[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D3-D4]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 3611-3621; and 6 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 299-300, and H. Res. 330-333 were introduced.
                                                           Pages H35-36
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 334, providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1762) to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest 
rates for student and parent borrowers, to extend current law with 
respect to special allowances for lenders (H. Rept. 107-354). 
                                                               Page H35
Convening of the Second Session of the One Hundred Seventh Congress: 
The Speaker called the House to order and ascertained the presence of a 
quorum (347 present, Roll No. 1).                            
  Pages H1-2
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of today.                                              
  Page H2
Committee to Notify the President that a Quorum of Each House Has 
Assembled: The House agreed to H. Res. 331, authorizing the Speaker to 
appoint a committee to join with a committee on the part of the Senate 
to notify the President that a quorum of each House has assembled, and 
Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased 
to make. Subsequently, the Speaker appointed Majority Leader Armey and 
Minority Leader Gephardt to the Committee. Later, the Committee 
reported to the House that the President had been notified.     
  Page H2
Notifying the Senate that a Quorum of the House is Present: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 332, to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House 
is present and that the House is ready to proceed with business. 
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Hour of Meeting: The House agreed to H. Res. 333, establishing the hour 
of daily meeting of the House.                                  
  Page H3
State of the Union Message Tuesday, January 29: The House agreed to H. 
Con. Res. 299, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a 
message from the President on the state of the Union on Tuesday, 
January 29, 2002 at 9 p.m.                                      
  Page H3
Morning House Debate: Agreed by unanimous consent to authority for 
morning-hour debate on legislative days of Monday and Tuesday. 
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Extension of Remarks: Agreed by unanimous consent to authority for 
Members to extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the 
Congressional Record.                                           
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Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: The Speaker appointed 
Representative Everett to the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence on Tuesday, January 22, 2002.                      
  Page H4
National Council on the Arts: Read a letter from the Minority Leader 
wherein he announced his appointment of Ms. Betty McCollum of Minnesota 
to the National Council on the Arts.                            
  Page H4
Presidential Message--National Emergency re Risk of Nuclear 
Proliferation: Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted 
a 6-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the 
risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-
usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation that 
was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000--referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 107-
174).                                                           
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First Sponsor: Agreed that Representative Jeff Miller of Florida will 
hereafter be considered as first sponsor of H.R. 548, to amend title 
10, United States Code, to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan 
basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older for the purpose of 
adding cosponsors and requesting reprints. The bill was originally 
introduced by former Representative Scarborough of Florida. 
                                                             Pages H5-6
Election of Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi of California: Minority Leader 
Gephardt announced the election of Representative Pelosi to the 
position of Minority Whip.                                     
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures. Earlier, agreed by unanimous consent that the 
Speaker be authorized to entertain motions to suspend the rules on 
these measures today:                                           
  Page H3
  Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act: Agreed to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 700, to reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation 
Act of 1997 (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 349 yeas to 23 nays, 
Roll No. 2)--clearing the measure for the President; 
                                                     Pages H6-7, H15-16
  Tumacacori National Historical Park, Arizona Boundary Revision: H.R. 
2234, amended, to revise the boundary of the Tumacacori National 
Historical Park in the State of Arizona (agreed to by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 356 yeas to 14 nays, Roll No. 3) and         
  Pages H7-9, H16-17
  Benefits of Mentoring: H. Res. 330, expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives regarding the benefits of mentoring.     
  Pages H9-15
Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate appear on page H2.
Referrals: S. 392, S. 1099, S. 1400, S. 1834, S. 1858, and S. 1888 were 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; S. 990 was referred to the 
Committee on Resources; S. 1622 and S. 1637 were referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; S. 1803 was referred to 
the Committee on International Relations; S. 1864 was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce; S. 1214, 1608, S.J. Res. 12, S. Con. 
Res. 90 and S. Con. Res. 92 were held at the desk.         
  Pages H28-29
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 1) and two yea-and-nay 
votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on 
pages H1, H15-16, and H16-17.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 4:04 p.m.