[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 144 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1134-D1135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 2707-2728; 2 private bills, 
H.R. 2706, 2729; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 276, 279, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H9501-02
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 1493, to require the Attorney General to establish a program in 
local prisons to identify, prior to arraignment, criminal aliens and 
aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States, amended (H. 
Rept. 105-338);
  H.R. 2265, to amend the provisions of titles 17 and 18, United States 
Code, to provide greater copyright protection by amending criminal 
copyright infringement provisions, amended (H. Rept. 105-339);
  Conference report on H.R. 1119, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years 
1998 and 1999 (H. Rept. 105-340);
  H.R. 2621, to extend trade authorities procedures with respect to 
reciprocal trade agreements, amended (H. Rept. 105-341 Part 1);
  H. Res. 277, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 2107, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998 (H. Rept. 105-342); and
  H. Res. 278, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 
1999 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (H. Rept. 
105-343).
Pages H9076-H9464, H9500-01
Journal: By a yea and nay vote of 364 yeas to 52 nays, Roll No. 321, 
agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of Wednesday, October 
22.
  Pages H9041, H9047
Ceremony Honoring Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope: The House agreed to S. Con. 
Res. 56, authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the 
ceremony honoring Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope by conferring upon him the 
status of an honorary veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.
                                                         Pages H9046-47
Sponsor of Molinari Measure: Agreed by unanimous consent that 
Representative Kelly be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 616, to 
require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay 
for mastectomies and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast 
cancer, coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomies, and 
coverage for secondary consultations, a bill originally introduced by 
Representative Molinari, for the purposes of adding cosponsors and 
requesting reprints.
  Page H9056
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools: By a yea and nay 
vote of 230 yeas to 198 nays, Roll No. 524, the House passed H.R. 2646, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free 
expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for 
elementary and secondary

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school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions 
to such accounts.
  Pages H9056-76
Rejected:
  The Rangel amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to 
increase the volume cap on bonds for public school construction and 
rehabilitation to $4 billion (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 199 
yeas to 224 nays, Roll No. 523).
Pages H9067-75
  The House agreed to H. Res. 274, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by a yea and nay vote of 287 yeas to 135 
nays, Roll No. 522. Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed 
in Part 1 of H. Rept. 105-336, the report accompanying the rule was 
considered as adopted.
Pages H9047-56
Question of Privilege of the House: The Speaker ruled that H. Res. 276, 
relating to a question of the privileges of the House did constitute a 
question of privilege and was in order. By a yea and nay vote of 204 
yeas to 222 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 525, the House 
failed to agree to the resolution.
  Pages H9464-73
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H9047, H9055-56, 
H9075, H9075-76, and H9473. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:23 p.m.