[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 22 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D124-D125]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 3845-3865; and 12 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 371-375, and H. Res. 538, 540-545 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H698-700
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H700-01
Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Unborn Victims of Violence Act: The House passed 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, by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 254 yeas to 163 nays, Roll No. 31.                
  Pages H637-68
Rejected:
  Lofgren amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to make 
it a federal crime to assault a pregnant woman and establish penalties 
for causing a prenatal injury or termination of the pregnancy, in 
addition to the penalties imposed for the assault to the mother 
(rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 186 yeas to 229 nays. Roll No. 30). 
                                                         Pages H660-667
  H. Res. 529, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to on Wednesday, February 25.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at noon on Monday, March 1, 2004; and further that when it 
adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
March 2 for morning hour debate.                              
  Page  H669
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, March 3.                               
  Page H669
Committee Chairman Resignation: Read a letter from Representative 
Tauzin wherein he resigned as Chairman of the Committee on Energy & 
Commerce.                                                     
  Page H669
Committee Chairman Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 539, electing 
Representative Barton as the Chairman of the Committee on Energy & 
Commerce.                                                     
  Page H669
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Barton wherein 
he resigned from the Committee on Science.                    
  Page H670
Recess: The House recessed at 5:20 p.m. and reconvened at 8:05 p.m. 
                                                              Page H687
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003: The House passed H.R. 
3850, to provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier 
safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust 
Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century.                                 
  Pages H687-92
  The bill was considered by unanimous consent after being discharged 
from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure by unanimous 
consent.                                                      
Page H687
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Wolf to sign enrolled bills and joint 
resolutions through March 1.                                  
  Page H692
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
certified that the governments of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia are cooperating fully with United

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States efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting of captured or 
missing U.S. personnel from past military conflicts or Cold War 
incidents--referred to the Committee on International Relations and 
ordered printed (H. Doc. 108-164).                            
  Page H670
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress of the 
continuation and expansion of the national emergency with respect to 
Cuba--referred to the Committee on International Relations and ordered 
printed (H. Doc. 108-165).                                    
Page H670
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H635.
Senate Referral: S. Con. Res. 92 was referred to the Committee on 
Government Reform.                                            
  Page H692
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today. There were no quorum calls.         
  Pages H667, H668
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:10 p.m.