Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Bill: 112-hr-5326
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2012-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Abortion
Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Asia
Aviation and airports
Business ethics
Canada
Caribbean area
Census and government statistics
China
Commission on Civil Rights
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Cuba
Department of Commerce
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Firearms and explosives
Fishes
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government liability
Human rights
Human trafficking
Intellectual property
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Legal Services Corporation
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine Mammal Commission
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Pornography
Public contracts and procurement
Religion
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Sex offenses
Space flight and exploration
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice (DOJ), science-related programs, and related agencies. 
 
Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for 2013 for the Department of Commerce for various agencies and programs, including transfers of funds.
 
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for DOJ for various agencies and programs, including transfers of funds. 
 
Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including for the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for the Office of the National Science Board and the Office of Inspector General. 
 
Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights, (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), (3) the International Trade Commission (ITC), (4) the Legal Services Corporation, (5) the Marine Mammal Commission, (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and (7) the State Justice Institute. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. Rescinds certain unobligated balances.

action_date: 2012-05-10
text: 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.
 

Title I: Department of Commerce
 - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2013 for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (8) the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); (9) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); (10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and (11) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General. 
 
(Sec. 105) Adopts by reference provisions of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 that: (1) set forth determinations that must be made by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in order for NOAA to enter a contract for development of a major program (an activity approved to proceed to implementation that has an estimated life cycle cost of more than $250 million), and (2) require the Under Secretary to annually submit a Major Program Annual Report that includes such required information for the satellite development program for which NOAA proposes to expend funds in the subsequent year.
 
(Sec. 109) Directs the Department of Commerce to provide a monthly report to the Appropriations Committees on any official travel to China by any employee of the Department.
 

Title II: Department of Justice
 - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for FY2013 for: (1) general administration, including for the Office of Inspector General; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including for reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, the Offices of the United States Attorneys, the United States Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (4) the United States Marshals Service; (5) the National Security Division; (6) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); (10) the federal prison system, including for Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; (11) the Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs, including for establishment of a national clearinghouse to provide training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women; (12) Office of Justice programs, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, a veterans treatment courts program, the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program, the National Criminal History Improvement Program, and a program to monitor prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and (13) Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS program).
 
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion. 
 
(Sec. 217) Prohibits the use of funds by a federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual known or suspected to be an agent of a drug cartel, unless U.S. law enforcement personnel continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
 
(Sec. 219) Prohibits the use of funds to require a person licensed to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms or importing or manufacturing ammunition to report information to DOJ regarding the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person.
 

Title III: Science
 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for the Office of the National Science Board. 
 

Title IV: Related Agencies 
- Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights, (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), (3) the International Trade Commission, (4) the Legal Services Corporation, (5) the Marine Mammal Commission, (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and (7) the State Justice Institute.
 

Title V: General Provisions 
- (Sec. 501) Sets forth requirements, restrictions, and limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
 
(Sec. 506) Makes any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act.
 
(Sec. 509) Prohibits the use of funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the removal by any foreign country of restrictions on marketing of such products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco products of the same type.
 
(Sec. 517) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the U.S. government, or (2) authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of specified statutes authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters. 
 
(Sec. 526) Rescinds specified amounts of unobligated balances available to DOJ for specified accounts.
 
(Sec. 529) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) transfer or release to or within the United States Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense (DOD); or (2) construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to detain or imprison such a detainee.
 
(Sec. 531) Prohibits the distribution of funds to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries.
 
(Sec. 534) Prohibits the use of funds for NASA or OSTP to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order or contract to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally with China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after this Act's enactment. Specifies that such limitations shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has certified: (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, data, or other information with national security or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned company; and (2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials who have been determined by the United States to have direct involvement with violations of human rights.
 
(Sec. 535) Directs the head of any department, agency, board, or commission funded by this Act to submit quarterly reports regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each conference held by it during FY2013 for which the cost to the government exceeded $20,000.
 
(Sec. 536) Prohibits the use of funds to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if: (1) all other legal requirements with respect to the proposed importation are met; and (2) no application for the importation of such model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
 
(Sec. 542) Prohibits the use of funds by the Attorney General to originate or join in any lawsuit that seeks to overturn, enjoin, or invalidate specified immigration laws in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah.
 
(Sec. 547) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to defend against any action challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or specified provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or (2) to litigate against any of the states on behalf of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) pertaining to secret ballot union elections.
 
(Sec. 549) Prohibits the use of funds by DOJ: (1) to be a party to a single or multi-state court settlement where funds are removed from any residential mortgage-backed securitization trust, or (2) to bring any action against a state for implementation of a state law requiring voter identification. 
 
(Sec. 551) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to conduct the American Community Survey, (2) to enforce provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 prohibiting federal agency procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with such fuel must be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel, or (3) to implement the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order 13547.
 
(Sec. 557) Reduces amounts available under specified headings under this Act and increases the amounts available to DOJ for emergency federal law enforcement assistance and to the Department of Commerce for NIST industrial technology services.
 
(Sec. 561) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) in contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act, or (2) to carry out the activities of the Climate Change education program or the functions of the Political Science Program in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of NSF.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-14
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 163 (Roll no. 249).
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 163 (Roll no. 249).
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 181 - 233 (Roll no. 248).
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2634)
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Nadler motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to increase funds for the Office of Violence Against Women by $20.5 million and decrease funds from the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, and the Office of Science and Technology by $20.5 million.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Mr. Nadler moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H2633-2635; text: CR H2633)
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2633-2636)
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule 19, the Chair postponed further proceedings on H.R. 5326 until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2557)
action_date: 2012-05-10
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5326.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Mr. Wolf moved that the Committee rise.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was question on adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5326 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Mr. Wolf moved that the Committee rise.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on pro forma amendments to H.R. 5326. (consideration: CR H2551-2557)
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Huelskamp amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Fattah demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Huelskamp amendment No. 24 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Broun (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Fattah demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Fattah demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Denham amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Denham amendment No. 26 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Garamendi amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Brown (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Cravaack amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Fattah demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Cravaack amendment No. 7 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Holt amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Holt demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Holt amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Chaffetz amendment No. 36 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lewis (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Lewis (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lewis (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Rohrabacher amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Rohrabacher demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Rohrabacher amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Walsh (IL) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Engel amendment No. 28 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Gardner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Gardner demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Gardner amendment No. 32 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Landry amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Landry demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Landry amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on pro forma amendments to H.R. 5326.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was question on adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2515-2551)
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5326 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Mr. Wolf moved that the Committee rise.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flores amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flores demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flores amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Wolf asked unanimous consent that he be permitted to request a recorded vote on the amendment offered by Mr. Webster. Agreed to without objection and without objection, the proceedings by which the amendment was agreed to by an earlier voice vote are vacated and a recorded vote is requested on the amendment offered by Mr. Webster. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the question of adoption of the Webster amendment would be postponed until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flores amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flores demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flores amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: On agreeing to the Webster amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Webster amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Poe (TX) amendment No. 14 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Schweikert amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Fattah demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Schweikert amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Garrett amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Fattah demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Garrett amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Quayle amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Duncan(SC) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Gene Green (TX) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Duncan(SC) amendment No. 38 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lee (CA) amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the amendment was withdrawn.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Blackburn amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Blackburn demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Blackburn amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Tierney amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Tierney demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tierney amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Chaffetz amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Chaffetz demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Chaffetz amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2493-2515)
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5326 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2012-05-09
text: Mr. Wolf moved that the Committee rise.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Southerland amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Broun (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Southerland amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - At the conclusion of debate on the Broun (GA) amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Broun (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Broun (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Wolf asked unanimous consent that he be permitted to request a recorded vote on the amendment offered by Ms. Black (TN). Agreed to without objection and without objection, the proceedings by which the amendment was agreed to by an earlier voice vote are vacated and a recorded vote is requested on the amendment offered by Ms. Black (TN). Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the question of adoption of the Black (TN) amendment would be postponed until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Blackburn amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Blackburn demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Blackburn amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: On agreeing to the Black amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Black amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sessions amendment No. 5 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Broun (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Austin Scott (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Austin Scott (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Austin Scott (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Westmoreland amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Westmoreland demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Westmoreland amendment No. 11 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Johnson (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Wolf demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Johnson (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Huizenga amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Huizenga demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Huizenga amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Grimm amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Grimm demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Grimm amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Wasserman Schultz amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Davis (IL) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Wolf demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Davis (IL) amendment No. 2 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was question on adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Runyan amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Waters amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Runyan amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Dicks demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Runyan amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Gowdy amendment No. 1 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Broun (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Dicks demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Broun(GA) amendment No. 4 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Grimm amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Grimm demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Grimm amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Hanabusa amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Harris amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Harris demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Harris amendment No. 10 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Quayle amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Quayle demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Quayle amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lynch amendment No. 4 under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Clarke (NY) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Scalise amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Scalise demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Scalise amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Cicilline amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Pompeo amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Pompeo demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Pompeo amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Michaud amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Michaud demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Michaud amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Turner (OH) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the McClintock amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. McClintock demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the McClintock amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Broun (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Broun (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Broun (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Peters amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Wolf demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 643, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Peters amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 5326.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 643 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Rob Bishop to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5326 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Until the adoption of a conference report on the budget resolution, the allocations of spending authority printed in Tables 11 and 12 of the Budget Committee report accompanying the House-passed budget resolution shall be considered to be the allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The Chair is authorized to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record.
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 643. (consideration: CR H2346-2440; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H2360, H2364, H2369, H2370, H2371-2372, H2373, H2374, H2375-2376; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H2376, H2377, H2379-2381, H2389-2390, H2391-2392, H2393, H2395-2396, H2406, H2407; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H2407-2408, H2409, H2410-2411; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H2411, H2414, H2415; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H2415-2416, H2417-2419, H2419)
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: Rule H. Res. 643 passed House.
action_date: 2012-05-07
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 643 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5326 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Until the adoption of a conference report on the budget resolution, the allocations of spending authority printed in Tables 11 and 12 of the Budget Committee report accompanying the House-passed budget resolution shall be considered to be the allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The Chair is authorized to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (two-thirds vote requirement) against any
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 324.
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-463, by Mr. Wolf.
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-463, by Mr. Wolf.
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Introduced in House