[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 105 (Wednesday, September 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D857-D859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 5024-5035; 2 private bills, 
H.R. 5036-5037; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. 756-760, were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                
  Pages H6899-H6900
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 4768, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into certain major medical 
facility leases, to authorize that Secretary to transfer real property 
subject to certain limitations, amended (H. Rept. 108-663);
  H.R. 2960, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and 
desalinization project (H. Rept. 108-664);
  H.R. 4027, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make available 
to the University of Miami property under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 
Virginia Key, Florida, for use by the University for a Marine Life 
Science Center, amended (H. Rept. 108-665);
  H.R. 4617, to amend the Small Tracts Act to facilitate the exchange 
of small tracts of land, amended (H. Rept. 108-666, Pt. 1);
  S. 1003, to clarify the intent of Congress with respect to the 
continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the 
Salmon River (H. Rept. 108-667);
  H.R. 4606, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation and in coordination with other Federal, 
State, and local government agencies, to participate in the funding and 
implementation of a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program 
in California, amended (H. Rept. 108-668);
  H.R. 4508, to amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to 
require the Secretary to permit continued use and occupancy of certain 
privately owned cabins in the Mineral King Valley in the Sequoia 
National Park (H. Rept. 108-669);
  H.R. 4586, to provide that making limited portions of audio or video 
content of motion pictures imperceptible by or for the owner or other 
lawful possessor of an authorized copy of that motion picture for 
private home viewing, and the use of technology therefor, is not an 
infringement of copyright or of any right under the Trademark Act of 
1946, amended (H. Rept. 108-670);
  H.R. 5025, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2005 (H. Rept. 108-671); and
  H.R. 4341, to reform the postal laws of the United States referred 
sequentially to the House Committee on the Judiciary for a period 
ending not later than Sept. 28, 2004 for consideration of such 
provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that 
committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X. (H. Rept. 108-672, Pt. 1). 
                                                         Pages H6897-98
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Terry to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6759
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 756, electing 
Representative Stenholm to the Committee on Armed Services. 
                                                             Page H6761
Department of Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act for FY 2005: 
The House began consideration of H.R. 5006, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005. Further 
consideration will resume tomorrow, September 9.      
  Pages H6772-H6859
Agreed to:
  Hooley amendment that increases funding for the Veterans Employment 
and Training Program;                                        
Page H6821
  LoBiondo amendment that amends section 221 of Title II regarding 
hospital inpatient rehabilitation;                       
Pages H6836-38
  Maloney amendment that provides funding for the Women's Educational 
Equity Act of 2001;                                      
Pages H6841-43
  Sanders amendment that increases funding for the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance program (by a recorded vote of 305 ayes to 114 noes, 
Roll No. 427);                                 
Pages H6829-32, H6845-46

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  Shadegg amendment that increases funding for School Improvement 
Programs (an amendment offered by Representative Obey to the original 
amendment that would have removed the provision reducing funding for 
Education for the Disadvantaged and made changes to existing tax laws 
was stricken by a point of order); and                   
Pages H6849-50
  George Miller of California amendment that prohibits the use of funds 
from being used by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to enforce 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (by a recorded vote 
of 268 ayes to 148 noes, Roll No. 429).        
Pages H6852-55, H6857-58
Rejected:
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment (no. 4 printed in the Congressional 
Record of September 8) that sought to increase funding for the National 
Center for Health Statistics surveys and the National Center on 
Minority Health and Health Disparities (by a recorded vote of 112 ayes 
to 305 noes, Roll No. 425);                       
Pages H6823-25, H6845
  Jackson-Lee amendment that sought to increase funding for Disease 
Control, Research and Training (by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 261 
noes with one voting ``present'', Roll No. 426); and 
                                                  Pages H6826-28, H6845
  Hefley amendment that sought to reduce overall funding in the bill by 
one percent (by a recorded vote of 79 ayes to 333 noes, Roll No. 428). 
                                                         Pages H6856-57
Withdrawn:
  Johnson of Connecticut amendment that was offered and subsequently 
withdrawn that sought to increase funding to advance health information 
technology;                                                  
Page H6820
  Green of Texas amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to appropriate funds to carry out provisions of the Public 
Health Service Act relating to healthy communities access program; 
                                                         Pages H6822-23
  Stupak amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to increase funding for Aging Services Programs and to carry out 
the Nutrition Services Incentive Program;                
Pages H6833-34
  Allen amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to appropriate funding for research on outcomes of health care 
items and services authorized under the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003;              
Pages H6838-39
  Udall of New Mexico amendment that was offered and subsequently 
withdrawn that sought to increase funding for Disease Control, 
Research, and Training;                                      
Page H6839
  Tom Davis of Virginia amendment that was offered and subsequently 
withdrawn that sought to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965; and                                         
Pages H6851-52
  Stearns amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds to carry out modifications of 
coverage announced by the Secretary until the Secretary submits a 
report to Congress containing the estimate of the increased costs of 
such modifications to the Medicare program.              
Pages H6855-56
Point of Order sustained against:
  Section 219(b) pertaining to Medicare Claims Processing Fee; 
                                                             Page H6836
  Bordallo amendment that sought to increase funding for Grants to 
States for Medicaid to be used for Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and                 
Page H6840
  Section 506 concerning the purchase of American made products. 
                                                             Page H6850
  Agreed to the Regula motion that the Committee rise by a recorded 
vote of 216 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 430.              
Pages H6858-59
  H. Res. 754, 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 190 nays, Roll No. 424. 
                                                         Pages H6763-72
Anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: Agreed that 
it be in order at any time to consider H. Res. 757, expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives on the anniversary of the 
terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 
2001; that the resolution shall be considered as read for amendment; 
and that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
resolution and preamble to final adoption without intervening motion or 
demand for division of the question except: one hour of general debate 
on the resolution equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on International Relations, 
and one motion to recommit which may not contain instructions. 
                                                            Pages H6859
Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003--Motion To Instruct 
Conferees: The House began consideration of the Hill motion to instruct 
conferees on H.R. 1308, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
accelerate the increase in the refundability of the child tax credit. 
Further consideration will resume tomorrow, September 9. 
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Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House completed debate on the 
following measure under suspension of the rules. Further consideration 
will resume tomorrow, September 9.

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  Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act: S. 2634, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to support the planning, implementation, and evaluation of 
organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early 
intervention and prevention strategies, to provide funds for campus 
mental and behavioral health service centers.            
  Pages H6865-74
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Jo Ann Davis 
of Virginia wherein she resigned from the Committee on Government 
Reform, effective August 10, 2004 to accept a seat on the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence.                            
  Page H6874
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Bereuter 
wherein he announced his resignation from the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, effective immediately.            
  Page H6874
Committee Appointment: The Chair announced that on August 10, 2004 in 
consonance with the letter of resignation from Representative Bereuter, 
the Speaker appointed Representative Jo Ann Davis of Virginia to the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.                  
  Page H6874
Committee Chairman Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Goss 
wherein he resigned from the Chairmanship of the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence on a temporary basis, effective immediately, 
until the Senate makes a final determination on the President's 
nomination of Representative Goss for the position of Director of 
Central Intelligence.                                        
  Page H6874
Committee Chairman Appointment: The Chair announced that in consonance 
with the letter of resignation of Representative Goss, the Speaker 
designated Representative Hoekstra as Chairman of the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence.                               
  Pages H6900-01
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H6900-01.
Quorum Calls Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6771-72, 
H6844-45, H6845, H6845-46, H6857, H6857-58, and H6858-59. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:47 p.m.