[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 19 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D156-D157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 3303-3316; and 2 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 231-232, were introduced.                    
  Pages H754-55
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  Supplemental report on H.R. 217, to amend title IV of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the Federal programs 
for housing assistance for the homeless into a block grant program that 
ensures that States and communities are provided sufficient flexibility 
to use assistance amounts effectively (H. Rept. 105-407 Part 2);
  H.R. 992, to end the Tucker Act shuffle, amended (H. Rept. 105-424);
  H.R. 2369, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to strengthen and 
clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping, amended (H. Rept. 
105-425); and
  H. Res. 376, providing for consideration of H.R. 856, to provide a 
process leading to full self-government for Puerto Rico (H. Rept. 105-
426).                                                         
Page H754
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Snowbarger to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                        
  Page H693
Recess: The House recessed at 1:22 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                              Page H700
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act: H.R. 
217, amended, to amend title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act to consolidate the Federal programs for housing 
assistance for the homeless into a block grant program that ensures 
that States and communities are provided sufficient flexibility to use 
assistance

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amounts effectively (passed by a yea and nay vote of 386 yeas to 23 
nays, Roll No. 26),                             
  Pages H703-722, H730-31
  Sam Nunn Federal Center: H.R. 613, to designate the Federal building 
located at 100 Alabama Street NW, in Atlanta, Georgia, as the ``Sam 
Nunn Federal Center'' and agreed to amend the title. Subsequently, the 
House passed S. 347, a similar Senate- passed bill, after striking all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of 
H.R. 613. Agreed to amend the title; and H.R. 613 was laid on the 
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  Pages H722-24
Recess: The House recessed at 4:17 p.m. and reconvened at 5:00 p.m. 
                                                              Page H730
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Housing and Urban Development: Message wherein he transmitted the 
32nd Annual Report of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
which covers calendar year 1996--referred to the Committee on Banking 
and Financial Services;                                       
  Page H731
  Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee: Message wherein he 
transmitted the Seventh Biennial Report of the Interagency Arctic 
Research Policy Committee--referred to the Committee on Science; and 
                                                              Page H731
  National Drug Control Strategy: Message wherein he transmitted the 
1998 National Drug Control Strategy--referred to the Committees on 
Judiciary, Agriculture, Banking and Financial Services, Commerce, 
Education and the Workforce, Government Reform and Oversight, 
International Relations, National Security, Resources, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means. 
                                                          Pages H731-32
National Summit on Retirement Savings: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of the following participants on the part of the 
House to the National Summit on Retirement Savings: Representative 
Fawell, Ms. Meredith Bagby of New York, Mr. James E. Bayne of Texas, 
Mr. Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. of South Carolina, Ms. Joyce Campbell of 
Washington, D.C., Ms. Hilda Cannon of Georgia, Mr. Christopher W. 
Clement of Arizona, Mr. Benjamin Tanner Domenech of Virginia, Mr. 
Clinton A. Demetriou of Georgia, Mr. Pete duPont of Delaware, Mr. Adam 
Dubitsky of Washington, D.C., Ms. Lynn D. Dudley of Washington, D.C., 
Mr. Ric Edelman of Virginia, Mr. John N. Erlenborn of Maryland, Ms. 
Shannon Evans of Nevada, Mr. Peter J. Ferrara of Virginia, Mr. Ray 
Gaydos of Washington, D.C., Mr. Craig Gholston of Texas, Mr. Arthur 
Glatfelter of Pennsylvania, Mr. Dylan Glenn of Georgia, Mr. James T. 
Gordon of Georgia, Mr. Brian H. Graff of Virginia, Mr. Matthew 
Greenwald of Washington, D.C., Mr. Brent R. Harris of California, Mr. 
Donald K. Hill of Georgia, Ms. Amy M. Holmes of Washington, D.C., Ms. 
Karen A. Jordan of Alaska, Mr. John Kimpel of Massachusetts, Mrs. Beth 
Kobliner of New York, Mr. Gerald Letendre of New Hampshire, Mr. Ronald 
Lyons of Ohio, Mrs. Patricia De L. Marvil of Virginia, Mr. Philip 
Matthews of Connecticut, Mr. Thomas J. McInerney of Connecticut, Mr. 
Kevin M. McRaith of Minnesota, Ms. Rita D. Metras of New York, Ms. Lena 
Moore of Washington, D.C., Ms. Dana Muir of Michigan, Ms. Heather 
Nauert of Washington, D.C., Mr. Jeffrey M. Pollock of New Hampshire, 
Ms. Pati Robinson of Washington, Ms. Andrea Batista Schlesinger of New 
York, Mr. Eugene Schweikert of South Carolina, Mr. Charles Schwab of 
California, Ms. Victoria L. Swaja of Arizona, Mr. Richard Thau of New 
York, Ms. Sandra R. Turner of Florida, Mrs. Sunny Warren of Georgia, 
Mr. Albert Zapanta of Virginia, and Mr. Roger Zion of Indiana. 
                                                          Pages H736-37
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appears on pages H730-31. There were 
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 8:45 p.m.