[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D240]
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                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 1030-1046; 1 private bill, H.R. 
1047; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 45-48, and H. Res. 99, 101-102, were 
introduced.
  Pages H1068-70
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 808, to extend for 3 additional months the period for which chapter 
12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted, amended (H. Rept. 
106-45); and
  H. Res. 100, providing for consideration of H.R. 800, to provide for 
education flexibility partnerships (H. Rept. 106-46).
Page H1068
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designated 
Representative Bliley to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
  Page H1021
Recess: The House recessed at 11:03 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                                  Page H1025
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  National Endowment for the Arts: Message wherein he transmitted his annual 
report of the National Endowment for the Arts for fiscal year 1997--referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and
  Page H1029
  Trade Agenda and Agreements: Message wherein he transmitted his 1999 Trade 
Agenda and the 1998 annual report on the Trade Agreements Program--referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
  Pages H1028-29
Suspensions: The House debated motions to suspend the rules and postponed 
votes on the following measures until Wednesday, March 10:
  Nursing Home Resident Protection Amendments: H.R. 540, to amend title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to prohibit transfers or discharges of residents 
of nursing facilities as a result of a voluntary withdrawal from 
participation in the Medicaid Program;
  Pages H1029-33
  Bankruptcy Relief Extension for Certain Family Farmers: H.R. 808, amended, 
to extend for 3 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 
11 of the United States Code is reenacted;
  Pages H1033-36
  Expressing Support for Free Elections in Indonesia: H. Res. 32, expressing 
support for, and calling for actions in support of, free, fair, and 
transparent elections in Indonesia; and
  Pages H1036-41
  Human Rights Abuses in China and Tibet: H. Con. Res. 28, amended, 
expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should introduce and 
make all efforts necessary to pass a resolution criticizing the People's 
Republic of China for its human rights abuses in China and Tibet at the 
annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. 
                                                              Pages H1041-48
Memorial Services for the Late Hon. Harry A. Blackmun: The House agreed to 
H. Con. Res. 45, providing for the use of the catafalque situated in the 
crypt beneath the rotunda of the Capitol in connection with memorial 
services to be conducted in the Supreme Court Building for the late 
honorable Harry A. Blackmun, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 
of the United States.
  Page H1048
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H1021.
Re-Referral: H.R. 809, to provide for reform of the Federal Protective 
Service, was re-referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure.
  Page H1033
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages 
H1070-74.
Quorum Calls--Votes: No quorum calls or recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:32 p.m.