[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 23, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D270-D271]
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. 4010-4018; and 3 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 394-395, and H. Res. 572, were introduced.      
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3966, to amend title 10, United States Code, and the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to improve the ability of the Department of 
Defense to establish and maintain Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps 
units at institutions of higher education, to improve the ability of 
students to participate in Senior ROTC programs, and to ensure that 
institutions of higher education provide military recruiters entry to 
campuses and access to students that is at least equal in quality and 
scope to that provided to any other employer, amended (H. Rept. 108-
443, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 3971, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to credit the 
Highway Trust Fund with the full amount of fuel taxes, to combat fuel 
tax evasion, amended (H. Rept. 108-444); and
  H.R. 3873, to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with access to 
food and nutrition assistance, to simplify program operations, to 
improve children's nutritional health, and to restore the integrity of 
child nutrition programs, amended (H. Rept. 108-445).        
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative King of Iowa to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:45 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
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Journal: Agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of Monday, 
March 22, by a yea-and-nay vote of 380 yeas to 26 nays with one voting 
``present'', Roll No. 72.                         
  Pages H1329, H1341-42
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Hydrographic Services Amendments of 2003: H.R. 958, amended, to 
authorize certain hydrographic services programs, to name a cove in 
Alaska in honor of the late Able Bodied Seaman Eric Steiner Koss, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 384 yeas to 23 nays, Roll No. 73; 
                                                  Pages H1330-31, H1342
  National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Act of 2003: H.R. 2408, amended, 
to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer 
programs and community partnerships for national wildlife refuges, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 401 yeas to 10 nays, Roll No. 74; and 
                                                  Pages H1331-32, H1343
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: to amend the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer programs and community 
partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and for other purposes. 
                                                             Page H1343
  Cowlitz Indian Tribe Distribution of Judgment Funds Act: H.R. 2489, 
amended, to provide for the distribution of judgment funds to the 
Cowlitz Indian Tribe, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 404 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 75.                   
  Pages H1332-35, H1343-44
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House completed debate on the 
following measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings 
will be postponed until Wednesday, March 24.
  Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act: H.R. 3926, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to promote organ donation; and 
                                                         Pages H1335-39
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a 
need to increase awareness and education about heart disease and its 
risk factors among women: H. Res. 522, expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that there is a critical need to increase 
awareness and education

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about heart disease and the risk factors of heart disease among women. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 3:04 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Budget Resolution for FY 2005--Order of Business: The House agreed that 
it be in order at any time for the Speaker to declare the House 
resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
Union for consideration of H. Con. Res. 393, establishing the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2005 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2004 and 2006 through 2009, and that consideration of the concurrent 
resolution proceed according to the following order: the first read of 
the concurrent resolution is dispensed with; all points of order 
against consideration of the concurrent resolution are waived; general 
debate shall be confined to the congressional budget and shall not 
exceed six hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, provided that 
one hour of such debate be on the subject of economic goals and 
policies and shall be controlled by Representatives Saxton and Stark or 
their designees; after general debate, the Committee on the Whole shall 
rise without motion; and that no further consideration of H. Con. Res. 
393 shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the 
House.                                                       
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Committee Discharge and Re-referral: The House agreed that the 
Committee on Agriculture be discharged from the consideration of H.R. 
3997 and that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Resources. 
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1329.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 97 was referred to the Committee on 
Government Reform.                                           
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Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H1370-71.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today and appear on pages H1341-42, H1342, H1343, and 
H1343-44. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:50 p.m.