Cape & Islands News

Coast Guard rescues crewman from Grace Marie 10 miles off Provincetown

U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews medically evacuate crewman from fishing vessel
Grace Marie has a history of tough breaks at sea. towed home after a rogue wave hit her in '07

The Grace Marie in Gloucester Harbor on a calmer day.

The U.S. Coast Guard reports that its crews medically evacuated a crewman from the Gloucester, Massachusetts, based fishing vessel Grace Marie 10-miles north of Provincetown, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2010.

Coast Guard Sector Boston watchstanders received a report from the Grace Marie captain that a 52-year old male had sustained an arm injury at approximately 11 p.m.

A HH-60 rescue helicopter crew, a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Station Provincetown and the 87-foot Patrol Boat Tiger Shark launched immediately to aid the injured man.

A boarding team from the Tiger Shark stabilized the man and transferred him to the 47-foot Motor Life Boat to be hoisted by the helicopter crew at 12 a.m.

The man was transported by the helicopter crew to Massachusetts General Hospital.

Hit by rogue wave in 2007, towed earlier this year too

Three years ago the same fishing boat had to be towed into port after it was swamped by a giant wave.

And on June 10 this year,The Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba is towing the fishing vessel Grace Marie to Provincetown after was reported to be adrift without engine power on the southeast section of Georges Bank, see here.

Courtesy of the US Coast Guard.

Ferry cancellations continue into Tuesday

Winds and stormy seas force further cancellations on Tuesday

Winds and stormy weather caused several ferry trip cancellations between the Cape and Islands on Monday on both Hy-Line and the Steamship Authority and those cancellations continue into today.

A wind advisory is now in effect until 4 p.m. Tuesday evening. See weather updates here.

The following Steamship Authority trips have been canceled for Tuesday, December 28, 2010:

• M/V Nantucket Nantucket to Hyannis 6:30 a.m. trip
  
• M/V Katama Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole 7:15 a.m. trip*
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 8 a.m. trip
• M/V Gay Head Nantucket to Hyannis 8:45 a.m. trip
• M/V Nantucket  Hyannis to Nantucket 9:15 a.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 9:30 a.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 11 a.m. trip
• M/V Gay Head Hyannis to Nantucket 11:30 a.m. trip
• M/V Nantucket Nantucket to Hyannis 12 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 12:30 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 1:55 p.m. trip
• M/V Gay Head Nantucket to Hyannis 2:15 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 3:15 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 4:30 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 6 p.m. trip

For more information on Steamship Authority cancellations, call the Nantucket office at 508-228-0262 or the Hyannis office at 508-771-4000. *For information on the Woods Hole/Martha's Vineyard trips, call 508-548-3788 or 508-693-0367.

The following Hy-Line trips have been canceled:

• Grey Lady Nantucket to Hyannis 6:30 a.m. trip
• Grey Lady Hyannis to Nantucket 7:45 a.m. trip
• Grey Lady Nantucket to Hyannis 9:10 a.m. trip
• Grey Lady Hyannis to Nantucket 10:35 a.m. trip
• Grey Lady Hyannis to Nantucket 3:15 p.m. trip
• Grey Lady Nantucket to Hyannis 4:35 p.m. trip

For more information on Hy-Line cancellations, call the Hyannis office at 508-778-0404 or 800-492-8082 or the Nantucket office at 508-228-3949. Information is also available on the Hy-Line website here.

We will update this post as more information becomes available.

Updated 12/28/10, 4:30 p.m.

What you missed in Boston and the South Shore

Thousands of flights canceled, stranded travelers slept where they could

Above, the Departure and Arrival board at JetBlue in Boston Monday at noon. Below, a stranded passenger catches some shut-eye. Walter Brooks photos.

Logan Airport was closed until 4 p.m. , hundreds of accidents reported

By Walter Brooks

We were booked to fly from Logan to JFK Monday morning, but the Boston airport and in New York ones were closed most of the day. American Airlines has now canceled most of Tuesday's flights from all three NYC area airports. In all over 4,000 flights were canceled during the blizzard of 2010.

The scene on Sunday evening was chaotic at Logan, with stranded passengers standing in line as long as three hours to be told there was little or no help for them, at least for several days. It is expected to be Thursday or later before the pile-up of passengers is accommodated.

We spoke with one Martha's Vineyard family who were scheduled to fly to Orlando and Walt Disney World Monday, but who could not be re-booked until Thursday. That was too late since the father had to be back at work on the island in a week. They hope to get their money back, but they are unable to reschedule until next winter.

Route 3 between Cape and Boston was a dangerous ride, Route 24 even worse
This Clean Harbor truck was totaled on Route 3 near Plymouth Monday.

The truck hit the left guard rail heading south so hard there were pieces of the pick-up thirty feet over the banking.

It ended up a hundred feet further south on the right side as State Police and and ambulance came to the rescue.

We passed a similar scene on Route 24 on the way to Boston the afternoon before.

The cars which seemed most oblivious to the conditions were all SUVs and large pick-up trucks. While all the saner travelers stayed in the well-snowplowed right line, these types sped past us and both the vehicles in these accidents had passed our car a few minutes before their mishaps.

As this is being updated at 7 p.m. Monday the wind is gusting here in East Harwich at over 50 m.p.h.

Stormy weather, winds cancel ferry trips Monday

Steamship Authority, Hy-Line announce weather cancellations

Winds and stormy weather have cause several ferry trip cancellations between the Cape and Islands on Monday on both Hy-Line and the Steamship Authority.

The following Steamship Authority trips have been canceled:

• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 8 a.m. trip
• M/V Nantucket Hyannis to Nantucket 9:15 a.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 9:30 a.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 11 a.m. trip
• M/V Katama Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven 11 a.m. trip*
• M/V Gay Head Hyannis to Nantucket 11:30 a.m. trip
• M/V Nantucket Nantucket to Hyannis 12:00 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 12:30 p.m. trip
• M/V Katama Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven 1:30 p.m. trip*
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 1:45 p.m. trip
• M/V Gay Head Nantucket to Hyannis 2:15 p.m. trip
• M/V Nantucket Hyannis to Nantucket 2:45 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 3:15 p.m. trip
• M/V Island Home Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven 3:45 p.m. trip*
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 4:30 p.m. trip
• M/V Island Home Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole 5 p.m. trip*
• M/V Gay Head Hyannis to Nantucket 5 p.m. trip
• M/V Nantucket Nantucket to Hyannis 5:30 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 6 p.m. trip
• M/V Gay Head Nantucket to Hyannis 7:45 p.m. trip

For more information on Steamship Authority cancellations, call the Nantucket office at 508-228-0262 or the Hyannis office at 508-771-4000. *For information on the Woods Hole/Martha's Vineyard trips, call 508-548-3788 or 508-693-0367.

The following Hy-Line trips have been canceled:

• Grey Lady Hyannis to Nantucket 9:10 a.m. trip
• Grey Lady Nantucket to Hyannis 10:35 a.m. trip

For more information on Hy-Line cancellations, call the Hyannis office at 508-778-0404 or 800-492-8082 or the Nantucket office at 508-228-3949. Information is also available on the Hy-Line website here.

We will update this post as more information becomes available.

Updated 12-27-10, 4:27 p.m.

Andy Buckley film wins MASS Humanities Grant

$10,000 awarded to Cape Cod Filmmakers on the trail of the Columbia Expedition
Andy Buckley's local adventure tale featured here and on WGBH

“It’s snackable history.”
       - Kyanna Sutton, WGBH.

Chalk up another hit for our Gumshoe Historians. Hit and Run History (HRH) has been awarded the first-ever $10,000 Social Media Outreach Grant by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. This follows on the heels of HRH’s acclaimed series on WGBH, now the centerpiece of their PBS-powerhouse’s History page.

“This is terrific news,” says filmmaker and historian Andrew Buckley of Chatham. “When we began two years ago, we barely knew which end to point the camera. But we knew our story and were committed to following it wherever it takes us.”

Where it took Buckley and his crew was to a little-known chapter of American history. As the foremost historian on the Columbia Expedition and its commander, Cape Codder John Kendrick, Buckley has been following the story of the first American voyage around the world for more than 15 years. The Columbia Expedition — first a subject of Buckley’s novel, The Bostoner, and now as the film series Hit and Run History — takes viewers on an episodic journey with the scruffy band of New England filmmakers.

The style is less Ken Burns, more Anthony Bourdain. “It’s snackable history,” says WGBH’s Kyanna Sutton. Coordinating with the Cape Cod Community Media Center, HRH will use the grant from Mass Humanities to create a web site and social media campaign to bring the story to a global audience. These funds will also allow HRH to solicit charitable contributions to continue creating the series.

Previously 13 Massachusetts Cultural Council grants enabled the production team to follow Columbia’s track to Cape Verde -- the expedition’s first stop after leaving Boston in 1787. This spring, Buckley intends to head to their next landfall, the Falklands Islands and Cape Horn.

“This grant shows we know what we’re doing,” he says.

Of 20 grants totaling $130,000, only one was given to the Cape Cod area. “It was an extremely competitive round,” says Mass Humanities’ Pleun Bouricius, “and the committee was immediately and unanimously in favor of funding only one film project.” Namely Hit and Run History: The Columbia Expedition.

Established in 1974, Mass Humanities aims to take the humanities out of the classroom and into the community. The Foundation promotes the use of history, literature, philosophy, and other disciplines to deepen understanding of contemporary issues, strengthen a sense of common purpose, and enhance and improve civic life. Mass Humanities is a private, non-profit, educational organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and private sources.

How YOU can help complete the project

To get to South America, over the next three months HRH needs to raise at least another $90,000 cash and in-kind donations. Tax-deductible contributions can be made to an account administered by the Cape Cod Community Media Center, a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations should be sent to “Hit and Run History” c/o CCCMC, 307 Whites Path, South Yarmouth, MA 02664. For information, call the Media Center at 508 394-2388.

Local Alumni bring back Thompson Bros' Clam Bar in Harwichport

Thompson Bros. Clam Bar DVD released and on sale

  A mid-1970s postcard featured on the DVD's cover. Courtesy John Foster.

Thirty-seven minute DVD recaptures historic Cape Cod restaurant

Editor's note: Use the PayPal link below to purchase your own copy of the DVD.

By John Foster

The Thompson Clam Bar dock in the early years.

Edric Snow and Frank H. Thompson. Courtesy Baird Eaton.

"Hey, where ya goin'? I'm goin' to Thompson's Clam Bar, ‘cause that's where the tastıest clams are ..."

That was an ubiquitous jingle on local radio for decades. Until 1990, Thompson Bros.' Clam Bar was the most famous restaurant on Cape Cod, and the largest seasonal restaurant east of the Mississippi.

It served up to 2,000 dinners a night, put customers right next to seagulls, power boats and Wianno sailboats passing through the Wychmere Harbor channel, giving visitors who overindulged the chance to fall right into Nantucket Sound.

The Clam Bar put thousands of students, from all over the world through college and graduate school, including a Superior Court judge in Alaska and a professor at the University of Chicago.

Clam Bar fans include the US Consul in İstanbul, the founding director of  the National Institutes of Health and the Kennedy Family, and this week the Harwich Historical Society will release a DVD documentary about the restaurant's summer 1983 season.

A summer institution

On a typical July night, cars would back up from the end of Snow Inn Road all the way to Route 28.

The sound of a scratchy PA system cut through the roar at the bar, "Cove party, Cove party of two, head down the stairs, through the double-doors and ask for LESLIE; Steegstra party, Steegstra party of six, go down the stairs and ask for CATHY." 

"Frank set up the Irish Pub in West Harwich to give his workers a cheap place to drink. He was also part owner of Storyville, a club near Rte. 124 that featured the Kingston Trio and Ella Fitzgerald. There was even a Clam Bar II in Truro during the ‘60s."
         - Tommy Thompson.

Children swung out over Wychmere from a small playground, as their parents dug cheddar out of brown crocks with crackers, with littlenecks at 25 cents apiece.

Tanned coeds with shimmering hair, in white short-shorts and scarlet shirtails tied across the waist hoisted ten or twelve drinks overhead. Joe Zalzack, of the Harwich Police Department was Head Shucker, splitting clam after clam, sometimes behind his back.

It was family chaos, continuing with keg parties after for the employees, many of whom probably weren't even of legal age.

Diners could choose from baked lobster, boiled lobster, broiled lobster and Lobster Wychmere, The King of the Sea!, or Lazy Lobster for hesitant newcomers. Desserts included regional specialties like Indian Pudding. The Clam Bar was the place to bring guests on Cape Cod, and there was no other restaurant like it.

"We need to bring back so important a piece of Harwich's history," said Desirée Mobed, Director of the Harwich Historical Society.

"Like the Kennedy Library, we're in the process of digitizing our collection, and this DVD will preserve the Clam Bar experience forever," she continued.

The Hi-8 film, shot and edited by John Quincy has been transferred to a consumer-friendly format, and is now on sale at the Harwich Historical Society headquarters at the Brooks Academy Museum at 80 Parallel Street, at Route 39 & 124 in Harwich Center, 508 432-8089, or on its website, at a price of $20.00. The package includes photos from the early 1900s to the present.

From garage to biggest seasonal restaurant on the East Coast

Restaurant expands, 1955. Courtesy Baird Eaton.

Thompson Bros. First Business Lobster Wholesale.

Thompson's began as a dockside lot for the Cadillacs and Packards of the gentry at the Snow Inn. When a gas station was added, boats used it as well, sometimes backed up six or seven vessels at a time. The three Thompson brothers, Frank, Edric and Biddle had been told by their parents, "go out and make some money." Watching the traffic, all three saw the potential for a wholesale fish and lobster business. Despite no experience or industry knowledge, the brothers stumbled into success.

Frank invented an elevator hoist to carry fish up from boats into a shack, "Haddock Hall" where they could be iced. A second version of this hoist remains in service today at the Chatham fish pier, built by Frank at the locals' request.

The fish wholesaling business was very profitable, with product leaving the dock by trailer trucks straight for the tables of Manhattan restaurants. Lobster wholesaling was another story. Even though the boys "lost their shirts" according to Biddle's son Baird Eaton, "the rich folks would walk down the hill to watch the lobster tanks."

Often the swells were hungry, and the boys began selling chowder and littlenecks to visitors from a counter. Word spread, the menu grew and by about 1950, the Clam Bar came into operation: "See ‘Em Swim!" Thompson's stuck with local contractors like the Our and Marceline families, and within just a few years, the restaurant took over the entire back wharf up to the town landing. By the early 70s it was a Cape Cod institution.

"In the early years, most of the clientele were guests at the Snow Inn - they came less for the food than for the chance to watch sailboats in the channel, and boats unloading their haul for the day." - King Foster, first Clam Bar shucker.

Senator Ted Kennedy came by boat.

US Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill was a regular. Joe DiMaggio visited as well as TV stars on-Cape for summer stock. Thompson's Clam Bar delighted the public up until 1990, until a new owner closed the restaurant and turned it into a catering facility.

New owner, new plans?

At this writing, the property has been sold yet again, to a consortium of Boston-area investors.

Whether they're interested in reviving the most famous restaurant on Cape Cod is an open question. Those interested in learning more about Thompson's can visit the semi-official tribute site, which includes the jingle and a short YouTube clip of the film. Comments are welcome. The DVD lets former fans relive the experience of dining "by the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea," the original melody of the jingle, lyrics by Eleanor Thompson Stevens, Frank's wife.

Purchase the video via the PayPal link on the  right.

The YouTube clip has been viewed almost 1,200 times. Clam Bar alumni from 1950 through the late 1980s plan a reunion for summer 2011, to be held at Allen Harbor Yacht Club in Harwichport.

The Clam Bar in Wychmere Harbor on Route 28 in Harwichport 2010. Courtesy Stephanie Foster.

John Foster, a 1980 graduate of Harwich High School, is Communications Officer at the American Business Forum in Turkey, affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Ferry trip cancellations continue into Tuesday

Hy-Line and Steamship Authority announce weather cancellations

Second day for storm related cancellations

Winds and snow caused several ferry trip cancellations between the Cape and Islands on Monday on both Hy-Line and the Steamship Authority.  Both lines have announced additional cancellations today, Tuesday, December 21, 2010.

The following Steamship Authority trips have been canceled:

• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 11 a.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 12:30 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 1:55 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 3:15 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 4:30 p.m. trip
• M/V Gay Head Hyannis to Nantucket 5 p.m. trip
• M/V Gay Head Nantucket to Hyannis 7:45 p.m.
  
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 6 p.m. trip

For more information on Steamship Authority cancellations, call the Nantucket office at 508-228-0262 or the Hyannis office at 508-771-4000.

The following Hy-Line trips have been canceled:

• Grey Lady Hyannis to Nantucket 9:10 a.m. trip
• Grey Lady Nantucket to Hyannis 10:35 a.m. trip
• Grey Lady Hyannis to Nantucket 12 p.m. trip
• Grey Lady Nantucket to Hyannis 1:25 p.m. trip

For more information on Hy-Line cancellations, call the Hyannis office at 508-778-0404 or 800-492-8082 or the Nantucket office at 508-228-3949. Information is also available on the Hy-Line website here.

Up to 10 inches of snow has fallen over parts of the Cape and Islands since Monday morning.

We will update this post as more information becomes available.

Updated 12-21-10,4:24 p.m.

Ferry trips cancelled due to snow Monday

Hy-Line and Steamship Authority announce weather cancellations

Winds and snow have cause several ferry trip cancellations between the Cape and Islands on Monday on both Hy-Line and the Steamship Authority.

A winter weather advisory is now in effect until 10 p.m. Monday evening. See weather updates here.

The following Steamship Authority trips have been canceled:

• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 11 a.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 12:30 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Hyannis to Nantucket 1:55 p.m. trip
• M/V Iyanough Nantucket to Hyannis 3:15 p.m. trip

For more information on Steamship Authority cancellations, call the Nantucket office at 508-228-0262 or the Hyannis office at 508-771-4000.

The following Hy-Line trips have been canceled:

• Grey Lady Hyannis to Nantucket 12 p.m. trip
• Grey Lady Nantucket to Hyannis 1:25 p.m. trip

For more information on Hy-Line cancellations, call the Hyannis office at 508-778-0404 or 800-492-8082 or the Nantucket office at 508-228-3949. Information is also available on the Hy-Line website here.

We will update this post as more information becomes available.

Updated 2:16 p.m.

Cronin does Haiti, again

Orleans Realtor Tom Cronin captures plight of this tragic nation
American Heritage Real Estate owner is a world-class photographer

Most think of Tom Cronin as a highly successful Realtor, but friends know him as a superb photographer.

By Walter Brooks

Tom should probaby avoid Haiti since he was hijacked coming home on trip. Click here to read THAT story.

Since the Cholera outbreak in Haiti, over 2,400 have died in that beleaguered nation.

And while it is estimated that 110,000 Haitian have contacted this deadly disease since the first case surfaced in October, there is only enough approved cholera vaccine stockpiled in the world to vaccinate less than half that number according to the World Health Organization this week.

Into that maelstrom last week, Orleans Realtor Tom Cronin flew with his camera.

The country was in chaos after the giant earthquake in January, but the cholera epidemic there now makes it a really dangerous place to go for a suntan.

Tom, however, went to take photographs of condition right now, and the result would make any professional photo-journalist blush with envy.

Tom says the conditions are volatile and show little improvement since the earthquake. Slabs of concrete hang off buildings, the UN Security Force sits mostly in their air-conditioned SUVs and watch the country die in  front of them.

He sees little for the tens of millions already poured into the country.

Tom has been to Haiti 26 times since 1970, and until Haiti's dreaded Tonton Macoutes destroyed the building, expelled the staff and raped the girls, he had set up a video exchange link between Barnstable High and a Catholic orphanage in the Haitian hills.

He was once even hijacked on his flight home by an airport security guard with an Uzi pointed at Tom's belly for hours.

I know because my wife Pat and I were with him that trip.

See Tom Cronin's photographs taken this week in Haiti, click here on on the montage below.

And you thought Kerry & Delahunt weren't working hard for us?

The nation is waging wars on two fronts, deficit shoots through the ceiling...
Congressman Delahunt sponsors a bill to require recognition of baseball players

By Walter Brooks

This week New York Sen. Schumer introduces a Bill to Impose Criminal Penalty for Unauthorized Recording of Advanced Imaging Technology at Airport Screenings and, our Sen. John Kerry was a co:sponsor.

We have been unable to verify the rumor that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is minting a coin to honor retiring Congressman Bill "Joe-for-oil" Delahunt.

In another move, Mr. Kerry introduced legislation (S. 4046) to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to "establish provisions with respect to religious accommodations in employment."

The bill was introduced on Dec. 17 and was referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

His bill has no co:sponsors.

This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee.

Meanwhile, over in the House of Representative, our Congressman Bill Delahunt was into more fun stuff.

He co:sponsored a Bill to Require Coins Be Minted to Recognize National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Gee, we'll all miss Mr. Bill.

Senate Bills introduced this past week:

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (S. 4037) to "impose a criminal penalty for unauthorized recording or distribution of images produced using advanced imaging technology during screenings of individuals at airports and upon entry to federal buildings."

The bill was introduced on Dec. 16 and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii, Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Jon Tester, D-Mont.

The legislation was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

House Bills introduced this past week:

Rep. Michael Doyle, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 6534) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to "mint coins in recognition and celebration of the National Baseball Hall of Fame."

The bill was introduced on Dec. 16 and has 191 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Joe L. Barton, R-Texas, Gary L. Ackerman, D-N.Y., John H. Adler, D-N.J., Jason Altmire, D-Pa., Michael Arcuri, D-N.Y., Joe Baca, D-Calif., Marion Berry, D-Ark., Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Timothy H. Bishop, D-N.Y., John. A. Boccieri, D-Ohio, Leonard L. Boswell, D-Iowa, Robert A. Brady, D-Pa., Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., Ben Chandler, D-Ky., Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., Wm. Lacy Clay Jr., D-Mo., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Gerald E. Connolly (VA), D-Va., John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Jerry F. Costello, D-Ill., Joe Courtney, D-Conn., Mark Critz, D-Pa., Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., Kathleen A. Dahlkemper, D-Pa., William D. Delahunt, D-Mass., Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., Donna F. Edwards, D-Md., Keith Ellison, D-Minn., Sam Farr, D-Calif., Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio, Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., Gene Green, D-Texas, Luis V. Gutierrez, D-Ill., John J. Hall, D-N.Y., Deborah L. Halvorson, D-Ill., Phil Hare, D-Ill., Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., Roscoe G. Bartlett, R-Md., Judy Biggert, R-Ill., Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, Henry E. Brown Jr., R-S.C., Steve Buyer, R-Ind., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Anh "Joseph" Cao, R-La., John R. Carter, R-Texas, Michael N. Castle, R-Del., Howard Coble, R-N.C., Mike Coffman (CO), R-Colo., Tom Cole, R-Okla., K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, Charles W. Dent, R-Pa., Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., John Fleming, R-La., Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., Trent Franks, R-Ariz., Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., Scott Garrett, R-N.J., Jim Gerlach, R-Pa., Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., Tom Graves, R-Ga., Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., Ralph M. Hall, D-Texas, Wally Herger, R-Calif., Peter T. King, R-N.Y., Steve King, R-Iowa, Jack Kingston, R-Ga., John Kline, R-Minn., Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., Steven C. LaTourette, R-Ohio, Christopher John Lee, R-N.Y., Frank A. LoBiondo, R-N.J., Donald A. Manzullo, R-Ill., Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, Baron P. Hill, D-Ind., Paul W. Hodes, D-N.H., Tim Holden, D-Pa., Rush D. Holt, D-N.J., Jay Inslee, D-Wash., Steve Israel, D-N.Y., Jesse L. Jackson Jr., D-Ill., Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Pa., Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, Dale E. Kildee, D-Mich., Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Ohio, Ron Kind, D-Wis., Frank Kratovil Jr., D-Md., Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., Nita M. Lowey, D-N.Y., Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Daniel B. Maffei, D-N.Y., Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., Betsy Markey, D-Colo., Doris O. Matsui, D-Calif., Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., Betty McCollum, D-Minn., Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., Michael McMahon, D-N.Y., Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., Brad Miller, D-N.C., Dennis Moore, D-Kan., Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif., Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., Glenn C. Nye, D-Va., James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Texas, Bill Owens, D-N.Y., Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., Thomas S.P. Perriello, D-Va., Pedro Pierluisi, D-P.R., Jared Polis, D-Colo., Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, Laura Richardson, D-Calif., Mike Ross, D-Ark., Steven R. Rothman, D-N.J., Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., Bobby L. Rush, D-Ill., Timothy J. Ryan, D-Ohio, John F. Salazar, D-Colo., John Sarbanes, D-Md., Thaddeus G. McCotter, R-Mich., Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., John L. Mica, R-Fla., Candice S. Miller, R-Mich., Jeff Miller, R-Fla., Tim Murphy, R-Pa., Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., Thomas E. Petri, R-Wis., Joseph R. Pitts, R-Pa., Todd Russell Platts, R-Pa., Tom Price, R-Ga., David G. Reichert, R-Wash., Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., Thomas J. Rooney, R-Fla., Steve Scalise, R-La., Aaron Schock, R-Ill., Pete Sessions, R-Texas, John Shimkus, R-Ill., Bill Shuster, R-Pa., Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., Lamar S. Smith, R-Texas, Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., John Sullivan, R-Okla., Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., Patrick J. Tiberi, R-Ohio, Michael R. Turner, R-Ohio, Fred Upton, R-Mich., Greg Walden, R-Ore., Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., Robert J. Wittman, R-Va., Mark H. Schauer, D-Mich., David Scott, D-Ga., Allyson Y. Schwartz, R-Pa., Jose E. Serrano, D-N.Y., Brad Sherman, D-Calif., Heath Shuler, D-N.C., Louise McIntosh Slaughter, D-N.Y., Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Bart Stupak, D-Mich., Betty Sutton, D-Ohio, Gene Taylor, D-Miss., Harry Teague, D-N.M., Mike Thompson, D-Calif., Dina Titus, D-Nev., Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., Peter J. Visclosky, D-Ind., Timothy Walz, D-Minn., Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., Anthony D. Weiner, D-N.Y., Peter Welch, D-Vt., Lynn C. Woolsey, D-Calif., and John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky.

The legislation was referred to the House Financial Services, and Budget committees.