘‘Report of the Proceedings of the Judicial 

Conference of the United States’’ for the 

March 2012 session; to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

7885. A letter from the President, American 

Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 

transmitting the annual report of the activities of the American Academy of Arts and 

Letters during the year ending December 31, 

2011, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 4204; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 


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7886. A letter from the Acting Assistant 

Attorney General, Department of Justice, 

transmitting the Section 508 Report to the 

President and Congress: Accessibility of Federal Electronic and Information Technology; 

to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

7887. A letter from the Acting Assistant 

Attorney General, Department of Justice, 

transmitting a report entitled, ‘‘Debt Collection Recovery Activities of the Department 

of Justice for Debts Referred to the Department for Collection Annual Report for 2011’’; 

to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

7888. A letter from the Administrator, 

FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, 

transmitting notification that funding under 

Title V, subsection 503(b)(3) of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, has exceeded $5 

million for the cost of response and recovery 

efforts for FEMA-3345-EM in the State of 

West Virginia, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193; to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7889. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 

Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Safety 

Zone; Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Ford 

House Fireworks, Lake St. Clair, Grosse 

Pointe Shores, MI [Docket No.: USCG-2012- 

0600] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received August 28, 

2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7890. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 

Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Safety 

Zone; Mentor Harbor Yachting Club Fireworks, Lake Erie, Mentor, OH [Docket No.: 

USCG-2012-0356] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received 

August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7891. A letter from the Program Analyst, 

Department of Transportation, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Amendment of 

Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Vero Beach, FL [Docket No.: FAA2012-0621; Airspace Docket No. 12-ASO-24] 

(RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 28, 2012, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7892. A letter from the Program Analyst, 

Department of Transportation, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Amendment of 

Class E Airspace; Bar Harbor, ME [Docket 

No.: FAA-2011-1366; Airspace Docket No. 11- 

ANE-13] received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7893. A letter from the Program Analyst, 

Department of Transportation, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Establishment 

of Class E Airspace; Quakertown, PA [Docket No.: FAA-2011-0386; Airspace Docket No. 

12-AEA-6] received August 28, 2012, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7894. A letter from the Program Analyst, 

Department of Transportation, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Establishment 

of Class E Airspace; Roundup, MT [Docket 

No.: FAA-2012-0274; Airspace Docket No. 12- 

ANM-4] received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7895. A letter from the Program Analyst, 

Department of Transportation, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Establishment 

of Class E Airspace; Apopka, FL [Docket No.: 

FAA-2011-0249; Airspace Docket No. 12-ASO16] received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7896. A letter from the Program Analyst, 

Department of Transportation, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Amendment of 

Class D and Class E Airspace; Fort Rucker, 

AL [Docket No.: FAA-2012-0635; Airspace 

Docket No. 12-ASO-30] received August 28, 

2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7897. A letter from the Program Analyst, 

Department of Transportation, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Revocation of 

Class E Airspace; Lloydsville, PA, and 

Amendment of Class D and E Airspace; Latrobe, PA [Docket No.: FAA-2012-0301; Airspace Docket No. 12-AEA-3] received August 

28, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7898. A letter from the Program Analyst, 

Department of Transportation, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Amendment of 

Jet Routes and VOR Federal Airways; Northeastern United States [Docket No.: FAA2012-0622; Airspace Docket No. 12-ANE-11] 

(RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 28, 2012, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

7899. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 

of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting reconstruction proposal 

for the Ohio River Shoreline, Paducah, Kentucky; (H. Doc. No. 112–142); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

and ordered to be printed. 

7900. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 

of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting the final report for the 

San Clemente Shoreline Feasibility Study; 

(H. Doc. No. 112–143); to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure and ordered to be printed. 

7901. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department’s report entitled, 

‘‘Assets for Independence Program — Status 

at the Conclusion of the Eleventh Year’’; to 

the Committee on Ways and Means. 

7902. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, transmitting the Department’s report to Congress concerning the 

Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility being constructed at the Department’s 

Savannah River Site near Aiken, South 

Carolina; jointly to the Committees on 

Armed Services and Energy and Commerce. 

7903. A letter from the Chair, Federal Election Commission, transmitting the Commission’s FY 2014 budget request, pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437d(d)(1); jointly to the Committees 

on House Administration, Appropriations, 

and Oversight and Government Reform. 

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON 

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of 

committees were delivered to the Clerk 

for printing and reference to the proper 

calendar, as follows: 

Mr. MILLER of Florida: Committee on 

Veterans’ Affairs. H.R. 5948. A bill to amend 

title 38, United States Code, to improve the 

supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under 

the laws administered by the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; 

with an amendment (Rept. 112–678). Referred 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

state of the Union. 

Mr. UPTON: Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. H.R. 6194. A bill to ensure the viability and competitiveness of the United 

States agricultural sector (Rept. 112–679). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the state of the Union. 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Rules. 

House Resolution 788. Resolution providing 

for consideration of the joint resolution (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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3409) 

to limit the authority of the Secretary of the 

Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and providing for proceedings during the period 

from September 22, 2012, through November 

12, 2012 (Rept. 112–680). Referred to the House 

Calendar. 

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PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 

Under clause 2 of rule XII, public 

bills and resolutions of the following 

titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows: 

By Mr. MICA (for himself and Mr. 

DENHAM): 

H.R. 6430. A bill to amend title 40, United 

States Code, to improve the functioning of 

the General Services Administration; to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

By Mr. ROYCE: 

H.R. 6431. A bill to provide flexibility with 

respect to United States support for assistance provided by international financial institutions for Burma, and for other purposes; 

to the Committee on Financial Services. 

considered and passed. considered and 

passed. 

By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, 

Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GOODLATTE, and 

Mr. WATT): 

H.R. 6432. A bill to implement the provisions of the Hague Agreement and the Patent Law Treaty; to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

By Mr. UPTON (for himself and Mr. 

WAXMAN): 

H.R. 6433. A bill to make corrections with 

respect to Food and Drug Administration 

user fees; to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. considered and passed. considered and passed. 

By Ms. EDWARDS: 

H.R. 6434. A bill to direct the Secretary of 

Education to award grants to States that 

enact State laws that will make school attendance compulsory through the age of 17; 

to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce. 

By Mr. STARK (for himself and Mr. 

RANGEL): 

H.R. 6435. A bill to amend title XVIII of the 

Social Security Act to clarify the application of Medicare special enrollment periods 

and secondary payer rules to employer coverage of family members of employees; to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

and in addition to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 

By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey: 

H.R. 6436. A bill to eliminate conditions in 

foreign prisons and other detention facilities 

that do not meet primary indicators of 

health, sanitation, and safety, and for other 

purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and 

Mr. THOMPSON of California): 

H.R. 6437. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy 


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