Volume 154, No. 97 covering the 2nd Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“House of Representatives” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D736-D738 on June 12, 2008.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R. 6249-
6273; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 372; and H. Res. 1269-1274 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 1333, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Air Force to use Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, with amendments (H. Rept. 110-691, Pt. 2) and
H.R. 5912, to amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-711).
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Tauscher to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
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Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures which were debated on Wednesday, June 11th:
Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008: H.R. 1553, amended, to amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas with none voting
``nay'', Roll No. 409; and
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Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to information regarding pediatric cancers and current treatments for such cancers, establish a national childhood cancer registry, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancer.''
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Authorizing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects: S. 2146, amended, to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 406 yeas with none voting
``nay'', Roll No. 413.
Pages H5361-62 Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008: The House passed H.R. 5749, to provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation, by a yea-and-nay vote of 274 yeas to 137 nays, Roll No. 412.
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Rejected the Weller (IL) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with amendments, by a yea-and-nay vote of 170 yeas to 243 nays, Roll No. 411.
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Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in H. Rept. 110-710 shall be considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill.
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Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of order raised by Representative Weller (IL) by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 410.
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H. Res. 1265, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 408, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 407.
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Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, June 18th.
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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and further, when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17th for morning hour debate.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008: The House began consideration of H.R. 6063, to authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Further proceedings were postponed.
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Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science and Technology now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule.
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Accepted:
Gordon (TN) manager's amendment (No 1 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that includes a provision related to coordination with the FAA on sonic boom research; replaces Secs. 305 and 306 with equivalent language from Secs. 903 and 905 respectively of the House-passed FAA Reauthorization, H.R. 2881; adds suborbital reusable launch vehicles to the list of suborbital science research platforms; includes a sense of Congress on the value of NASA's EarthKam and robotics competitions for inspiring students; includes sense of Congress language urging NASA to use entrepreneurial companies to conduct appropriate R&D and seek ways to ensure that firms that rely on fixed price proposals aren't disadvantaged; and includes NASA workforce-related provisions, including an extension of the RIF moratorium, a limit on the use of term positions in FY 2009, and a temporary continuation of coverage of health benefits;
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Feeney amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. should seek to obtain cooperation from other nations in discovering and monitoring near-Earth asteroids;
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Wu amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that encourages the United States to lead confidence building measures that advance the long-term initiative for international cooperation;
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Wu amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that expresses the sense of Congress that NASA should not dilute, distort, suppress, or impede scientific research or the dissemination thereof;
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Arcuri amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to examine the feasibility of contracting non-federal actors to disseminate images and multi-media records delivered from space to the public as part of NASA's participatory exploration technology plan. Additionally, the amendment requires NASA to employ a transparent bidding process to award any such contracts, pursuant to U.S. law;
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Wu amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that requires CBO to update their report from 2004 on the budgetary analysis of the NASA's Vision for the Nation's Space Exploration Program. This report is to be completed in 6 months;
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Harman amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that expresses the sense of Congress that NASA should work with other government agencies and the aerospace industry to develop and implement policies to sustain and expand the aerospace industry workforce;
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Gordon (TN) amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that directs NASA to prioritize any existing cooperatives with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that are related to the study of tornadoes and tornado force winds with the goal of determining the nation's ability to predict tornado events; and also requires NASA to examine if there are other areas where NASA can work with NOAA in the area of tornado research;
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Yarmuth amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that requires NASA to respond to recommendations in recent reports of the Government Accountability Office and the National Academy of Sciences to ensure the public has access to correct and timely research and data on global warming; and
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Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that clarifies that the NASA Outreach and Technology Assistance Program will include small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses; also gives preference, in selection for the program, to socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and HUBZone small business concerns.
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Proceedings Postponed:
Lampson amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that seeks to exempt NASA from Section 526(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 if the contract does not specifically require the contractor to provide an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional source, the purpose of the contract is not to obtain an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source, and the contract does not provide incentives for a refinery upgrade or expansion to allow a refinery to use or increase its use of fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source and
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Hodes amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 110-707) that seeks to establish a scholarship program in honor of Christa McAuliffe, a teacher from Concord, New Hampshire who died in the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. The scholarship would go to women pursuing degrees in mathematics, science, and engineering.
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H. Res. 1257, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 406, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 405.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Nine yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5342, H5343, H5343-44, H5344, H5345, H5347-48, H5360-61, H5361, H5362. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:23 p.m.
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