[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 110 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D925-D926]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 5193-5200; 2 private bills, H.R. 
5201-5202; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 403, and H. Res. 579-580, 
were introduced.
  Pages H7722-23
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  H.R. 4643, to provide for the settlement of issues and claims related 
to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (H. 
Rept. 106-855);
  H.R. 4847, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to refund certain 
amounts received by the United States pursuant to the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (H. Rept. 106-856);
  S. 1694, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
on the reclamation and reuse of water and wastewater in the State of 
Hawaii, amended (H. Rept. 106-857);
  H.R. 4945, to amend the Small Business Act to strengthen existing 
protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement 
contracting process (H. Rept. 106-858);
  H.R. 3235, to improve academic and social outcomes for youth and 
reduce both juvenile crime and the risk that youth will become victims 
of crime by providing productive activities conducted by law 
enforcement personnel during non-school hours, amended (H. Rept. 106-
859);
  H.R. 5106, to make technical corrections in copyright law, amended 
(H. Rept. 106-860);
  H.R. 5107, to make certain corrections in copyright law (H. Rept. 
106-861);
  H.R. 5173, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to sections 
103(b)(2) and 213(b)(2)(C) of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2001 to reduce the public debt and to decrease the 
statutory limit on the public debt, amended (H. Rept. 106-862, Pt. 1); 
and
  H.R. 5109, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
personnel system of the Veterans Health Administration, amended (H. 
Rept. 106-863).
Page H7722
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Biggert to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H7653
Recess: The House recessed at 12:43 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H7654
Committee to Attend the Funeral of the Late Honorable Herbert H. 
Bateman: Pursuant to H. Res. 573, the Chair announced the Speaker's 
additional appointment of the following members to attend the funeral 
of the late Honorable Herbert H. Bateman from the Commonwealth of 
Virginia: Representatives Goodling, Lewis of California, and Taylor of 
Mississippi.
  Page H7655
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Fishermen's Protective Act Amendments: H. Res. 579, providing for the 
concurrence by the House with an amendment in the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 1651, to amend the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to extend 
the period during which reimbursement may be provided to owners of 
United States fishing vessels for costs incurred when such a vessel is 
seized and detained by a foreign country;
  Pages H7655-56
  Salmon Habitat Restoration Projects: H.R. 2798, amended, to authorize 
the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance to the States 
of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California for salmon habitat 
restoration projects in coastal waters and upland drainages. Agreed to 
amend the title;
  Pages H7656-59
  Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station 
Improvement: H.R. 4226, amended, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative 
sites and other land in the Black Hills National Forest and to use 
funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire replacement sites 
and to acquire or construct administrative improvements in connection 
with the Black Hills National Forest;
  Pages H7659-61
  Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act: H.R. 
1113, amended, to assist in the development and implementation of 
projects to provide for the control of drainage, storm, flood and other 
waters as part of water-related integrated resource management, 
environmental infrastructure, and resource protection and development 
projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed, California;
  Pages H7661-62
  Conveyance of the Assets of the Middle Loup Division of The Missouri 
River Basin Project, Nebraska: H.R. 2984, amended, 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;
  Pages H7662-63, H7688

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  Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Claims Settlement: H.R. 4643, 
amended, to provide for the settlement of issues and claims related to 
the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians; 
                                                         Pages H7663-67
  El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail: H.R. 2271, 
amended, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino 
Real de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail;
  Pages H7667-69
  White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers System: S. 1849, amended, to 
designate segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, Delaware and 
Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System;
  Pages H7669-72
  District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating 
Quarter Dollar Program: H.R. 5010, amended, to provide for a 
circulating quarter dollar coin program to commemorate the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands (passed by a yea and nay vote of 377 yeas to 6 nays, 
Roll No. 478);
  Pages H7672-76, H7688
  Defense Production Act Amendments: H.R. 1715, amended, to extend the 
expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950. Agreed to amend 
the title;
  Page H7677
  Bureau of Engraving and Printing Security Printing Amendments: 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; 
                                                         Pages H7677-79
  Debt Relief Lock-Box Reconciliation Act: H.R. 5173, amended, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to sections 103(b)(2) and 
213(b)(2)(C) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2001 to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory limit on 
the public debt (passed by a yea and nay vote of 381 yeas to 3 nays, 
Roll No. 477); and
  Pages H7679-87, H7687-88
  Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer: H.R. 2799, to 
amend the Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act of 
1993 to provide additional time for Clear Creek County to dispose of 
certain lands transferred to the county under the Act.
  Pages H7689-90
Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies--Motion to Instruct 
Conferees: Representative Coburn announced his intention to offer a 
motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4577, to recede to Section 517 of 
the Senate amendment that prohibits the use of funds to distribute 
postcoital emergency contraception (the morning-after pill) to minors 
on the premises or in the facilities of any elementary or secondary 
school.
  Page H7688
Intercountry Adoption Act: The House agreed to the Senate amendment 
with an amendment to H.R. 2909, to provide for implementation by the 
United States of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and 
Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.
  Pages H7690-95
Tributes to a Retiring Member of the Senate: Agreed that Members be 
permitted to refer to a retiring Member of the other body in tributes 
during morning-hour debate on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
  Page H7700
Recess: The House recessed at 5:03 p.m. and reconvened at 6:02 p.m. 
                                                             Page H7687
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H7653.
  Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H7687-88 and H7688. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:20 p.m.