[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 103 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D873-D874]
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                        House of Representatives


 Chamber Action
 Bills Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R. 5120-5144; and 3 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 391-393, were introduced.                   
  Pages H7364-65
 Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  S. 624, to authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural 
Water System in the State of Montana, amended (H. Rept. 106-823);
  H.R. 1124, to authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation 
Rural Water System in the State of Montana, amended (H. Rept. 106-824);
  H.R. 3632, to revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National 
Recreation Area, amended (H. Rept. 106-825);
  H.R. 3745, to authorize the addition of certain parcels to the Effigy 
Mounds National Monument, Iowa, amended (H. Rept. 106-826);
  H.R. 2163, to designate the United States courthouse located at 500 
Pearl Street in New York City, New York, as the ``Ted Weiss United 
States Courthouse,'' amended (H. Rept. 106-827);
  S. 1794, to designate the Federal courthouse at 145 East Simpson 
Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, as the ``Clifford P. Hansen Federal 
Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 106-828);
  H.R. 2984, to direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the 
Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the Loup Basin Reclamation 
District, the Sargent River Irrigation District, and the Farwell 
Irrigation District, Nebraska, property comprising the assets of the 
Middle Loup Division of the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska, 
amended (H. Rept. 106-829);
  H.R. 1460, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the 
requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo tribe (H. Rept. 106-830);
  H.R. 1751, to establish the Carrizo Plain National Conservation Area 
in the State of California, amended (H. Rept. 106-831);
  H.R. 2674, providing for conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to 
the State of Texas, amended (H. Rept. 106-832);
  H.R. 3388, to promote environmental restoration around the Lake Tahoe 
basin, amended (H. Rept. 106-833, Pt. 1); and
  H.R. 1161, to revise the banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws with 
respect to the termination and netting of financial contracts, amended 
(H. Rept. 106-834, Pt. 1).                                   
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 Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Chaplain 
James T. Akers of Madison, Kansas.                           
  Page H7283
 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Reauthorization: The House 
passed H.R. 4115, to authorize appropriations for the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum by a yea and nay vote of 415 yeas to 1 nay, 
Roll No. 454.                                            
  Pages H7285-94
  Agreed to the Committee on Resources amendment in the nature of a 
substitute made in order by the rule.                    
                                                         Pages H7292-93
  H. Res. 570, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote.                                     
                                                             Page H7293
 Child Support Distribution Act of 2000: The House passed 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, and to promote marriage by a yea and nay 
vote of 405 yeas to 18 nays, Roll No. 457.            
  Pages H7297-H7321
  Rejected the Scott motion that sought to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report it back with an 
amendment that removes the civil rights exemption given to religious 
institutions when hiring employees by a recorded vote of 175 ayes to 
249 noes, Roll No. 456.                                  
                                                         Pages H7319-21
  Agreed to the Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute made 
in order by the rule.                                        
                                                             Page H7303
  Rejected the Scott amendment printed in part B of H. Rept. 106-798 
that prohibits sectarian worship, instruction, or proselytization in a 
program assisted by the grant by a recorded vote of 163 ayes to 257 
noes with 1 voting ``present,'' Roll No. 455. 
                                            Pages H7296-H7318, H7318-19
  H. Res. 566, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote. Agreed to modify the amendment printed in part 
A of H. Rept. 106-798 that was considered as adopted pursuant to the 
rule.                                                    
                                                         Pages H7294-97
 Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000--Veto Override: The House failed to 
override the President's veto of H.R. 8, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year 
period by a \2/3\ yea and nay vote of 274 yeas to 157 nays, Roll No. 
458. Subsequently, the President's veto message and the bill were 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.   
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 Suspension--Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 
2000: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4844, to 
modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to 
provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries by a yea and 
nay vote of 391 yeas to 25 nays, Roll No. 459. Earlier, agreed by 
unanimous consent to consider the bill under suspension of the rules. 
                                                         Pages H7335-46
 Meeting Hour--Monday, September 11: Agreed that when the House 
adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12 p.m. on Monday.     
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 Meeting Hour--Tuesday, September 12: Agreed that when the House 
adjourns on Monday, September 11, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on 
Tuesday, September 12 for morning-hour debates.              
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 Calender Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business on Wednesday, September 13.                         
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 Meeting Hour--Thursday, September 14: Agreed that when the House 
adjourns on Wednesday, September 13, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. on 
Thursday, September 14.                                      
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 Joint Meeting to Receive the Prime Minister of the Republic of India: 
Agreed that it be in order at any time on Thursday, September 14 to the 
Speaker to declare a recess, subject to the call of the Chair, for the 
purpose of receiving in joint meeting His Excellency Atal Bihari 
Vajpayee, Prime Minister of the Republic of India.           
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 Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appears on 
page H7283.
 Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7293-94, H7318-19, H7320-21, H7321, H7335, and H7345-46. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 7:36 p.m.