[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D337-D338]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 3602-3614; and 2 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 256, and H. Res. 404 were introduced.
  Pages H1853-54
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Totals for fiscal year 
1998 (H. Rept. 105-475); and
  H. Res. 405, providing for consideration of H.R. 2400, to authorize 
funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
programs (H. Rept. 105-476).
Page H1853
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Snowbarger to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H1779
Recess: The House recessed at 9:56 a.m. and reconvened at 11:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1782
Secret Session: By a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 
86, rejected the Obey motion that the House resolve itself into secret 
session, that the galleries be cleared of all persons and that the 
House Chamber be cleared of all persons except the Members of the House 
and those officers and employees specified by the Speaker whose 
attendance on the floor is essential to the functioning of the House 
and who subscribe to the notarized oath of confidentiality. 
                                                             Page H1797
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 3579, 
making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998 by a yea and nay vote of 212 yeas to 208 nays, Roll 
No. 88.
  Pages H1797-H1824
  Rejected the Murtha motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report it back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment to strike Title II of the bill by a yea and 
nay vote of 195 yeas to 224 nays, Roll No. 87.
Pages H1822-23
  Agreed to the Livingston amendment that provides $20 million to the 
Community Development Block Grant Fund for use in states in the 
northeast impacted by the January 1998 ice storms and offset by a $20 
million rescission in the section 8 Housing Reserve Account. 
                                                         Pages H1820-22
  H. Res. 402, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 220 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 85. 
Pursuant to the rule, three amendments printed in part 1 of H. Rept. 
105-473, the report accompanying the rule were considered as adopted. 
These amendments prevent the Corps of Engineers from depositing fill on 
the site where the Kennewick Man remains were discovered in the State 
of Washington prior to the final disposition of a District Court 
lawsuit; express the Sense of the House concerning fiscal 
responsibility and reducing spending to offset supplemental 
appropriations; and replaces a $243.6 million rescission of FAA Grants-
In-Aid contract authority with an offsetting rescission from the 
Section 8 Housing Reserve Account.
Pages H1786-97
Financial Services Act of 1997: H. Res. 403, the rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 10, to enhance competition in the financial 
services industry by providing a prudential framework for the 
affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service 
providers was called up for consideration and subsequently withdrawn. 
                                                         Pages H1824-31
Presidential Message--B-2 Bomber Procurement: Read a message from the 
President wherein he certifies to the Congress that no additional B-2 
bombers should be procured during this fiscal year--referred to the 
Committees on Appropriations and National Security and ordered printed 
(H. Doc. 105-236).
  Page H1831
Order of Business--Credit Union Membership Access Act: It was made in 
order that notwithstanding clause 1 of rule XXVII, it be in order at 
any time on Wednesday, April 1, 1998, for the Speaker to entertain a 
motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill H.R. 1151, Credit Union 
Membership Access Act.
  Page H1850
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate appears on page 1782.
Referral: S. 1751, to extend the deadline for submission of a report by 
the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to 
Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, was referred 
to the Committee on International Relations and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence.
  Page H1850
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 89), three yea and nay 
votes and one recorded vote developed during the proceedings of the 
House today and appear on pages H1796-97, H1797, H1823, H1824, and 
H1827.
Adjournment: Met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:50 p.m.

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