[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D292-D293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 34 public bills, H.R. 1141-1174; and 6 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 56-59, and H. Res. 119 and 121 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H1405-07
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1141, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 106-64);
  H.R. 15, to designate a portion of the Otay Mountain region of 
California as wilderness (H. Rept. 106-65);
  H.R. 449, to authorize the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence 
National Historical park (H. Rept. 106-66);
  H.R. 509, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the 
personal representative of the estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn 
County, Wyoming, certain land comprising the Steffens family property, 
amended (private bill, H. Rept. 106-67);
  H.R. 510, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John 
R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land so as 
to correct an error in the patent issued to their predecessors in 
interest (private bill, H. Rept. 106-68); and
  H. Res. 120, providing for consideration of H.R. 4, to declare it to 
be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense 
(H. Rept. 106-69).
Page H1405
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 119, electing 
Representative Schakowsky to the Committee on Government Reform. 
                                                             Page H1337
Meeting Hour--March 18: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it 
adjourn to meet at 12 noon on March 18.
  Page H1341
Holocaust Memorial Council: The Chair announced the Speaker's 
appointment of Representatives Gilman, LaTourette, and Cannon to the 
United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
  Page H1349
Steel Import Reduction and Import Monitoring Program: The House passed 
H.R. 975, to provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, 
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to establish a steel import notification and monitoring program by a 
yea and nay vote of 289 yeas to 141 nays, Roll No. 56. 
                                        Pages H1342-49, H1349-70, H1382
  Earlier, the House agreed to H. Res. 114, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by voice vote.
Page H1349
Coast Guard Authorization Act: The House passed H.R. 820, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the Coast Guard by a 
recorded vote of 424 ayes to 7 noes, Roll No. 55.
  Pages H1341-42, H1370-82
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute made 
in order by the rule as amended.
Page H1381
Agreed To:
  The Gilchrest amendment that makes technical changes and expresses 
the sense of the Congress that the President should expeditiously issue 
guidelines regarding oil spill response actions to clarify that a 
person who is not responsible for the spill, yet takes action to 
prevent or mitigate the effects of it, shall not be held liable for 
violation of fish and wildlife laws;
Pages H1377-78
  The Pickett amendment that allows the Secretary of Transportation to 
issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for 
the vessel NORFOLK before January 1, 2001, if before that date the 
vessel undergoes a major conversion in a shipyard located in the United 
States and the cost of the conversion is more that three times the 
amount the owner paid to purchase the vessel;
Page H1378
  The Upton amendment that requires the Coast Guard to continue to 
offer assistance to organizations dedicated to Great Lakes lighthouse 
stewardship and to release information concerning the timing of 
designations of Great Lakes lighthouses as surplus property (adopted by 
a recorded vote of 428 ayes with none voting ``no,'' Roll No. 53); and 
                                                         Pages H1379-80
  The LoBiondo amendment that authorizes the acquisition of 7 PC-170 
coastal patrol craft for drug interdiction and provides for the 
improvement of shore facilities for drug interdiction operations 
(adopted by a recorded vote of 424 ayes to 4 noes, Roll No. 54). 
                                                  Pages H1378-79, H1381
  Earlier, the House agreed to H. Res. 113, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by voice vote.
Page H1342
Amendments: Amendment ordered printed pursuant to the rule appears on 
page H1408.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea and nay vote and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1380, H1381, and H1382. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m.