[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 1, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D328-D329]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 1527-1552; and 3 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 133-134, and H. Res. 169, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H2585-86
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H2586-87
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 168, providing for consideration of H.R. 743, to amend the 
Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security 
Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program 
protections (H. Rept. 108-54).
Page H2585
Recess: The House recessed at 11:04 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2520
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following:
  Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act: H.R. 
1412, to provide the Secretary of Education with specific waiver 
authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national 
emergency (agreed to by yea-and-nay vote of 421 yeas with 1 voting nay, 
Roll No. 96);
  Pages H2522-27, H2553-54
  Business Checking Freedom Act: H.R. 758, amended, 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;
  Pages H2527-33
  Coconino/Tonto National Forest Land Exchange: H.R. 622, to provide 
for the exchange of certain lands in the Coconino and Tonto National 
Forests in Arizona, H.R. 762, Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act; 
                                                         Pages H2533-34
  Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees: H.R. 762, to amend the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Mineral Leasing Act to 
clarify the method by which the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture determine the fair market value of certain 
rights-of-way granted, issued, or renewed under these Acts; 
                                                         Pages H2534-35
  Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex and the Detroit River 
International Wildlife Refuge Boundary Adjustments: H.R. 289, amended, 
to expand the boundaries of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex 
and the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge; and 
                                                         Pages H2535-38
  Support for the Display of the Blue Star Banner and the Gold Star: H. 
Con. Res. 109, amended, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding 
the Blue Star Banner and the Gold Star (agreed to by yea-and-nay vote 
of 418 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 97). Agreed to amend the 
title so as to read: ``Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of 
the Congress regarding the Blue Star Flag and the Gold Star.''. 
                                                  Pages H2538-42, H2554
Budget Resolution Conference: The House disagreed with the Senate 
amendment to H. Con. Res. 95, establishing the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 
2013 and agreed to a conference.
  Pages H2542-53
  Appointed as conferees: Chairman Nussle and Representatives Shays and 
Spratt.
Page H2553
  By a recorded vote of 399 ayes to 22 noes, Roll No. 95, agreed to the 
Spratt motion to instruct conferees to (1) eliminate the reconciliation 
instruction to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and the 
Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means contained in section 201(b) of 
the House resolution; (2) recede to the Senate on section 319 (entitled 
``Reserve Fund to Strengthen Social Security'') of the Senate 
amendment; and (3) adjust the revenue levels by the amounts needed to 
offset the cost of the instructions set forth in (1) and (2), without 
resulting in any increase in the deficit or reduction in surplus for 
any fiscal year covered by the resolution.
Pages H2542-53
Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act--Order of 
Business: Agreed that it be in order at any time for the Speaker to 
declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole for 
consideration of H.R. 735, to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United 
States Code, to reform the funding of benefits under the Civil Service 
Retirement System for employees of the United States Postal Service. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived and 
general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
hour. It shall be order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 
of amendment, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Government Reform now printed in the bill (H. Rept. 
108-49). No other amendment shall

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be in order except for amendment No. 1 by Representative Waxman and 
amendment No. 2 by Representative Tom Davis of Virginia printed in the 
Congressional Record. All points of order against the amendments are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment 
the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate 
vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the 
Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion 
except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
                                                             Page H2555
Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act--Order of Business: Agreed that it 
be in order at any time for the Speaker to declare the House resolved 
into the Committee of the Whole for consideration of H.R. 522, to 
reform the Federal deposit insurance system. All points of order 
against consideration of the bill are waived and general debate shall 
be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour. It shall be 
order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Financial Services now printed in the bill (H. Rept. 108-50). No other 
amendment shall be in order except for amendment No. 1 by 
Representative Ose and amendment No. 2 by Representative Rohrabacher 
printed in the Congressional Record. All points of order against the 
amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House 
with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 
separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion 
except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
                                                             Page H2555
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appears on 
page H2517.
Referrals: S. 318 was referred to the Committee on Small Business. 
                                                             Page H2584
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed appear on page H2587.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H2552-53, H2553-54, and H2554. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 8:36 p.m.