[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D458-D460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 27 public bills, H.R. 1858-1884; and 1 resolution, H. 
Con. Res. 136, were introduced.
  Pages H2279-80
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 143, providing for consideration of H.R. 1, to close the 
achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that 
no child is left behind (H. Rept. 107-69).
Page H2279
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative LaHood to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H2187
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Whit 
W. Grace, First United Methodist Church of Long Beach, Mississippi. 
                                                             Page H2187
Journal Vote: Agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of 
Tuesday, May 15, by a yea-and-nay vote of 348 yeas to 53 nays with 1 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 114.
  Pages H2187, H2189
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation: The House passed H.R. 
1836, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 by a yea-and-
nay vote of 230 yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 118.
  Pages H2207-23
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 188 yeas to 239 nays, Roll No. 117, rejected 
the Rangel amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to 
establish the Tax Reduction Act that would include a one-time rebate, 
payable to all individuals who had income tax liability for tax year 
2000, up to a maximum of $300 for single taxpayers or $600 for married 
couples, make individual income tax rate reductions, modify the earned 
income tax credit, and provide marriage penalty relief. 
                                                         Pages H2216-23
  H. Res. 142, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 116. 
                                                         Pages H2204-07
Order of Business--Foreign Relations Authorization: Agreed that during 
further consideration of H.R. 1646, Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, that it be in order to offer en bloc amendments numbered 5, 6 (as 
modified), 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 
25, and 26 printed in House Report 107-62.
  Pages H2223-24
Foreign Relations Authorization Act: The House passed H.R. 1646, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 
2002 and 2003 by a recorded vote of 352 ayes to 73 noes, Roll

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No. 121. The House previously considered the bill on May 10. 
                                            Pages H2189-H2223, H2224-51
  Rejected the Hastings of Florida motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on International Relations with instructions to report it 
back forthwith with an amendment that sought to establish within the 
Department of State a United States Special Coordinator for Korea by a 
recorded vote of 189 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 120.
Pages H2249-51
Agreed to:
  Hyde amendment No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 107-62 that strikes Sections 
131 through 133 which would have allowed funding to foreign 
nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote abortions (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 115). 
                                                      Pages H2189-H2203
  Hyde en bloc amendments printed in H. Rept. 107-62:
  No. 5, extending the publication of the State Department report on 
compliance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abduction for another year; No. 6, as modified, 
requiring a State Department report on the German foundation 
``Remembrance, Responsibility, and the Future'' including status 
information on the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance 
Claims (ICHEIC); No. 7, correcting a drafting error in P.L. 106-113 
that imposed a two year waiting period for filing certain grievances 
and clarifying the provisions of a separation for cause from the 
Foreign Service; No. 9, requiring a Agency for International 
Development (AID) study to determine what industries are under-
represented by small businesses in its procurement contracts; No. 10, 
requiring an annual report on the use of children soldiers; No. 11, 
authorizing support for local in-country nongovernmental organizations 
to assist victims of trafficking and violence; No. 12, requiring a 
report by the Attorney General on the efforts between the United States 
and foreign governments to extradite individuals charged with major 
offenses including murder, kidnapping, abduction, drug trafficking, 
terrorism, or rape;
Pages H2224-39
  No. 13, allowing the payment of anti-terrorism judgments to 6 
American TWA victims; No. 14, recommending that the State Department 
develop a process for negotiating effective extradition treaties 
working closely with the Justice Department to accomplish this 
objective; No. 15, encouraging the Secretary of State to send election 
monitors to Fiji and offer technical support to East Timor and Peru to 
support free and fair elections in these nations; No. 16, urging the 
State Department to continue to raise the issue of the murder of John 
M. Alvis with the Government of Azerbaijan and to make this issue a 
priority item in U.S. relations with Azerbaijan; No. 17, condemning 
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his inflammatory remarks on March 
27 and May 5, 2001; No.19, encouraging an objective non-governmental 
study to examine environmental contamination and health effects 
emanating from former U.S. military facilities;
Pages H2224-39
  No. 20, suggesting that the Secretary of State, subject to security 
considerations, give favorable consideration to requests by the 
Director of the Peace Corps to maintain offices at locations separate 
from the United States embassy; No. 21 extending sympathy to civilian 
men and women prisoners incarcerated by the Axis Powers during world 
War II; No. 22, encouraging all entities receiving assistance to 
purchase only American-made equipment and products; No. 24, withholding 
contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency for programs 
and projects in Iran unless the Secretary of State certifies that such 
programs and projects are consistent with U.S. nuclear nonproliferation 
and safety goals; No. 25, establishing the East Timor Transition to 
Independence Act; and No. 26, making available not less than 1 percent 
of the funding under the Diplomatic and Consular Programs heading for 
salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor to monitor human rights activities and developments; 
                                                         Pages H2224-39
  Bartlett amendment No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 107-62 that further 
restricts the release of arrearage payments to the United Nations upon 
the receipt of a General Accounting Office Report on United States 
contributions to U. N. Peacekeeping Operations;
Pages H2239-41
  Lantos amendment No. 18 printed in H. Rept. 107-62 that requests the 
Secretary of State to review the travel warning for Israel, the West 
Bank, and Gaz to determine which areas present the highest threat to 
American citizens in the region and which areas may be visited safely; 
and
Pages H2241-42
  Lantos amendment No. 23 printed in H. Rept. 107-62 that prohibits 
international military education and training funding to Lebanon unless 
the President certifies that the Lebanese armed forces have been 
deployed to the internationally recognized border between Lebanon and 
Israel and that the Lebanese government effectively secures the borders 
where the armed forces are deployed (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
216 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 119).
Pages H2242-44
  The Clerk was authorized to make technical corrections and conforming 
changes in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H2251
  H. Res. 138, the rule that is providing for consideration of the bill 
was agreed to on May 10.
Recess: The House recessed at 10:31 p.m. and reconvened at 11:33 p.m. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H2189, H2203, H2206-07, H2222-23, H2223, H2247, H2250-51, and H2251. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:34 p.m.