[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 75 (Thursday, June 15, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D606-D608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 4669-4689, and 2 resolutions, H. 
Con. Res. 354-355, were introduced.
  Pages H4590-91
Reports Filed: No Reports were filed today.
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 2001: The House agreed to 
H. Res. 525, the rule that is providing for consideration of H.R. 4635, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2001 by a yea and nay vote of 232 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 278. 
                                                              Pages H4489-98
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 2001: The House passed H.R. 
4578, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 by a yea and nay vote 
of 204 yeas to 172 nays, Roll No. 291. The House previously considered the 
bill on June 13 and June 14.
  Pages H4498-H4585
  Rejected the Dicks motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report it back with an amendment to 
increase funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $15 million, the 
National Endowment for the Humanities by $5 million, and Office of Museum 
Services by $2 million by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 
290.
Pages H4584-85
Agreed To:
  Dicks amendment that exempts activities otherwise authorized by law 
related to the planing and management of national monuments or activities 
related to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan from any 
limitations imposed under the Act (agreed to by a recorded vote of 243 ayes 
to 177 noes, Roll No. 281);
Pages H4500-20
  Slaughter amendment that defers an additional $22 million of prior year 
clean coal technology funding (agreed to by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 
204 noes, Roll No. 283);
Pages H4524-38, H4539-40
  Sanders amendment No. 28 printed in the Congressional Record that 
increases funding for weatherization assistance and energy conservation 
programs by $45 million and reduces fossil fuel energy research and 
development programs accordingly;
Pages H4544-50, H4555
  Nethercutt amendment that increases funding for the Indian Health Service 
by $22 million;
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  Nethercutt amendment that implements the previously agreed to Dicks 
amendment except for activities related to planning and management of 
national monuments (agreed to by a recorded vote of 197 ayes to 180 noes, 
Roll No. 288);
Pages H4573-74
  Kelly amendment that clarifies the activities of the Council on 
Environmental Quality or other offices in the Executive Office of the 
President for purposes related to the American Heritage Rivers Program; 
                                                              Pages H4574-75
  Doolittle amendment No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record that 
prohibits the Forest Service from buying vehicles painted any color other 
than white;
Page H4575
  Wilson amendment, as amended by Udall of New Mexico, that prohibits any 
funding to be used by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, 
or the Forest Service to conduct a prescribed burn of Federal land if any 
provisions of the Federal Wildland Fire Policy are not implemented (the 
underlying Wilson amendment similarly required compliance with the Federal 
Wildland Fire Policy accepted and endorsed by the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior in December 1995);
Page H4577
Rejected:
  Nethercutt amendment to the Dicks amendment that sought to strike 
reference to activities related to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 
Management Plan (rejected by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 221 noes, Roll 
No. 279);
Pages H4501-08
  Hansen amendment to the Dicks amendment that sought to strike reference to 
the planning and management of national monuments (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 187 ayes to 234 noes, Roll No. 280).
Pages H4510-19
  Stearns amendment, as modified, that sought to decrease National Endowment 
for the Arts funding by $1.9 million or approximately 2 % and increase 
wildland fire management funding accordingly (rejected by a recorded vote of 
152 ayes to 256 noes, Roll No. 282).
Pages H4520-22, H4538-39
  Royce amendment that sought to increase the deferral of prior years clean 
coal technology funding by $237 million;
Pages H4541-44, H4555
  Sanders amendment No. 29 printed in the Congressional Record that sought 
to make available $10 million to establish a northeast home heating oil 
reserve and transfer strategic petroleum reserve funding for this purpose 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 193 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 286); 
                                                       Pages H4550-55, H4556
  DeFazio amendment No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record that sought 
to prohibit the use of any funding to assess fines for failure to pay fees 
for vehicle passes imposed under the recreational fee demonstration program; 
and
Pages H4575-76
  Weldon of Florida amendment No. 48 printed in the Congressional Record 
that sought to prohibit any funding to be used to publish Class III gaming 
procedures under part 291 of title 25, code of Federal Regulations (rejected 
by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 289.
Pages H4578-82
Withdrawn:
  DeFazio amendment No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record was offered 
and subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit the use of any funding to 
enter into a new commercial agricultural lease on the Lower Klamath and Tule 
Lake National Wildlife Refuges in Oregon and California.
Page H4575
Point of Order Sustained Against:
  Young of Alaska amendment No. 50 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to implement the North Prince of Wales Island Collaborative 
Stewardship Project for negotiated salvage permits.
Pages H4576-77
  Rejected the Obey motion to rise by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 218 
noes, Roll No. 284.
Pages H4540-41
  Rejected the Doggett motion to rise by a recorded vote of 169 ayes to 214 
noes, Roll No. 287.
Pages H4556-57
  The House agreed to H. Res. 524, the rule that is providing for 
consideration of the bill on June 13.
Authorizing the Medal of Honor for Conspicuous Acts of Gallantry and 
Intrepidity at the Risk of Their Lives and Beyond the Call of Duty: The 
House passed S. 2722, to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to Ed W. 
Freeman, James K. Okubo, and Andrew J. Smith--clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages H4586-87
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader discussed the legislative Program 
for the week of June 19.
  Page H4585
Meeting Hour--Monday June 19: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it 
adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m., on Monday, June 19, for morning hour debate. 
                                                                  Page H4587
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business 
of June 21.
  Page H4587
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H4498.
Referrals: S. 1967 was referred to the Committee on Resources and S. 2498 
was referred to the Committee on House Administration.
  Page H4587
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on page 
H4593.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 285), one yea and nay vote 
and twelve recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House 
today and appear on pages H4497-98, H4508-09, H4518-19, H4519-20, H4538-39, 
H4539-40, H4540-41, H4555-56, H4556, H4556-57, H4574, H4582-83, H4584-85, 
and H4585.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 1:25 a.m. on 
Friday, June 16.

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