[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 29 public bills, H.R. 3639-3667; 1 private bill, 
H.R. 3668; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 309-310, and H. Res. 336-341 
were introduced.                                          
  Pages H103-05
Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Capito to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                         
  Page H83
Recess: The House recessed at 1:07 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                               Page H87
Presidential Message--Destruction of Japanese Chemical Weapons 
Abandoned During World War II in China: Read a message from the 
President wherein he reported that it is in the national interest to 
terminate the suspensions under section 902 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246) 
insofar as such suspensions pertain to the export of defense articles 
or defense services in support of efforts by the Government of Japan to 
destroy Japanese chemical weapons abandoned during World War II in the 
People's Republic of China--referred to the Committee on International 
Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 107-177).               
  Page H87
Late Reports Committee on Science: The Committee on Science received 
permission to have until midnight on Thursday, January 31 to file 
reports to accompany H.R. 3400, Networking and Information Technology 
Research Advancement Act and H.R. 3394, Cyber Security Research and 
Development Act.                                               
  Page H88
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Honoring the Life of Dave Thomas: H. Res. 336, honoring the life of 
Rex David ``Dave'' Thomas and expressing the deepest condolences of the 
House of Representatives to his family on his death; and   
  Pages H88-92
  Recognizing the Contributions of Catholic Schools: H. Res. 335, 
honoring the contributions of Catholic schools (agreed to by a yea-and-
nay vote of 388 yeas with none voting ``nay'' and 1 voting ``present,'' 
Roll No. 5).                                       
  Pages H92-96, H97-98
Recess: The House recessed at 2:57 p.m. and reconvened at 5 p.m. 
                                                               Page H96
Committee Election--Armed Services: The House agreed to H. Res. 337, 
electing Representative Wilson of South Carolina to the Committee on 
Armed Services.                                                
  Page H96
Conditional Adjournment or Recess of the Senate and House: The House 
agreed to S. Con. Res. 95, providing for a conditional adjournment or 
recess of the Senate and a conditional adjournment of the House of 
Representatives until Monday, February 4.                  
  Pages H96-97
Meeting Hour--Tuesday, February 5: Agreed that when the House adjourns 
on Monday, February 4, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
February 5, for morning hour debate.                           
  Page H97
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, February 6.                             
  Page H97
Recess: The House recessed at 5:30 p.m. and reconvened at 8:51 p.m. for 
the purpose of receiving in Joint Session the President of the United 
States.                                                        
  Page H98
President Bush's State of the Union Message: President George W. Bush 
delivered his State of the Union message to a joint session of 
Congress. He was escorted into the House Chamber by a committee 
comprised of Representatives Armey, DeLay, Watts of Oklahoma, Cox of 
California, Pryce, Biggert, Gephardt, Pelosi, Frost, Menendez, and 
Millender-McDonald and Senators Daschle, Reid of Nevada, Mikulski, 
Dorgan, Kerry, Rockefeller, Murray, Durbin, Boxer, Breaux, Lott, 
Nickles, Hutchison of Texas, Craig, Frist, Gramm of Texas, McConnell, 
and Collins. The President's message was referred to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered printed as a 
House Document (H. Doc. 107-157).                        
  Pages H98-H101
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H83.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appears on page H97. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and at 10:08 p.m, pursuant to 
the provisions of S. Con. Res. 95, the House stands adjourned until 
noon on Monday, February 4, 2002.