[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 65 (Monday, May 20, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESEARCH, 
           EDUCATION AND BIO-TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2002

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
the ordering of the yeas and nays on the motion to suspend the rules 
and pass H.R. 3253, as amended, be vacated to the end that question be 
put de novo.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection the gentleman's request to 
vacate the yeas and nays on H.R. 3253 is granted and the Chair will put 
the question de novo.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 3253, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``A bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment within 
the Department of Veterans Affairs of improved emergency medical 
preparedness, research, and education programs to combat terrorism, and 
for other purposes.''.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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