[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 111 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D931-D933]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 5203-5215; 1 private bill, H.R. 
5216; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 404, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H7870-71
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  H.R. 3986, to provide for a study of the engineering feasibility of a 
water exchange in lieu of electrification of the Chandler Pumping Plant 
at Prosser Diversion Dam, Washington, amended (H. Rept. 106-864);
  H.R. 4441, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide a 
mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor 
carriers, amended (H. Rept. 106-865);
  H. Res. 581, providing for consideration of H.R. 3986, to provide for 
a study of the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of 
electrification of the Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser Diversion Dam, 
Washington (H. Rept. 106-866);
  H. Res. 582, providing for consideration of 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. 106-867);
  Conference report on H.R. 4919, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain 
defense and security assistance provisions under those Acts, to 
authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries 
(H. Rept. 106-868); and
  H.R. 4519, to amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 concerning the 
safety and security of children enrolled in childcare facilities 
located in public buildings under the control of the General Services 
Administration (H. Rept. 106-869, Pt. 1).      
Pages H7830-40, H7869-70
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Ryan of Wisconsin to act as Speaker pro 
tempore for today.                                           
  Page H7725
Recess: The House recessed at 9:50 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H7740
Recess: The House recessed at 12:14 p.m. and reconvened at 12:31 p.m. 
                                                             Page H7760
Defense and Security Assistance Act: The House disagreed with the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 4919, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain 
defense and security assistance provisions under those Acts, to 
authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries. 
Appointed as conferees: Chairman Gilman, and Representatives Goodling 
and Gejdenson.                                               
  Page H7743
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  FHA Down Payment Simplification Extension: H.R. 5193, amended to 
amend the National Housing Act to temporarily extend the applicability 
of the downpayment simplification provisions for the FHA single family 
housing mortgage insurance program;                      
  Pages H7743-45
  Homeowners Financing Protection: H.R. 3834, amended, to amend the 
National Housing Act to temporarily extend the applicability of the 
downpayment simplification provisions for the FHA single family housing 
mortgage insurance program;                              
  Pages H7745-47
  Cataloging and Maintaining Military Memorials: H. Con. Res. 345, 
expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for cataloging 
and maintaining public memorials commemorating military conflicts of 
the United States and the service of individuals in the Armed Forces; 
                                                         Pages H7749-50
  Emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i Community: H. Con. Res. 257, 
concerning the emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community; 
                                                         Pages H7750-53
  Rewards for Reports on Rwandan Humanitarian Law Violations: S. 2460, 
to authorize the payment of rewards to individuals furnishing 
information relating to persons subject to indictment for serious 
violations of international humanitarian law in Rwanda--clearing the 
measure for the President;                                   
  Page H7753
  Support for Overseas Cooperative Development: H.R. 4673, to assist in 
the enhancement of the development and expansion of international 
economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit 
unions;                                                  
  Pages H7753-55
  Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, New Jersey: 
H.R. 4975, to designate the post office and courthouse located at 2 
Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey, as the ``Frank R. Lautenberg Post 
Office and Courthouse;''                                 
  Pages H7755-57
  Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, Pennsylvania: H.R. 
4625, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2108

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East 38th Street in Erie, Pennsylvania, as the ``Gertrude A. Barber 
Post Office Building;''                                  
  Pages H7757-58
  Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, Georgia: H.R. 
4786, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, as the ``Samuel P. 
Roberts Post Office Building;''                              
  Page H7759
  Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building Baltimore, Maryland: 
H.R. 4450, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 900 East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland, as 
the ``Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building;'' 
                                                         Pages H7759-60
  Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity: H.R. 2842, 
amended, to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, concerning 
the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, to enable the 
Federal Government to enroll an employee and his or her family in the 
FEHB Program when a State court orders the employee to provide health 
insurance coverage for a child of the employee but the employee fails 
to provide the coverage. Agreed to amend the title;      
  Pages H7760-62
  Intellectual Property Technical Amendments: H.R. 4870, amended, to 
make technical corrections in patent, copyright, and trademark laws; 
                                                         Pages H7762-65
  Eligibility of Certain Aliens for Permanent Residence: H.R. 5062, to 
establish the eligibility of certain aliens lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence for cancellation of removal under section 240A of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act;                     
  Pages H7765-70
  Copyright Technical Corrections: H.R. 5106, amended, to make 
technical corrections in copyright law;                  
  Pages H7770-71
  Work Made For Hire and Copyright Corrections Act: H.R. 5107, amended, 
to make certain corrections in copyright law;            
  Pages H7771-74
  Child Citizenship Act of 2000: H.R. 2883, amended, to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions governing 
acquisition of citizenship by children born outside of the United 
States. Agreed to amend the title;                       
  Pages H7774-78
  Religious Workers Act: H.R. 4068, to amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to extend for an additional 3 years the special 
immigrant religious worker program;                      
  Pages H7778-80
  Debt Relief and Retirement Security Reconciliation: H.R. 5203, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to sections 103(a)(2), 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, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
provide for retirement security (passed by a yea and nay vote of 401 
yeas to 20 nays, Roll No. 479;                           
  Pages H7780-98
  General Accounting Office Personnel Flexibilities: H.R. 4642, 
amended, to make certain personnel flexibilities available with respect 
to the General Accounting Office;                     
  Pages H7799-H7804
  2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin: H.R. 3679, amended, to 
provide for the minting of commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt 
Lake Olympic Winter Games and the programs of the United States Olympic 
Committee;                                               
  Pages H7804-06
  Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act of 2000: H.R. 1349, 
amended, to amend title 18, United States Code, to combat the 
overutilization of prison health care services and control rising 
prisoner health care costs. Subsequently, the House passed S. 704, a 
similar Senate-passed bill after amending it to contain the text of 
H.R. 1349. H.R. 1349 was then laid on the table;         
  Pages H7806-11
  Higher Education Financial Assistance for Spouses and Children of Law 
Enforcement Officers: S. 1638, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the retroactive eligibility dates 
for financial assistance for higher education for spouses and dependent 
children of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers who are 
killed in the line of duty clearing the measure for the President; and 
                                                         Pages H7811-13
  Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants: H.R. 4999, amended, to 
control crime by providing law enforcement block grants; 
                                                         Pages H7813-17
Suspension Failed--Chandler Pumping Plant Water Exchange Feasibility 
Study: The House failed to pass H.R. 3986, amended, to provide for a 
study of the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of 
electrification of the Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser Diversion Dam, 
Washington (with \2/3\ required to pass, failed to pass by a yea and 
nay vote of 218 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 480). 
                                                  Pages H7747-49, H7799
Presidential Message--Payments to Cuba: Read a letter from the 
President wherein he transmitted his semiannual report detailing 
payments made to Cuba referred to the Committee on International 
Relations.                                                   
  Page H7817
HHS, Education, and Related Agencies--Motion to Instruct Conferees: By 
a yea and nay vote of 250 yeas to 170 nays with 1 voting ``present'', 
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No. 481, the Coburn motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4577, 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, 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.                                                  
  Pages H7817-25
HHS, Education, and Related Agencies--Motion to Instruct Conferees: 
Representative Obey informed the House of his intention to offer a 
motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4577, Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001, to insist on disagreeing with provisions in the Senate 
amendment which denies the President's request for dedicated resources 
to reduce class sizes in the early grades and for local school 
construction and, instead, broadly expands the Title VI Education Block 
Grant with limited accountability in the use of the funds.   
  Page H7852
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H7725.
Referral: S. 2247 was referred to the Committee on Resources. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H7798, H7799, and 
H7825. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:36 p.m.