[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D801-D802]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 2503-2526; and 3 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 154-155 and H. Res. 248, were introduced.   
  Pages H5570-71
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1995, to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to empower teachers, improve student achievement through high-
quality professional development for teachers, reauthorize the Reading 
Excellence Act, amended (H. Rept. 106-232 part 1);
  Report on revised suballocation of Budget Allocations for fiscal year 
2000 (H. Rept. 106-233);
  H. Res. 246, providing for consideration of H.R. 2490, 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, 2000 (H. Rept. 106-
234); and
  H. Res. 247, providing for consideration of H.R. 2415, to enhance 
security of United States missions and personnel overseas, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2000 (H. 
Rept. 106-235).                                              
Page H5570
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Taylor of North Carolina to act as Speaker 
pro tempore for today.                                       
  Page H5461
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Sam 
Whaley of Spindale, North Carolina.                          
  Page H5461
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: The 
House passed H.R. 2466, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2000 by a yea and nay vote of 377 yeas to 47 nays, Roll No. 296. The 
House completed general debate and began considering amendments on July 
13.                                                   
  Pages H5466-H5568
  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith with an 
amendment that increases funding for land acquisition, urban parks, 
strategic petroleum reserve, the National Endowment for the Humanities 
and the National Endowment for the Arts by a recorded vote of 187 ayes 
to 239 noes, Roll No. 295.                               
Pages H5566-67
  On a demand for a separate vote, agreed to the Klink amendment that 
prohibits funding by the Park Service to implement alternatives B, C, 
or D, identified in the Final Management Plan and Environmental Impact 
Statement for Gettysburg National Military Park, dated June 1999, 
dealing with the visitors center by a recorded vote of 220 ayes to 206 
noes, Roll No. 294. The amendment was previously agreed to in the 
Committee of the Whole.                                      
Page H5566
Agreed to:
  The Sanders amendment that increases funding for the Weatherization 
Assistance Program by $13 million and reduces Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve funding accordingly (agreed to by a recorded vote of 243 ayes 
to 180 noes, Roll No. 284);                    
Pages H5473-79, H5482-83
  The Young of Florida amendment that reduces land acquisition funding 
by $5 million, increases clean coal technology deferral by $66 million, 
and imposes a 0.48 percent reduction to each account, program, 
activity, and project;                                   
Pages H5505-07
  The Rahall amendment that prohibits funding to process applications 
for approval of patents, plans of operations, or amendments to plans in 
contravention of the opinion dated November 7, 1997, by the Solicitor 
of the Department of the Interior that limits the disposal of mining 
waste to five acres (agreed to by a recorded vote of 273 ayes to 151 
noes, Roll No. 288);                           
Pages H5509-19, H5559-60
  The Klink amendment that prohibits funding by the Park Service to 
implement alternatives B, C, or D, identified in the Final Management 
Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Gettysburg National 
Military Park dated June 1999 dealing with the visitors center (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 290); 
                                                  Pages H5531-34, H5561
  The Farr amendment that prohibits the use of any jawed leghold trap 
or neck snare in any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge except for 
research, subsistence, conservation, or facilities protection (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 259 ayes to 166 noes, Roll No. 291); 
                                               Pages H5540-43, H5561-62
Rejected:
  The Sanders amendment that sought to strike the requirement for a 25 
percent cost share by states for Weatherization Assistance grants 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 198 ayes to 225 noes, Roll No. 285); 
                                                         Pages H5479-83
  The Slaughter amendment that sought to increase funding for the 
National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the 
Humanities, each by $10 million and decrease Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve funding by $20 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 207 ayes 
to 217 noes, Roll No. 286);                    
Pages H5483-94, H5503-04

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  The Stearns amendment that sought to reduce funding for the National 
Endowment for the Arts by $2 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 
124 ayes to 300 noes, Roll No. 287);        
Pages H5496-H5502, H5504-05
  The DeFazio amendment that sought to prohibit funding by the Forest 
Service for the recreational fee demonstration program authorized by 
section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1996 for units of the National Forest System; 
                                                         Pages H5534-40
  The Weldon of Florida amendment that sought to prohibit funding to 
approve class III gaming on Indian lands by any means other than a 
Tribal-State compact entered into between a State and a tribe (rejected 
by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 289); 
                                               Pages H5520-30, H5560-61
  The Tancredo amendment that sought to reduce Forest and Rangeland 
Research funding by $16.9 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 135 
ayes to 291 noes, Roll No. 292); and           
Pages H5543-47, H5562-63
  The Wu amendment that sought to allocate National Forest System 
funding levels by decreasing timber sales management funding to $196.8 
million and increasing wildlife and fisheries habitat management 
funding to $120.4 million and watershed improvements funding to $40.1 
million (rejected by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 250 noes, Roll No. 
293).                                             
Pages H5547-59, H5563
Withdrawn:
  The Stearns amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to allocate National Endowment for the Arts grants to the States 
on the basis of population;                              
Pages H5502-03
Points of Order Sustained Against:
  Language on page 37 line 23 through page 38 line 13;       
Page H5468
  Language on page 76 line 16 through line 22;               
Page H5494
  Language on page 80 line 11 through line 23;               
Page H5495
  H. Res. 243, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to on July 13.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H5573-74.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea and nay vote and twelve recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5482-83, H5483, H5503-04, H5504-05, H5559-60, H5560-61, H5561, H5561-
62, H5562-63, H5563, H5566, H5567, and H5568. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 12:24 p.m. on 
July 15.