[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 27 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D213-D214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 3924-3949; 1 private bill, 
H.R. 3950; and; 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 85; H. Con. Res. 345-348, and 
H. Res. 364-365 were introduced.                          
  Pages H832-33
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2341, to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of 
interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members 
and defendants, to outlaw certain practices that provide inadequate 
settlements for class members, to assure that attorneys do not receive 
a disproportionate amount of settlements at the expense of class 
members, to provide for clearer and simpler information in class action 
settlement notices, to assure prompt consideration of interstate class 
actions, to amend title 28, United States Code, and to allow the 
application of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to 
interstate class actions, amended (H. Rept. 107-370);
  A Citizens's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the 
Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records (H. Rept. 107-371);
  H.R. 1712, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make minor 
adjustments to the boundary of the National Park of American Samoa to 
include certain portions of the islands of Ofu and Olosega within the 
park, amended (H. Rept. 107-372);
  H.R. 2146, to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide 
life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against 
children, amended (H. Rept. 107-373).
  H. Res. 366, providing for consideration of H.R. 2146, to amend title 
18 of the United States Code to provide life imprisonment for repeat 
offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H. Rept. 107-374); 
and
  H. Res. 367, providing for consideration of H.R. 2341, to amend the 
procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
28, United States Code, and to allow the application of the principles 
of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions (H. Rept. 
107-375).                                                     
Page H832
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Ballenger to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                        
  Page H787
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Dr. David 
F. Russell, National Chaplain of the American Legion, Spotsylvania, 
Virginia.                                                 
  Pages H791-92
Recess: The House recessed at 1:03 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                              Page H791
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002: H.R. 2175, to protect 
infants who are born alive;                      
  Pages H787-88, H792-97
  Enhanced Border Security Act: H. Res. 365, providing for the 
concurrence by the House with amendments in the amendment of the Senate 
to H.R. 1885, to expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for 
adjustment of status under section 245(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act by extending the deadline for classification petition 
and labor certification filings. The title was amended so as to read 
``An Act to enhance the border security of the United States, and for 
other purposes.'' (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 275 yeas to 137 
nays, Roll No. 53);                               
  Pages H797-H810, H817
  District of Columbia College Access Act Technical Corrections: H. 
Res. 364, providing for the concurrence of the House with amendment in 
the Senate amendments to H.R. 1499, to amend the District of Columbia 
College Access Act of 1999 to permit individuals who graduated from a 
secondary school prior to 1998 and individuals who enroll in an 
institution of higher education more than 3 years after graduating from 
a secondary school to participate in the tuition assistance programs 
under such Act (The title was amended by the Senate so as to read: ``An 
act to amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to 
permit individuals who enroll in an institution of higher education 
more than 3 years after graduating from a secondary school and 
individuals who attend private historically black colleges and 
universities nationwide to participate in the tuition assistance 
programs under such Act, and for other purposes.''); and 
                                                          Pages H810-13
  100th anniversary of the Bureau of the Census: H. Con. Res. 339, 
expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Bureau of the Census 
on the 100th anniversary of its establishment.            
  Pages H813-16

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Recess: The House recessed at 3:57 and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                              Page H816
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Payments to Cuba: Message wherein he transmitted a semiannual report 
detailing payments made to Cuba as a result of the provision of 
telecommunications services pursuant to Department of the Treasury 
specific licenses--referred to the Committee on International 
Relations; and                                                
  Page H816
  Agreement between the United States and Australia on Social Security: 
Message wherein he transmitted the agreement between the United States 
and Australia on Social Security signed at Canberra on September 27, 
2001--referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered printed 
(H. Doc. 107-186).                                            
  Page H816
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on page H817. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 9:10 p.m.