06/27/13 5:21 PM
The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President transmitting a notification to terminate the designation of the Bangladesh as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences program.- referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered tobe printed (H. Doc. 113-42).
06/27/13 5:20 PM H.R. 2231
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2231 as unfinished business.
06/27/13 5:19 PM H.R. 2231
On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
06/27/13 5:19 PM H.R. 2231
Mr. Hastings (WA) moved that the Committee rise.
06/27/13 5:19 PM H.R. 2231
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Rigell amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Lowenthal demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/27/13 5:09 PM H.R. 2231
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 274, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rigell Part B amendment No. 7.
06/27/13 5:09 PM H.R. 2231
An amendment, offered by Mr. Rigell, numbered 7 printed in Part B of House Report 113-131 to require the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to permit seismic testing in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf of the United States by December 31, 2013.
06/27/13 5:08 PM H.R. 2231
On agreeing to the Cassidy amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
06/27/13 5:07 PM H.R. 2231
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 274, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cassidy Part B amendment No. 6.
06/27/13 5:07 PM H.R. 2231
An amendment, offered by Mr. Cassidy, numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 113-131 to stipulate that no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of H.R. 2231, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue rules to provide more clarity, certainty, and stability to the revenue streams contemplated by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.