[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 133 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1090-D1091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 3011-3027; and 2 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 70 and H. Con. Res. 192, were introduced.
  Pages H9409-10
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  S. 452, a private bill for the relief of Belinda McGregor (H. Rept. 
106-364);
  H.R. 1497, to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the 
women's business center program, amended (H. Rept. 106-365); and
  H. Res. 323, providing for the consideration of H.R. 2990, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals greater access 
to health insurance through a health care tax deduction, a long-term 
care deduction, and other health-related tax incentives, to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide access to 
and choice in health care through association health plans, and to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to create new pooling opportunities 
for small employers to obtain greater access to health coverage through 
HealthMarts and H.R. 2723, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service 
Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in 
managed care plans and other health coverage (H. Rept. 106-366). 
                                                             Page H9409
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Wilson to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H9305
Recess: The House recessed at 9:27 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m. 
                                                             Page H9308
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Chairman Shuster 
forwarded copies of resolutions approved by the Committee on August 5, 
1999 and copies of resolutions adopted by the Committee on August 5, 
1999--referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
  Page H9312
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Designating the J.J. ``Jake'' Pickle Federal Building: S. 559, to 
designate the Federal building located at 33 East 8th Street in Austin, 
Texas, as the ``J.J. `Jake' Pickle Federal Building''--clearing the 
measure for the President;
  Pages H9334-38
  National Medal of Honor Memorial Act: H.R. 1663, amended, to 
designate as a national memorial the memorial being built at the 
Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California to honor 
recipients of the Medal of Honor (passed by a yea and nay vote of 424 
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 474). Agreed to amend the 
title;
  Pages H9312-15, H9338-39
  Commending the WWII Veterans Who Fought in the Battle of the Bulge: 
H.J. Res. 65, amended, commending the World War II veterans who fought 
in the Battle of the Bulge (passed by a yea and nay vote of 422 yeas 
with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 475); and
  Pages H9315-28, H9339-40
  Expressing Sympathy for the Victims of Hurricane Floyd: H. Res. 322, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in sympathy for 
the victims of Hurricane Floyd, which struck numerous

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communities along the East Coast between September 14 and 17, 1999 
(agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 417 yeas with none voting ``nay'' 
and one voting ``present'', Roll No. 476).
  Pages H9328-34, H9340
Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act: The House passed H.R. 764, 
to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect by a recorded vote 
of 425 ayes to 2 noes, Roll No. 479.
  Pages H9349-64
Agreed to:
  The McCollum amendment in the nature of a substitute that revises the 
description of the grant program and funding set aside for child abuse 
victims under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984;
Page H9357
  The Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment to the McCollum amendment that 
clarifies that child abuse includes child sexual abuse (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 424 ayes with none voting ``no'', Roll No. 477); and 
                                                  Pages H9358-61, H9362
  The Jones of Ohio amendment to the McCollum amendment that specifies 
that any increase in funding provided shall operate notwithstanding any 
limitation placed on the availability of the Crime Victims Fund (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 389 ayes to 32 noes, Roll No. 478). 
                                                  Pages H9361, H9362-63
  H. Res. 321, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote.
Pages H9348-49
Recess: The House recessed at 4:00 p.m. and reconvened at 4:36 p.m. 
                                                             Page H9361
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations: The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2606, 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 by a yea 
and nay vote of 214 yeas to 211 nays, Roll No. 480.
  Pages H9364-78
  H. Res. 307, the rule that waived points of order against the 
conference report, was agreed to earlier by voice vote. 
                                                         Pages H9340-48
Referrals: S. 1255 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 
                                                             Page H9408
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H9338-39, H9339-40, H9340, H9362, H9362-63, H9363-64, and H9377-78. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:21 p.m.