[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 17, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D244-D245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 3980-3992; and 9 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 387-389, and H. Res. 564-565, 567-570 were 
introduced.
  Page H1229
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H1229-30
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 566, providing for consideration of H.R. 1375, to provide 
regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository 
institutions, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 108-439). 
                                                         Pages H1228-29
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Bass to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1119
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Hastings of Florida motion to adjourn 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 36 yeas to 377 nays, Roll No. 61.
  Page H1129
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Honoring the life and legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 
Debated on March 16, H.J. Res. 87, Honoring the life and legacy of 
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and recognizing his contributions 
on the anniversary of the date of his birth, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote 
of 398 yeas to 5 nays with 6 voting ``present'', Roll No. 65. 
                                                             Page H1202
Suspensions Postponed: The House completed debate on the following 
measures to suspend the rules. Further proceedings were postponed until 
Thursday, March 18.
  Counter-Terrorism and Narco-Terrorism Rewards Program Act: H.R. 3782, 
amended, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to 
increase the maximum amount of an award available under the Department 
of State rewards program, to expand the eligibility criteria to receive 
an award, to authorize nonmonetary awards, to publicize the existence 
of the rewards program; and
  Pages H1133-35
  Recognizing more than five decades of strategic partnership between 
the U.S. and the people of the Marshall Islands: H. Con. Res. 364, to 
recognize more than 5 decades of strategic partnership between

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the United States and the people of the Marshall Islands in the pursuit 
of international peace and security.
  Pages H1135-42
Recess: The House recessed at 1 p.m. and reconvened at 2:10 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1142
Liberation of the Iraqi people and the service of the U.S. Armed Forces 
and Coalition forces: The House agreed to H. Res. 557, relating to the 
liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United 
States Armed Forces and Coalition forces, by a recorded vote of 327 
ayes to 93 noes with 7 voting ``present'', Roll No. 64. 
                                  Pages H1122-29, H1130-33, H1142-H1202
  H. Res. 561, the rule providing for consideration of the measure was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 63, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
217 yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 62
Pages H11332-33, H1133
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings today. There were no quorum calls. 
                          Pages H1129, H1132-33, H1133, H1201-02, H1202
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12 midnight.