[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D669-D670]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 4633-4650; and 5 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 460-461, and H. Res. 685, 687-688 were 
introduced.
  Pages H4764-65
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page H4766
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 218, to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified 
current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting 
the carrying of concealed handguns, amended (H. Rept. 108-560); and
  H. Res. 686, providing for consideration of H.R. 4548, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 108-561). 
                                                             Page H4764
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Burns to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4649
Recess: The House recessed at 9:02 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H4649
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Congratulating the Kenyon College Ladies swimming and diving team: H. 
Res. 634, congratulating the Kenyon College Ladies swimming and diving 
team for winning the 2004 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving 
National Championship;
  Pages H4650-52
  Congratulating the Kenyon College Lords swimming and diving team: H. 
Res. 635, congratulating the Kenyon College Lords swimming and diving 
team for winning the 2004 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving 
National Championship;
  Pages H4652-53
  Commending the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers: H. Res. 630, 
commending the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers for winning the 
2003-04 NCAA Division I National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey 
Championship;
  Pages H4653-54, H4688-84
  Honoring the life and accomplishments of Ray Charles: H. Con. Res. 
449, honoring the life and accomplishments of Ray Charles, recognizing 
his contributions to the Nation, and extending condolences to his 
family on his death, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 281;
  Page H4654-57, H4683-84
  Recognizing the importance of blues music: H. Con. Res. 13, amended, 
recognizing the importance of blues music, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 410 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 280; 
                                               Pages H4657-59, H4684-85
  Expressing the sense of Congress regarding safe driving: H. Con. Res. 
56, expressing the sense of the Congress that States should require 
candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise 
greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of a 
potentially visually impaired individual;
  Pages H4659-60
  Luis A. Ferre United States Courthouse and Post Office Building 
Designation Act: S. 2017, to designate the United States courthouse and 
post office building located at 93 Atocha Street in Ponce, Puerto Rico, 
as the ``Luis A. Ferre United States Courthouse and Post Office 
Building''--clearing the measure for the President;
  Pages H4660-61
  Cape Town Treaty Implementation Act of 2004: H.R. 4226, amended, to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to make certain conforming changes 
to provisions governing the registration of aircraft and the 
recordation of instruments in order to implement the Convention on 
International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the 
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters 
Specific to Aircraft Equipment, known as the ``Cape Town Treaty''; 
                                                         Pages H4661-63
  Working Families Assistance Act of 2004: H.R. 4372, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the carryforward of $500 
of unused benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending 
arrangements for dependent care assistance;
  Pages H4663-65
  Reauthorizing the TANF block grant program: H.R. 4589, to reauthorize 
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through 
September 30, 2004; and
  Pages H4665-69
  Recognizing National Homeownership Month: H. Res. 658, recognizing 
National Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership in the 
United States, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 415 yeas to 2 nays, Roll 
No. 285.
  Pages H4669-74, H4728
Budget Resolution for FY 2005--Revision: Agreed by unanimous consent 
that it be in order at

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any time to consider H. Res. 685, revising the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2005 as it applies to the House of 
Representatives; that the resolution be considered as read for 
amendment; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on 
the resolution to final adoption without intervening motion or demand 
for division of the question except 90 minutes of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader or 
their designees.
  Page H4685
Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2005: The House passed 
H.R. 4613, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, by a yea-and-nay vote of 403 
yeas to 17 nays, Roll No. 284.
  Pages H4674-82, H4685-H4728
Agreed to:
  Amendment printed in H. Rept. 108-559; and
  Lewis en bloc amendment that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
provide a report to the congressional defense committees that addresses 
how the Department is improving the dud rate of cluster munitions to 
meet existing DoD policies; requires that the Secretary notify the 
Committees on International Relations, and Foreign Relations, as well 
as the defense committees before assistance is provided to the Iraqi 
and Afghanistani military or security forces; requires that the 
Secretary provide to Congress a list of all contracts entered into by 
the DoD for the provision of security, translation, and interrogation 
services in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay and the amount of each 
contract; prohibits the use of funds for any contract in contravention 
of the Small Business Act; and makes technical corrections to the bill.
                                                         Pages H4718-19
Rejected:
  Inslee amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to waive or 
modify regulations promulgated under sections of title 5 of U.S. Code 
(by a recorded vote of 202 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 283). 
                                                         Pages H4722-27
Withdrawn:
  Woolsey amendment (no. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
21) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to increase 
funding for the Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction Account; 
                                                         Pages H4703-04
  Blumenauer amendment (no. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 21) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
increase funding for research, development, test, and evaluation; 
                                                         Pages H4706-07
  Jackson-Lee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to increase funding for the Defense Health Program; and 
                                                         Pages H4707-08
  Jackson-Lee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to increase funding for embassy security, construction, and 
maintenance for interim facilities for the U.S. Mission in Iraq. 
                                                         Pages H4708-09
  H. Res. 683, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 280, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
220 yeas to 196 nays, Roll No. 279.
Pages H4682-83
Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program: The Chair announced 
the Speaker's appointment of Mr. Mark Kirk of Wilmette, Illinois, Mr. 
John C. Peters of DeKalb, Illinois, and Mr. S. Kerry Cooper of College 
Station, Texas to the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad 
Fellowship Program.
  Page H4728
  Read a letter from the Minority Leader wherein she appointed 
Representative Slaughter, Dr. Mary M. Dwyer of Lake Forest, Illinois, 
and Ms. Mora McLean of New York to the Commission.
Pages H4728-29
Presidential Message: Read a letter from the President wherein he 
reported that whaling activities conducted by Iceland diminish the 
effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission conservation 
program--referred to the Committees on International Relations and 
Resources and ordered printed (H. Doc. 108-195).
  Page H4729
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H4649.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H4766.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4682-83, 
H4683, H4683-84, H4684-85, H4726-27, H4727-28 and H4728. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:02 p.m.