[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D744-D745]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 2367-2387; 1 private bill, H.R. 
2388; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 144-147, and H. Res. 226-229, 
were introduced.
  Pages H5091-92
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.J. Res. 34, congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars (H. Rept. 106-205);
  H.R. 1568, to provide technical, financial, and procurement 
assistance to veteran owned small businesses, amended (H. Rept. 106-206 
Part 1);
  H.R. 562, to approve and ratify certain transfers of land and natural 
resources by or on behalf of the Delaware Nation of Indians, amended 
(H. Rept. 106-207);
  H. Res. 230, providing for the consideration of H.R. 66, to preserve 
the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance (H. Rept. 106-208);
  H. Res. 231, providing for the consideration of H.R. 592, to 
redesignate Great Kills Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area as 
``World War II Veterans Park at Great Kills (H. Rept. 106-209);
  H. Res. 232, providing for the consideration of H.R. 791, to amend 
the National Trails System Act to designate the route of the War of 
1812 British invasion of Maryland and Washington, District of Columbia, 
and the route of the American defense, for study for potential addition 
to the national trails system (H. Rept. 106-210);
  H. Res. 233, providing for the consideration of H.R. 1218, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State 
lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in 
abortion decisions (H. Rept. 106-211); and
  Conference report on H.R. 775. A bill to establish certain procedures 
for civil actions brought for damage relating to the failure of any 
device or system to process or otherwise deal with the transition from 
the year 1999 to the year 2000, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 106-
212).
Pages H5066-73, H5090-91
Recess: The House recessed at 1:10 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4999
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  100th Anniversary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars: H.J. Res. 34, 
congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars; 
                                                         Pages H5014-16
  Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act: H.R. 
1568, amended, to provide technical, financial, and procurement 
assistance to veteran owned small businesses;
  Pages H5016-26
  Prohibiting States From Imposing Discriminatory Commuter Taxes on 
Nonresidents: H.R. 2014, to prohibit a State from imposing a 
discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents;
  Pages H5026-30
  Maurine B. Neuberger United States Post Office: H.R. 1327, to 
designate the United States Postal Service building located at 34480 
Highway 101 South in Cloverdale, Oregon, as the ``Maurine B. Neuberger 
United States Post Office'';
  Pages H5036-38
  Veterans Benefits Improvement Act: H.R. 2280, amended, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in rates 
of compensation paid for service-connected disabilities, to enhance the 
compensation, memorial affairs, and housing programs of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and to improve retirement authorities applicable 
to judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 
(passed by a yea and nay vote of 424 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 257); and
  Pages H5002-14, H5044-45

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  Condemning Arson at Synagogues in Sacramento, California: H. Res. 
226, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning 
the acts of arson at three Sacramento, California, area synagogues on 
June 18, 1999, and affirming its opposition to such crimes (agreed to 
by a yea and nay vote of 425 yeas with none voting ``nay'' and one 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 258).
  Pages H5030-36, H5045-46
Suspension Failed--Urging Days of Prayer: The House failed to suspend 
the rules and agree to H. Con. Res. 94, recognizing the public need for 
reconciliation and healing, urging the United States to unite in 
seeking God, and recommending that the Nation's leaders call for days 
of prayer by a yea and nay vote of 275 yeas to 140 nays with 11 voting 
``present'' and two-thirds required for passage. 
                                                  Pages H5038-44, H5046
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation: Message wherein he 
transmitted the notification of his action to amend Executive Order 
12938 which implements the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation 
Act of 1998--referred to the Committee on International Relations and 
ordered printed (H. Doc. 106-86);
  Page H5002
  National Emergency Re Yugoslavia and Kosovo: Message wherein he 
transmitted his report concerning the national emergency with respect 
to Yugoslavia and Kosovo--referred to the Committee on International 
Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 106-87); and
  Page H5047
  Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Message wherein he transmitted 
the fiscal year 1998 annual report for the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting and the inventory of the Federal Funds Distributed to 
Public Telecommunications Entities by Federal Departments and Agencies 
for the same year--referred to the Committee on Commerce.
  Page H5047
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H5044-45, H5045-46, 
and H5046. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 12 midnight.