[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D259-D260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 30 public bills, H.R. 1089-1118, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H1110-12
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 968, to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to 
permit a waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse aide training and 
competency evaluation programs in certain nursing facilities, amended 
(H. Rept. 105-23 Part II); and
  H. Res. 99, providing for consideration of H.R. 1, to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees 
in the private sector (H. Rept. 105-31).
Page H1110
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative DeLay to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H1041
Recess: The House recessed at 1:20 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1047

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Suspensions: The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Victims of Crime: H.R. 924, amended, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to give further assurance to the right of victims of crime to 
attend and observe the trials of those accused of the crime (passed by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas to 9 nays, Roll No. 52); 
                                               Pages H1048-52, H1067-68
  U.S. Marshals Service: H.R. 927, to amend title 28, United States 
Code, to provide for appointment of United States marshals by the 
Attorney General;
  Pages H1052-53
  Technical Corrections to Copyright Laws: H.R. 672, amended, to make 
technical amendments to certain provisions of title 17, United States 
Code (passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 424 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 53); 
and
  Pages H1053-56, H1068-69
  Waiver of Residency Requirements for Certain District of Columbia 
Employees: H.R. 514, amended, to permit the waiver of District of 
Columbia residency requirements for certain employees of the Office of 
the Inspector General of the District of Columbia. Agreed to amend the 
title.
  Pages H1056-57
Recess: The House recessed at 3:45 p.m. and reconvened at 5 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1062
Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District: The House passed H.R. 412, to 
approve a settlement agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and 
the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District.
  Pages H1058-67
  Agreed to the Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages H1058-67
  Rejected the Miller of California amendment that sought to require 
the irrigation district to pay fair market value for the property and 
facilities; determine the market value by a panel of three appraisers; 
and specifies that the district and Secretary of the Interior each 
select one panel member, with the third member selected by the other 
two (rejected by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 50).
                                                         Pages H1063-66
  H. Res. 94, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H1057-58
Investment Advisors: Considered by unanimous consent, the House passed 
S. 410, to extend the effective date of the Investment Advisers 
Supervision Coordination Act.
  Pages H1069-71
Assistant Clerk Designations: Read a letter from the Clerk wherein she 
designates Ms. Julie Perrier, Assistant Clerk, and Mr. Ray Strong, 
Assistant Clerk, to sign papers and do other acts under the name of the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives in the Clerk's temporary absence 
or disability.
  Page H1071
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1066, H1068, and H1068-69. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:28 p.m.