[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D941-D942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 5217-5235 and 3 resolutions, H. 
Res. 583-585 were introduced.
  Pages H7931-32
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows.
  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. 3067, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain facilities to Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District, amended 
(H. Rept. 106-870);
  S. 1778, to provide for equal exchanges of land around the Cascade 
Reservoir (H. Rept. 106-871);
  H.R. 3100, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit 
telemarketers from interfering with the caller identification service 
of any person to whom a telephone solicitation is made, amended (H. 
Rept. 106-872);
  H. Res. 583, waiving points of order against a motion to concur in 
the Senate amendments to H.R. 940, to establish the Lackawanna Heritage 
Valley American Heritage Area (H. Rept. 106-873);
  H. Res. 584, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany 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-
874); and
  H. Res. 585, providing for consideration of H.R. 5109, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the personnel system of the Veterans 
Health Administration (H. Rept. 106-875).
Page H7931
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Cooksey to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H7873
Small Business Competition Preservation Act: The House passed H.R. 
4945, to amend the Small Business Act to strengthen existing 
protections for

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small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting 
process by a yea and nay vote of 422 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 482.
  Pages H7876-85
  Agreed to H. Res. 582, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the bill by voice vote.
Page H7876
Chandler Pumping Plant Water Exchange Feasibility Study: The House 
passed 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 by a yea and nay vote of 418 
yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 483 (the House failed to pass the bill under 
suspension of the rules on Tuesday, September 19).
  Pages H7885-88
  Agreed to the Committee on Resources amendment in the nature of a 
substitute made in order by the rule.
Page H7885
  Agreed to H. Res. 581, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the bill by voice vote.
Page H7885
HHS, Education, and Related Agencies--Motion to Instruct Conferees: 
Agreed to divide the question on the Obey motion to instruct conferees 
on H.R. 4577, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001. Subsequently, 
by voice vote, agreed to the first division to insist on the highest 
funding level possible for the Department of Education. And, by a yea 
and nay vote of 222 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 484, agreed to the 
second division to instruct conferees 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.
  Pages H7888-97
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H7885, H7888, and 
H7897. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 6:56 p.m.