[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 59 (Friday, April 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D401-D402]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 59 public bills, H.R. 1766-1824; 3 private bills, 
H.R. 1825-1827; and 11 resolutions, H.J. Res. 51-52; H. Con. Res. 151-
152, and H. Res. 197-203, were introduced.               
  Pages H3351-54
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3354-55
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 810, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
regulatory relief and contracting flexibility under the Medicare 
Program, amended (Rept. 108-74, Pt. 1); and
  H. Res. 197, waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 108-75).                    
Pages H3350-51
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Dreier to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H3307
Energy Policy Act: The House passed H.R. 6, to enhance energy 
conservation and research and development, to provide for security and 
diversity in the energy supply for the American people by recorded vote 
of 247 ayes to 175 noes, Roll No. 145.                   
  Pages H3309-32
  Rejected the Dingell motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce with instructions to report it back to the House 
forthwith with amendments that strike Division A, Energy and Commerce, 
title III Hydroelectric Energy and replace provisions dealing with 
hydroelectric licensing by recorded vote of 171 ayes to 250 noes, Roll 
No. 144.                                                 
Pages H3329-31
Agreed To:
  Schakowsky amendment No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 108-69 that expresses 
the sense of Congress that the Department of Energy should develop and 
implement more stringent inventory and procurement controls, including 
controls on the purchase card program and the Department's Inspector 
General should continue to review purchase card and other procurement 
and inventory practices. On April 10 the amendment was debated, agreed 
to by voice vote, and a Tauzin request for a recorded vote was 
postponed. Today, an insufficient number of members rose to support the 
request for a recorded vote. The Chair announced that the ayes had 
prevailed by voice vote and the amendment was agreed to;     
Page H3323
  Capps amendment No. 18 printed in H. Rept. 108-69 that strikes 
section 30220 that directs the Secretary of the Interior, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Energy and key stakeholders, 
including

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coastal States and the oil and gas industry, to conduct a comprehensive 
inventory of oil and gas resources for areas beneath all of the United 
States waters of the Outer Continental Shelf;            
Pages H3309-13
  Cantor amendment No. 21 printed in H. Rept. 108-69 that strikes 
section 42011 relating to the prepayment of premium liability for coal 
industry health benefits; and                            
Pages H3319-21
  Reynolds amendment No. 22 printed in H. Rept. 108-69 that expresses 
the Sense of Congress encouraging the prohibition of off-shore oil and 
gas drilling in the Great Lakes by the Great Lakes States and the 
Canadian Province of Ontario.                            
Pages H3321-23
Rejected:
  Kind amendment No. 19 printed in H. Rept. 108-69 that sought to 
strike Division C, Resources, Title II, Oil and Gas, relating to oil 
and gas development (rejected by recorded vote of 171 ayes to 251 noes, 
Roll No. 142); and                             
Pages H3313-16, H3323-24
  Rahall amendment No. 20 printed in H. Rept. 108-69 that sought to 
strike Division C, Resources, Title VII, Coal Leasing Amendments that 
repeals the existing 160-acre limitation for coal leases (rejected by 
recorded vote of 208 ayes to 212 noes, Roll No. 143).    
Pages H3316-19
  The Clerk was authorized to make technical corrections and conforming 
changes in the engrossment of the bill.                      
Page H3343
  H. Res. 189, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to on April 10.
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader discussed the legislative 
program for the remainder of the week.                       
  Page H3334
Clean Diamond Trade Act: The House agreed to the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 1584, to implement effective measures to stop trade in conflict 
diamonds--clearing the measure for the President.        
  Pages H3332-34
Congratulating the University of Connecticut Huskies for Their NCAA 
Women's Basketball Championship: The House agreed to H. Res. 187, 
congratulating the University of Connecticut Huskies for winning the 
2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's 
basketball championship.                                 
  Pages H3334-39
Smallpox Emergency Personnel Protection Act: The House passed H.R. 
1770, to provide benefits and other compensation for certain 
individuals with injuries resulting from administration of smallpox 
countermeasures. The Clerk was authorized to make technical corrections 
and conforming changes in the engrossment of the bill.   
  Pages H3339-43
Recess: The House recessed at 2:43 p.m. and reconvened at 6:46 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3349
Increasing the Debt Limit: The Chair announced that pursuant to rule 
XXVII, as a result of the adoption by the House and the Senate of the 
Conference Report on 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, H.J. Res. 51, increasing the statutory limit on the 
public debt, has been engrossed and is deemed to have passed the House 
on April 11, 2003.                                           
  Page H3349
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H3307 and H3349.
Referrals: S. 538, was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, S. 783, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
S. 870 was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
                                                         Pages H3349-50
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H3324, H3324-25, 
H3330-31, and H3331-32. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:48 p.m.