[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 93 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D731-D732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced:  10 public bills, H.R. 4779-4788; 1 private bill, 
H.R. 4789; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 470 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H5402
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 710, providing for consideration of H.R. 4766, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005 (H. Rept. 108-591) and;
  H. Res. 711, providing for the consideration of 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 (H. Rept. 108-592).    
Page H5402
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Rev. John M. O'Neill, Pastor, 
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Vienna, Virginia. 
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for FY 2005--Rule for 
Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 707, the rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 4755, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, by a yea and nay 
vote of 223 yes to 194 nays, Roll No. 336.               
  Pages H5341-47
Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act for 2003--Rule for 
Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 706, the rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 3598, to establish an interagency committee to 
coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development efforts in 
manufacturing, strengthen existing programs to assist manufacturing 
innovation and education, and expand outreach programs for small and 
medium-sized manufacturers, by a yea and nay vote of 217 yeas to 196 
nays, Roll No. 337.                               
  Pages H5335-41, H5347
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure which was debated on July 7:
  National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004: H.R. 3980, amended, 
to establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, by a 2/3 
yea and nay vote of 327 yeas to 26 nays, Roll No. 338.   
  Pages H5347-48
Bob Hope Memorial Library Designation--Committee Referral: Agreed that 
H.R. 4668, to designate the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration 
Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the ``Bob Hope 
Memorial Library'', be re-referred to the Committee on Resources. 
                                                             Page H5348
Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2005: The House passed H.R. 4754, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005 by a yea and nay vote of 397 yeas to 18 noes Roll 
No. 346.                                                 
  Pages H5348-84
  The bill was also considered on Wednesday, July 7.
  Rejected the Hoyer motion to recommit the bill to the committee on 
appropriations with instructions (by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 223 
noes, 1 voting present, Roll No. 345);                   
Pages H5381-83
Agreed to:
  Weiner amendment that prohibits the use of funds in contravention of 
the provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 
2003;                                                        
Page H5373
  Akin amendment (No. 20 printed in the Congressional Record of July 6) 
that prohibits the use of funds in contravention of provisions of the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
Act of 2003 (by a recorded vote of 306 ayes to 113 noes, Roll No. 340);
                                                  Pages H5357-58, H5375
Rejected:
  Sherman amendment (No. 25 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
7) that sought to prohibit the use of funds to detain for more than 30 
days, or defend in court the detention of a U.S. citizen, apprehended 
on U.S. territory, solely because that citizen is classified as an 
enemy combatant; or to classify a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant 
unless that citizen is apprehended outside the U.S.      
Pages H5365-69
  Sanders amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
6) that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being used under the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to acquire library circulation 
records, library patron lists, library Internet records, bookseller 
records, or bookseller customer lists (by a record vote of 210 ayes to 
210 noes, 1 voting present, Roll No. 339);     
Pages H5348-56, H5373-74
  King of Iowa amendment that sought to provide funds for enforcing 
sections of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of

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1996 (by a recorded vote of 139 to 278 noes, Roll No. 341); 
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  Smith of Michigan amendment that sought to reduce contributions to 
international organizations by $20 million (by a recorded vote of 129 
ayes to 291 noes, Roll No. 342);                  
Pages H5362-65, H5376
  Hefley amendment that sought to limit the amount for the United 
States Court of Federal Claims to $7.5 million (by a recorded vote of 
67 ayes to 347 noes, Roll No. 343);               
Pages H5369-70, H5377
  Hefley amendment that sought to reduce total funding provided for in 
the bill by one percent (by a recorded vote of 81 ayes to 327 noes, 
Roll No. 344);                                 
Pages H5372-73, H5377-78
Withdrawn:
  Otter amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of July 6) 
that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have limited 
``sneak and peek'' search warrants by narrowing the circumstances under 
which notice of the execution of the warrant is delayed to 
circumstances where the court finds reasonable cause to believe that 
providing immediate notification of the warrant ``will endanger the 
life or physical safety of an individual, resulting in flight from 
prosecution, or result in the destruction of or tampering with the 
evidence sought in the warrant.'';                       
Pages H5358-60
  Sherman amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to 
implement, litigate or defend the legality of, or enforce the 
regulations prescribed by the Comptroller of the Currency and published 
in the Federal Register on January 13, 2004;             
Pages H5370-72
  H. Res. 701, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to on Wednesday, July 7.
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Nadler motion to adjourn by a recorded 
vote of 64 ayes to 324 noes, Roll No. 347.               
  Pages H5383-84
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H5402.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5346-47, 
H5347, H5347-48, H5373-74, H5375, H5375-76, H5376, H5377, H5377-78, 
H5382-83, H5383, and H5383-84. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:01 p.m.