[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D624-D625]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 49 public bills, H.R. 1900-1948; 1 private bill, H.R. 
1949; and 2 resolutions, H.J. Res. 83 and H. Res. 167, were introduced.
                                                         Pages H3863-65
Reports Filed: One Report was filed as follows:
  H.R. 1778, to reform the Department of Defense, amended (H. Rept. 
105-133 Part I).                                             
Page H3863
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Cooksey to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H3805
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, the Rev. 
LeeAnn Schray of Washington, D.C.                            
  Page H3808
Recess: The House recessed at 12:50 and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3808
Dispense Call of the Private Calendar: Agreed by unanimous consent to 
dispense with the call of the Private Calendar for today, June 17. 
                                                             Page H3808
Suspensions: The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Andrew Jacobs, Jr. Post Office Building: H.R. 1057, amended, to 
designate the building in Indianapolis, Indiana, which houses the 
operations of the Circle City Station Post Office as the ``Andrew 
Jacobs, Jr. Post Office Building'' (passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 413 
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 204. Agreed to amend the 
title);                                        
  Pages H3811-14, H3827-28
  John T. Myers Post Office Building: H.R. 1058, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service under construction at 150 
West Margaret Drive in Terre Haute, Indiana, as the ``John T. Myers 
Post Office Building'' (passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 205);            
  Pages H3814-17, H3828-29
  Kennedy Center Parking Garage: H.R. 1747, amended, to amend the John 
F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize the design and construction of 
additions to the parking garage and certain site improvements; 
                                                         Pages H3818-19
  Eagles Nest Wilderness Colorado: H.R. 985, amended, to provide for 
the expansion of the Eagles Nest Wilderness within Arapaho and White 
River National Forests, Colorado, to include the lands known as the 
Slate Creek Addition upon the acquisition of the lands by the United 
States (passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 412 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 
206);                                             
  Pages H3819-20, H3829
  Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices: S. 342, to extend certain 
privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
Offices--clearing the measure for the President; and     
  Pages H3820-22
  Celebrating Juneteenth Day and the End of Slavery: H.J. Res. 56, 
celebrating the end of slavery in the United States (passed by a yea-
and-nay vote of 419 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 207). 
                                                  Pages H3822-27, H3830
Recess: The House recessed at 4:29 p.m. and reconvened at 5:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3827
Referrals: Nine Senate-passed measures were referred to House 
Committees as follows: S. 210, to amend the Organic Act of Guam, 
Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, and Compact of Free 
Association Act was referred to the Committees on Resources, Banking 
and Financial Services, the Judiciary, International Relations, 
Government Reform and Oversight, and Agriculture; S. 289, to designate 
the United States courthouse to be constructed at the corner of 
Superior Road and Huron Road in Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``Carl B. 
Stokes United States Courthouse'' was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure; S. 347, to designate the Federal 
building located at 100 Alabama Street NW, in Atlanta, Georgia, as the 
``Sam Nunn Federal Center'' was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure; S. 419, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for expanding, intensifying, and coordinating 
activities of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute with 
respect to heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in 
women was referred to the Committee on Commerce; S. 478, to designate 
the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 475 
Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia, as the ``William Augustus Bootle 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse'' was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; S. 628, to designate 
the United States courthouse to be constructed at the corner of 7th 
Street and East Jackson Street in Brownsville, Texas, as the ``Reynaldo 
G. Garza United States Courthouse'' was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure; S. 681, to designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 300 Northeast First 
Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the ``David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse'' 
was referred to the Committee on

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Transportation and Infrastructure; S. 715, to redesignate the Dublin 
Federal Courthouse building located in Dublin, Georgia, as the J. Roy 
Rowland Federal Courthouse was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure; and S. 819, to designate the United 
States courthouse at 200 South Washington Street in Alexandria, 
Virginia, as the ``Martin V. B. Bostetter, Jr. United States 
Courthouse'' was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure.                                              
  Page H3859
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H3865-66.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H3827-28, H3828-29, 
H3829, and H3830. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 12:30 and adjourned at 9:56 p.m.