[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 82 (Monday, June 26, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D661-D663]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 4743-4761, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H5168-69
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  S. 1515, to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, amended 
(H. Rept. 106-697);
  H.R. 4408, to reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act 
(H. Rept. 106-698);
  H.R. 3023, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey property to the Greater Yuma Port 
Authority of Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an international port of 
entry, amended (H. Rept. 106-699);
  H.R. 3113, to protect individuals, families, and Internet service 
providers from unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail, amended (H. 
Rept. 106-700); and
  H. Res. 532, providing for consideration of H.R. 3733, making 
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001 (H. Rept. 106-701).
Page H5168
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Kuykendall to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H5087
Recess: The House recessed at 12:50 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5089
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Security for Former Presidents and Their Families: H.R. 3048, 
amended, to amend section 879 of title 18, United States Code, to 
provide clearer coverage over threats against former Presidents and 
members of their families.
  Pages H5090-92
  Pribilof Islands, Alaska: H.R. 3417, amended, to complete the orderly 
withdrawal of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 
the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska (passed by a 
yea and nay vote of 400 yeas to 3 nays with 2 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 327);
  Pages H5092-95, H5162
  Neotropical Migratory Birds Conservation: S. 148, amended, to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide 
assistance in the conservation of neotropical migratory birds (passed 
by a yea and nay vote of 384 yeas to 22 nays, Roll No. 328); 
                                               Pages H5095-97, H5162-63
  Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation: H.R. 4408, amended, to 
reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (passed by a yea 
and nay vote of 393 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 329); 
                                               Pages H5097-98, H5163-64
  Greater Yuma Port Authority, Arizona Land Conveyance: H.R. 3023, 
amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Bureau of Reclamation, to convey property to the Greater Yuma Port 
Authority of Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an international port of 
entry (passed by a yea and nay vote of 404 yeas to 1 nay with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 330);
  Pages H5098-H5100, H5164
  Church Insurance Plans: S. 1309, to amend title I of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the preemption of 
State law

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in certain cases relating to certain church plans clearing the measure 
for the President; and
  Pages H5100-01
  Bankruptcy Provisions for Farmers: H.R. 4718, to extend for 3 
additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the 
United States Code is reenacted.
  Pages H5101-03
Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 4690, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 by a yea 
and nay vote of 214 yeas to 195 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 326. The bill was also considered on June 22 and 23. 
                                                         Pages H5103-62
Agreed To:
  Mink amendment No. 70 printed in the Congressional Record that 
increases funding for the Hawaii Longline Fisheries Program by $1.2 
million;
Page H5108
  Bilbray amendment No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record that 
increases funding for the International Boundary and Water Commission 
between United States and Mexico by $500,000 and decreases funding for 
the State Department Diplomatic and Consular Programs accordingly; 
                                                         Pages H5111-13
  Latham amendment No. 33 printed in the Congressional Record that 
makes available $4 million for the National Veterans Business 
Development Corporation;
Page H5132
  Stearns amendment No. 38 printed in the Congressional Record that 
limits funding for the Office of Media Relations of the Federal 
Communications Commission to not more that $640,000;
Pages H5138-39
  McCarthy amendment No. 28 printed in the Congressional Record that 
allows the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to accept donated property 
and services relating to the operation of the Prison Card Program from 
the Salvation Army;
Pages H5139-40
  Olver amendment No. 72 printed in the Congressional Record that 
provides that any limitation imposed on activities related to the Kyoto 
Protocol shall not apply to activities which are otherwise authorized 
by law (agreed to by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 
323
Pages H5136-38, H5145-46
  Vitter amendment No. 76 printed in the Congressional Record that 
prohibits any funding to be used for any activity of the Commission to 
implement the Memorandum of Understanding Relating to the Treaty 
Between the United States and the USSR on the Limitations of Anti-
Ballistic Missile Systems of May 26, 1972, entered into in New York on 
September 26, 1997, by the United States, Russian, Kazakhstan, Belarus, 
and Ukraine; and
Pages H5153-54
  Vitter amendment No. 77 printed in the Congressional Record that 
prohibits any funding to be used by the Department of State to approve 
the purchase of property in Arlington, Virginia by the Xinhua News 
Agency (agreed to by a recorded vote of 367 ayes to 34 noes with 7 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 325.
Pages H5155-56, H5160
Rejected:
  Smith of Michigan amendment No. 74 that sought to increase funding 
for the Economic and Statistical Analysis programs of the Department of 
Commerce by $4.5 million and reduce funding for State Department 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs by $8.7 million; 
                                                         Pages H5104-05
  Sanford amendment numbered 33 printed in the Congressional Record 
that sought to eliminate the $8.2 million funding for the Asia 
Foundation (rejected by a recorded vote of 86 ayes to 312 noes, Roll 
No. 322);
Pages H5126-28, H5144-45
  Hostettler amendment No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to prohibit any funding to be used to enforce, implement, or 
administer the provisions of the settlement document dated March 17, 
2000 between Smith & Wesson and the Department of the Treasury, among 
other parties (rejected by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 201 noes, 
Roll No. 324);
Pages H5140-44, H5146
  Brown of Ohio amendment No. 53 printed in the Congressional Record 
that sought to prohibit the use of any funding to seek the revocation 
or revision of laws or regulations of another country that relate to 
intellectual property rights with respect to pharmaceuticals or other 
medical technologies;
Pages H5151-53
Points of order sustained against:
  Farr amendment No. 79 printed in the Congressional Record that sought 
to increase funding for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
by $85.7 million
Pages H5106-08
  Jackson of Illinois amendment No. 60 printed in the Congressional 
Record that sought to increase funding for international peacekeeping 
activities funding by $240.5 million to support activities in Africa; 
                                                         Pages H5115-23
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment No. 66 printed in the Congressional 
Record that sought to make available funding for United States 
peacekeeping missions in the Republic of Angola, the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the 
State of Eritrea, the Republic of Sierra Leone, and the western Saharan 
region of Africa;
Pages H5123-26

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  Chambliss amendment No. 54 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to require grantees of the Legal Services Corporation who do not 
prevail in a civil action to pay attorney fees;
Pages H5129-31
  Sec. 611 that sought to specify that earmarks, limitations, or 
minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be 
applicable to funds appropriated under this Act;
Pages H5133-34
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment No. 25 printed in the Congressional 
Record that sought to allow legal amnesty to certain undocumented 
immigrants;
Pages H5147-49
  Souder amendment No. 75 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to prohibit the use of any funding for a United States 
delegation or special envoy that advocates the adoption of provisions 
that limit efforts to combat sex trafficking whether or not the 
individual being trafficked consents to engage in prostitution; and 
                                                         Pages H5149-50
  Capuano amendment No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to require a study by the Federal Communications Commission on 
the causes and potential solutions to the growing number of area codes 
in the United States.
Pages H5155-56
Withdrawn:
  Serrano amendment No. 71 printed in the Congressional Record was 
offered and withdrawn that sought to strike the proviso that requires 
semi-annual certification by the State Department on the United Nations 
budget;
Pages H5114-15
  Allen amendment No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record was 
offered and withdrawn that sought to make available $200,000 for 
bilateral and multilateral diplomatic activities designed to promote 
the termination of the North Korean ballistic missile programs; 
                                                         Pages H5154-55
  Blunt amendment No. 52 printed in the Congressional Record was 
offered and withdrawn that sought to prohibit any funding to be used 
for the United States-European Union consultative Group on 
Biotechnology unless the United States Trade Representative certifies 
that the European Union has a timely, science based regulatory process 
for the approval of agricultural biotechnology; and
Pages H5156-58
  Rush amendment No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record was offered 
and withdrawn that sought to make available $15 million for the program 
for Investment in Microentrepreneurs.
Page H5159
  H. Res. 529, the rule that is providing for consideration of the bill 
was agreed to on June 22.
Correction of the Record and Journal: The Chair announced that Roll 
Call No. 305 of June 21, 2000 will be corrected in the Record and the 
Journal.
  Pages H5164-65
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H5089-90 and H5105.
Referrals: S. 2043 was referred to the Committee on Government Reform; 
S. 2460, S. 2682, S. Con. Res. 117, and S. Con. Res. 118 were referred 
to the Committee on International Relations; S. 2677 was referred to 
the Committees on International Relations and Banking and Financial 
Services; and S. 2327 was referred to the Committee on Resources. 
                                                             Page H5166
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H5169-70.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea and nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5144-45, H5145-46, H5146, H5160, H5161-62, H5162, H5162-63, H5163-64, 
and H5164. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:53 p.m.