[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1112-D1113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 3240-32; and 6 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 73; H. Con. Res. 264-265, and H. Res. 278, 280-281 were 
introduced.
  Pages H7908-09
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 279, waiving points of order against the conference report on 
H.R. 2620, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002, (H. Rept. 107-273).
Page H7908
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Shaw to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7855
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. John S. Reist, 
Jr., Professor of Christianity and Literature, Hillsdale College, 
Hillsdale, Michigan and Pastor of Somerset Congregational Church of 
Somerset, Michigan.
  Page H7855
Foreign Operations Appropriations--go to Conference: The House 
disagreed with the Senate amendment to H.R. 2506, making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and agreed to a conference. 
Appointed as conferees: Chairman Young of Florida and Representatives 
Kolbe, Callahan, Knollenberg, Kingston, Lewis of California, Wicker, 
Bonilla, Sununu, Obey, Lowey, Pelosi, Jackson of Illinois, Kilpatrick, 
and Rothman.
  Page H7859
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures that were debated on Nov. 6:

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  Radio Free Afghanistan: H.R. 2998, amended, to authorize the 
establishment of Radio Free Afghanistan (agreed to by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 405 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 429);
  Pages H7859-60
  Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse, Youngstown, Ohio: H.R. 852, to designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse to be constructed at 10 East 
Commerce Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Nathaniel R. Jones and 
Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and United States Courthouse'' 
(agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 430); and
  Pages H7860-61
  Preservation of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Laws: H. Con. 
Res. 262, expressing the sense of Congress that the President, at the 
WTO round of negotiations to be held at Doha, Qatar, from November 9-
13, 2001, and at any subsequent round of negotiations, should preserve 
the ability of the United States to enforce rigorously its trade laws 
and should ensure that United States exports are not subject to the 
abusive use of trade laws by other countries (agreed to by a yea-and-
nay vote of 410 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 432).
  Page H7877
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 278, electing 
Representative Lynch to the Committees on Government Reform and 
Veterans' Affairs.
  Page H7861
Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act: The House passed H.R. 
3167, to endorse the vision of further enlargement of the NATO Alliance 
articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former 
President William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 372 yeas to 46 nays, Roll No. 431.
  Pages H7865-77
  Earlier, the House agreed to H. Res. 277, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by voice vote.
Pages H7861-65
Recess: The House recessed at 1:55 p.m. and reconvened at 4:36 p.m. 
                                                             Page H7882
Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations--Motion to Instruct Conferees: 
Representative Rohrabacher gave notice of his intent to offer a motion 
to instruct conferees on 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, to insist on 
the language contained in Section 626 of the House-passed bill and 
Section 623 of the Senate amendment, prohibiting the use of funds in 
the bill by the Justice Department or the State Department to file a 
motion in any court opposing a civil action against any Japanese person 
or corporation for compensation or reparations in which the plaintiff 
alleges that, as an American prisoner of war during World War II, he or 
she was used as slave or force labor.
  Page H7894
Senate messages: Messages received from the Senate appear on pages 
H7855, H7880-81, H7907-08.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H7859-60, H7860-61, 
H7876-77, H7877. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:36 p.m.