IN THE HOUSE
The House will meet at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business.
Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.
One Minute Speeches
Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:
1) H.R. 4027 – To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled “An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes” (Sponsored by Rep. Jim Matheson / Natural Resources Committee)
2) H.R. 1272 – Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2012
(Sponsored by Rep. Collin Peterson / Natural Resources Committee)
3) H.R. 1556 – To amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to allow certain land to be used to generate income to provide funding for academic programs, and for other purposes (Sponsored by Rep. Ben Ray Lujan / Natural Resources Committee)
4) S. 684 – A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah
(Sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee / Natural Resources Committee)
5) S. 404 – A bill to modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior
(Sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin / Natural Resources Committee)
6) S. 997 – East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act (Sponsored by Sen. John Tester / Natural Resources Committee)
7) H.R. 2938 – Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act (Sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks / Natural Resources Committee)
9) H.R. 3668 – Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Patrick Meehan / Judiciary Committee)
Special Order Speeches
Congress faces an agenda full of front-burner issues - Congress returns to Washington this week to confront some of the most substantive and politically nettlesome issues lawmakers will face between now and the November election. (Washington Post)
IN THE SENATE
The Senate convenes at 3:00pm.
Following the prayer and the pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized.
The Senate will continue to debate S.3240, the Farm bill.
At 5:00pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #612, the nomination of Mary Geiger Lewis, of SC, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina with up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley or their designees. Upon the use or yielding back of time (at approximately 5:30pm), there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of the Lewis nomination.
Key senator calls for special counsel for leaks probe - A Senate committee chairman called on Sunday for a special counsel to investigate suspected leaks of classified information following allegations that the White House made the disclosures to boost President Barack Obama’s election chances. (Reuters)
OTHER NEWS
Highway spending bill running out of gas, as House, Senate negotiations stall - Advocates for a new federal transportation bill think even bumping negotiations up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) may not be enough to save the measure from this year’s legislative scrapheap. (The Hill)
Senate’s farm, nutrition bill offers cornucopia of controversy - The Agriculture, Food and Jobs Act aims to set the table for U.S. food and agriculture policy over the next decade. It would, by some accounts, save taxpayers nearly $24 million from the continuation today’s farm and nutrition programs. And it’s an example of the rarest of congressional creatures: a bipartisan bill. (St. Louis Beacon)
Supreme Court review of health care under microscope (and stopwatch) - If you thought the ways to analyze the Supreme Court’s marathon arguments about President Obama’s health-care law had been exhausted, you were wrong. (Washington Post)
Romney’s Dream Act Response Highlights Political Peril - Mitt Romney faced a Catch-22 in President Barack Obama’s high-profile roll-out of a regulatory version of the Dream Act last Friday. (Time)
FEDERAL GRANT OF THE DAY
Notice of Funding Availability for the Small Business Transportation Resource Center Program- The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) announces the opportunity for: (1) Business centered community-based organizations; (2) transportation-related trade associations; (3) colleges and universities; (4) community colleges; or (5) chambers of commerce, registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501 C(6) or 501 C(3) tax-exempt organizations, to compete for participation in OSDBU’s Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) program in the Central Region. OSDBU will enter into a Cooperative Agreement with a organization to provide outreach to the small business community in their designated region and provide financial and technical assistance, business training programs, business assessment, management training, counseling, marketing and outreach, and the dissemination of information, to encourage and assist small businesses to become better prepared to compete for, obtain, and manage DOT funded transportation-related contracts and subcontracts at the federal, state and local levels. For more information, see grant announcement
TODAY IN HISTORY
June 18, 1983- On this day, astronaut Sally K. Ride became America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
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