[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D725-D728]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 2459, 2540-2561; and 5 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 187-188 and H. Res. 200-202, were introduced.
                                                         Pages H4215-16
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.J. Res. 50, disapproving the extension of the waiver authority 
contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to 
the People's Republic of China (Adverse, H. Rept. 107-145); and
  H. Res. 199, providing for consideration of H.R. 2506, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 107-146).                                 
Page H4215
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative LaHood to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H4117
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. H. 
Warren Casiday, Emanuel Reformed United Church of Christ of 
Thomasville, North Carolina.                                 
  Page H4117
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of 
Tuesday, July 17 by a yea-and-nay vote of 372 yeas to 47 nays with 1 
voting ``present,'' Roll No. 236.                 
  Pages H4117, H4120-21
No Child Left Behind Act--Go to Conference: The House disagreed to the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 1, to close the achievement gap with 
accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left 
behind and agreed to a conference by a yea-and-nay vote of 424 yeas to 
5 nays, Roll No. 237. Appointed as conferees: Chairman Boehner and 
Representatives

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Petri, Roukema, McKeon, Castle, Graham, Hilleary, Isakson, George 
Miller of California, Kildee, Owens, Mink of Hawaii, Andrews, and 
Roemer.                                                  
  Pages H4121-30
  Agreed to table the Baldacci motion that sought to instruct conferees 
to fully fund part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Act by a 
recorded vote of 296 ayes to 126 noes, Roll No. 238.     
Pages H4129-30
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Appropriations, 2002: The 
House passed H.R. 2500, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002 by a yea-and-nay vote of 408 
yeas to 19 nays, Roll No. 248. The House began consideration of the 
bill on July 17.                                      
  Pages H4130-H4202
Agreed To:
  Maloney of New York amendment No. 27 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 that makes available $2.5 million from Bureau of 
Census program funding to plan for the counting of Americans living 
abroad in the 2010 decennial census;                     
Pages H4132-33
  Velazquez amendment No. 39 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17 that increases Small Business Administration funding by $17 
million for the 7(a) business loan, Prime, and Business Link programs 
with offsets from Commerce and State Department administrative 
accounts;                                                
Pages H4142-47
  DeLay amendment No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record of July 17 
that prohibits the payment of any compensation to the People's Republic 
of China for reimbursement of the costs associated with the detention 
of the crew members of the Navy EP-3 aircraft or costs associated with 
the return of the aircraft to the United States (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 424 ayes to 6 noes, Roll No. 241); 
                                               Pages H4147-49, H4165-66
  Traficant amendment No. 38 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17 that prohibits funding to any person or entity that has been 
convicted of violating the Buy American Act;             
Pages H4155-58
  Oxley amendment No. 34 printed in the Congressional Record of July 17 
that strikes language in order to reduce SEC fees in a comprehensive 
manner consistent with H.R. 1088, Investor and Capital Markets Fee 
Relief Act, as passed the House;                         
Pages H4158-59
  Manzullo amendment No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
16 that increases Small Business Investment Corporation loan guarantee 
commitments from $4.1 billion to the levels established by section 
20(h)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act;                   
Pages H4159-61
  Olver amendment No. 33 printed in the Congressional Record of July 17 
that strikes Section 623 that prohibits funding for the implementation 
of the Kyoto Protocol;                                       
Page H4161
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment No. 20 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 that prohibits funding to disallow states from 
participating in voluntary child safety gun lock programs;   
Page H4163
  Rohrabacher amendment No. 35 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17 that prohibits the Justice or State Departments from filing 
motions in any court opposing civil actions by American World War II 
prisoners of war, used as slave or forced labor, against Japanese 
persons or corporations for compensation or reparations. Earlier, a 
point of order raised against the Rohrabacher amendment was overruled 
by the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 395 ayes to 33 noes, Roll No. 243);       
Pages H4168-72, H4195
Rejected:
  Maloney of New York amendment No. 29 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 that sought to make available $500,000 from Bureau of 
Census program funding to produce a separate report on the data 
collected on the homeless during the 2000 census (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 209 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 239); 
                                                  Pages H4133-36, H4164
  Maloney of New York amendment No. 28 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 that sought to make available $2 million from Bureau 
of Census program funding to create a report that augments Hispanic 
origin data from the 2000 census (rejected by a recorded vote of 215 
ayes to 215 noes, Roll No. 240);               
Pages H4137-41, H4164-65
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment No. 21 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 that sought to prohibit the deportation of aliens for 
convictions of crimes if specified plea agreements were executed before 
April 1, 1997 or if discretionary relief under section 212(c) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act was requested after June 25, 2001 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 242 noes, Roll No. 242); 
                                                  Pages H4162-63, H4166
  Moran of Virginia amendment No. 30 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 that sought to prohibit the destruction of FBI 
records from the national instant criminal background check system 
within 90 days after the date the record is created (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 161 ayes to 268 noes, Roll No. 244); 
                                                  Pages H4172-75, H4196
  Paul amendment No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of July 16 
that sought to prohibit any funding for United States contributions to 
the United Nations or any affiliated agency (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 62 ayes to 364 noes, Roll No. 245);    
Pages H4175-77, H4196-97

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  Paul amendment No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of July 16 
that sought to prohibit any funding for United States contributions for 
United Nations peacekeeping operations (rejected by a recorded vote of 
71 ayes to 359 noes, Roll No. 246); and        
Pages H4177-78, H4197-98
  Waters amendment No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
16 that sought to prohibit United States Trade Representative funding 
to initiate a proceeding in the WTO pursuant to any provision of the 
Agreement of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 
challenging any law of a country that is not a member of the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 123 ayes to 306 noes, Roll No. 247). 
                                                  Pages H4181-87, H4198
Withdrawn:
  Hastings of Florida amendment No. 18 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
make available $250,000 for a grant to the city of Pahokee, Florida to 
assist in the dredging on the city marina;               
Pages H4136-37
  Roemer amendment No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of July 16 
was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought to designate the 
Department of Justice building as the ``Robert F. Kennedy Department of 
Justice Building;''                                      
Pages H4152-53
  Hinchey amendment No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
16 was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit the 
Justice Department from interfering with the implementation of laws in 
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, 
or Washington that authorize the use of medical marijuana in those 
States;                                                  
Pages H4189-93
  Bartlett amendment No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17 was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit any 
funding to implement recommendations adopted at the United Nations 
Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All 
Its Aspects; and                                         
Pages H4193-94
  Delahunt amendment No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17 was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit any 
funding after December 15, 2001 for the operation of the Office of 
Independent Counsel in the investigation designated ``In re: Henry G. 
Cisneros.''                                              
Pages H4194-95
  Point of Order Sustained Against:
  Herger amendment No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of July 16 
that sought to provide compensation to the water users of the Klamath 
Basin Reclamation Project;                               
Pages H4149-52
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment No. 19 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 that sought to make available $7.8 million to the 
State Department for legal representation for parents who are seeking 
the return of children abducted to or from the United States under the 
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction;
                                                         Pages H4153-55
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment No. 25 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17 that sought to make available $20 million to the INS 
for an alternative detention program for aliens who are not a danger to 
the community and are not likely to abscond;             
Pages H4161-62
  Waters amendment No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
16 that sought to prohibit United States Trade Representative funding 
to initiate a proceeding in the WTO challenging any law or policy of a 
developing country that promotes access to HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or 
medical technologies to the country;                     
Pages H4178-79
  Kucinich amendment No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
16 that sought to prohibit United States Trade Representative funding 
to initiate a proceeding in the WTO pursuant to any provision of the 
Agreement of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 
challenging any law of a country that is not a member of the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development relating to HIV/
AIDS pharmaceuticals; and                                
Pages H4179-81
  Wu amendment No. 40 printed in the Congressional Record of July 17 
that sought to prohibit funding to process applications under the 
Immigration and Nationality Act or any other immigration law submitted 
by or on behalf of an alien who has been involved in the harvesting of 
organs from executed prisoners who did not consent to such harvesting. 
                                                         Pages H4187-89
  H. Res. 192, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to on July 17.
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H4117.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H4217-19.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and ten recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H4120-21, H4129, H4129-30, H4164, H4165, H4165-66, H4166, H4195, H4196, 
H4196-97, H4197-98, H4198, and H4201-02. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:56 p.m.

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