[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 119 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D956-D957]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 4537-4548; 1 private bill, H.R. 
4549; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 525-529, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H7583-84
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3789, to amend title 28, United States Code, to enlarge Federal 
Court jurisdiction over purported class actions, amended, (H. Rept. 
105-702);
  H.R. 2921, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the 
Federal Communications Commission to conduct an inquiry into the 
impediments to the development of competition in the market for 
multichannel video programming distribution (H. Rept. 105-661 Part 2); 
and
  H. Res. 525, providing for a deliberative review by the Committee on 
the Judiciary of a communication from an independent counsel, and for 
the release thereof (H. Rept. 105-703).                      
Page H7583
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
Ronald F. Christian of Virginia.                             
  Page H7497
Decorum of Debate: The Speaker reiterated the rules of the House with 
respect to the decorum of debate, including one-minute and special-
order speeches.                                          
  Pages H7497-98
Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act: The House passed H.R. 2863, to amend 
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify restrictions under that Act on 
baiting, to facilitate acquisition of migratory bird habitat, by a yea 
and nay vote of 322 yeas to 90 nays, Roll No. 420. Agreed to the 
Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.       
  Pages H7500-06
  Agreed to H. Res. 521, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the bill by voice vote.                               
Pages H7499-H7500
Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act: The House passed H.R. 2538, 
to establish a Presidential

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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, by a yea 
and nay vote of 223 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 421. Agreed to the 
Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as modified by the 
rule.                                                    
  Pages H7508-21
  Agreed to H. Res. 522, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the bill by voice vote.                                  
Pages H7507-08
Intelligence Authorization Act: The House disagreed to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 3694, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
1999 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and agree to a 
conference. Appointed as conferees from the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence for consideration of the House bill and the Senate 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives 
Goss, Young of Florida, Lewis of California, Shuster, McCollum, Castle, 
Boehlert, Bass, Gibbons, Dicks, Dixon, Skaggs, Pelosi, Harman, Skelton, 
and Bishop. Appointed as conferees from the Committee on National 
Security for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Spence, 
Stump, and Sanchez.                                          
  Page H7529
English Language Fluency Act: The House passed H.R. 3892, to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program 
to help children and youth learn English, by a recorded vote of 221 
ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 424.                          
  Pages H7529-54
Agreed To:
  The Bonilla amendment, numbered 3 and printed in the Congressional 
Record, that strikes section 7406 that requires State standardized 
testing in English;                                          
Page H7547
  The Riggs en bloc amendment, consisting of amendments numbered 5, 7, 
8, and 9 and printed in the Congressional Record, that allows grants to 
a State educational agency in States with one school district, includes 
specialized tutoring programs to prevent students from dropping out of 
school, measures achievement by number and percentage of children, 
designs evaluations by grade level, and guarantees funding of at least 
100 percent of the fiscal year 1998 baseline level under current law 
during the five-year transition period;                  
Pages H7547-48
  The Hayworth amendment, numbered 4 and printed in the Congressional 
Record, that clarifies that nothing in the Act shall be construed to 
limit the preservation or use of Native American languages; 
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  The Smith of Michigan amendment, numbered 6 and printed in the 
Congressional Record, that permits funding for family literacy 
services; and                                            
Pages H7549-50
  The Riggs amendment, numbered 2 and printed in the Congressional 
Record, that permits states to approve grants to local school districts 
only if the district is in compliance with State law regarding the 
education of English language learners (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
230 ayes to 184 noes, Roll No. 423).           
Pages H7543-47, H7552-53
Rejected:
  The Martinez amendment to the Riggs amendment numbered 2, that sought 
to specify that the State may approve grants to local school districts 
only if it is in compliance with State law regarding the education of 
English language learners, except if it is necessary for the school 
district to comply with Federal law or a Federal court order (rejected 
by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 208 noes, Roll No. 422). 
                                                  Pages H7543-47, H7552
  The Clerk was authorized in the engrossment of the bill to make 
technical and conforming changes to reflect the actions of the House. 
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  Agreed to H. Res. 516, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the bill by voice vote.                                  
Pages H7521-29
Order of Procedure: Agreed by unanimous consent that the debate on H. 
Res. 525, providing for review by the Committee on the Judiciary of a 
Communication from an Independent Counsel, be enlarged to two hours, 
equally divided and controlled by the member of the Committee on Rules 
who calls up the resolution and a minority member of that committee. 
                                                             Page H7582
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H7585.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7506, H7521, H7552, H7552-53, and H7553-54. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:34 p.m.