Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2010-12-21 Date2010-12-21 PublicationVolume 156, issue 172 Sections188 House · 45 Senate House sections TRIBUTE TO IRVIN B. NATHAN RECOGNITION OF MIRIAM AND BERNIE YENKIN FOR AWARD OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE HONORING NORTH ALLEGHENY HIGH SCHOOL AS PENNSYLVANIA STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS RECOGNITION OF CHARLES FEESER FOR HIS EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD INTRODUCTION OF H. RES. 1777, A RESOLUTION RAISING AWARENESS OF SCHOOL PUSHOUT AND PROMOTING DIGNITY IN SCHOOLS RECOGNIZING WILLIAM D. JAMES, MD, FAAD, INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY RITA PETERSON TAX RELIEF, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REAUTHORIZATION, AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2010 HONORING BYRON LEYDECKER AN EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH LISA STEVEN & AMIE WALTON PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING ORLANDO SANTOS CONGRATULATING KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED ON ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY HONORING DENNIS R. FERGUSON CELEBRATING THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF VERNON AND CAROL SLOAN'S FARMING IN WILLIAMS COUNTY, OHIO MICHAEL ROBERT KINDIG RETIREMENT OF GENEVA YOUNG FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE LIFE OF ANDREW BARYLSKI NICHOL WOOD MEMORIAM FOR ANNA SUGI, COMMUNITY LEADER AND HEALTH CARE VISIONARY PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING FERNANDO JOSE MOLLEDA RAMIREZ JEANETTE TRUJILLIO-LUCERO IN HONOR OF F. MIKE MILES IN HONOR OF THE WORK OF THORAYA AHMED OBAID, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNFPA KITTY PRING REFLECTIONS ON REPRESENTING THE 27TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOUIS FINKEL TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSONAL EXPLANATION REDUCTION OF LEAD IN DRINKING WATER ACT MICAH SPRINGER HONORING THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER FOOTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP H.R. 5281, DEVELOPMENT, RELIEF, AND EDUCATION FOR ALIEN MINORS HONORING STEPHAN PASSALACQUA INTRODUCTION OF THE "OIL SPILL VICTIMS REDRESS ACT" HAZEL HARTBARGAR HONORING PAUL ZALESKI HONORING JAMES DIPACE COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF MARVIN ZANDERS HONORING DAVID CAVICKE EREKA O'HARA INTRODUCING OIL INDEPENDENCE FOR A STRONGER AMERICA ACT OF 2010 ARTUR DAVIS IN NATE A TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN HERO CPL. NATHAN "NATE" SCHAMING 82ND AIRBORNE 1/504 PIR CO. THE UNITED STATES ARMY PASSING OF REVEREND S.L. ROBERSON A TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN HERO: SERGEANT MAJOR RAYMOND MACKEY, 3RD BATTALION 10TH MARINES HONORING BILL COGBILL RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LEIGH ANN BROWN TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION OF THE VETERANS HOUSING FAIRNESS ACT OF 2010 EQUITY IN SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 2010 INTRODUCTION STATEMENT DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REPEAL ACT OF 2010 DENISE WADDELL TAX RELIEF, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REAUTHORIZATION, AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2010 HONORING ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL CARDINAL FOOTBALL RECOGNIZING DR. DAT QUANG LE AS A RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT FINAL STAFF REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING RECOGNIZING MS. KIMBERLY MORROW LEONG AS A RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING BARBARA HEISER O'NEIL ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE USS FRANKLIN DURING WORLD WAR II RECOGNIZING THE GIVING CIRCLE OF HERITAGE HUNT LORD NICHOLAS WINDSOR URGES NEW ABOLITIONISM HONORING LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MICHAEL "RAY" CAIN'S DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN RECOGNITION OF THE SIKH FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA'S 2010 ANNUAL CULTURAL PROGRAM HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. HYLAN BENTON LYON, JR. IN APPRECIATION OF MARY COLLEEN McCARTY TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMEMORATING THE 96TH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE CHURCH OF GOD BY FAITH COMMENDING DAVID L. CAVICKE PERSONAL EXPLANATION TRIBUTE TO CHAIRMAN BART GORDON THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DAVID CAVICKE TAX RELIEF, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REAUTHORIZATION, AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2010 RECOGNIZING PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BEING NAMED ONE OF THE NATION'S "100 BEST COMMUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE" RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HARRIET JAN HILLMAN STATEMENT ON H.R. 3082, MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 PERSONAL EXPLANATION RECOGNIZING COACH GENE STALLINGS FOR SELECTION TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME REPRESENTATIVE IKE SKELTON NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAMES MELTON STEELE HONORING ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMBASSADOR RICHARD HOLBROOKE A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF GOODWIN STEINBERG `O WHAT A GAL IN HONOR OF OPRAH WINFREY House of Representatives PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE REFLECTING ON THE 111TH CONGRESS CONGRATULATING PEPPER PENNINGTON CONGRATULATING THE UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM THE PARTY'S OVER POST-9/11 GI BILL BENEFITS FOR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN IT'S TIME TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING HONORING JAMES DAVIS FOR HIS GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY THE VOTERS ALWAYS HAVE THE FINAL SAY MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE SHARK CONSERVATION ACT OF 2010 DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT OF 2010 DEFENSE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ACT PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM SEXUAL AND VIOLENT PREDATORS ACT SECTION 202 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY ACT OF 2010 FRANK MELVILLE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INVESTMENT ACT OF 2010 ANTI-BORDER CORRUPTION ACT OF 2010 NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY ACT OF 2010 PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION ACT OF 2010 REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5116, AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2010; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2751, FDA... WAIVING REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES DEFENSE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ACT PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5116, AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2010; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2751, FDA FOOD SAFETY... AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2010 FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE APPOINTMENT--NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS APPOINTMENTS--COMMISSION ON KEY NATIONAL INDICATORS PERMISSION TO POSTPONE FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON CERTAIN MEASURES GPRA MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2010 FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE GPRA MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2010--Continued FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2010 GPRA MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2010 FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM ANTI-BORDER CORRUPTION ACT OF 2010 FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT WILSON COLLINS POST OFFICE BUILDING REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER AS COSPONSOR OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 1762 REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3082, CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXTENSIONS ACT, 2011 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE DOMESTIC MINOR SEX TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE AND VICTIMS SUPPORT ACT OF 2010 CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXTENSIONS ACT, 2011 PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM SEXUAL AND VIOLENT PREDATORS ACT PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW APPOINTMENT OF HON. DONNA F. EDWARDS TO ACT AS SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE TO SIGN ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS THROUGH REMAINDER OF SECOND SESSION OF 111TH CONGRESS COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLICAN LEADER COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLICAN LEADER COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLICAN LEADER HONORING DOROTHY HARRY CONGRATULATING THE PEARLAND OILERS FOR WINNING THE CLASS 5A DIVISION ONE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PASSING THE DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ACT HONORING THE HONORABLE JOHN B. SHADEGG TRIBUTE TO THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN SOLARZ SPECIAL ORDERS The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) is recognized for 5 minutes. FLAWED ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL IMPRISONMENT IN BELARUS END HUNGER NOW The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Jackson) is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) is recognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey) is recognized for 5 minutes. START TREATY PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR COUNTRY THE DREAM ACT AND ITS WAY FORWARD LAME DUCK CONGRESS LEAVE OF ABSENCE SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED ENROLLED BILLS AND A JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS TIME LIMITATION OF REFERRED BILLS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL SPONSORS DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PETITIONS, ETC. Senate sections Senate prayer PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER SCHEDULE RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME MORNING BUSINESS NEW START TREATY CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 EXECUTIVE SESSION TREATY WITH RUSSIA ON MEASURES FOR FURTHER REDUCTION AND LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS--Resumed REGISTRATION OF MUNICIPAL ADVISERS NOMINATION OF ROBERT N. CHATIGNY FLOODING IN COLOMBIA TRIBUTE TO LULU DAVIS AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION ACT LEONHART NOMINATION CONFIRMATION OF ALBERT DIAZ DIPLOMACY MISSOURI 2009 MALCOLM BALDRIGE AWARD RECIPIENTS TRIBUTE TO DR. ANTHONY CERNERA MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Introductory Statement on S. 4051 AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Text of Senate Amendment 4917 Text of Senate Amendment 4918 Text of Senate Amendment 4919 Text of Senate Amendment 4920 AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET ORDER OF PROCEDURE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS UNDER THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER CLARIFICATION ACT AUTHORIZING LEASES OF UP TO 99 YEARS FOR LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR OHKAY OWINGEH PUEBLO SIGNING AUTHORITY ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2010 PROGRAM ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9 A.M. TOMORROW CONFIRMATIONS