[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D292-D293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 4131-4148; and 1 resolution, H. 
Con. Res. 296 were introduced.                           
  Pages H1628-29
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3671, to amend the Acts popularly known as the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act to enhance the funds available for grants to States for fish and 
wildlife conservation projects and increase opportunities for 
recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, archery, and fishing, by 
eliminating opportunities for waste, fraud, abuse, maladministration, 
and unauthorized expenditures for administration and execution of those 
Acts, amended (H. Rept. 106-554).                            
Page H1628
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 3908, 
making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000 by a yea and nay vote of 263 yeas to 146 nays, Roll 
No. 95.                                               
  Pages H1592-H1621
  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report it back to the House with 
provisions that appropriate $262 million to the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy for grants to recognize national, state, and local 
prevention and treatment organizations by a recorded vote of 194 ayes 
to 220 noes, Roll No. 94.                                
Pages H1619-20
Agreed To:
  Weldon of Pennsylvania amendment, as modified, that provides $10 
million for the Volunteer Fire Assistance Program and $80 million for a 
local government matching Fire Competitive Grant Program. The 
modification struck references to the Community Development Block Grant 
program (agreed to by a recorded vote of 386 ayes to 28, Roll No. 90); 
                                               Pages H1592-94, H1602-03
  Traficant amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that 
entities receiving assistance should purchase only American-made 
equipment and products; and                              
Pages H1603-04
  Taylor of Mississippi amendment that limits funding to support no 
more than 300 military personnel in Colombia.            
Pages H1610-11
Rejected:
  Kasich amendment, printed in H. Rept. 106-549, that sought to 
withhold 50 percent of funding for military operations in Kosovo until 
the President certifies that the member nations of the European 
Commission, European Union and NATO have obligated or contracted a 
significant percentage of the financial and personnel assistance they 
committed to Kosovo (rejected by a yea and nay vote of 200 yeas to 219 
nays, Roll No. 89);                                   
Pages H1594-H1602

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  Stearns amendment that sought to impose an across the board reduction 
of 10%, exempting emergency requirements and the Department of Defense 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 126 ayes to 291 noes, Roll No. 91); 
                                               Pages H1604-06, H1615-16
  Paul amendment, no. 5 printed in the Congressional Record, that 
sought to reduce Drug Enforcement Administration funding by $293 
million; eliminate DOD Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug funding of 
$186 million; eliminate Plan Colombia and Andean Regional 
Counternarcotics Activities funding of $1.1 billion; prohibit the use 
of military construction funds outside of the U.S. and its territories; 
and prohibit the use of funds for operations in Kosovo or East Timor, 
other than for the return of personnel and property to the United 
States (rejected by a recorded vote of 45 ayes to 367 noes, Roll No. 
92); and                                       
Pages H1607-10, H1616-17
  Tancredo amendment, no.16 printed in the Congressional Record, that 
sought to eliminate $20 million in funding for the construction of a 
FDA facility in Los Angeles, California (rejected by a recorded vote of 
146 ayes to 267 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 93). 
                                                  Pages H1611-14, H1617
Withdrawn:
  Kaptur amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought 
to require that the Secretary of Energy acquire and store annually 300 
million gallons of ethanol and 100 million gallons of biodiesel fuel as 
part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and                 
Page H1607
  Baldacci amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought 
to make funding for weatherization available for other building 
technology assistance conservation activities.           
Pages H1614-15
Crop Insurance Program: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to 
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 and agreed to a conference. 
Appointed as conferees: Representatives Combest, Barrett of Nebraska, 
Boehner, Ewing, Pombo, Stenholm, Condit, Peterson of Minnesota, and 
Dooley.                                                     
  Pages H1621
Legislative Program: Representative Lazio discussed the Legislative 
Program for the week of April 3.                         
  Pages H1621-23
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3 for morning-hour debates. 
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Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, April 5.                              
  Page H1624
American Folklife Center: The Chair announced the Speaker's 
Reappointment, upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader, of Mr. 
William L. Kinney of South Carolina to the Board of Trustees of the 
American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress.         
  Page H1624
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1591.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea and nay vote and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1602, H1602-03, H1615-16, H1616-17, H1617, H1620, and H1620-21. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 3:20 p.m.