[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 107 (Wednesday, September 13, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D903-D904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 5163-5172; and 2 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 398-399, were introduced.                   
  Pages H7577-78
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  H.R. 4986, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 
provisions relating to foreign sales corporations (FSCs) and to exclude 
extraterritorial income from gross income, amended (H. Rept. 106-845). 
                                                             Page H7577
Journal: Agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of Tuesday, 
September 12, 2000 by a yea and nay vote of 337 yeas to 51 nays with 2 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 465.                 
  Pages H7505, H7508-09
Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act of 2000--Veto Override: The House 
failed to override the President's veto of H.R. 4810, to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001 by a \2/3\ yea and nay 
vote of 270 yeas to 158 nays, Roll No. 466. Subsequently, the 
President's veto message

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and the bill were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. 
                                                         Pages H7509-20
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Strengthening United States-India Relations: H. Res. 572, expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives that it is in the interest of 
both the United States and the Republic of India to expand and 
strengthen United States-India relations, intensify bilateral 
cooperation in the fight against terrorism, and broaden the ongoing 
dialogue between the United States and India, of which the upcoming 
visit to the United States of the Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari 
Vajpayee, is a significant step. (Debated and agreed to by voice vote 
on September 12, 2000. Agreed today to vacate the request for an 
electronic vote on the motion);                              
  Page H7520
  Foreign Sales Corporation Repeal and Extraterritorial Income 
Exclusion: H.R. 4986, amended, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to repeal the provisions relating to foreign sales corporations 
(FSCs) and to exclude extraterritorial income from gross income 
(Debated on September 12, 2000. Passed by a recorded vote of 315 ayes 
to 109 noes with 1 voting ``present,'' Roll No. 467); and    
  Page H7521
  Honoring the Service and Sacrifice by the United States Merchant 
Marine: H. Con. Res. 327, honoring the service and sacrifice during 
periods of war by members of the United States Merchant Marine. 
(Debated on September 12, 2000. Passed by a yea and nay vote of 418 
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 469).            
  Pages H7522-23
Suspension Failed--Repeal of Boy Scouts Federal Charter: The House 
failed to pass H.R. 4892, to repeal the Federal charter of the Boy 
Scouts of America by a yea and nay vote of 12 yeas to 362 nays with 51 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 468. The bill was debated on September 12, 
2000.                                                    
  Pages H7521-22
DOD Authorization--Motion to Instruct: Rejected the Graham motion to 
instruct conferees on 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, not to agree to 
provisions which (1) fail to recognize that the 14th amendment to the 
Constitution guarantees all persons equal protection under the law; (2) 
deny equal protection under the law by conditioning prosecution of 
certain offenses on the race, color, religion, national origin, gender, 
sexual orientation, or disability of the victim; and (3) preclude a 
person convicted of murder from being sentenced to death by a yea and 
nay vote of 196 yeas to 227 nays, Roll No. 470.          
  Pages H7523-32
DOD Authorization--Motion to Instruct: Agreed to the Conyers motion to 
instruct conferees on 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, to agree to the 
provisions contained in title XV of the Senate amendment by a yea and 
nay vote of 232 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 471.          
  Pages H7532-41
Presidential Transition Act: The House passed H.R. 4931, to provide for 
the training or orientation of individuals, during a Presidential 
transition, who the President intends to appoint to certain key 
positions, to provide for a study and report on improving the financial 
disclosure process for certain Presidential nominees.    
  Pages H7542-43
Member of the Republican Conference: Read a letter from Representative 
Martinez wherein he announced his affiliation with the Republican 
conference. Subsequently, read letters from Representative Frost and 
the Speaker dealing with his resignation from the Democratic Caucus and 
vacating his election to the Committees on Education and the Workforce 
and International Relations.                             
  Pages H7541-42
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea and nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7508-09, H7520, H7521, H7521-22, H7522-23, H7531-32, and H7541. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:40 p.m.