[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 41 (Monday, March 29, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 5 public bills, H.R. 4050-4054; and; 3 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 400, and H. Res. 581-582 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 580, providing for the consideration of 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 (H. Rept. 108-451); and
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  H.R. 3550. A bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, 
highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes, 
with an amendment (Rept. 108-452 Pt. 1).
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Harris to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:55 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
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Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of 
the United States--Appointment: Read a letter from the Minority Leader 
wherein she appointed retired Army Lt. General H.G. (Pete) Taylor to 
the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility 
Structure of the United States.
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Providing for the conveyance of a decommissioned National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration ship to the Utrok Atoll local government: 
Agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2584, to provide for the 
conveyance to the Utrok Atoll local government of a decommissioned 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, by a 2/3 yea-and-
nay vote of 379 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 94--clearing the measure for 
the President;
  Pages H1598-H1600, H1611-12
  Vaughn Gross Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 3723, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, Texas, as the ``Vaughn Gross Post Office 
Building'', by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 379 yeas with none voting 
``nay'', Roll No. 95; and
  Pages H1600-01, H1612
  Maxine S. Postal United States Post Office Building Designation Act: 
H.R. 3917, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 695 Marconi Boulevard in Copiague, New York, as the 
``Maxine S. Postal United States Post Office''.
Recess: The House recessed at 2:29 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Budget Resolution for FY 2005--Order of Business: Agreed to take from 
the Speaker's table, S. Con. Res. 95 and to strike all after the 
enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the text of H. Con. Res. 393 
as adopted by the House.
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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, March 30, for morning hour debate as though 
after May 31, 2004, thereafter to resume its session at 10 a.m. 
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1597.
Senate Referral: S. 2241 was ordered held at the desk.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today and appear on pages H1611-12 and H1612. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:56 p.m.