[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D282-D284]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 4109-4128; 2 private bills, 
H.R. 4129-4130; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 295 and H. Res. 451-
452, were introduced.
  Pages H1587-88
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3039, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to assist 
in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay (Rept. 106-550);
  H.R. 1359, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse to be constructed at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown, 
Ohio, as the ``Frank J. Battisti and Nathaniel R. Jones Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 106-551);
  S. 1567, to designate the United States courthouse located at 223 
Broad Street in Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. King United States 
Courthouse'', amended (H. Rept. 106-552); and
  H.R. 1776, to expand home ownership in the United States, amended (H. 
Rept. 106-553).
Page H1587
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Nussle to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H1481
Journal: Agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of March 28 by 
a yea and nay vote of 356 yeas to 47 nays with 1 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 80.
  Pages H1481, H1484-85
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: The House completed general 
debate and began considering amendments to H.R. 3908, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2000.
  Pages H1495-H1585
Agreed To:
  Toomey amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that appropriated $4 
billion from the on-budget surplus to reduce publicly held debt (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 420 ayes with none voting ``no'' and 3 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 83);
Pages H1516-19
  Hutchinson amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that allocates $15 
million of unobligated funding in the Community Oriented Policing 
Services program for initiatives to combat methamphetamine production 
and trafficking;
Pages H1540-41

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  Sawyer amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that allocates $50 
million of funding for Plan Colombia and Andean Regional 
Counternarcotics Activities for assistance for internally displaced 
persons in Colombia;
Pages H1541-42
  Lewis of California amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that 
appropriates an additional $4 billion for military health care, quality 
of life, recruitment and retention, and readiness and maintenance 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 289 ayes to 130 noes, Roll No. 85); 
                                                  Pages H1546-52, H1556
  Gilman amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that conditions 
military assistance for Colombia upon certification by the President 
that the Government of Colombia has implemented a strategy to eliminate 
coca and opium poppy production by 2005, grants the head of the 
Colombian Armed Forces the authority to dismiss personnel for gross 
violation of human rights, assures that the Armed Forces cooperate with 
civilian authorities in the investigation and prosecution in civilian 
courts of human rights, and develops a Judge Advocate General Corps for 
the Colombian armed forces (agreed to by a recorded vote of 380 ayes to 
39 noes, Roll No. 87) ;
Pages H1543-46, H1557-58
  Fowler amendment that expresses the sense of the Congress that 
members of the Armed Forces and their dependents should not have to 
rely on the food stamp program;
Page H1563
  Hoekstra amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that transfers $1 
million to the Corporation for National and Community Service Inspector 
General to conduct reviews and audits of the State Commissions on 
National and Community Service;
Page H1576
  Largent amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that makes available 
$750,000 to the Commission on Online Child Protection;
Page H1577
  Schaffer amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that requires the 
GAO conduct and complete a comprehensive fraud audit of the Department 
of Education;
Pages H1583-84
Rejected:
  Sanford amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that sought to reduce 
funding for various programs by $1.6 billion; strike emergency 
designations to bring all spending on budget and subject to caps; and 
sequester all funding except defense and disaster relief as offsets 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 108 ayes to 315 noes, Roll No. 82); 
                                                         Pages H1514-16
  Obey amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that sought to reduce 
funding for counternarcotics by $552 million (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 186 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 84);
Pages H1520-24
  Pelosi amendment that sought to reduce funding for counter-drug 
activities for Push Into Southern Colombia program by $51 million; 
                                                         Pages H1524-40
  Ramstad amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that sought to strike 
Title I, Counternarcotics, and thereby reduce overall funding by $1.7 
billion (rejected by a recorded vote of 158 ayes to 262 noes, Roll No. 
86);
Pages H1552-54, H1556-57
  Fowler amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that sought to 
prohibit the use of $40 million for a referendum among the residents of 
Vieques, Puerto Rico regarding further use of the island range by the 
Navy and require that the President certify that all trespassing and 
other intrusions on the range have ceased and that comprehensive 
operational training has resumed before economic development funding of 
$40 million is made available (rejected by a recorded vote of 183 ayes 
to 232 noes, Roll No. 88).
Pages H1561-63, H1584-85
Points of Order Sustained Against:
  Taylor of Mississippi amendment, no. 9 and printed in the 
Congressional Record, that sought to limit the number of military 
personnel in Colombia;
Pages H1542-43
  Farr amendment that sought to earmark Agency for International 
Development funding in Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia for 
alternative economic development activities to be managed by the United 
Nations Drug Control Program;
Pages H1554-56
  Section 3602 that specifies that the Executive Draft on Federal 
Transportation in the National Capital Region shall take effect on the 
date of enactment and requires a study on its implementation within 60 
days of enactment;
Pages H1572-73
Withdrawn:
  The Clayton amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to make $1 million available for implementation of the Flood 
Water Mitigation and Stream Restoration Project in Princeville, North 
Carolina;
Page H1565
  Kaptur amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought 
to allocate $130 million for grants and loans for equity capital to 
establish farmer-owned cooperatives for the processing and marketing of 
agricultural commodities, including livestock;
Pages H1565-66
  Kilpatrick amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to provide an additional $20 million in funding for flood 
recovery efforts in the Republic of Mozambique and surrounding affected 
countries;
Pages H1569-70
  Blagojevich amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to provide an additional $500 million for youth activities under 
the Workforce Investment Act;
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  Cardin amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought 
to increase the limit on Social Security Administration administrative 
expenses by $336 million;
Pages H1571-72
  Isakson amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought 
to provide $225,000 for the Web-Based Education Commission; 
                                                             Page H1575
Postponed proceedings:
  Weldon of Pennsylvania amendment that provides $10 million for the 
Volunteer Fire Assistance Program, $80 million for a local government 
matching Fire Competitive Grant Program, and allow Community 
Development Block Grants to be used for local fire service use was 
offered and debated. The Chair postponed further proceedings on the 
amendment;
Pages H1577-83
  H. Res. 450, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 241 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 81. 
                                                         Pages H1485-95
Order of Business--Emergency Supplemental: Agreed that during further 
consideration of H.R. 3908, in the committee of the Whole pursuant to 
H. Res. 450, no further amendment shall be in order except for pro 
forma amendments offered by the Chairman or ranking member of the 
Committee on Appropriations for the purpose of debate; amendment 
printed in part B of H. Rept. 105-549 and numbered 12; and amendments 
offered by Representatives Paul, Stearns, Taylor of Mississippi, 
Traficant, Baldacci, Tancredo, and Kaptur.
  Pages H1585-86
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appears on 
page H1481.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven yea and nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1485, H1494-95, H1515-16, H1519, H1523-24, H1556, H1556-57, H1557-58, 
and H1584-85. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 12:03 a.m. on 
Thursday, March 30.