[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 5 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D49-D50]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 3137--3151; and 5 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 107-108, H. Con. Res. 207, and H. Res. 346-347, were 
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  Page H240
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Filed on January 29, H.R. 2625, to redesignate Washington National 
Airport as ``Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport'', amended (H. 
Rept. 105-408);
  Filed on January 30, H.R. 2846, to prohibit spending Federal 
education funds on national testing without explicit and specific 
legislation, amended (H. Rept. 105-409);
  H.R. 429, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for 
special immigrant status for NATO civilian employees in the same manner 
as for employees of international organizations (H. Rept. 105-410);
  H. Res. 344, providing for consideration of H.R. 2625, to redesignate 
Washington National Airport as ``Ronald Reagan Washington National 
Airport'' (H. Rept. 105-411); and
  H. Res. 345, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 107, expressing 
the sense of the Congress that the award of attorneys' fees, costs, and 
sanctions of $285,864.78 ordered by United States District Judge Royce 
C. Lamberth on December 18, 1997, should not be paid with taxpayer 
funds (H. Rept. 105-412).                                 
Pages H239-40
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Miller of Florida to act as Speaker pro 
tempore for today.                                            
  Page H103

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Recess: The House recessed at 1:14 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                              Page H108
Resignation from the House of Representatives: Read a letter from 
Representative Ronald V. Dellums wherein he resigns from the House of 
Representatives effective February 6, 1998.                   
  Page H109
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Budget of the U.S. Government: Message wherein he transmitted his 
1999 Budget of the United States Government--referred to the Committee 
on Appropriations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-177); 
                                                          Pages H111-14
  Deferrals of Budgetary Resources: Message wherein he transmits his 
report concerning eight deferrals totaling $4.8 billion--referred to 
the Committee on Appropriations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-205); 
                                                              Page H195
  United States and Latvia Fisheries Agreement: Message wherein he 
transmits the agreement between the United States and the Republic of 
Latvia concerning fisheries off the coasts of the United States--
referred to the Committee on Resources and ordered printed (H. Doc. 
105-206); and                                                 
  Page H222
  Railroad Retirement Board: Message wherein he transmits the Annual 
Report of the Railroad Retirement Board for fiscal year 1996--referred 
to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and 
Means.                                                        
  Page H222
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations: 
H.R. 1085, amended, to revise, codify, and enact without substantive 
change certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and 
national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, 
United States Code, ``Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, 
and Organizations''; and                                  
  Pages H114-90
  FAA Research, Engineering and Development: Agreed to the Senate 
Amendments to H.R. 1271, to authorize the Federal Aviation 
Administration's research, engineering, and development programs for 
fiscal years 1998 through 2000--clearing the measure for the President.
                                                          Pages H191-94
Coastwise Trade Certificate of Documentation: The House passed S. 1349, 
to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
coastwise trade for the vessel PRINCE NOVA--clearing the measure for 
the President.                                                
  Page H194
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H241-42.
Quorum Calls--Votes: No quorum calls or recorded votes developed during 
the proceedings of the House today.
Adjournment: Met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 8:00 p.m.