[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D948-D949]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 5395-5405; 3 private bills, 
H.R. 5406-5408; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 471 and H. Res. 533-
537, were introduced.                                    
  Pages H6372-74
Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Eric Anthony Joseph, 
Chaplain and Dean of Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma. 
                                                             Page H6305
Suspensions: The House completed debate on the following motions to 
suspend the rules. Further proceedings were postponed until Thursday, 
Sept. 19:
  Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: H. 
Res. 523, recognizing the contributions of historically Black colleges 
and universities; and                                    
  Pages H6307-15
  Achievements and Contributions of the Negro Baseball Leagues: H. Con. 
Res. 337, recognizing the teams and players of the Negro Baseball 
Leagues for their achievements, dedication, sacrifices, and 
contributions to baseball and the Nation.                
  Pages H6315-18

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Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act: The House passed H.R. 1701, to 
amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful 
disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including 
disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide 
certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements by a 
recorded vote of 215 ayes to 201 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 395.                                                 
  Pages H6320-41
  Rejected the Waters motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Financial Services with instructions that the committee report it back 
forthwith with an amendment that strikes provisions that preempt State 
laws that regulate a rental-purchase agreement as a form of consumer 
credit or requires the disclosure of a percentage rate calculation by a 
recorded vote of 190 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 394.     
Pages H6339-41
  Agreed to the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Financial Services, as amended by the amendment 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill 
(H. Rept. 107-590, Part II).                                 
Page H6339
Rejected:
  LaFalce Amendment No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 107-661 that sought to 
incorporate the standard for limiting the total purchase price of 
rental-purchase merchandise from New York, Ohio, and Nebraska state 
law, and establish a process for determining standards in regulation 
for determining the cash price of rental-purchase merchandise (rejected 
by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 392); and 
                                               Pages H6332-35, H6337-38
  Waters Amendment No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 107-661 that sought to 
prohibit the shifting of liability for loss, damage, or destruction of 
the property subject to rental-purchase agreement to the consumer with 
the liability remaining with the merchant (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 157 ayes to 255 noes, Roll No. 393).        
Pages H6335-37, H6338-39
  Agreed to H. Res. 528, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the bill by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 178 nays, Roll No. 391. 
                                                         Pages H6318-20
Motion to Instruct Conferees--Help America Vote Act: The House 
completed debate on the Waters motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 
3295, Help America Vote Act, to take such actions as may be appropriate 
to ensure that a conference report is filed on the bill prior to 
October 1, 2002. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed until 
Thursday, Sept. 19.                                      
  Pages H6342-48
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6305.
Referral: S. 210 was referred to the Committees on Resources and Energy 
and Commerce. S. 1344 and S. 2017 were held at the desk.     
  Page H6371
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H6320, H6338, H6338-39, H6340-41, and H6341. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 8:20 p.m.