[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D503-D504]
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. 1953-1979; and 3 resolutions, H. 
Con. Res. 141-142 and H. Res. 146, were introduced.
  Pages H2677-79
Reports Filed: No Reports were filed today.
  H.R. 819, to designate the Federal building located at 143 West Liberty 
Street, Medina, Ohio, as the ``Donald J. Pease Federal Building'' (H. Rept. 
107-75);
  H. Res. 147, waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee 
on Rules (H. Rept. 107-76); and
  H.R. 1407, to amend title 49, United States Code, to permit air carriers 
to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays, 
amended (H. Rept. 107-77, Pt. 1).
Page H2677
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by His Holiness Kerikin II, Supreme 
Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, Echmiadzin, Armenia.
  Page H2573
Welcoming His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All 
Armenians to the United States: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 139 
welcoming His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All 
Armenians, on his visit to the United States and commemorating the 1700th 
anniversary of the acceptance of Christianity in Armenia.
  Pages H2654-56
Leave No Child Behind Act: The House passed H.R. 1, to close the achievement 
gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left 
behind by a recorded vote of 384 ayes to 45 noes, Roll No. 145. The House 
considered the bill on May 17 and May 23.
  Pages H2577-H2645
  Rejected the Owens motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce with instructions to report it back forthwith 
with an amendment to provide funding for school repair, renovation, and 
construction by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 144. 
                                                              Pages H2630-34
Agreed To:
  Meek amendment No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that amends the Osborne 
mentoring Program to allow both adults and high school students to 
participate as mentors;
Pages H2580-81
  Rogers of Michigan amendment No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that 
encourages the Secretary of Education to promote education savings accounts 
in states with qualified tuition programs;
Pages H2581-82
  Norwood amendment No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that allows the 
discipline of children with disabilities who carry weapons, possess or use 
drugs, or commit an aggravated assault or battery (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 246 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 138);
Pages H2582-86, H2609-10
  Tiahrt amendment No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that guarantees parents 
and guardians access to review their children's instructional material, 
requires informed consent prior to a school seeking various kinds of 
information including political affiliation, mental illness, sex behavior or 
attitudes, family appraisals, and religious practices or beliefs, and 
requires informed consent prior to any medical or mental health examination, 
testing, treatment, or immunization, except in the case of a medical 
emergency;
Pages H2586-88
  Akin amendment No. 17 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that requires that 
academic tests be based on objective, measurable and widely accepted 
professional testing and assessment standards and shall not assess the 
personal opinions, attitudes, or beliefs of the student being tested; 
                                                              Pages H2603-05
  Stearns amendment No. 18 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that requires State 
educational agencies to provide an annual report on the schools identified 
for improvement (agreed to by a recorded vote of 361 ayes to 67 noes, Roll 
No. 139);
Pages H2605, H2610
  Traficant amendment No. 19 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that expresses the 
sense of the Congress that American-made steel should be used in all 
construction activities and that entities should purchase only American-made 
equipment and products (agreed to by a recorded vote of 415 ayes to 9 noes, 
Roll No. 140);
Pages H2605-07, H2610-11
  Brady amendment No. 20 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that establishes the 
Paul Coverdell Teacher Liability Protection Act to provide teachers, 
principals and other school professionals the tools they need to undertake 
reasonable actions to maintain order, discipline, and an appropriate 
educational environment (agreed to by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 189 
noes, Roll No. 141);
Pages H2611-15, H2628
  Mink amendment No. 21 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that requires a mentoring 
program for teachers who have been in the profession for less than three 
years and are teaching in schools identified for improvement; 
                                                              Pages H2615-16
  Wamp amendment No. 22 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that increases funding 
from $25 million to $50 million for the Character Education Program; 
                                                              Pages H2616-17
  Hilleary amendment No. 24 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that establishes the 
``Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act'' to require equal access to public 
school facilities to the Boy Scouts or any other youth group with similar 
membership or leadership criteria that wishes to conduct a meeting during a 
school's designated open forum period;
Pages H2617-20
  Velazquez amendment No. 25 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that permits 
matching grant requirements

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to include in-kind contributions to ease the ability of disadvantaged 
communities to apply for 21st Century Learning Center grants;
Page H2620
  Kirk amendment No. 26 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that expresses the sense 
of Congress that the Impact Aid Program should be fully funded to meet the 
needs of school districts affected by Federal presence and ensure that 
federally connected children, including military dependents, will continue 
to receive a quality education (agreed to by a recorded vote of 425 ayes to 
3 noes, Roll No. 142); and
Pages H2620-22, H2628-29
  Hoeffel amendment No. 27 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that allows funding 
for leave time and other associated costs for teachers to attend technology 
classes related to the state and local technology for success grants. 
                                                              Pages H2622-23
Rejected:
  Hoekstra amendment No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that sought to 
increase the authority of local educational agencies to transfer funds 
between programs from 50 percent to 75 percent upon state approval (rejected 
by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 137); 
                                                    Pages H2577-80, H2608-09
  Armey amendment No. 15 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that sought to authorize 
private school choice for students who have attended low performing schools 
for 3 years, permit the use of innovative education grants funding for 
school choice, and allow choice for students who are victims of crime or who 
are attending unsafe schools (rejected by a recorded vote of 155 ayes to 273 
noes, Roll No. 135);
Pages H2588-96, H2607-08
  Armey amendment No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that sought to authorize 
five research projects to determine the effectiveness of school choice in 
improving the academic achievement of disadvantaged students and the overall 
quality of public schools and local educational agencies (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 186 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 136); and 
                                                    Pages H2596-H2603, H2608
  Cox amendment No. 28 printed in H. Rept. 107-69 that limits the aggregate 
increase in authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2002 to 11.5 
percent over the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2001 (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 101 ayes to 326 noes, Roll No. 143). 
                                                    Pages H2623-27, H2629-30
  The Clerk was authorized to make technical corrections and conforming 
changes in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H2645
  H. Res. 143, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to on May 10.
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: The House disagreed with 
the Senate amendment to H.R. 1836, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 
and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Armey, 
Thomas, and Rangel.
  Pages H2646-54
  Rejected the Stark motion to instruct conferees to produce a conference 
report in which the revenue losses and debt service costs do not grow as a 
percentage of gross domestic product on either a long or short term basis; 
shall not include phase-ins longer than 5 years, delayed effective dates, or 
sunsets; include provisions on marriage penalty relief; increasing per-child 
tax credit; estate tax relief; pension reform legislation; and permanent 
extension of the research credit; adjust the current law alternative minimum 
tax so that it does not disallow the benefits of the tax reductions in the 
bill; shall be designed so that its revenue loss and associated debt service 
costs for each fiscal year do not exceed the projected non-Social Security/
non-Medicare surplus for such fiscal year; and provides benefits to every 
family with children that has income or payroll tax liability with inflation 
adjustments so that the benefits do no erode over time by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 198 yeas to 210 nays, Roll No. 146.
Pages H2646-54
Presidential Message--Prohibiting the Importation of Diamonds From Liberia: 
Read a message from the President wherein he announced that he has issued an 
Executive Order that prohibits the importation into the United States of all 
rough diamonds from Liberia, whether or not such diamonds originated in 
Liberia--referred to the Committee on International Relations and ordered 
printed (H. Doc. 107-75).
  Page H2656
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appears on pages 
H2573 and H2645.
Referrals: S. Con. Res. 41 was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure.
  Page H2673
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and eleven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H2607-08, H2608, H2608-09, H2609-10, H2610, H2610-11, H2628, H2628-29, 
H2629, H2634, H2644-45, and H2654. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:59 p.m.