[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1056]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 2969-2976; 1 private bill, H.R. 
2977; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 314-316, were introduced. 
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 312, providing for consideration of H.R. 2910, to amend title 
49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National 
Transportation Safety Board for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002 (H. Rept. 
106-347); and
  H. Res. 313, providing for consideration of H.R. 2436, to amend title 
18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to 
protect unborn children from assault and murder (H. Rept. 106-348). 
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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Nussle to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
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  Page H8969
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
John H. White of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.                 
  Page H8969
Journal Vote: Agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of 
Tuesday, September 28, by a yea and nay vote of 375 yeas to 43 nays, 
Roll No. 459.                                     
  Pages H8969, H8977-78
Agricultural Risk Protection Act: The House passed H.R. 2559, to amend 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act to strengthen the safety net for 
agricultural producers by providing greater access to more affordable 
risk management tools and improved protection from production and 
income loss, to improve the efficiency and integrity of the Federal 
crop insurance program.                                  
  Pages H8978-96
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute made 
in order by the rule.                                        
Page H8996
Agreed to:
  The LaHood amendment that creates a pilot project to evaluate the 
effectiveness of risk management tools for livestock producers; and 
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  The Jackson-Lee amendment of Texas that expresses the Sense of 
Congress that the Department of Agriculture should ensure the full 
participation of minority and limited-resource farmers and ranchers in 
crop insurance programs.                                     
Page H8995
Withdrawn:
  The Upton amendment was offered, but subsequently withdrawn, that 
sought to correct the erroneous crop insurance price paid to Michigan 
peach farmers by the Department of Agriculture.          
Pages H8990-91
  The Clerk was authorized in the engrossment of the bill to correct 
section numbers, punctuation, cross references, and to make other 
necessary technical and conforming corrections to reflect the actions 
of the House.                                                
Page H8996
  H. Res. 308, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 422 yeas with 1 voting ``nay'' Roll 
No. 458.                                                 
Pages H8973-77
Recess: The House recessed at 3:42 p.m. and reconvened at 4:43 p.m. 
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Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate appears on page 
H8969.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H9023.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H8977 and H8977-78. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 4:44 p.m.