[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 2, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D339-D340]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 1553-1578; 1 private bill, 
H.R. 1579; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 45; H. Con. Res. 135, and H. 
Res. 170-171, were introduced.                           
  Pages H2702-03
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  Pages H2703-04

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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1559, making emergency wartime supplemental appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 108-55);
  H.R. 1280, to reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, amended 
(H. Rept. 108-56); and
  H. Res. 172, providing for consideration of H.R. 1559, making 
emergency wartime supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003 (H. Rept. 108-57).                 
Page H2702
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative La Hood to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H2589
Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act: The House passed H.R. 522, to 
reform the Federal deposit insurance system by yea-and-nay vote of 411 
yeas to 11 nays, Roll No. 98.                            
  Pages H2603-25
  Agreed to the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill (H. Rept. 
108-50) and made in order by the order of the House of April 1. 
                                                         Pages H2612-24
  Rejected the Ose amendment No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record 
of April 1 that sought to strike provisions increasing the deposit 
insurance amount from $100,000 to $130,000 and indexing it to 
inflation;                                               
Pages H2619-24
Social Security Protection Act: The House passed 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, by recorded vote of 396 ayes to 28 noes, Roll No. 102. 
                                                         Pages H2625-69
  Rejected the Green motion to recommit the bill to the committee on 
Ways and Means with instructions to report it back to the House 
promptly with an amendment addressing the concerns of Federal, State, 
and local government employees about the government pension offset 
under title II of the Social Security Act by recorded vote of 203 ayes 
to 220 noes, Roll No. 101.                               
Pages H2667-68
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill 
(H. Rept. 108-46) was considered as adopted.                 
Page H2634
  Rejected the Green amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
sought to strike section 418 that requires government employees to be 
covered by Social Security for their last 60 months of employment in 
order to be exempt from the Government Pension Offset by yea-and-nay 
vote of 196 yeas to 228 nays, Roll No. 100.              
Pages H2652-67
  H. Res. 168, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote. Agreed to order the previous question by yea-
and-nay vote of 245 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 99. 
                                               Pages H2591-H2603, H2625
Recess: the House recessed at 3:03 p.m. and reconvened at 5:27 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2669
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appears on 
page H2589.
Referrals: S. 704, S. 711, S. 712, and S. 718 were referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services.                                 
  Page H2701
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H2704-06.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H2624-25, H2625, H2666-67, H2668, and H2668-69. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:22 p.m.