[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D638-D639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 4704-4716; and 3 resolutions, H. 
Con. Res. 358-360, were introduced.
  Pages H4816-17
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 
2001 (H. Rept. 106-686);
  Report submitted to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
entitled Report of the Redmond Panel: Improving Counterintelligence 
Capabilities at the Department of Energy and the Los Alamos, Sandia, and 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (H. Rept. 106-687).
Page H4816
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Nelson Price of Marietta, 
Georgia.
  Page H4787
Withdrawal from the WTO: The House failed to pass H.J. Res. 90, withdrawing 
the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World 
Trade Organization by a yea and nay vote of 56 yeas to 363 nays with 3 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 320.
  Pages H4793-H4814, H4909
  Agreed to H. Res. 528, the rule that provided for consideration of the 
joint resolution by a yea and nay vote of 343 yeas to 61 nays, Roll No. 298.
                                                              Pages H4787-93
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: The House passed 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, 2000 by a yea and nay vote of 256 yeas to 169 nays, Roll No. 319. The 
bill was also considered on June 19.
  Pages H4823-H4909
Agreed To:
  Kelly amendment, debated on June 20, that increases funding for the Public 
Housing Operating Fund by $1 million and decreases HUD Management and 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses funding accordingly (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 250 ayes to 170 noes, Roll No. 299);
Pages H4861-62
  Olver amendment that clarifies the prohibitions against the use of funding 
by the EPA to implement the Kyoto Protocol (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
314 ayes to 108 noes, Roll No. 301);
Pages H4824-41, H4863
  Cummings amendment no. 33 printed in the Congressional Record that 
increases NASA university research center funding by $2.8 million and 
decreases Human Space Flight funding accordingly;
Page H4848
  Kaptur amendment that requires a report on the Mental Illness Research, 
Education, and Clinical Centers at VA Medical Centers no later than March 
30, 2001;
Pages H4867-68
  Collins amendment that stops the designation of any area as an ozone 
nonattainment area under the Clear Air Act until the Supreme Court renders a 
decision on the EPA air quality standards that were earlier stayed by the 
District of Columbia Court of Appeals; (agreed to by a recorded vote of 226 
ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 305); and
Pages H4881-86, H4903
  Hostettler amendment No. 24 printed in the Congressional Record that 
prohibits the use of any funding to administer the Communities for Safer Gun 
Coalition (agreed to by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 207 noes, Roll No. 
306).
Pages H4887-93, H4903-04
Rejected:
  Hinchey amendment No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record, debated on 
June 20 that sought to increase funding for the Office of Federal Housing 
Enterprise Oversight by $4.7 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 207 
ayes to 211 noes, Roll No. 300);
Pages H4862-63
  Saxton amendment that sought to increase funding for the National Estuary 
program by $33.9 million and decrease NASA funding accordingly;
Page H4824
  Roemer amendment No. 48 printed in the Congressional Record that sought to 
terminate the international space station program thereby reducing Human 
Space Flight funding by $1.8 billion and retaining $300 million for 
termination costs (rejected by a recorded vote of 98 ayes to 325 noes, Roll 
No. 302);
Pages H4848-53, H4863-64
  Hinchey amendment No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record that sought 
to prohibit funding to implement or administer the Veterans Equitable 
Resource Allocation system (rejected by a recorded vote of 145 ayes to 277 
noes, Roll No. 303);
Pages H4870-77, H4901-02
  Hinchey amendment No. 35 printed in the Congressional Record, as modified, 
that sought to remove a limitation (in report language) on EPA's use of 
funding for dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies or 
enforcing drinking water standards for arsenic (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 208 ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 304);
Pages H4877-81, H4902-03
  Nadler amendment No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record that sought to 
increase funding for the section 8 voucher program for housing assistance by 
$344 million and decrease funding for the international space station 
accordingly (rejected by recorded vote of 138 ayes to 286 noes, Roll No. 
307); and
Pages H4893-97, H4904-05
  Hostettler amendment No. 25 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to prohibit any HUD

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funding to implement the provisions of the settlement with Smith & Wesson 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 308). 
                                                    Pages H4897-H4901, H4905
Points of order sustained against:
  Language on page 63 lines 4 through 9 in the bill that sought to deal with 
studies on drinking water contaminants;
Page H4843
  Boyd amendment that sought to increase FEMA disaster relief funding by 
$2.6 billion;
Pages H4843-45
  Language on page 67 lines 4 through 14 in the bill that sought to deal 
with emergency requirement designations;
Page H4845
  Mollohan amendment No. 39 printed in the Congressional Record that sought 
to increase NASA funding by $322.7 million;
Pages H4853-57
  Holt amendment that sought to increase funding for the National Science 
Foundation by $528 million; and
Pages H4857-61
  Edwards amendment that sought to increase Veterans Administration medical 
care and research funding by $535 million.
Pages H4868-70
Withdrawn:
  Bilirakis amendment No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record was offered 
and subsequently withdrawn that sought to make $2 million available for the 
purposes of the National Hazardous Waste and Superfund Ombudsman; and 
                                                              Pages H4841-43
  Pascrell amendment was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
make available funding for a program to inform veterans on the benefits and 
services available to them.
Page H4887
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages 
H4818-21.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes and ten recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H4792-93, H4861-62, H4862-63, H4863, H4863-64, H4901-02, H4902-03, H4903, 
H4904, H4904-05, H4905, H4908-09, and H4909. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at midnight.