[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D687-D688]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 4109-4122; and 4 resolutions, 
H. Res. 483 and 486-488, were introduced.
  Pages H5063-64
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2538, to establish a Presidential commission to determine the 
validity of certain land claims arising out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-
Hidalgo of 1848 involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican 
citizens at the time of the Treaty, amended (H. Rept. 105-594);
  H.R. 4112, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 105-595);
  H. Res. 484, providing for consideration of H.R. 4103, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 105-596); and
  H. Res. 485, providing for consideration of H.R. 4104, making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 105-
597).
Page H5063
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Mike 
Coleman of Hannibal, Missouri.
  Page H4971
Recess: The House recessed at 9:50 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m. 
                                                             Page H4970
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Drug-Free Workplace Act: H.R. 3853, amended, to promote drug-free 
workplace programs (passed by a yea and nay vote of 402 yeas to 9 nays, 
Roll No. 257); and
  Pages H4974-81, H4983
  Internet Tax Freedom Act: H.R. 4105, to establish a national policy 
against State and local interference with interstate commerce on the 
Internet, to exercise congressional jurisdiction over interstate 
commerce by establishing a moratorium on the imposition of exactions 
that would interfere with the free flow of commerce via the Internet, 
to establish a national policy against federal and state regulation of 
Internet access and online services.
  Pages H5028-37
Agriculture Appropriations Act: The House began consideration of 
amendments to H.R. 4101, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999. Further 
consideration will resume on Wednesday, June 24.
  Pages H4984-H5028
Agreed To:
  The Bereuter amendment that prohibits the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development from denying a loan guarantee for multifamily rental 
units in rural areas if the interest on the loan is exempt from 
inclusion in gross income for purposes of chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986;
Pages H5016-17
  The Bass amendment that reduces funding for the Wildlife Service 
livestock protection program by $10 million (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 229 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 259).
Pages H5024-28
Rejected:
  The Obey amendment that sought to strike section 736 that extends the 
time for USDA to implement rulemaking on the milk marketing orders 
system by six months and continue the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
Compact;
Pages H5002-15
  The Dooley amendment that sought to transfer $49.3 million from 
special grants for agricultural research to implement provisions of the 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Act of 1998; 
                                                         Pages H5017-18
  The Neumann amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funding to 
provide a peanut price support loan rate greater that $550 per ton for 
quota peanuts (rejected by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 244 noes, 
Roll No. 258);
Pages H5018-24, H5027-28
  Point of order was sustained against the Petri amendment that sought 
to terminate congressional consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
Compact on April 4, 1999.
Pages H5015-16
  Agreed by unanimous consent that debate on the Miller of Florida 
amendment related to sugar, if offered, and all amendments thereto 
would be limited to 60 minutes allocated as follows: Representative 
Miller of Florida, 30 minutes; Representative Skeen, 15 minutes; and 
Representative Kaptur or her designee, 15 minutes.
Page H5027
  H. Res. 482, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill, 
was agreed to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H4981-83
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H5065.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea and nay vote, and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H4983, H5027-28, and H5028. There were no quorum calls.

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Adjournment: Met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 8:38 p.m.