[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 28, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D682-D684]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 6 public bills, H.R. 4776-4781, and 1 resolution, H. Con. 
Res. 365, were introduced.
  Page H5435
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  H.R. 2848, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and the 
Small Business Act to establish a New Markets Venture Capital Program, to 
establish an America's Private Investment Company Program, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a New Markets Tax Credit, amended 
(H. Rept. 106-706, Pt. 1).
  H. Res. 540, waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee 
on Rules (H. Rept. 106-707);
  H. Res. 541, providing for consideration of a concurrent resolution 
providing for adjournment of the House and Senate for the Independence Day 
district work period (H. Rept. 106-708); and
  H. Res. 542, providing for consideration of H.R. 1304, to ensure and 
foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust 
laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and 
health plan and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner 
as such

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laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under the 
National Labor Relations Act (H. Rept. 106-709).
Page H5435
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designated 
Representative LaTourette to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain Rev. Mark A. 
Teslik of East Moline, Illinois.
  Page H5299
Medicare RX 2000 Act: The House passed 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, and to modernize the Medicare 
Program by a yea and nay vote of 217 yeas to 214 nays, Roll No. 357. 
                                                           Pages H5319-H5415
  Rejected the Stark motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Ways 
and Means with instructions to report it back with a Medicare prescription 
medicine plan with various features which provides a benefit available to 
all Medicare beneficiaries including those in rural areas by a yea and nay 
vote of 204 yeas to 222 nays, Roll No. 356.
Pages H5398-S5414
  Earlier, a point of order was sustained against a Stark motion to recommit 
the bill to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report it 
back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute that inserts the 
provisions of the Medicare Guaranteed and Defined Rx Benefit and Health 
Provider Relief Act of 2000. Agreed to table the motion to appeal the ruling 
of the Chair by a yea and nay vote of 224 yeas to 202 nays, Roll No. 355. 
                                                              Pages H5383-98
  Pursuant to the rule, the Committee on Ways and Means amendment now 
printed in the bill, H. Rept. 106-703, part 1, modified by the amendment 
printed in H. Rept. 106-705, the report accompanying the rule, were 
considered as adopted.
Page H5334
  Agreed to H. Res. 539, the rule that provided for consideration of the 
bill by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 213 noes, Roll No. 349. Agreed to 
table the Goss motion to reconsider the vote by a recorded vote of 222 ayes 
to 204 noes, Roll No. 350.
Pages H5300-18
  Agreed to order the previous question on the rule by a yea and nay vote of 
227 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 347. Agreed to table the Moakley motion to 
reconsider the vote by a recorded vote of 220 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 
348.
Pages H5315-17
  Earlier, Representative Stenholm made the point of order that H. Res. 539 
violated section 426(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
Subsequently agreed to consider the resolution by a yea and nay vote of 224 
yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 344. Agreed to table the Frank of Massachusetts 
motion to reconsider the vote by a recorded vote of 219 ayes to 200 noes, 
Roll No. 345.
Pages H5300-03
  Lastly, agreed to permit the use of exhibits during debate of the bill by 
the following Members: Representative Menendez by a yea and nay vote of 371 
yeas to 48 nays, Roll No. 352; Representative Olver by a recorded vote of 
326 ayes to 92 noes, Roll No. 353; and Representative Hooley by a recorded 
vote of 224 ayes to 191 noes with 2 voting ``present'', Roll No. 354. 
                                          Pages H5370-71, H5371-72, H5372-73
Motions to Adjourn: Rejected the Bonior motion to adjourn by a yea and nay 
vote of 166 yeas to 237 nays, Roll No. 343. Rejected the Frank of 
Massachusetts motion to adjourn by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 242 noes, 
Roll No. 346. Rejected the Moakley motion to adjourn by a recorded vote of 
178 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 351.
  Pages H5300, H5303-04, H5318-19
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations: 
The House agreed to H. Res. 538, the rule that is providing for 
consideration of H.R. 4461, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 by a yea and nay vote of 232 yeas 
to 179 nays, Roll No. 358.
  Pages H5415-23
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House completed debate on the 
following motion to suspend the rules upon which further proceedings were 
postponed:
  Supplemental Medicare Funding: H. Res. 535, sense of the House concerning 
the use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement Medicare 
funding, previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; and 
                                                              Pages H5423-26
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measure:
  Drug Import Fairness Act: H.R. 3240, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to clarify certain responsibilities of the Food and Drug 
Administration with respect to the importation of drugs into the United 
States.
  Pages H5426-34
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages 
H5436-37.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eight yea and nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5300, H5302-03, H5303, H5303-04, H5315-16, H5316-17, H5317, H5318, H5318-
19, H5370-71, H5371-72, H5372-73, H5398, H5413-14, H5414-15, and H5422-23. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:27 a.m. on 
Thursday, June 29.

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