[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 25 (Tuesday, March 2, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 3868-3878; and 4 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 376-377 and H. Res. 548-549, were introduced.
                                                              Page H752
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H752-53
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 546, providing for consideration of H.R. 3752, to promote the 
development of the emerging commercial human space flight industry, to 
extend the liability indemnification regime for the commercial space 
transportation industry, to authorize appropriations for the Office of 
the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (H. 
Rept. 108-430); and
  H. Res. 547, providing for consideration of H.R. 1561, to amend title 
35, United States Code, with respect to patent fees (H. Rept. 108-431).
                                                          Pages H751-52
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Petri to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
                                                              Page H709
Recess: The House recessed at 12:58 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                              Page H712
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Honoring the life and career of the late Willie Shoemaker: H. Res. 
439, honoring the life and career of Willie Shoemaker and expressing 
the condolences of the House of Representatives to his family and 
friends on his death;
  Pages H714-15
  Ben Atchley Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 3769, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
137 East Young High Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the ``Ben Atchley 
Post Office Building'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 383 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 32; and
  Pages H715-16, H726-28
  Expressing the sympathy of the House of Representatives for the 
victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred on December 26, 
2003 in Bam, Iran: H. Res. 526, expressing the sympathy of the House of 
Representatives for the victims of the devastating earthquake that 
occurred on December 26, 2003, in Bam, Iran, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
381 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 33. 
                                                 Pages H724-26, H727-28
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House completed debate on the 
motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 530, amended, urging 
the appropriate representative of the United States to the 60th session 
of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a 
resolution calling upon the Government of the People's Republic of 
China to end its human rights violations in China. Further proceedings 
on the motion were postponed until Thursday, March 3.
  Pages H716-24
Recess: The House recessed at 3:20 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                              Page H726
Presidential Messages: Read a letter from the President wherein he 
transmitted the 2004 National Drug Control Strategy--referred to the 
Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Armed Services, Energy & 
Commerce, Education & the Workforce, Financial Services, Government 
Reform, International Relations, Small Business, Transportation & 
Infrastructure, Ways & Means, Veterans' Affairs, the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and the Select Committee on Homeland 
Security.
  Page H714
  Read a letter from the President wherein he transmitted his intent to 
designate Algeria as a beneficiary developing country and to terminate 
the designation of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahrain, the Czech 
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia as 
beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the Generalized System 
of Preferences--referred to the Committee on Ways & Means and ordered 
printed (H. Doc. 108-166).
Page H726
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H753.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today. There were no quorum calls.
  Pages H726-27, H727
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:50 p.m.