[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D602-D604]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced:  17 public bills, H.R. 2246-2262; and 9 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 53; H. Con. Res. 167-171, and H. Res. 173-175, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H3356-58
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 174, providing for consideration of H.R. 2217, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002 (H. Rept. 107-106). 
                                                             Page H3356
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Shays to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
                                                             Page H3263
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rabbi 
Rafael G. Grossman, Senior Rabbi, Baron Hirsch Synagogue of Memphis, 
Tennessee.                                                   
  Page H3263
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Manufactured Housing Program Fees: S. 1029, to clarify the authority 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development with respect to the 
use of fees during fiscal year 2001 for the manufactured Housing 
program--clearing the measure for the President;         
  Pages H3265-66
  American Youth Day: H. Res. 124, recognizing the importance of 
children in the United States and supporting the goals and ideas of 
American Youth Day (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 424 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 171).               
  Pages H3267-71, H3291
  Native American Contributions to American History, Culture, and 
Education: H. Res. 168, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the Nation's schools should Honor Native Americans 
for their contributions to American History, culture, and education; 
                                                         Pages H3271-77
  M. Caldwell Butler Post Office, Roanoke, Virginia: H.R. 1753, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
419 Rutherford Avenue, N.E., in Roanoke, Virginia, as the ``M. Caldwell 
Butler Post Office Building;''                           
  Pages H3277-78
  Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina Ohio: H.R. 819, to designate 
the Federal building located at 143 West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, 
as the ``Donald J. Pease Federal Building;'' and         
  Pages H3278-80
  National Book Festival: S. Con. Res. 41, authorizing the use of the 
Capitol grounds for the National Book Festival.          
  Pages H3280-81
Recess: The House recessed at 12 noon and reconvened at 1:01 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3281
Consideration as First Sponsor: Agreed that Representative McGovern be 
considered as first sponsor of H.R. 1594, Foreign Military Training 
Responsibility Act, for the purposes of adding cosponsors and 
requesting reprints pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII. The bill was 
originally introduced by the late Honorable Joe Moakley of 
Massachusetts.                                               
  Page H3291
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001: The House passed 
H.R. 2216, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001 by a yea-and-nay vote of 341 yeas to 87 nays, 
Roll No. 176.                                         
  Pages H3291-H3348
  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report it back with amendments to 
strike the rescission of $389.2 million from FEMA's disaster Relief 
Fund while complying with all applicable budget constraints by a 
recorded vote of 209 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 175.     
Pages H3346-48
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment printed in Part A of H. Rept. 
107-105 that deletes the Employment and Training Administration 
Training and Employment Services rescission was considered as adopted. 
                                                             Page H3301
Agreed To:
  Knollenberg amendment that makes $12 million available from local 
funds to the District of Columbia Public Schools for the 2001 summer 
school program;                                          
Pages H3319-20
  Visclosky amendment that makes $23.7 million available from the 
National Nuclear Security Administration to the Corps of Engineers for 
safety, reliability, and efficiency purposes; and            
Page H3323
  Traficant amendment that prohibits any funding to persons or entities 
who have been convicted of violating the ``Buy American Act.'' 
                                                             Page H3344
Rejected:
  DeFazio amendment no. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
19 that sought to reduce Air Force Operation and Maintenance funding 
for aircraft logistics support by $24.5 million (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 30 ayes to 376 noes, Roll No. 172);    
Pages H3303-04, H3344-45
  Kucinich amendment no. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
19 that sought to reduce

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Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funding for the 
airborne laser program by $55 million;                   
Pages H3305-07
  Obey amendment that sought to make $30.5 million available from the 
IRS for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (rejected by 
a recorded vote of 212 ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 173); and 
                                                  Pages H3331-35, H3345
  Toomey amendment printed in Part B of H. Rept. 107-105 that sought to 
eliminate the FEMA rescission of $389.2 million and enact a 0.33% 
reduction on all FY 2001 non-defense discretionary funding (rejected by 
a recorded vote of 65 ayes to 362 noes, Roll No. 174. 
                                               Pages H3337-40, H3345-46
Withdrawn:
  Skelton amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought 
to increase Department of Defense funding by $2.7 billion; 
                                                         Pages H3307-10
  Crowley amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought 
to make $25 million available from Army Operation and Maintenance 
Funding for the Magnet School Assistance Program; and    
Pages H3328-29
  Jackson-Lee amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to make $50 million available for FEMA disaster relief. 
                                                         Pages H3330-31
Points of Order Sustained:
  Against the Pelosi amendment that sought to require that FERC issue a 
two year order establishing cost-of-service-based rates for electric 
energy sold at wholesale for use in the Western United States; 
                                                         Pages H3310-15
  Against the Farr amendment that sought to authorize the Secretary of 
Energy to make direct loans and loan guarantees to improve existing 
electric power transmission systems within the United States; 
                                                         Pages H3315-18
  Against the Filner amendment that sought to establish a maximum price 
for wholesale sales of electricity and provide for the refund of prices 
paid in excess of the maximum;                           
Pages H3321-22
  Against the Jackson-Lee amendment that sought to increase disaster 
relief funding to India by $100 million;                 
Pages H3322-23
  Against the DeLauro amendment that sought to make $600 million 
available for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, authorize 
advance appropriations for FY 2002, and reduce the FEMA funding 
rescission by $300 million;                              
Pages H3324-27
  Against Sanders amendment no. 3 printed in the Congressional Record 
of June 19 that sought to authorize advance FY 2002 appropriations of 
$2 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; 
                                                         Pages H3327-28
  Against the Engel amendment that sought to make available $300 
million for public housing energy costs;                 
Pages H3335-36
  Against the Bentsen amendment that sought to strike the FEMA Disaster 
Relief rescission of $389.2 million; and                 
Pages H3340-42
  Against the Baird amendment that sought to make available $100 
million to establish an education energy assistance program for schools 
that reduce power consumption by at least 10 percent and have power 
rates that have increased at least 20 percent over the previous 
academic year.                                           
Pages H3342-43
  H. Res. 171, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 170. 
Agreed to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas 
to 205 nays, Roll No. 169.                               
Pages H3281-91
Debate Limitation on Amendments to Supplemental Appropriations Act: 
Agreed by unanimous consent that debate on the following amendments to 
H.R. 2216, and any amendments thereto, be limited to the time 
specified, and that debate may occur pending the reservation of a point 
of order on each amendment: Pelosi amendment, for 30 minutes; Farr 
amendment, for 20 minutes; DeLauro amendment, 20 minutes; Visclosky, 
for 20 minutes; Bentsen amendment, for 20 minutes; and Skelton 
amendment, for 20 minutes. Similarly, agreed to debate the Toomey 
amendment printed in Part B of H. Rept. 107-105, for 20 minutes and 
Obey amendment, for 30 minutes.                              
  Page H3302
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Hayworth 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 
                                                             Page H3348
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 175, electing 
Representative Hayworth to the Committee on Resources.   
  Pages H3348-49
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3263.
Referrals: S. 657 was referred to the committee on Agriculture and S. 
Con. Res. 35 and S. Con. Res. 42 were referred to the Committee on 
International Relations.                                     
  Page H3355
Amendments: Amendments ordered pursuant to the rule appear on pages 
H3359-60.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appears on 
pages H3289-90, H3290-91, H3291, H3344-45, H3345, H3345-46, H3347-48, 
and H3348. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:00 p.m.

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