[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D177-D178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 28 public bills, H.R. 3850-3867; 3 private bills, 
H.R. 3868-3870; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 267-271 and H. Res. 
431, 434-436, were introduced.
  Pages H755-57
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  Conference report on H.R. 1000, to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration 
(H. Rept. 106-513);
  H. Res. 432, providing for consideration of the conference report to 
accompany S. 376, to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to 
promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (H. 
Rept. 106-514);
  H. Res. 433, providing for consideration of H.R. 1695, to provide for 
the conveyance of certain Federal public lands in the Ivanpah Valley, 
Nevada, to Clark County, Nevada, for the development of an airport 
facility (H. Rept. 106-515); and
  H. Res. 434, providing for consideration of H.R. 3081, to increase 
the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide tax benefits for small businesses and providing for 
consideration of H.R. 3846, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 to increase the minimum wage (H. Rept. 106-516). 
                                                  Pages H649-H704, H755
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
Frank Richardson of Baltimore, Maryland.
  Page H649
Recess: The House recessed at 10:49 a.m. and reconvened at 12:34 p.m. 
                                                              Page H711
Recess: The House recessed at 1:32 p.m. and reconvened at 2:02 p.m. 
                                                              Page H721
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:

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  Keith D. Oglesby Postal Service Station in Greenville, South 
Carolina: H.R. 2952, to redesignate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 Orchard Park Drive in Greenville, South 
Carolina, as the ``Keith D. Oglesby Station'' (passed by a recorded 
vote of 377 ayes with none voting ``no'', Roll No. 30); 
                                                 Pages H706-08, H722-23
  Marybelle H. Howe Post Office in Charleston, South Carolina: H.R. 
3018, amended, to designate the United States Post Office located at 
557 East Bay Street in Charleston, South Carolina, as the ``Marybelle 
H. Howe Post Office'' (passed by a recorded vote of 375 ayes with none 
voting ``no'', Roll No. 31.) Agreed to amend the title; 
                                                    Pages H708-11, H723
  10th Anniversary of the Reestablishment of Lithuanian Independence: 
S. Con. Res. 91, congratulating the Republic of Lithuania on the tenth 
anniversary of the reestablishment of its independence from the rule of 
the former Soviet Union (passed by a yea and nay vote of 384 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 32); and
  Pages H724-26, H734-35
  50th Anniversary of the Korean War: H.J. Res. 86, amended, 
recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Korean War and the service by 
members of the Armed Forces during such war (passed by a yea and nay 
vote of 383 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 33). 
                                                          Pages H726-35
Government Waste Corrections Act: The House passed H.R. 1827, to 
improve the economy and efficiency of Government operations by 
requiring the use of recovery audits by Federal agencies by a yea and 
nay vote of 375 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 29. Agreed to 
amend the title.
  Pages H713-22
Agreed To:
  The Burton amendment that makes technical and clarifying changes; and
                                                              Page H720
  The Jackson-Lee amendment that requires a study on the improper or 
inadequate notice of recovery audits.
Pages H720-21
  Earlier agreed to H. Res. 426, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by voice vote.
Pages H711-13
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China: Message wherein he 
transmitted his legislative proposal authorizing permanent Normal Trade 
Relations treatment to products from China--referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means and ordered printed (H. Doc. 106-207); and 
                                                              Page H753
  National Money Laundering Strategy: Message wherein he transmitted 
his National Money Laundering Strategy for 2000--referred to the 
Committees on the Judiciary and Banking and Financial Services. 
                                                              Page H753
Recess: The House recessed at 6:45 p.m. and reconvened at 10:15 p.m. 
                                                              Page H753
Amendments: Amendment ordered printed under the rule appears on page 
H758.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H722, H722-23, H723, H734-35, and H735. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 10:16 p.m.