[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D633-D634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 7 public bills, H.R. 4954-4960; and 3 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 99; H. Con. Res. 421, and H. Res. 448, were introduced. 
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3400, to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2003 through 2007 for the 
coordinated Federal program on networking and information technology 
research and development, amended (H. Rept. 107-511);
  H.R. 3558, to protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, 
and their natural habitats on Federal lands through cooperative, 
incentive-based grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful 
nonnative species, amended (H. Rept. 107-512);
  H.R. 3942, to adjust the boundary of the John Muir National Historic 
Site (H. Rept. 107-513);
  H. Res. 446, providing for consideration of H.R. 3389, to reauthorize 
the National Sea Grant College Program Act (H. Rept. 107-514);
  H. Res. 447, providing for consideration of H.R. 1979, to amend title 
49, United States Code, to provide assistance for the reconstruction of 
certain air traffic control towers (H. Rept. 107-515);
  H.R. 3951, to provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for 
insured depository institutions, amended (H. Rept. 107-516, Pt. 1); and
  H. Res. 449, to establish the Select Committee on Homeland Security 
(H. Rept. 107-517).
Pages H3667-68
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Pence to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:20 p.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Private Calendar: Agreed to dispense with the call of the Private 
Calendar of Tuesday, June 18.
  Page H3611
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Native American including Sioux, Comanche, and Choctaw Code Talkers 
Recognition Act: H.R. 3250, amended, to authorize the President to 
present a gold medal on behalf of Congress to the Sioux Indians who 
served as Sioux Code Talkers during World War II in recognition of 
their service to the Nation. Agreed to amend the title so as to read: 
``A bill to authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of 
Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign 
conflicts in which the United States was involved during the 20th 
Century in recognition of their service to the Nation.''; 
                                                         Pages H3613-17
  Ron Packard Post Office, Oceanside, California: H.R. 4794, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1895 Avenida Del Oro in Oceanside, California, as the ``Ronald C. 
Packard Post Office Building'' (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 418 
yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 234);
  Pages H3618-20, H3632
  Jim Fonteno Post Office, Pasadena, Texas: H.R. 4717, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1199 Pasadena 
Boulevard in Pasadena, Texas, as the ``Jim Fonteno Post Office 
Building'' (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 415 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 235); and
  Pages H3620-22, H3632-33
  Honoring Col. Aaron Bank, Father of the Special Forces and the 50th 
Anniversary of the Army Special Forces: H. Con. Res. 364, amended, 
recognizing the historic significance of the 50th anniversary of the 
founding of the United States Army Special Forces and honoring the 
``Father of the Special Forces'', Colonel Aaron Bank (United States 
Army,

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retired) of Mission Viejo, California, for his role in establishing the 
Army Special Forces.
  Pages H3635-39
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act: The House agreed to the Ose motion 
to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 327, to amend chapter 35 of 
title 44, United States Code, for the purpose of facilitating 
compliance by small businesses with certain Federal paperwork 
requirements and to establish a task force to examine the feasibility 
of streamlining paperwork requirements applicable to small businesses, 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 
233--clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages H3623-32
  Agreed to H. Res. 444, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the Senate amendments by voice vote.
Pages H3622-23
Motion to Instruct Conferees: Representative Hastings of Florida 
announced his intention to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 
3295, Help America Vote Act, to (1) insist upon the provisions 
contained in section 504(a) of the House bill (relating to the 
effective date for the Federal minimum standards for State election 
systems); and (2) to disagree to the provisions contained in section 
104(b) of the Senate amendment to the House bill (relating to a safe 
harbor from the enforcement of the Federal minimum standards for State 
election systems for States receiving Federal funds under the bill). 
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Terrorist Bombings Convention Implementation Act: The House agreed to 
the Senate amendment to H.R. 3275, to implement the International 
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings to strengthen 
criminal laws relating to attacks on places of public use, to implement 
the International Convention of the Suppression of the Financing of 
Terrorism, to combat terrorism and defend the Nation against terrorist 
acts clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages H3633-35
Presidential Message--Department of Homeland Security: Read a letter 
from the President wherein he transmitted to the Congress proposed 
legislation to create a new Cabinet Department of Homeland Security--
referred to the Union Calendar and ordered printed (H. Doc. 107-227). 
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Auction Reform Act of 2002: The House agreed to the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 4560, to eliminate the deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum 
previously allocated to television broadcasting, clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Pages H3660-61
Recess: The House recessed at 7:11 p.m. and reconvened at 9:02 p.m. 
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Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3659.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H3631-32, H3632, and 
H3633. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:03 p.m.