[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1069-D1070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 3180-3188; 1 private bill, H.R. 
3179; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 255-256 and H. Res. 271, were 
introduced.
  Pages H7528-29
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2585, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of the feasibility of providing adequate upstream and downstream passage for 
fish at the Chiloquin Dam on the Sprague River, Oregon (H. Rept. 107-255);
  H.R. 1776, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the Buffalo Bayou National 
Heritage Area in west Houston, Texas, amended (H. Rept. 107-256);
  H.R. 483, regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, amended (H. 
Rept. 107-257);
  Conference report on H.R. 2311, making appropriations for energy and water 
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002 (H. Rept. 107-
258);
  Conference report on H.R. 2647, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002 (H. Rept. 107-259);
  H. Res. 272, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 2311, making appropriations for energy and water development 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002 (H. Rept. 107-260); and
  H. Res. 273, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 2647, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002 (H. Rept. 107-261). 
                                                    Pages H7418-H7525, H7528
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Culberson to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                                  Page H7359
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by Mr. Antoine Incashola, 
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Pablo, Montana.
  Page H7361
Recess: The House recessed at 12:51 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                                  Page H7361
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Extension of Refugee Status for Certain Vietnamese Refugees: H.R. 1840, 
amended, to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and 
daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees;
  Pages H7362-64
  Presentation of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: H. Con. Res. 
243, expressing the sense of the Congress that the Public Safety Officer 
Medal of Valor should be presented to the public safety officers who have 
perished and select other public safety officers who deserve special 
recognition for outstanding valor above and beyond the call of duty in the 
aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 
2001 (agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 409 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 408);
  Pages H7365-68, H7387-88
  Long-Term Care Security Act Amendments: H.R. 2559, to amend chapter 90 of 
title 5, United States Code, relating to Federal long-term care insurance 
(agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 406 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 409); 
                                                    Pages H7368-69, H7388-89
  Congratulating Barry Bonds on His Record Breaking Season: H. Res. 266, 
congratulating Barry Bonds on his spectacular, record-breaking season for 
the San Francisco Giants and Major League Baseball;
  Pages H7369-72
  Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: H.R. 2362, amended, to 
establish the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission;
  Pages H7372-74
  Norman Sisisky Post Office, Petersburg, Virginia: H.R. 2910, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3131 South 
Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia, as the ``Norman Sisisky Post Office 
Building'' (agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 405 yeas with none voting 
``nay,'' Roll No. 410);
  Pages H7375-79, H7389
  Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon: H.R. 483, 
amended, regarding

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the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the 
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
  Pages H7379-80
  Chiloquin Dam Fish Passage Feasibility Study: H.R. 2585, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the feasibility of providing 
adequate upstream and downstream passage for fish at the Chiloquin Dam on 
the Sprague River, Oregon;
  Pages H7380-81
  Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Study: H.R. 1776, amended, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in west 
Houston, Texas; and
  Pages H7382-83
  First Responder Death and Injuries at the World Trade Center and Pentagon: 
H. Con. Res. 233, expressing the profound sorrow of the Congress for the 
death and injuries suffered by first responders as they endeavored to save 
innocent people in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade 
Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 (agreed to by a yea and nay 
vote of 405 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 411). 
                                                       Pages H7383-87, H7390
Recess: The House recessed at 4:46 and reconvened at 6 p.m.
  Page H7387
Order of Business--Treasury, Postal Appropriations Conference Report: Agreed 
that it be in order at any time to consider the conference report on H.R. 
2590, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002; that 
all points of order against the conference report and against it's 
consideration be waived; and that the conference report be considered as 
read.
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:23 p.m. and reconvened at 7:11 a.m. on 
Wednesday, Oct. 31.
  Pages H7525, H7527
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate appears on page H7397.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 7:12 a.m. on 
Wednesday, Oct. 31.