[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 45 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D349-D351]
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. 4227-4244; and 2 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 301-302, were introduced.                   
  Pages H2121-22
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4067, to repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on 
demand deposits, and for other purposes, amended (H. Rept. 106-568);
  H.R. 3417, to complete the orderly withdrawal of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration from the civil administration of the 
Pribilof Islands, Alaska, amended (H. Rept. 106-569);

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  H.R. 4021, to authorize a study to determine the best scientific 
method for the long-term protection of California's giant sequoia 
groves (H. Rept. 106-570);
  H. Res. 468, providing for consideration of H.R. 2328, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Clean Lakes 
Program (H. Rept. 106-571);
  H. Res. 469, providing for consideration of motions to suspend the 
rules (H. Rept. 106-572);
  H. Res. 470, providing for consideration of H.R. 3039, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to assist in the restoration of the 
Chesapeake Bay (H. Rept. 106-573); and
  H. Res. 471, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 94, proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to 
tax limitations (H. Rept. 106-574).                          
Page H2121
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Granger to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H2015
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. 
David Harmon of Harriman, Tennessee.                         
  Page H2018
Recess: The House recessed at 9:51 a.m. and reconvened at 11 a.m. 
                                                         Pages H2017-18
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Statistics on Abandoned Babies: H. Res. 465, expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives that local, State, and Federal governments 
should collect and disseminate statistics on the number of newborn 
babies abandoned in public places;                       
  Pages H2021-26
  Project Exile--Safe Streets and Neighborhoods: H.R. 4051, to 
establish a grant program that provides incentives for States to enact 
mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (passed by a 
yea and nay vote of 358 yeas to 60 nays, Roll No. 115); 
                                                         Pages H2026-36
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act: H.R. 3767, amended, to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to make improvements to, and 
permanently authorize, the visa waiver pilot program under section 217 
of such Act;                                             
  Pages H2036-40
  Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act: Agreed to the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 1658, to provide a more just and uniform procedure for Federal 
civil forfeitures--clearing the measure for the President; 
                                                         Pages H2040-54
  Establishing the FTAA Permanent Secretariat in Miami, Florida: S. 
Con. Res. 71, expressing the sense of Congress that Miami, Florida, and 
not a competing foreign city, should serve as the permanent location 
for the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) 
beginning in 2005;                                       
  Pages H2054-57
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2000: H.R. 4163, amended, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for increased fairness to 
taxpayers (passed by a yea and nay vote of 424 yeas with none voting 
``nay'', Roll No. 116); and                       
  Pages H2057-69, H2079
  Business Checking Modernization Act: H.R. 4067, to repeal the 
prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits, 
                                                         Pages H2076-79
Suspension--Vote Postponed: The House completed debate on the motion to 
suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2884, to extend energy conservation 
programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through fiscal 
year 2003.                                               
  Pages H2090-93
Suspension Failed--Clinton/Gore Administration Tax and User Fee 
Increases: H. Res. 467, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the tax and user fee increases proposed by the 
Clinton/Gore administration in their fiscal year 2001 budget should be 
adopted (failed to agree to by a yea and nay vote of 1 yea to 420 nays 
with 2 voting ``present'', Roll No. 117).      
  Pages H2069-76, H2079-80
Motion to Instruct Conferees: Agreed to the Rangel motion to instruct 
conferees on H.R. 1501, to provide grants to ensure increased 
accountability for juvenile offenders, to insist that the conference 
committee meet and report a substitute that includes enforcement of gun 
safety laws and safety measures that prevent felons, fugitives, and 
stalkers from obtaining firearms and children from getting access to 
guns by a yea and nay vote of 406 yeas to 22 nays, Roll No. 118. 
                                                         Pages H2080-89
Democracy in Peru: The House passed S.J. Res. 43, expressing the sense 
of Congress that the President of the United States should encourage 
free and fair elections and respect for democracy in Peru. 
                                                         Pages H2089-90
National Skill Standards Board: The Chair announced the Speaker's 
appointment, upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, of Mr. 
William L. Lepley of Hershey, Pennsylvania to the National Skill 
Standards Board for a four-year term.                    
  Pages H2093-94
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H2035-36, H2079, 
H2080, and H2088-89. There were no quorum calls.

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Adjournment: The House met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 11:34 p.m.