[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 108 (Thursday, September 14, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D913-D915]
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. 5173-5192; and 5 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 400-402, and H. Res. 577-578, were introduced. 
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  H.R. 2267, to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal 
authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the 
majority of the trails, amended (H. Rept. 106-846);
  H.R. 2752, to give Lincoln County, Nevada, the right to purchase at 
fair market value certain public land located within that county, 
amended (H. Rept. 106-847);
  H.R. 4521, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to authorize and 
provide funding for rehabilitation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in 
Glacier National Park, to authorize funds for maintenance of utilities 
related to the Park, amended (H. Rept. 106-848);
  H.R. 4096, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to produce 
currency, postage stamps, and other security documents at the request 
of foreign governments, and security documents at the request of the 
individual States or any political subdivision thereof, on a 
reimbursable basis (H. Rept. 106-849);
  H.R. 238, to amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
to impose mandatory minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, 
for bringing in and harboring certain aliens and to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for persons 
committing such offenses while armed, amended (H. Rept. 106-850);
  H.R. 1349, to amend title 18, United States Code, to combat the over-
utilization of prison health care services and control rising prisoner 
health care costs, amended (H. Rept. 106-851);
  H.R. 2883, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer 
United States citizenship automatically and retroactively on certain 
foreign-born children adopted by citizens of the United States, amended 
(H. Rept. 106-852); and
  H.R. 4870, to make technical corrections in patent, copyright, and 
trademark laws, amended (H. Rept. 106-853).
  H.R. 4404, to permit the payment of medical expenses incurred by the 
United States Park Police in the performance of duty to be made 
directly by the National Park Service, to allow for waiver and 
indemnification in mutual law enforcement agreements between the 
National Park Service and a State or political subdivision when 
required by State law, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 106-854, Pt. 1).                                       
Page H7650
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Priest 
Venkatachalapathi Samuldrala, Shiva Hindu Temple, of Parma, Ohio. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 9:07 a.m. and reconvened at 11:04 a.m. 
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His Excellency Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India: The House 
and Senate met in Joint Meeting for the purpose of receiving His 
Excellency Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of the Republic of 
India. The Speaker appointed the following to the Committee on the Part 
of the House to Escort the Prime Minister into the Chamber: 
Representatives Armey, Delay, Watts of Oklahoma, Cox, Gilman, Bereuter, 
Royce, Greenwood, Gephardt, Menendez, Gejdenson, Lantos, Ackerman, 
Pallone,

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Brown of Ohio, and Holt. And, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 
appointed the following to the Committee on the Part of the Senate: 
Senators Lott, Lugar, Thomas, Brownback, Hagel, Chafee, Biden, Durbin, 
Kerry, Moynihan, and Reid.                               
  Pages H7580-81
District of Columbia Appropriations: The House passed 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 by a yea and nay 
vote of 217 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 474. The House also considered 
the bill on July 26.                                     
  Pages H7583-99
Agreed to:
  Norton amendment no. 23 printed in the Congressional Record that 
strikes language on the District of Columbia Health Insurance Coverage 
for Contraceptives Act of 2000;                          
Pages H7583-84
  Souder amendment No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 106-790 and debated on 
July 26 that prohibits the use of Federal funding for needle exchange 
programs (agreed to by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 181 noes, Roll 
No. 473);                                                
Pages H7597-98
  Bilbray amendment no. 3 printed in H. Rept. 106-790 that prohibits 
the possession of tobacco products by individuals under the age of 18 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 265 ayes to 155 noes, Roll No. 472); 
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Pages H7584-88, H7597
  Tiahrt amendment No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 106-790 that prohibits the 
exchange of needles within 1000 feet of schools and other gathering 
places for children.                                     
Pages H7588-90
  H. Res. 563, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to on July 26.
NASA Authorization Conference Report: The House agreed to the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 1654, to authorize appropriations 
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal years 
2000, 2001, and 2002 by a yea and nay vote of 399 yeas to 17 nays, Roll 
No. 475.                                                 
  Pages H7600-07
  H. Res. 574, the rule that waived points of order against the 
conference report was agreed to by voice vote.        
Pages H7599-H7600
Legislative Branch Conference Report: The House agreed to the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 4516, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 by a 
yea and nay vote of 212 yeas to 209 nays, Roll No. 477. 
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  H. Res. 565, the rule that waived points of order against the 
conference report was agreed to by voice vote.
Energy and Water Appropriations: The House disagreed to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 4733, making appropriations for energy and water 
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and agreed 
to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Chairman Young of Florida and 
Representatives Packard, Rogers, Knollenberg, Frelinghuysen, Callahan, 
Latham, Wicker, Visclosky, Edwards, Pastor, Forbes, and Obey. 
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Transportation Appropriations: The House disagreed to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 4475, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: 
Chairman Young of Florida and Representatives Wolf, DeLay, Regula, 
Rogers, Packard, Callahan, Tiahrt, Aderholt, Granger, Sabo, Olver, 
Pastor, Kilpatrick, Serrano, Forbes, and Obey.           
  Pages H7627-28
  Agreed to the Sabo motion to instruct conferees to insist on no less 
that $43,144,000, the amount provided in the Senate amendment, for the 
pipeline safety program.                                 
Pages H7627-28
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: The House disagreed with the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 3244, to combat trafficking of persons, especially 
into the sex trade, slavery, and slavery-like conditions in the United 
States and countries around the world through prevention, through 
prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, and through protection 
and assistance to victims of trafficking and agreed to a conference. 
Appointed as conferees: Representatives Gilman, Goodling, Smith of New 
Jersey, Hyde, Smith of Texas, Johnson of Connecticut, Gejdenson, 
Lantos, Conyers, and Cardin.                             
  Pages H7628-31
  Agreed to the Watt of North Carolina motion to instruct conferees to 
recede to the Senate on provisions contained in section 7 of the Senate 
amendment relating to obtaining visas for victims of trafficking 
without numerical limitation.                            
Pages H7628-31
Presidential Message--Arctic Research: Read a letter from the President 
wherein he transmitted the Eighth Biennial Report of the Interagency 
Arctic Research Policy Committee referred to the Committee on Science. 
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Committee to Attend the Funeral of the Late Honorable Herbert H. 
Bateman: Pursuant to H. Res. 573, the Chair announced the Speaker's 
appointment of the following members to attend the funeral of the late 
Honorable Herbert H. Bateman from the Commonwealth of Virginia: 
Representatives Bliley, Hastert, Armey, Bonior, Wolf, Boucher, Sisisky, 
Pickett, Moran of Virginia, Goodlatte, Scott, Davis of Virginia, Goode, 
Spence, Shuster, Skelton, Stump, Bereuter, Hunter, Skeen, Bilirakis, 
Burton,

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Ortiz, Packard, Houghton, Morella, Goss, McNulty, Tanner, Bartlett, 
Buyer, Fowler, McKeon, Ehlers, Hostettler, LaHood, Latham, Gibbons, 
Riley, and Sherwood.                                         
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Meeting Hour--Monday, September 18: Agreed that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, September 18. 
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Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, September 20.                         
  Page H7631
Referral: H.R. 4975 was re-referred to the Committee on Government 
Reform.                                                      
  Page H7627
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H7579.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7597, H7597-98, H7598-99, H7606-07, and H7626. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:30 p.m. and adjourned at 7:32 p.m.