[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 132 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1083-D1084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 3002-3010, and 1 resolution, H. 
Res. 322, were introduced.
  Pages H9203-04
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 20, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and 
operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational 
River on land owned by the State of New York (H. Rept. 106-361);
  H.R. 1665, to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land 
for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously 
authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation, 
amended (H. Rept. 106-362); and
  H. Res. 321, providing for consideration of H.R. 764, to reduce the 
incidence of child abuse and neglect (H. Rept. 106-366).
Page H9203
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Tancredo to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H9243
Recess: The House recessed at 12:42 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H9244
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Commercial Space Transportation Competitiveness Act: H.R. 2607, 
amended, to promote the development of the commercial space 
transportation industry, to authorize appropriations for the Office of 
the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, to 
authorize appropriations for the Office of Space Commercialization; 
                                                         Pages H9246-48
  Conveyance of Certain Property to Stanislaus County, California: H.R. 
356, amended, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from 
the United States to Stanislaus County, California;
  Page H9249
  Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act: H.R. 2681, to 
establish a program, coordinated by the National Transportation Safety 
Board, of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail 
passenger accidents;
  Pages H9249-51
  Congratulating the American Public Transit Association: H. Con. Res. 
171, congratulating the American Public Transit Association for 25 
years of commendable service to the transit industry and the Nation; 
                                                         Pages H9251-52
  Reenacting Chapter 12 of Title 11, USC: S. 1606, to extend for 9 
additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11, United 
States Code, is reenacted--clearing the measure for the President; 
                                                             Page H9253
  U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Extension Act: H.R. 2401, to amend 
the U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act of 1998 to extend the period 
by which the final report is due and to authorize additional funding; 
                                                         Pages H9253-56
  Concerning the Participation of Taiwan in the World Health 
Organization (WHO): H.R. 1794, amended, concerning the participation of 
Taiwan in the World Health Organization (WHO);
  Pages H9256-59
  Concern Over Interference with Freedom in Peru:  H. Res. 57, amended, 
expressing concern over interference with freedom of the press and the 
independence of judicial and electoral institutions in Peru. Agreed to 
amend the title;
  Pages H9261-63
  Sense of Congress Re Sacrilegious Exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of 
Art: H. Con. Res. 191, amended, expressing the sense of Congress that 
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Brooklyn Museum of Art should not receive Federal funds unless it 
cancels its upcoming exhibit featuring works of a sacrilegious nature. 
Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H9267-73
  Condemning the Kidnapping and Murder of 3 United States Citizens by 
the FARC: H. Res. 181, condemning the kidnapping and murder by the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) of 3 United States 
citizens, Ingrid Washinawatok, Terence Freitas, and Lahe'ena'e Gay 
(agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 413 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 470);
  Pages H9259-61, H9282-83
  Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Act: H.R. 1451, amended, to 
establish the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (agreed to by a 
yea and nay vote of 411 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 471); 
                                                  Pages H9263-67, H9283
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: The House disagreed 
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2684, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and agreed to a 
conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Walsh, DeLay, 
Hobson, Knollenberg, Frelinghuysen, Wicker, Northup, Sununu, Young of 
Florida, Mollohan, Kaptur, Meek of Florida, Price of North Carolina, 
Cramer, and Obey.
  Pages H9273-76, H9283-84
  Agreed to the Mollohan motion to instruct conferees to agree with the 
higher funding levels recommended in the Senate amendment for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; for the Science, 
Aeronautics and Technology and Mission Support accounts of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; and for the National Science 
Foundation by a yea and nay vote of 306 yeas to 113 nays, Roll No. 472.
                                               Pages H9273-76, H9283-84
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: The House disagreed to 
the Senate amendment to H.R. 2466, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000 and agreed to a conference. Appointed as 
conferees: Representatives Regula, Kolbe, Skeen, Taylor of North 
Carolina, Nethercutt, Wamp, Kingston, Peterson of Pennsylvania, Young 
of Florida, Dicks, Murtha, Moran of Virginia, Cramer, Hinchey, and 
Obey.
  Pages H9276-82, H9284-85
  Agreed to the Dicks motion to instruct conferees to (1) insist on 
disagreement with the provisions of Section 335 of the Senate amendment 
and insist on the provisions of Section 334 of the House bill; (2) to 
agree with the higher funding levels recommended in the Senate 
amendment for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National 
Endowment for the Humanities; and (3) to disagree with the provisions 
in the Senate amendment which will undermine efforts to protect and 
restore our cultural and natural resources by a yea and nay vote of 218 
yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 473.
Pages H9276-82, H9284-85
Recess: The House recessed at 5:50 p.m. and reconvened at 6:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H9282
Recess: The House recessed at 6:50 p.m. and reconvened at 8:15 p.m. 
                                                             Page H9282
Office of Compliance: The Chair announced on behalf of the Speaker and 
the Minority Leader of the House and the Majority and Minority Leaders 
of the Senate their joint appointment of the following individuals to a 
five-year term to the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance: 
Mr. Alan V. Friedman of California, Ms. Susan S. Robfogel of New York, 
and Ms. Barbara Childs Wallace of Mississippi.
  Page H9285
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate appear on pages 
H9243 and H9285.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H9282-83, H9283, 
H9284, and H9284-85. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:34 p.m.