HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ACTIONS 09/19/2013

DAILY FLOOR WRAP UP

 

September 19, 2013

 

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

 

Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 352 — "Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules." – ADOPTED 232 – 193

 

H. Res. 352 — "Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 59) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules." – ADOPTED 230 – 192

 

H. Res. 351 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 687) to facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to restore employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties containing National Forest System land, while also reducing Forest Service management costs, by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue from National Forest System land, to provide a temporary extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3102) to amend the Food and Nutrition Act 2008; and for other purposes." – ADOPTED 231 – 193

 

Democrat Motion to Recommit – REJECTED 193 – 230

 

Final Passage of H.R. 3102 — "To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; and for other purposes." – PASSED 217 – 210

 

Daines (R-MT) Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 1526 - Protect forest reserve projects from frivolous litigation by precluding Court -issued injunctions based on alleged violations of procedural requirements in selecting, planning, or analyzing the project. – VOTE REQUESTED

 

Daines (R-MT) Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 1526 - Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report specifying for each Forest Reserve Revenue Area the annual volume requirement in effect for that fiscal year, the volume of board feet actually harvested, the average cost of preparation of timber sales, the revenues generated from such sales, the amount of receipts distributed to each beneficiary county. Restricts the length of this report to one page. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

McClintock (R-CA), McCarthy (R-CA), LaMalfa (R-CA), Denham (R-CA) Amendment No. 3 to H.R. 1526 -Waives judicial review to prevent frivolous litigation on any timber salvage project resulting from a wildfire occurring in 2013. – VOTE REQUESTED

 

Smith, (R-MO), Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Long (R-MO)  Amendment No. 4 to H.R. 1526 - Puts a moratorium on the use of prescribed fires in the Mark Twain National Forest until the Secretary of Agriculture submits a report to Congress on the economic impacts of these fires. The amendment does not prohibit the use of prescribed fire as part of wildfire suppression activities. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

McClintock (R-CA) Amendment No. 5 to H.R. 1526 - Prohibits the U.S. Forest Service from removing any roads or trails unless there has been a specific decision, which included adequate and appropriate public involvement, to decommission the specific road or trail in question. – VOTE REQUESTED

 

LaMalfa (R-CA) Amendment No. 6 to H.R. 1526 - Limits the Department of Justice efforts to seek exorbitant damages beyond actual damage to property, public lands and firefighting and restoration costs in states with laws limiting such damages. – WITHDRAWN

 

LaMalfa (R-CA) Amendment No. 7 to H.R. 1526 - Streamlines the U.S. Forest Service's post - wildfire efforts by including reforestation, site rehabilitation and salvage operations as eligible to be conducted as a part of suppression efforts and adds funding flexibility for such work. – ADOPTED BY VOICE  

 

 

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