Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2012-05-10 Date2012-05-10 PublicationVolume 158, issue 66 Sections144 House · 56 Senate House sections IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON CARMEN'S UNION, LOCAL 589 HONORING THE BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S SESQUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEWLY RESTORED HOTEL LaFAYETTE IN DOWNTOWN BUFFALO NEW YORK IN RECOGNITION OF THE PRESIDIO ROCKETRY NATIONAL FINALISTS IN RECOGNITION OF JASON BRANCH CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU ON HIS RE-ELECTION CONGRATULATING CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW HONORING DR. WILLIAM FOEGE, RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WELCOMING THE SEVENTH HONOR FLIGHT SOUTH ALABAMA TO WASHINGTON, DC IN MEMORY OF GARY SAIN CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON CPA AND ACCOUNTANTS COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING DR. AILEEN RIOTTO SIREY FOR HER SERVICE TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND OUR COMMUNITY WOMEN WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH ACLU RECOGNIZES SHARON KISSEL WILLIAM F. EZZELL HONORING CHERYL E. THOMPSON UPON HER RETIREMENT COMMENDING FORMER IOWA CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHA TERNUS AND JUSTICES DAVID BAKER AND MICHAEL STREIT HONORING THE 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF CONCETTA (CONNIE) AND CARMEN CACCIOTTOLO PERSONAL EXPLANATION RECOGNIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES IN RECOGNITION OF THE RETIREMENT OF DR. CHRISTOPHER T. JONES HONORING THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAINTS PETER AND PAUL BASEBALL CLUB A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF FLORENCE LaRIVIERE PERSONAL EXPLANATION TO COMMEND THE HURLEY ELEMENTARY SCIENCE BOWL TEAM FOR REACHING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOWL EXPORT-IMPORT BANK REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2012 TRIBUTE TO SUSAN BLACK ELWELL CONGRATULATING GOLD EAGLE CO. OF CHICAGO FOR RECEIVING THE PRESIDENT'S "E" AWARD HONORING MR. GORDON HIRABAYASHI, RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT SCOTT FRIX HONORING ROSE PADILLA JOHNSON AND THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER TRIBUTE TO PETE REIXACH JANELLE JAMISON SIX ISSAQUAH POLICE OFFICERS HONORED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HONORING STEVE DENSLEY ERIKA SOLIS HONORING HOBSON PATRICK WOOD PERSONAL EXPLANATION JACOB CISNEROS HONORING COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY RECOGNIZING CONVOY OF HOPE FRANK CURIEL RECOGNIZING DANIELLE GREEN-BYRD JAZMIN MEDINA TRIBUTE TO DANIEL R. MANTHE EVERETT MILLER MOTHERS' DAY JESSE LUCERO ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 JADA HERRERA IN MEMORY OF DR. ZEB F. POINDEXTER, JR. SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NATIONAL TEACHER DAY IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DEBORAH SZEKELY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK HONORING FALLEN STAFF SGT. THOMAS KENT FOGARTY HUNTER FRITZ CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU OF TAIWAN HONORING THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF UNION BAPTIST CHURCH IN ALTON, ILLINOIS A TRIBUTE TO KAYLA DE WEERD PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING THE WEST ESSEX FIRST AID SQUAD'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH MONTH PERSONAL EXPLANATION A TRIBUTE TO IOWA'S TOP COPS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 40TH ANNUAL DEBUTANTE SCHOLARSHIP COTILLION OF THE THETA LAMBDA OMEGA CHAPTER OF THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN MEMORY OF DORIS B. McMILLAN CELEBRATING JEWISH AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH House of Representatives PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER REDUCING AMERICA'S MILITARY FOOTPRINT AND SPENDING IN EUROPE USIS INVESTIGATOR OF THE YEAR IN TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF JOE LANDERS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK SAVING THE GREAT AMERICAN PATRIOTS OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD PROTECT THE AMERICAN DREAM WORKING FOR JOBS BARBARISM NATO SUMMIT PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5652, SEQUESTER REPLACEMENT RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2012 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE SEQUESTER REPLACEMENT RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2012 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 THE JOURNAL REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 4004 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW RURAL POST OFFICES HONORING OUR NATION'S MOTHERS VOTER PHOTO ID LAWS HONORING STAFF SERGEANT TRAVIS MILLS AMERICAN VALUES LEAVE OF ABSENCE SENATE BILL REFERRED ENROLLED BILL SIGNED ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS MEMORIALS Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5715 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5716 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5717 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5718 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5719 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5720 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5721 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5722 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5723 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5724 Constitutional Authority Statement Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5725 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5726 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5727 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5728 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5708 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5709 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5710 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5711 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5712 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5713 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5714 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5729 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5730 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5731 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5732 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5733 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5734 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5735 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 5736 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.J. Res. 108 DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PETITIONS, ETC. AMENDMENTS Text of House Amendment 1 Senate sections Senate prayer PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER SECURING AMERICAN JOBS THROUGH EXPORTS ACT OF 2012--MOTION TO PROCEED AWARDING A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL CARBON POLLUTION MORNING BUSINESS TRIBUTE TO MARY LEAHY ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL RECOGNIZING THE BUSH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TRIBUTE TO KENTUCKY WORLD WAR II VETERANS TRIBUTE TO BURT BACHARACH TRIBUTE TO PATROLMAN BEN CAMPBELL 2011 U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HONOREES PHARMACY COMPETITION AND CONSUMER CHOICE ACT TRIBUTE TO RETIRED CAPTAIN THOMAS JEROME HUDNER, JR. 2012 ACADEMIC DECATHLON CHAMPIONS REMEMBERING LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT B. SHAIN TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR JAMES OLESEN MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE MEASURES REFERRED ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Introductory Statement on S. 3081 SENATE RESOLUTION 453--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT SUPPORTING SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IS AN IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT A COMPREHENSIVE... SENATE RESOLUTION 454--COMMENDING THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HOSTING THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LIFE MANAGEMENT SENATE RESOLUTION 455--DESIGNATING JUNE 27, 2012, AS "NATIONAL POST- TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AWARENESS DAY" SENATE RESOLUTION 456--COMMEMORATING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE MADE BY THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED OR INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SENATE RESOLUTION 457--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE G20 SHOULD BE CONDITIONED ON ITS ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL NORMS OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS... SENATE RESOLUTION 458--COMMEMORATING MAY 15, 2012, AS THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Text of Senate Amendment 2099 Text of Senate Amendment 2100 Text of Senate Amendment 2101 Text of Senate Amendment 2102 Text of Senate Amendment 2103 Text of Senate Amendment 2104 AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET FOREIGN TRAVEL FINANCIAL REPORTS PREVENTING THE TERMINATION OF TEMPORARY OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES HONORING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS COMMEMORATING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--EXECUTIVE CALENDAR ORDERS FOR MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 PROGRAM ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012, AT 2 P.M. NOMINATIONS