[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 27, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D671-D674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 4762-4775; and 5 resolutions, 
H. Res. 533-537, were introduced.
  Pages H5239-40
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  H.R. 4717, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 527 
organizations and certain other tax-exempt organizations to disclose 
their political activities, amended (H. Rept. 106-702);
  H.R. 4680, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under the 
Medicare Program, to modernize the Medicare Program, amended (H. Rept. 
106-703, Pt. 1);
  H. Res. 538, providing for consideration of H.R. 4461, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration and

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Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 
(H. Rept. 106-704); and
  H. Res. 539, providing for consideration of H.R. 4680, to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for 
prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the 
Medicare Program (H. Rept. 106-705).
Page H5239
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Walden to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H5171
Recess: The House recessed at 9:22 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m. 
                                                             Page H5173
Recess: The House recessed at 10:15 a.m. and reconvened at 10:25 a.m. 
                                                             Page H5175
Recess: The House recessed at 1:15 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5205
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Placement of a Statue of Chief Washakie of Wyoming in Statuary Hall:  
H. Con. Res. 333, amended, providing for the acceptance of a statue of 
Chief Washakie, presented by the people of Wyoming, for placement in 
National Statuary Hall;
  Pages H5175-77
  Presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Father Theodore 
Hesburgh: H. Con. Res. 344, amended, permitting the use of the rotunda 
of the Capitol for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal 
to Father Theodore Hesburgh;
  Pages H5177-79
  Concern About Title Loans and Usurious Interest Rates: H. Con. Res. 
312, amended, expressing the sense of the Congress that the States 
should more closely regulate title pawn transactions and outlaw the 
imposition of usurious interest rates on title loans to consumers 
(agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 420 yeas to 6 nays, Roll No. 331). 
Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H5179-81, H5205-06
  Constitutionality of Ohio State Motto: H. Res. 494, expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives that the Ohio State motto is 
constitutional and urging the courts to uphold its constitutionality 
(agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 333 yeas to 27 nays with 66 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 332);
  Pages H5182-85, H5206
  Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments: S. 1515, amended, to 
amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act;
  Pages H5185-90
  Small Business Certified Development Company Program Improvements: H. 
Res. 533, providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment 
in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2614, Certified Development 
Company Program Improvements Act;
  Pages H5190-94
  James H. Quillen United States Courthouse: H.R. 4608, to designate 
the United States courthouse located at 220 West Depot Street in 
Greeneville, Tennessee, as the ``James H. Quillen United States 
Courthouse'' (passed by a yea and nay vote of 421 yeas to 2 nays with 1 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 333);
  Pages H5194-98, H5207
  Federal Protective Service Reforms: H.R. 809, to amend the Act of 
June 1, 1948, to provide for reform of the Federal Protective Service; 
                                                      Pages H5198-H5201
  Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center: H.R. 1959, amended, to 
designate the Federal building located at 743 East Durango Boulevard in 
San Antonio, Texas, as the ``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training 
Center.'' Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H5201-02
  Floyd H. Flake Federal Building: H.R. 3323, to designate the Federal 
building located at 158-15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York, 
as the ``Floyd H. Flake Federal Building;'' and
  Pages H5202-05
  Disclosure of Political Activities: H.R. 4762, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to require 527 organizations to disclose their 
political activities (passed by a recorded vote of 385 ayes to 39 noes, 
Roll No. 341).
  Pages H5282-90
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  National Emergency Re Iran: Message wherein he transmitted his 
periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Iran--
referred to the Committee on International Relations and ordered 
printed (H. Doc. 106-261) and
  Page H5205
  Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative: Message wherein he transmitted 
his expanded threat reduction initiative--referred to the Committee on 
International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 106-263). 
                                                             Page H5291
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 
3733, making appropriations for energy and water development for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 by a yea and nay vote of 407 yeas 
to 19 nays, Roll No. 342.
  Pages H5211-82, H5290-91
Agreed To:
  Boehlert amendment that makes modifications to the administration of 
laws pertaining to the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands; 
                                                         Pages H5243-44

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  Salmon amendment that increases funding for solar and renewable 
energy technology programs by $40 million and decreases Atomic Energy 
Defense Activities funding accordingly;
                                                         Pages H5250-54
  Kingston amendment No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record that 
requires the Department of Energy Inspector General to conduct a study 
on the economic basis of recent gasoline prince levels; 
                                                         Pages H5257-58
  Kingston amendment No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record that 
requires the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on activities 
taken by the executive branch to address high gasoline princes and 
develop an overall national energy strategy;
                                                             Page H5259
  Visclosky amendment that specifies that the limitations related to 
the Kyoto Protocol shall not apply to any activity otherwise authorized 
by law;
                                                         Pages H5260-61
  Sherwood amendment printed in H. Rept. 106-701 that includes the text 
of H.R. 2884, as passed the House, and includes provisions to 
reauthorize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through 2003, authorize the 
Energy Department to buy oil from stripper wells, and establish a 
regional home heating oil reserve in the Northeast (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 393 ayes to 33 noes, Roll No. 339); 
                                               Pages H5269-74, H5281-82
  Kingston amendment, as modified, that prohibits any funding to be 
used to pay the salary of any employee at the Los Alamos National 
Laboratory who has failed to undergo a polygraph examination pursuant 
to section 3154(c) of Public Law 106-65; and
                                                         Pages H5277-78
  Ryun of Kansas amendment that prohibits the dual-hatting of employees 
in positions within the National Nuclear Security Administration and 
the Department of Energy (agreed to by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 
187 noes, Roll No. 340).
                                                  Pages H5278-79, H5282
                                                              Rejected:
  Hulshof amendment No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to increase Corps of Engineers General Investigations funding by 
$2 million for the upper Mississippi River comprehensive plan and 
decrease Corps general expenses funding accordingly (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 165 ayes to 262 noes, Roll No. 334); 
                                               Pages H5224-27, H5245-46
  Gilchrest amendment that sought to delete Corps of Engineers General 
investigations funding of $100,000 for the C&D Canal deepening project 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 153 ayes to 273 noes, Roll No. 335); 
                                                  Pages H5227-31, H5246
  Gilchrest amendment that sought to delete Corps of Engineers 
operations and maintenance funding of $6.8 million to straighten the 
Tolchester Channel ``S'' turn (rejected by a recorded vote of 145 ayes 
to 281 noes, Roll No. 336);
                                                  Pages H5232-37, H5247
  Foley amendment No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record that sought 
to increase funding for renewable energy research by $19 million, apply 
$3.5 million to debt reduction and cancel the $22.5 million funding for 
the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (rejected by a recorded vote of 
71 ayes to 356 noes, Roll No. 337);
                                                  Pages H5254-56, H5280
  Andrews amendment No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to prohibit the use of any funding to carry out the project for 
the deepening of the main channel of the Delaware River in Delaware, 
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania before June 1, 2001 (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 176 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 338); 
                                               Pages H5262-67, H5280-81
  Ryan of Wisconsin amendment that sought to prohibit any funding to be 
used for construction of the National Ignition Facility; 
                                                         Pages H5275-77
                                                             Withdrawn:
  Ehlers amendment was offered and withdrawn that sought to increase 
Corps of Engineers general investigations funding by $100,000 for a 
study dealing with the sustainable use of Great Lakes water; 
                                                         Pages H5231-32
  Ney amendment was offered and withdrawn that sought to increase 
funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission by $3 million and 
decrease Department of Energy Departmental Administration funding 
accordingly;
                                                             Page H5257
  Gekas amendment was offered and withdrawn that sought to establish a 
nine-member national energy self-sufficiency commission; and 
                                                         Pages H5267-68
  Hansen amendment was offered and withdrawn that sought to prohibit 
any funding for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel, low-level 
radioactive waste, or high-level radioactive waste on any reservation 
lands of the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians.
                                                             Page H5275
  Agreed to H. Res. 532, the rule that is providing for consideration 
of the bill by voice vote.
                                                         Pages H5207-11
Recess: The House recessed at 12:31 a.m. on Wednesday, June 28 and 
reconvened at 3:29 a.m. on Thursday, June 29.
  Page H5238
  Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H5241-42.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5205-06, H5206, H5207, H5245-46, H5246, H5247, H5280, H5280-81, H5281-
82, H5282, H5289-90, and H5290-91. There were no quorum calls.

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Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 3:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, June 28.