[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 26, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D831-D832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R.4961-4985; and 2 resolutions, H. 
Con. Res. 381-382, were introduced.
  Pages H7127-28
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  H.R. 4678, to provide more child support money to families leaving 
welfare, to simplify the rules governing the assignment and 
distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of 
children, to improve the collection of child support, to promote 
marriage, amended (H. Rept. 106-793, Pt. 1);
  H.J. Res. 99, disapproving the extension of the waiver authority 
contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to 
Vietnam, amended (H. Rept. 106-794);
  H. Res. 564, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4865) to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax 
increase on Social Security benefits (H. Rept. 106-795); and
  Conference report on H.R. 4516, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 (H. 
Rept. 106-796).
Page H7092, H7095-H7126, H7127
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Ose to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7005
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures debated on July 25:
  Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grants: H.R. 4033, amended, to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify the 
procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the 
purchase of armor vests (passed by a yea and nay vote of 413 yeas to 3 
nays, Roll No. 439); and
  Pages H7008-09
  Postponed Illegal Pornography Prosecution: H.R. 4710, to authorize 
appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (passed by a yea 
and nay vote of 412 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 440).
  Page H7009
Trade Waiver for Vietnam: The House failed to pass H.J. Res. 99, 
disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 
402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam by a yea and 
nay vote of 91 yeas to 332 nays, Roll No. 441.
  Pages H7009-20
District of Columbia Appropriations: The House completed general debate 
and began considering amendments to H.R. 4942, making appropriations 
for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001.
  Pages H7026-58
Agreed To:
  Istook amendment No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 106-790 that makes 
available $100,000 for Metrorail construction;
Pages H7036-37
Points of Order Sustained Against:
  Moran amendment No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record that 
sought to strike Section 164 dealing with the District of Columbia 
Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation;
Pages H7040-41

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  Norton amendment No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record that sought to 
strike all of the General Provisions in the bill;
Pages H7041-44
  Moran amendment No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record that sought to 
strike sections 128 and 129 dealing with the granting of preferences in the 
use of surplus school properties to public charter schools and modifications 
of contracting requirements;
Pages H7046-48
  Section 153 that sought to specify funding from the National Highway 
System;
Page H7054
Amendments Offered:
  Souder amendment No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 106-790 that seeks to prohibit 
the use of any funding for needle exchange programs; and
Pages H7050-53
  Norton amendment No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record that seeks to 
strike Section 168 that specifies that the Health Insurance Coverage for 
Contraceptives Act of 2000 shall not take effect.
Pages H7055-58
  H. Res. 563, the rule that is providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 217 yeas to 203 nays, Roll No. 442. 
                                                              Pages H7021-26
Order of Business--District of Columbia Appropriations: Agreed that during 
further consideration of H.R. 4942, no amendment shall be in order except 
pro forma amendments offered by the Chairman or ranking member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their designees for the purpose of debate, 
the amendments printed in H. Rept. 106-790, and amendments No. 23 and 13 
printed in the Congressional Record.
  Page H7044
DOD Authorizations--Send to Conference: The House disagreed with the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 4205, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001 
and agreed to a conference.
  Pages H7058-61
  Representative Taylor of Mississippi offered a motion to instruct 
conferees to insist upon the provisions contained in section 725, relating 
to the Medicare subvention project for military retirees and dependents of 
the House bill. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. 
                                                              Pages H7058-61
Presidential Message--Federal Labor Relations Authority: Read a letter from 
the President wherein he transmitted the 21st Annual Report of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority for fiscal year 1999--referred to the Committee on 
Government Reform.
  Page H7061
Recess: The House recessed at 7:40 p.m. and reconvened at 11:28 p.m. 
                                                                  Page H7090
Recess: The House recessed at 11:30 p.m. and reconvened at 7 a.m. on 
Thursday, July 27.
  Page H7090, H7095
Recess: The House recessed at 7:01 a.m. and reconvened at 9:10 a.m. on 
Thursday, July 27.
  Page H7126
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages 
H7005 and H7127.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes developed during the proceedings 
of the House today and appear on pages H7008-09, H7009, H7020, and H7026. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:11 a.m. on 
Thursday, July 27.