[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D105-D106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced:  9 public bills, H.R. 3817-3825; and 7 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 364-366, and H. Res. 530-533 were introduced.
                                                          Pages H574-75
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H575-76
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Filed on February 18, H. Con. Res. 189, celebrating the 50th 
anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and supporting 
an International Geophysical Year-2 (IGY-2) in 2007-08, amended (H. 
Rept. 108-422);
  Filed on February 18, H.R. 1292, to encourage the development and 
integrated use by the public and private sectors of remote sensing and 
other geospatial information, amended (H. Rept. 108-423);
  H.R. 2707, to direct the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, 
acting through the U.S. Forest Service, to carry out a demonstration 
program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar 
and Russian Olive on forests and public lands administered by the 
Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, amended (H. 
Rept. 108-424, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 2391, to amend title 35, United States Code, to promote research 
among universities, the public sector, and private enterprise, amended 
(H. Rept. 108-425);
  H.R. 3036, to authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2006, amended (H. Rept. 108-426); and
  H. Res. 529, providing for consideration of H.R. 1997, to amend title 
18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to 
protect unborn children from assault and murder (H. Rept. 108-427). 
                                                              Page H574
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Leach to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H517
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr., 
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church in Washington, DC.
  Page H517
Journal: Agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of Wednesday, 
February 11, 2004 by a yea-and-nay vote of 381 yeas to 32 nays, Roll 
No. 25.
  Pages H527-528
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act: H.R. 2707, 
amended, to direct the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, 
acting through the U.S. Forest Service, to carry out a demonstration 
program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar 
and Russian Olive on forests and public lands administered by the 
Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service, by

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a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 367 yeas to 40 nays, Roll No. 26; 
                                                 Pages H520-23, H529-30
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: a bill to provide for an 
assessment of the extent of the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian 
Olive on lands in the Western United States and efforts to date to 
control such invasion on public and private lands, including tribal 
lands, to establish a demonstration program to address the invasion of 
Salt Cedar and Russian Olive, and for other purposes.
Page H530
  Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003: H.R. 
2696, amended, to establish Institutes to demonstrate and promote the 
use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, 
and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems 
of the interior West; and
  Pages H523-26
  Providing for the conveyance of land in Douglas County, Oregon: S. 
714, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Land 
Management land in Douglas County, Oregon, to the county to improve 
management of and recreational access to the Oregon Dunes National 
Recreation Area, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 27.
  Pages H526-27, H530
Recess: The House recessed at 3 p.m. and reconvened at 6:33 p.m. 
                                                              Page H527
GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2003: Agreed that it shall be in order 
at any time without intervention of any point of order to consider H.R. 
2751, to provide new human capital flexibilities with respect to the 
GAO; that the bill shall be considered as read for amendment; that the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Government Reform now printed in the bill shall be considered as 
adopted; that all points of order against the bill, as amended, are 
waived; and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion except: 
(1) one hour of debate on the bill, as amended, and (2) one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.
  Page H527
Member Sworn--6th District of Kentucky: Representative-elect A.B. 
``Ben'' Chandler presented himself in the well of the House and was 
administered the oath of office by the Speaker. Earlier, read a letter 
from the Clerk transmitting a copy of the original Certificate of 
Election received from the Honorable Trey Grayson, Secretary of State, 
Commonwealth of Kentucky, indicating that, on examination of the 
Official Abstracts of Votes on file in that office for the special 
election held on February 17, 2004, the Honorable A.B. ``Ben'' Chandler 
was duly elected Representative in Congress for the Sixth Congressional 
District, Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  Page H528
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H517.
Senate Referral: S. 1786 was referred to the Committees on Education 
and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means.
  Page H562
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today. There were no quorum calls.
  Pages H528, H529-30, and H530
Adjournment: The House met at 2:00 p.m. and adjourned at 12:00 a.m.