[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D422-D423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 4626-4639; and 6 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 393-394 and H. Res. 405-408, were introduced.
                                                         Pages H2018-19
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  Conference report on H.R. 2646, to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2011 (H. Rept. 107-424);
  H.J. Res. 87, approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the 
development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive 
waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act 
of 1982 (H. Rept. 107-425);
  H. Res. 403, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 2646, to provide for the continuation of agricultural 
programs through fiscal year 2011 (H. Rept. 107-426); and
  H. Res. 404, providing for consideration of motions to suspend the 
rules (H. Rept. 107-427).
Page H2018
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Gutknecht to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H1771
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Jim 
Congdon, Pastor of the Topeka Bible Church, Topeka, Kansas. 
                                                             Page H1771
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act: The House passed H.R. 2871, to 
reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States by voice vote. 
Subsequently, the House passed S. 1372, a similar Senate-passed bill, 
after amending it to contain the text of H.R. 2871, as passed the 
House; and H.R. 2871 was laid on the table.
  Page H1887-H1985
  The House insisted on its amendment, asked for a conference with the 
Senate, and appointed as conferees from the Committee of Financial 
Services: Chairman Oxley and Representatives Bereuter, Toomey, Gary 
Miller of California, LaFalce, and Sanders. And from the Committee on 
Government Reform for consideration of section 7 of the Senate bill, 
and modifications committed to conference: Chairman Burton and 
Representatives Horn and Waxman.
Page H1985
  Agreed to the Committee on Financial Services amendment in the nature 
of a substitute now printed in the bill, H. Rept. 107-292, and made in 
order by the rule.
Page H1984
Agreed To:
  Bereuter amendment No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 107-423 that specifies 
that the Export-Import Bank in consultation with the Department of the 
Treasury will set the principles, processes, and standards of the Tied 
Aid Credit Fund commonly known as the ``Tied Aid War Chest'' and 
revises various processes of the fund;
Pages H1778-79, H1790-91
  Kucinich amendment No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 107-423 that requires 
applicants for assistance to disclose whether they have violated the 
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and further requires the bank to maintain 
a list of persons who have violated the law; and
Pages H1792-93
  Schakowsky amendment No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 107-423 that expresses 
the sense of the Congress that the bank should review an assessment of 
the potential human rights impact of proposed projects that are worth 
$10 million or more.
Pages H1982-83
Rejected:
  Sanders amendment No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 107-423 that sought to 
require companies seeking or receiving assistance to provide annual 
reports on workforce numbers and compensation and to prohibit 
assistance to those who lay off a greater percentage of U.S. workers 
than they lay off in foreign countries (rejected by a recorded vote of 
135 ayes to 283 noes, Roll No. 120).
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Withdrawn:
  DeFazio amendment No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 107-423 was offered but 
subsequently withdrawn that sought to ban assistance for projects 
involving the privatization of a government-held industry or sector 
when conditions relating to transparent implementation, worker and 
investor protections, and regulatory processes to ensure the 
functioning of competitive markets are not met.
Pages H1791-92
  The Clerk was authorized to make technical corrections and conforming 
changes in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H1984
  H. Res. 402, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote.
Pages H1773-76
Suspension--International Development Funds: The House agreed to 
suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2604, to authorize the United States to 
participate in and contribute to the seventh replenishment of the 
resources of the Asian Development Fund and the fifth replenishment of 
the resources of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, 
and to set forth additional policies of the United States towards the 
African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian 
Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
  Pages H1986-90
Motion to Instruct Conferees--Violence Against Women Office: By a yea-
and-nay vote of 416 yeas to 3 nays, roll No. 121, agreed to the DeGette 
motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2215, 21st Century Department of 
Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, to agree to title IV of the 
Senate amendment (establishing A Violence Against Women Office); and 
insist upon section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968, as added by section 402 of the House bill (establishing 
duties and functions of the director of the Violence Against Women 
Office).
  Pages H1990-97
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on pages 
H1985-86.
Referrals: S. 1721 and S. Con. Res. 102 were held at the desk.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and one recorded vote during 
the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H1984 and H1996-
97. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:55 p.m.