[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D427-D428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 29 public bills, H.R. 1873-1901; and 5 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 158 and H. Res. 208-211, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H3569-71
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3571-72
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Committee on the Budget Activities Report, 107th Congress, Second 
Session (H. Rept. 107-811);
  H. Res. 210, providing for consideration of H.R. 1298, to provide 
assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and 
malaria (H. Rept. 108-80); and
  H.R. 100, to restate, clarify, and revise the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Civil Relief Act of 1940, amended (H. Rept. 108-81).         
Page H3569
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Simpson to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H3455
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rabbi 
Manny Behar, Executive Director, Queens Jewish Community Council of 
Forest Hills, New York.                                      
  Page H3455
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization: The House 
passed H.R. 1350, to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act by yea-and-nay vote of 251 yeas to 171 nays, Roll No. 
154.                                                         
  Page H3531
  Pursuant to the rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed 
in the bill (H. Rept. 108-77) was considered as an original bill for 
the purpose of amendment.
Agreed To:
  Castle amendment No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that clarifies 
changes to GAO reports; increases the level of State reserves for high 
cost education needs; changes issues that can be raised at due process 
hearings; makes language dealing with local control over curriculum the 
same as that in the No Child Left Behind Act; changes part D programs 
to insure that the needs of children with limited English proficiency 
are met; and permits the support for the captioning of news programs; 
                                                         Pages H3510-12
  Vitter amendment No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that mandates GAO 
reviews to include recommendations to reduce or eliminate excessive 
paperwork burdens (recorded vote of 413 ayes with none voting ``no'', 
Roll No. 150);                                    
Pages H3512, H3522-23
  Bradley amendment No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that increases the 
Part B set-aside funding cap to $750,000;                
Pages H3512-13
  Woolsey amendment No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that defines a 
free public education as one that is reasonably calculated t provide 
educational benefit to enable the child with a disability to access the 
general curriculum;                                      
Pages H3513-14
  Shadegg Amendment No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that expresses the 
sense of Congress that students who have not been diagnosed by a 
physician or other person certified by a State health board as having a 
disability should not be classified as disabled;         
Pages H3519-20
  Kirk amendment No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that expresses the 
sense of Congress that safe and drug-free schools are essential for the 
learning and development of children with disabilities; 
                                                         Pages H3525-26
  McKeon amendment No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that requires 
additional Federal increases above FY 2003 levels to be passed directly 
to the local level;                                      
Pages H3526-27
  Nethercutt amendment No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that allows 
parents in consultation with the Individualized Family Service Plan 
(IFSP) team to determine the appropriate educational setting for each 
child;                                                   
Pages H3527-28
  Davis of California amendment No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that 
authorizes the use of funding to train school safety personnel and 
first responders who work at qualified educational facilities in the 
recognition of autism spectrum disorders;                
Pages H3528-29

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  Wu amendment No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that gives priority to 
grants that provide for the establishment of programs regarding methods 
of early and appropriate identification of children with disabilities; 
and                                                      
Pages H3529-30
  Garrett amendment No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that requires the 
Secretary of Education to conduct a study within two years of enactment 
on the cost to each state for compliance with the Act.   
Pages H3530-31
Rejected:
  DeMint Amendment No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that sought to 
allow the Secretary of Education to use Part D funding to design, 
develop, and initially implement parental choice and customized 
programs for students with disabilities (rejected by recorded vote of 
182 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 151);              
Pages H3514-17, H3523
  Musgrave Amendment No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that sought to 
give school districts the option of offering parents of disabled 
children in private schools a certificate to be used for their child's 
specific special education needs (rejected by recorded vote of 176 ayes 
to 247 noes, Roll No. 152); and                   
Pages H3517-19, H3524
  Tancredo amendment No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 108-79 that sought to 
define specific learning disability to mean a disorder due to a 
medically detectable and diagnosable physiological condition relying on 
physical and scientific evidence and not based on subjective evidence 
(rejected by recorded vote of 54 ayes to 367 noes, Roll No. 153). 
                                               Pages H3520-22, H3524-25
  The Clerk was authorized to make corrections and conforming changes 
in the engrossment of the bill.                              
Page H3532
  The House agreed to H. Res. 206, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by yea-and-nay vote of 211 yeas to 195 nays, 
Roll No. 149.                                            
Pages H3458-66
Consideration of Suspensions on Wednesdays: Agreed that it be in order 
for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules 
on Wednesdays through June 25, 2003 as though under clause 1 of rule 
XV.                                                          
  Page H3532
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 209, electing 
Representative Miller of North Carolina to the Committee on Small 
Business.                                                    
  Page H3532
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Resolutions: Read a 
letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure wherein he transmitted resolutions agreed to by the 
committee on April 9. The resolutions were referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations.                                          
  Pages H3532-34
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3455.
Referrals: S. Con. Res. 39 was referred to the Committee on Government 
Reform.                                                  
  Pages H3564-65
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H3465-66, H3522-23, H3523, H3524, H3524-25, H3531. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:59 p.m.