[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 90 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D705-D707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 40 public bills, H.R. 4714-4753; and 4 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 468, and H. Res. 698-700, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H5149-50
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H5150-51
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3819, to redesignate Fort Clatsop National Memorial as the Lewis 
and Clark National Historical Park, to include in the park sites in the 
State of Washington as well as the State of Oregon, amended (H. Rept. 
108-570);
  H.R. 2831, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility to the 
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, amended (H. Rept. 108-571);
  H.R. 1716, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for apprenticeship or other on-job training, amended (H. Rept. 108-572, 
Pt. 1); and
  H.R. 2828, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement 
water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing 
and diversifying domestic water resources, amended (H. Rept. 108-573, 
Pt. 1).
Page H5148
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for FY 2005: The House 
passed H.R. 4614, making appropriations for energy and water 
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, by a yea and 
nay vote of 370 yeas to 16 nays, Roll No. 325.
  Pages H5074-H5131
  Agreed to limit the number of amendments made in order in the 
Committee of the Whole and the time for debate on those amendments. 
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Agreed to:
  Hobson amendment that prohibits the use of funds to finance 
laboratory directed research and development activities at the 
Department of Energy laboratories on behalf of other Federal agencies; 
                                                             Page H5111
  Eshoo amendment that prohibits the use of funds to deny requests for 
the public release of documents or evidence obtained through or in the 
Western Energy Markets: Enron Investigation, the California Refund 
case, the Anomalous Bidding Investigation, or the Physical Withholding 
Investigation;
Pages H5111-16
Rejected:
  Norton amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
24) that sought to increase funding for construction for the Civil 
Department of the Army;
Pages H5102-06
  Sanders amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
24) that sought to increase funding for energy supply activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(by a recorded vote of 150 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 321); (agreed to 
limit the time for debate on the amendment)
Pages H5106-11, H5128-29
  Wilson of New Mexico amendment that sought to increase funding for 
defense nuclear nonproliferation (by a recorded vote of 163 ayes to 224 
noes, Roll No. 322); (agreed to limit time for debate on the amendment)
                                               Pages H5118-19, H5128-29
  Meehan amendment that sought to increase funding for defense nuclear 
nonproliferation (by a recorded vote of 151 ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 
323); and
Pages H5123-25, H5129
  Hefley amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
23) that reduces the total funding in the Act by one percent (by a 
recorded vote of 68 ayes to 319 noes, Roll No. 324); 
                                                     Pages H5126, H5130
Withdrawn:
  Hefley amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
23) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have reduced 
funding for the Appalachia Regional Commission;
Pages H5116-18
  Inslee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited the use of funds to make ``waste incidental to 
reprocessing'' determinations in order to reclassify high-level 
radioactive waste;
Pages H5125-26
Point of Order sustained against:
  Section of the bill (page 2, line 23 through page 3, line 5) 
regarding the Southwest Valley Flood Damage Reduction Study in 
Albuquerque, New Mexico;
Page H5101
  Section 105 of Title I regarding the flood protection project at 
Alamogordo, New Mexico;
Pages H5105-06
  Section 106 of Title I regarding Public Law 106-541;
Pages H5105-06
  Section 107 of Title I regarding flood damage reduction at Mill Creek 
in Cincinnati, Ohio;
Page H5106
  Section 108 of Title I regarding the environmental dredging project 
at Ashtabula River, Ohio;
Page H5106
  Section 109 of Title I regarding the Central Riverfront Park project 
on the Ohio Riverfont in Cincinnati, Ohio;
Page H5106
  Section 110 of Title I regarding the revolving fund for dredge 
projects;
Page H5106
  Section 311 relating to the prohibition on the use of funds for 
laboratory directed research and development activities at Department 
of Energy laboratories on behalf of other Federal agencies; 
                                                         Pages H5110-11
  Section 502 regarding the purchase of American-made equipment and 
products;
Page H5122
  Section of the bill (pages 39, line 23 through page 40, line 4) 
regarding the prohibition of funds to issue a license during fiscal 
year 2005 for the construction or operation of a new commercial nuclear 
power plant in the U.S.
Pages H5122-23
  H. Res. 694, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous 
question by a yea and nay vote of 209 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 320. 
                                                             Page H5083
Independence Day District Work Period: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 
120, providing for the conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate 
and the conditional adjournment of the House.
  Page H5083
Late Reports: Agreed that the Committee on Appropriations have until 
midnight on July 2 to file late reports on the bill making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary and related agencies, and a bill making appropriations for 
the Legislative Branch.
  Pages H5083-84
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Bartlett, or if not available, Representative 
Pence to act as Speaker Pro Tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint 
resolutions through July 6.
  Page H5132
Late Reports: Agreed that the Committee on Science be allowed to have 
until 4 p.m. on July 2 to file reports on H.R. 4218, H.R. 4516, H.R. 
3890, H.R. 3598, and H.R. 3980.
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  Further agreed that the Committee on Financial Services have until 
midnight on July 2 to file a report on H.R. 3574.
Page H5131
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, July 7.
  Page H5132
Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages 
H5073, H5131.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 83 was referred to the Committee on 
International Relations; S. 2322 and 1292 were referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform; S. 1932 and S. 2237 were referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary; and S. 2191 was held at the desk. 
                                                             Page H5146
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H5151.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5083, 
H5128, H5128-29, H5129-30, H5130 and H5130-31. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and at 5:07 p.m., pursuant to the 
provisions of S. Con. Res. 120, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. 
on Tuesday, July 6, 2004.