[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 133 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1075-D1077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 46 public bills, H.R. 5596-5641; and 10 
resolutions, H.J. Res. 121-122; H. Con. Res. 508-510, and H. Res. 580-
584, were introduced.                                 
  Pages H7892-H7894
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2003 (H. 
Rept. 107-738);
  H. Res. 580, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 122, making 
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, (H. Rept. 
107-739); and
  H.R. 5605, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2003 (H. Rept. 107-740).           
Page H7892
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Won 
Sang Lee, the Korean Central Presbyterian Church of Vienna, Virginia. 
                                                             Page H7739
Use of Force Against Iraq: The House passed H.J. Res. 114, to authorize 
the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq (H. Rept. 721) by a 
yea and nay vote of 296 yeas to 133 nays, Roll No. 455. The joint 
resolution was also considered on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9.     
  Pages H7739-99
  Rejected the Kucinich motion that sought to recommit the joint 
resolution to the Committee on International Relations with 
instructions to report it back to the House forthwith with an amendment 
that requires a report form the President that includes estimates of 
costs associated with military action against Iraq before action is 
taken by a yea and nay vote of 101 yeas to 325 nays, Roll No. 454. 
                                                         Pages H7796-99
Rejected:
  Lee amendment in the nature of a substitute no. 1 and printed in H. 
Rept. 107-724 that sought to have the United States work through the 
United Nations to resolve the matter of ensuring that Iraq is not 
developing weapons of mass destruction through weapons inspections, 
negotiations, and other peaceful means (rejected by a yea and nay vote 
of 72 yeas to 355 nays, Roll No. 452; and                
Pages H7739-51
  Spratt amendment in the nature of a substitute no. 2 and printed in 
H. Rept. 107-724 that sought to authorize the President to use U.S. 
armed forces pursuant to any resolution of the United Nations Security 
Council adopted after September 12, 2002 that provides for the 
elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (rejected by a yea 
and nay vote of 155 yeas to 270 nays, Roll No. 453.      
Pages H7769-51
  H. Res. 574, the rule that is providing for the consideration of the 
joint resolution was agreed to on Oct. 8.
DOD Appropriations Conference Report: The House agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 5010, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003 by 
a yea and nay vote of 409 yeas to 14 nays, Roll No. 457. 
                                                      Pages H7799-H7812
  Agreed to H. Res. 579, the rule waiving points of order against the 
conference report by a yea and nay vote of 374 yeas to 37 nays, Roll 
No. 456.                                              
Pages H7799-H7802
Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report: The House 
agreed to the conference report on H.R. 5011, making appropriations for 
military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2003 by a yea and nay vote of 419 yeas with none voting nay, Roll No. 
458.                                                     
  Pages H7812-18
  H. Res. 578, the rule that waived points of order against the 
conference report was agreed to by voice vote.           
Pages H7812-13
Making Further Continuing Appropriations Through Oct. 18: The House 
passed H.J. Res. 122, making further continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year 2003, by a recorded vote of 272 ayes to 144 noes, Roll No. 
461.                                              
  Pages H7812, H7818-36
  Rejected the Obey motion that sought to recommit the joint resolution 
to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report it back 
to the House forthwith with an amendment that continues appropriations 
through October 12, 2002 by a yea and nay vote of 202 yeas to 214 nays, 
Roll No. 460.                                                
Page H7835
  Pursuant to the rule as amended, the amendment to the joint 
resolution to continue appropriations through October 18, 2002 was 
considered as adopted.                                       
Page H7834
  H. Res. 580, the rule that provided for consideration of the joint 
resolution was agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 225 yeas to 193 nays, 
Roll No. 459. Earlier, agreed to the Hastings of Washington amendment 
in the nature of a substitute that included an amendment to H.J. Res. 
122.                                                         
Page H7825
Motions to Instruct Conferees--SAFE Act: Representative Waxman informed 
the House of his intention to offer motions to instruct conferees on

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H.R. 4, to enhance energy conservation, research and development and to 
provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the 
American people, to reject provisions that limit the liability of a 
responsible party for the contamination of groundwater with a fuel or 
fuel additive and to instruct conferees to reject provisions that 
mandate the use of ethanol in gasoline.                      
  Page H7836
Help America Vote Act: The House agreed to the conference report on 
H.R. 3295, to establish a program to provide funds to States to replace 
punch card voting systems, to establish the Election Assistance 
Commission to assist in the administration of Federal elections and to 
otherwise provide assistance with the administration of certain Federal 
election laws and programs, to establish minimum election 
administration standards for States and units of local government with 
responsibility for the administration of Federal elections, by a yea 
and nay vote of 357 yeas to 48 nays, Roll No. 462.       
  Pages H7836-54
  Without objection, the House insisted on its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate to the title. And, the House agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 508, resolving all disagreements between the House of 
Representatives and Senate with respect to H.R. 3295.        
Page H7854
  The bill was considered pursuant to the order of the House of Oct. 9.
Motion to Instruct Conferees--Bob Stump National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2003: By a recorded vote of 391 ayes with none 
voting ``no'', Roll No. 463, the House agreed to the Taylor of 
Mississippi motion to instruct conferees on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
4546, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, to 
agree to the provisions contained in section 641 of the Senate 
amendment (relating to payment of retired pay and compensation to 
disabled military retirees).                             
  Pages H7854-59
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the Legislative 
Program for the week of October 14.                          
  Page H7859
Combined Consideration of Measures: The Chair entertained the following 
combined request under the Speaker's guidelines as recorded on page 712 
of the manual with assurances that it had been cleared by the 
bipartisan floor and all Committee leaderships. The Majority Leader 
asked unanimous consent and it was subsequently agreed to that the 
House:
  1. Be considered to have discharged from Committee and passed H.R. 
5316, National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement; H.R. 5574, 
Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office, Glennville, Georgia; H.R. 5361, Floyd 
Spence Post Office Building, Lexington, South Carolina; H.R. 5439, 
Delbert L. Latta Post Office Building, Bowling Green, Ohio; S. 2558, 
Benign Brain Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act--clearing the 
measure for the President; H.R. 5349, Boys and Girls Club Use of Former 
O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, Missouri; H.R 5598, Federal 
Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and 
Dissemination Improvement; H.R. 5601, Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act Reauthorization; H.R. 670, Bruce F. Cotta Post Office 
Building, Newport, Rhode Island; H.R. 669, Alphonse F. Auclair Post 
Office Building, Woonsocket, Rhode Island; and H.R. 5205, Permitting 
estimated amounts for longevity component of the Federal benefit 
payment to certain retirees of the Metropolitan Police Department of 
the District of Columbia;                                
Pages H7859-83
  2. Be considered to have discharged from Committee and agreed to H. 
Con. Res. 406, Honoring the Lao Veterans of America and Laotian and 
Hmong Veterans of the Vietnam War and their families; H. Res. 542, 
Congratulating the Bryan Packers of West Point, Mississippi for winning 
the 2002 American Legion World Series; H. Res. 572, Honoring the 225th 
Anniversary of the Signing of the Articles of Confederation; H. Con. 
Res. 504, Congratulating the PONY League baseball team of Norwalk, 
California for winning the 2002 PONY League World Championship; H. Res. 
532, Commending the Los Angeles Sparks basketball team for winning the 
2002 Women's National Basketball Association Championship; H. Res. 571, 
Honoring the life of David O. ``Doc'' Cooke, the ``Mayor of the 
Pentagon''; and H. Con. Res. 467, Honoring Lionel Hampton and His 
Contributions to American Music;                         
Pages H7883-85
  3. Be considered to have discharged from Committee, amended, and 
agreed to: H. Res. 410, Human Rights Violations in Tibet, the Panchen 
Lama, and the need for dialogue between the Chinese leadership and the 
Dalai Lama or his representatives; H. Con. Res. 486, Support for the 
Establishment of a Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month; and H. Con. Res. 
487, Authorizing the printing as a House document of a volume 
consisting of the transcripts of the ceremonial meeting of the House of 
Representatives and Senate in New York City on September 6, 2002, and a 
collection of statements by Members of the House of Representatives and 
Senate from the Congressional Record on the terrorist attacks of 
September 11, 2001, in the respective forms placed at the desk; 
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  4. Be considered to have amended and passed H.R. 5400, agreement 
between the Government of the United States and Mexico concerning the 
Border Environment Cooperation Commission and North American 
Development Bank; by the committee amendment placed at the desk; and 
                                                         Pages H7886-87
  5. That the committees being discharged be printed in the Record, the 
texts of each measure and any amendment thereto be considered as read 
and printed in the Record and that motions to reconsider each of these 
actions be laid upon the table.                              
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Meeting Hour--Friday, Oct. 11: Agreed that when the House adjourns 
today it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 11.      
  Page H7887
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, Oct. 16.                              
  Page H7887
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Dan Miller of Florida to sign enrolled bills 
and joint resolutions through October 15.                    
  Page H7887
Quorum Calls--Votes: Ten yea and nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7751, H7769, H7798, H7799, H7801-02, H7811-12, H7817-18, H7825, H7835, 
H7835-36, H7853-54 and H7858-59. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:58 p.m.