[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D516-D517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 2068-2081; 2 private bills, 
H.R. 2082, 2083; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 177-178, and H. Res. 
231-233, were introduced.
  Pages H4010-11
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H4011-12
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 229, providing for consideration of H.R. 1527, to amend title 
49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National 
Transportation Safety Board for fiscal years 2003 through 2006 (H. 
Rept. 108-97); and
  H. Res. 230, providing for the consideration of H.R. 1000, to amend 
title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional protections to 
participants and beneficiaries in individual account plans from 
excessive investment in employer securities and to promote the 
provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their 
retirement income assets (H. Rept. 108-98).
Page H4010
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Murphy to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for 
today.
  Page H3977
Recess:: The House recessed at 12:54 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3979
Suspensions: the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Conveyance of the Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE to the Port Huron Museum 
of Arts in Port Huron, Michigan and the Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE to 
Jewish Life in Sherman Oaks, California: H.R. 517, amended, to direct 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey the Coast Guard Cutter 
BRAMBLE, upon its scheduled decommissioning, to the Port Huron Museum 
of Arts and History located in Port Huron, Michigan, for use for 
education and historical display. Agreed to amend the title so as to 
read: ``A bill to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey 2 
Coast Guard cutters.'';
  Pages H3981-83
  Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Dayton, 
Ohio: H.R. 281, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the 
``Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse'' (agreed to 
by yea-and-nay vote of 407 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 
183);
  Pages H3983-85, H3993-94
  Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run on the Capitol Grounds: H. 
Con. Res. 128, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the D.C. 
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run;
  Pages H3985-86
  Delbert L. Latta Post Office Building, Bowling Green, Ohio: H.R. 985, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 111 West Washington Street in Bowling Green, Ohio, as the ``Delbert 
L. Latta Post Office Building'';
  Pages H3986-87
  Honoring the Life of the Late Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives Matthew J. Ryan: H. Res. 178, honoring the life and 
work of

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former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Matthew J. 
Ryan and offering the deepest condolences of the United States House of 
Representatives to his wife and family on his death;
  Pages H3987-88
  Urging the United Nations to Remove the Economic Sanctions Against 
Iraq: H. Con. Res. 160, amended, expressing the sense of Congress that 
the United Nations should remove the economic sanctions against Iraq 
completely and without condition (agreed to by yea-and-nay vote of 409 
yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 184); and 
                                               Pages H3988-90, H3994-95
  Commending Individuals Who Contributed to the Debris Collection 
Effort Following the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident. H. Res. 222, 
commending those individuals who contributed to the debris collection 
effort following the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident (agreed to by yea-
and-nay vote of 411 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 185). 
                                                  Pages H3990-93, H3995
Recess: The House recessed at 3:46 p.m. and reconvened at 6:33 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3993
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H4013-15.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay vote and recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H3993-94, H3994-95, and H3995. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 9:20 p.m.