[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 51 (Monday, March 31, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D321-D322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 1508-1525; 1 private bill, 
H.R. 1526; and; 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 44; H. Con. Res. 130-132, and 
H. Res. 167, were introduced.
  Pages H2514-15
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page H2515
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Oversight Plans for all House Committees (H. Rept. 108-52); and H.R. 
758, to allow all businesses to make up to 24 transfers each month from 
interest-bearing transaction accounts to other transaction accounts, to 
require the payment of interest on reserves held for depository 
institutions at Federal reserve banks, amended (H. Rept. 108-53). 
                                                             Page H2514
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Aderholt to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for 
today.
  Page H2475
Recess: The House recessed at 12:48 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2477
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following:
  Honoring the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina for the Festival of 
Flight: H. Con. Res. 5, honoring the City of Fayetteville, North 
Carolina, and its many partners for the Festival of Flight, a 
celebration of the centennial of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first 
flight, the first controlled, powered flight in history (agreed to by 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 393 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 
93);
  Pages H2494-97, H2505-06
  Jim Richardson Post Office Building, Charlotte, North Carolina: H.R. 
1505, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2127 Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the 
``Jim Richardson Post Office;''
  Page H2497
  Northern Ireland Peace and Reconciliation Support Act: H.R. 1208, 
amended, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for 
United States contributions to the International Fund for Ireland; and 
                                                      Pages H2497-H2500
  Small Business Development Centers Expanded Assistance to Indian 
tribe members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians: H.R. 1166, to 
amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance 
provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, 
Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians (agreed to by \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 378 yeas to 14 nays, Roll No. 94).
  Pages H2500-04, H2506
Suspension Failed--Small Pox Vaccination Compensation Fund Act: The 
House failed to agree to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1463, to 
provide benefits for certain individuals with injuries resulting from 
administration of a smallpox vaccine by \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 184 
yeas to 206 nays, Roll No. 92).
  Pages H2478-94, H2504-05
Recess: The House recessed at 3:57 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2504
Additional Conferees to Child Abduction Prevention Act: The following 
additional conferees to S. 151, Child Abduction Prevention Act, were 
appointed from the Committee on Education and the Workforce for 
consideration of section 8 of the Senate bill and sections 222, 305, 
and 508 of the House amendments and modifications committed to 
conference: Representatives Hoekstra, Gingrey, and Hinojosa. And from 
the Committee on Transportation and Insfrastructure, for consideration 
of section 303 and title IV of the House amendments, and

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modifications committed to conference: Chairman Young of Alaska and 
Representatives Petri and Matheson.
  Pages H2506-07
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H2477.
Referrals: S. 330, was referred to the Committees on the Judiciary and 
Transportation and Infrastructure and S. Con. Res. 30 was referred to 
the Committee on International Relations.
  Page H2512
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H2504-05, H2505-06, 
and H2506. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 7:55 p.m.