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LEGISLATIVE DAY OF MARCH 12, 2009
111TH CONGRESS - FIRST SESSION
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The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for
12:30 p.m. on March 16, 2009.
On motion to adjourn
Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Rohrabacher moved that the House do now adjourn.
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SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all
anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to
Special Order speeches.
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Mr. Burton of IN requested the following general leaves
to address the House on March 19: Mr. Poe of TX for 5 min
and Mr. Jones for 5 min.
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one
minute speeches.
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Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent That when the House
adjourns on Thursday, March, 12, 2009, it adjourn to meet
at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2009, for Morning-Hour
Debate.
Agreed to without objection.
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supporting the designation of Pi Day, and for other purposes
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On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 10
(Roll no. 124).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
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Considered as unfinished business.
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the
unfinished business was the question of adoption of a motion
to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on
which further proceedings had been postponed.
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to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to
authorize appropriations for State water pollution control
revolving funds, and for other purposes
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 317 - 101
(Roll no. 123).
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The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
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The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union to report
H.R. 1262.
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On agreeing to the Mack amendment
Failed by recorded vote: 140 - 284
(Roll no. 122).
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the
unfinished business was the question of adoption of
amendments which had been debate earlier and on which
further proceedings had been postponed.
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On agreeing to the Driehaus amendment as modified
Agreed to by voice vote.
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Driehaus amendment modified by unanimous consent. The
modification is technical in nature.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Driehaus amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Driehaus.
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An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 111-36
to increase from $1.8 billion to $2.5 billion the authorization
level for the grant program that makes funds available
for combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows.
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On agreeing to the Wittman amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Wittman amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Wittman.
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An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 111-36
to require the OMB Director to submit to Congress a financial
report containing an interagency crosscut budget for restoration
activities that protect, conserve, or restore water quality
in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Also, the EPA Administrator
would have to develop and update an adaptive management
plan for Chesapeake Bay restoration activities.
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On agreeing to the Dahlkemper amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Dahlkemper amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mrs. Dahlkemper.
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An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 111-36
to require certification by a system operator that both
water and energy conservation are components of their
fiscal sustainability plan.
On agreeing to the Roskam amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Roskam amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Roskam.
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An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 111-36
to require the Director of OMB to study programs authorized
by the Act under the Program Assessment Rating Tool or
a successor performance assessment tool developed by OMB.
On agreeing to the Oberstar amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Oberstar amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Oberstar.
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An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 111-36
to require that States, in the development of their priority
methodology, give priority to projects that construct
bioswales that filter and naturally store stormwater runoff
and floodwaters for future water supply and recharge of
natural aquifers.
On agreeing to the Flake amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Flake amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Flake.
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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 111-36
to prohibit earmarking of funds appropriated as a result
of the reauthorization of the Water Pollution Control
Revolving Loan Funds included in the bill.
On agreeing to the Miller (MI) amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Miller(MI) amendment.
Amendment offered by Mrs. Miller (MI).
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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-36
to direct the EPA to convene a task force (EPA, FDA, and
others appointed by the Administrator of the EPA) to develop
recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals
and a strategy to educate the public on those recommendations.
It also would permit, at the request of the head of the
task force, any federal agency or department to detail
personnel to the task force.
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On agreeing to the Markey (CO) amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Markey(CO) amendment.
Amendment offered by Ms. Markey (CO).
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An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-36
to require states to use at least 15% (instead of 10%
as required in the bill) of each capitalization grant
for water pollution control to provide assistance to municipalities
of less than 10,000 people to the extent that there are
sufficient applications for assistance.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Mack amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of
the amendment, and by voice vote announced that the noes had
prevailed. Mr Mack demanded a recorded vote and the Chair
postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment
until later in the legislative day.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate
on the Mack amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Mack.
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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-36
to remove all Davis-Bacon prevailing wage provisions from
the bill.
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On agreeing to the Oberstar amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Oberstar amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Oberstar.
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-36
to authorize tribal governments to be eligible for technical
and management assistance for small publicly-owned sewerage
agencies; amend an existing Clean Water Act authority
for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry
out pilot projects by ensuring that certain `green technology'
activities are eligible for controlling stormwater runoff,
and increase the authorization of appropriations for this
authority to $100 million for each of fiscal years 2010
through 2014; clarify the eligibility for construction
of energy-efficient or renewable-energy generation technologies
at publicly-owned sewerage agencies under the Clean Water
State Revolving Fund; provide additional criteria for
States to determine `affordability criteria' for waste-water
infrastructure projects and activities, including factors
related to per capita income and local unemployment rates;
provide additional transparency and accountability for
expenditures from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
by requiring EPA to conduct, and make publicly available,
an annual performance review of expenditures from the
Clean Water State Revolving Fund, including a review of
the types and categories of projects and activities carried
out using the fund, and an estimate of the number of jobs
created from proceeds of the fund; strike a provision
related to the collection of tonnage duties that was unnecessary;
authorize additional studies on the water-related infrastructure
needs along the United States-Mexican border region, and
the condition of wastewater infrastructure on the Great
Lakes; require States to set-aside 20 percent of combined
sewer and sanitary sewer grants to communities that implement
green infrastructure or other water and energy efficient
improvements; and require the EPA Administrator to conduct
a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal
care products in the waters of the United States.
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GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole continued with
further general debate on
H.R. 1262.
Subsequently, the Committee resumed it's sitting.
The House received a message from the Senate. The Senate
passed
H.R. 1127
without amendment.
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to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to
authorize appropriations for State water pollution control
revolving funds, and for other purposes
The Committee of the Whole rose informally to recieve a
message from the Senate.
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GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with
one hour of general debate on
H.R. 1262.
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The Speaker designated the Honorable Ed Pastor to act as
Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union pursuant to
H. Res. 235
and Rule
XVIII.
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Considered under the provisions of rule
H. Res. 235.
Rule provides for consideration of
H.R. 1262
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
considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It
shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the
Committee on Transportation now printed in the bill.
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TWO MINUTE VOTING AUTHORITY - Mr. Polis of Colorado asked
unanimous consent that, during proceedings today in the
House and in the Committee of the Whole, the Chair be
authorized to reduce to two minutes the minimum time for
electronic voting on any question that otherwise could be
subjected to five-minute voting under clause 8 or 9 of rule
20 or under clause 6 of rule 18. Agreed to without
objection.
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waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported
from the Committee on Rules, and for other purposes
Pursuant to the provisions of
H. Res. 235,
H. Res. 229
is laid on the table.
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providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J.Res.
38) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal
year 2009, and for other purposes
Pursuant to the provisions of
H. Res. 235,
H. Res. 219
is laid on the table.
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waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported
from the Committee on Rules
Pursuant to the provisions of
H. Res. 235,
H. Res. 218
is laid on the table.
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providing for consideration of the bill (
H.R. 1262)
to
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize
appropriations for State water pollution control revolving
funds, and for other purposes
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on
H. Res. 235.
Considered as privileged matter.
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with one minute
speeches, which by direction of the Chair would be limited
to 5 per side of the aisle.
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Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the
House of Representatives.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.
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Considered as privileged matter.
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Chair designated Mrs. Miller
of MI to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
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The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant
to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.
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Today's prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev.
Daniel Coughlin.
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The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
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