[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 90 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D740-D742]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 4843-4862; and 4 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 104; H. Con. Res. 371, and H. Res. 551-552 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H6051-52
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  H.R. 4210, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to provide for improved Federal efforts to 
prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks, amended (H. Rept. 106-
731);
  H. Res. 550, 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. 106-732); and
  H.R. 3485, to modify the enforcement of certain anti-terrorism 
judgments, amended (H. Rept. 106-733).
Page H6051
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Pease to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H5961
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. 
Peter M. Colapietro of New York City.
  Page H5961
Foreign Operations Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 4811, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 by a yea and nay 
vote of 239 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 400.
  Pages H5961-H6025
  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report it back to the House with an 
amendment to increase the African Development Fund by $ 5 million and 
decrease the Asian Development Fund accordingly.
Page H6024
Agreed to:
  Waters amendment No. 27 printed in the Congressional Record that 
increases funding for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Trust 
Fund by $155.6 million with offsets of $82.5 million from

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Export-Import Bank direct loan programs, $7 million from Export-Import 
Bank administrative expenses, $5.3 million from international military 
education and training programs, and $200 million from the foreign 
military financing programs including grants for Israel and Egypt, 
debated on July 12 (agreed to by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 211 
noes, Roll No. 397);
Pages H5994-95
  Bereuter amendment that limits the assumption by the United States 
Government of liability for nuclear accidents in North Korea (agreed to 
by a recorded vote of 298 ayes to 125 noes, Roll No. 399); 
                                               Pages H6004-06, H6020-21
  Brown of Ohio amendment No. 32 printed in the Congressional Record 
that prohibits any funds to be used in contravention of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act; concerning the prohibition against imports made by 
forced labor; and
Page H6015
  Traficant amendment No. 24 printed in the Congressional Record that 
prohibits the use of any funding in contravention of the ``Buy American 
Act.''
Page H6016
Rejected:
  Lee amendment that sought to increase funding for child survival and 
disease programs related to HIV/AIDS by $42 million and decrease 
foreign military financing program grants accordingly, debated on July 
12 (a recorded vote of 267 ayes to 156 noes, Roll No. 398); 
                                                         Pages H5995-96
  Conyers amendment No. 38 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to strike Sec. 558, Assistance for Haiti from the bill; 
                                                         Pages H5975-77
  Greenwood amendment No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to strike Sec. 587, Authorization for Population Planning 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 396); 
                                                         Pages H5983-94
  Kucinich amendment No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to prohibit any funding to be made available for the Kosovo 
Protection Corps; and
Pages H6002-04
  Traficant amendment No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to prohibit any funding to be made available to the Palestine 
Authority.
Pages H6009-11, H6016
Point of Order Sustained Against:
  Filner amendment No. 39 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to make available $3.5 million to the Kurdish Human Rights Watch 
for the Kurdistan region of Iraq;.
Pages H5962-63
  Jackson of Illinois amendment No. 43 printed in the Congressional 
Record that sought to increase funding for the African Development Bank 
by $3 million and increase the limitation on callable capital 
subscriptions;
Pages H5967-68
  Payne amendment that sought to prohibit assistance to any country 
that is not in compliance with U.N. sanctions against Angola; 
                                                         Pages H5971-72
  Language on page 80, lines 22-24 dealing with earmarks or minimum 
funding requirements;
Pages H5973-74
  Sec. 585, Working Capital Fund;
Pages H5981-82
  Nadler amendment No. 51 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to include a new section of the bill dealing with ``so-called 
honor crimes'';
Pages H5997-98
  Jackson-Lee amendment No. 46 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to prohibit any funding to governments that conscript children 
under the age of 18 into the military forces or provide for the 
participation of children in armed conflict;
Pages H5999-H6002
  Payne amendment No. 57 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to provide $15 million in assistance for the National Democratic 
Alliance of Sudan; and
Pages H6006-07
  Paul amendment No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit 
the use of funding for abortion, family planning, or population control 
efforts.
Pages H6007-09
Withdrawn:
  Payne amendment No. 56 printed in the Congressional Record was 
offered and withdrawn that sought to restrict assistance to governments 
destabilizing Angola;
Pages H5980-81
  Burton amendment No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record was 
offered and withdrawn that sought to limit assistance to India to $35 
million; and
Pages H6011-15
  Kaptur amendment No. 48 printed in the Congressional Record was 
offered and withdrawn that sought to limit assistance to the Government 
of Ukraine.
Pages H6016-18
  Agreed to H. Res. 546, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the bill was agreed to on July 12.
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the Legislative 
Program for the week of July 17.
  Page H6025
Meeting Hour--Monday, July 17: Agreed that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 on Monday, July 17 for morning-hour 
debates.
  Page H6025
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, July 19.
  Page H6026
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea and nay vote and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5994, H5995, H5995-96, H6020-21, and H6024-25. There were no quorum 
calls.

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Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m.