[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D34-D37]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 65 public bills, H.R. 366-430; 2 private bills, 
H.R. 431-432; and; 19 resolutions, H.J. Res. 12-14; H. Con. Res. 28-35, 
and H. Res. 48-55 were introduced.
  Pages H233-36
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page H236
Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative LaHood to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
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Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 48, electing the 
following members to the following standing committees:
  Committee on Agriculture: Representatives Boehner, Pombo, Everett, 
Lucas (OK), Moran (KS), Jenkins, Gutknecht, Hayes, Johnson (IL), 
Osborne, Pence, Graves, Bonner, Rogers (AL), King (IA), Musgrave,

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Nunes, Neugebauer, Boustany, Schwarz (MI), Kuhl, Foxx, Conaway, and 
Fortenberry.
Page H200
  Committee on Armed Services: Representatives Weldon (PA), Hefley, 
Saxton, McHugh, Everett, Bartlett, McKeon, Thornberry, Hostettler, 
Jones (NC), Ryun (KS), Gibbons, Hayes, Calvert, Simmons, JoAnn Davis 
(VA), Akin, Forbes, Miller (FL), Wilson (SC), LoBiondo, Bradley (NH), 
Turner (OH), Kline, Miller (MI), Rogers (AL), Franks (AZ), Shuster, 
Drake, Schwarz (MI), McMorris, Conaway, and Davis (KY).
Page H200
  Committee on the Budget: Representatives Portman, Ryun (KS), Putnam, 
Hulshof, Bonner, Garrett, Barrett (SC), McCotter, Mario Diaz-Balart 
(FL), Hensarling, Lungren, Sessions, Ryan (WI), Bradley, McHenry, Mack, 
and Conaway.
Page H200
  Committee on Education and the Workforce: Representatives Petri, 
McKeon, Castle, Sam Johnson (TX), Norwood, Ehlers, Biggert, Platts, 
Tiberi, Keller, Osborne, Wilson (SC), Porter, Kline, Musgrave, Inglis 
(SC), McMorris, Marchant, Price (GA), Fortuno, Jindal, Boustany, Foxx, 
Drake, and Kuhl.
Page H200
  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Representative Norwood to rank 
after Representative Whitfield and Representative Shadegg to rank after 
Representative Wilson (NM).
Page H200
  Committee on Financial Services: Representatives Leach, Baker, Pryce, 
Bachus, Castle, King (NY), Royce, Lucas (OK), Ney, Kelly, Paul, 
Gillmor, Ryun (KS), LaTourette, Manzullo, Jones (NC), Biggert, Shays, 
Fossella, Gary Miller (CA), Tiberi, Kennedy (MN), Feeney, Hensarling, 
Garrett (NJ), Brown-Waite (FL), Barrett (SC), Harris, Renzi, Gerlach, 
Neugebauer, Price (GA), Fitzpatrick (PA), Davis (KY), and McHenry. 
                                                              Page H200
  Committee on Government Reform: Representatives Burton, Shays, Ros-
Lehtinen, McHugh, Mica, Gutknecht, Souder, LaTourette, Platts, Cannon, 
Duncan, Miller (MI), Turner (OH), Harris, Issa, Brown-Waite (FL), 
Porter, Marchant, Westmoreland, McHenry, Dent, and Foxx.
Page H200
  Committee on Homeland Security: Representatives Lungren, Jindal, 
Reichert, McCaul, and Dent.
Page H200
  Committee on House Administration: Representatives Ehlers, Mica, 
Doolittle, Reynolds, and Miller (MI).
Page H200
  Committee on International Relations: Representatives Leach, Smith 
(NJ), Burton (IN), Gallegly, Ros-Lehtinen, Rohrabacher, Royce, King 
(NY), Chabot, McHugh, Tancredo, Paul, Issa, Flake, JoAnn Davis (VA), 
Green (WI), Weller, Pence, McCotter, Harris, Wilson (SC), Boozman, 
Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, and Poe.
Page H200
  Committee on Judiciary: Representatives Hyde, Coble, Smith (TX), 
Gallegly, Goodlatte, Chabot, Lungren, Jenkins, Cannon, Bachus, Inglis 
(SC), Hostettler, Green (WI), Keller, Issa, Flake, Pence, Forbes, King 
(IA), Feeney, Franks (AZ), and Gohmert.
Page H200
  Committee on Resources: Representatives Young (AL), Saxton, Gallegly, 
Duncan, Gilchrest, Calvert, Cubin, Radanovich, Jones (NC), Cannon, 
Peterson (PA), Gibbons, Souder, Walden (OR), Tancredo, Hayworth, Flake, 
Renzi, Pearce, Nunes, Brown (SC), Drake, Fortuno, McMorris, Jindal, and 
Gohmert.
Page H200
  Committee on Rules: Representative Gingrey.
Page H200
  Committee on Science: Representatives Hall, Smith (TX), Weldon (PA), 
Rohrabacher, Calvert, Bartlett (MD), Ehlers, Gutknecht, Lucas (OK), 
Biggert, Gilchrest, Akin, Johnson (IL), Forbes, Bonner, Feeney, Inglis 
(SC), Reichert, Sodrel, Schwarz (MI), and McCaul.
Page H200
  Committee on Small Business: Representatives Bartlett (MD), Kelly, 
Chabot, Graves, Akin, Musgrave, King (IA), McCotter, Poe, Sodrel, 
Fortenberry, Fitzpatrick (PA), Westmoreland, and Gohmert.
Page H200
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Representatives 
Petri, Boehlert, Coble, Duncan, Gilchrest, Mica, Hoekstra, Ehlers, 
Bachus, LaTourette, Kelly, Baker, Ney, LoBiondo, Moran (KS), Gary 
Miller (CA), Hayes, Simmons, Brown (SC), Johnson (IL), Platts, Graves, 
Kennedy (MN), Shuster, Boozman, Pearce, Gerlach, Mario Diaz-Balart 
(FL), Porter, Osborne, Marchant, Sodrel, Dent, Poe, Reichert, Mack, 
Kuhl, Fortuno, Westmoreland, and Boustany.
Page H200
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Representatives Bilirakis, Everett, 
Stearns, Moran (KS), Baker, Simmons, Brown (SC), Miller (FL), Boozman, 
Bradley (NH), Brown-Waite (FL), and Renzi.
Page H200
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 49, electing Members 
and Delegates to certain standing committees:
  Committee on Agriculture: Representatives Holden, Thompson (MI), 
McIntyre, Etheridge, Baca, Case, Cardoza, Scott (GA), Marshall, 
Herseth, Butterfield, Cuellar, Melancon, Costa, Salazar, and Barrow. 
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  Committee on Appropriations: Representatives Murtha, Dicks, Sabo, 
Hoyer, Mollohan, Kaptur, Visclosky, Lowey, Serrano, DeLauro, Moran 
(VA), Olver, Pastor, Price (NC), Edwards, Cramer, Kennedy (RI), 
Clyburn, Hinchey, Roybal-Allard, Farr, Jackson (IL), Kilpatrick (MI), 
Boyd, Fattah, Rothman, Bishop (GA), and Berry.
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  Committee on Armed Services: Representatives Spratt, Ortiz, Evans, 
Taylor (MS), Abercrombie, Meehan, Reyes, Snyder, Smith (WA), Loretta 
Sanchez (CA), McIntyre, Tauscher, Brady (PA), Andrews, Davis (CA), 
Langevin, Israel, Larsen (WA), Cooper, Marshall, Meek (FL), Bordallo, 
Ryan (OH), Udall (CO), Butterfield, McKinney, and Boren.
Page H203
  Committee on the Budget: Representatives Moore (KS), Neal (MA), 
DeLauro, Edwards, Ford, Capps, Baird, Cooper, Davis (AL), Jefferson, 
Allen, Case, McKinney, and Cuellar.
Page H203
  Committee on Education and the Workforce: Representatives Kildee, 
Owens, Payne, Andrews, Scott (VA), Woolsey, Hinojosa, McCarthy, 
Tierney, Kind, Kucinich, Wu, Holt, Davis (CA), McCollum (MN), Davis 
(IL), Grijalva, Van Hollen, Ryan (OH), Bishop (NY), and Barrow. 
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  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Representatives Waxman, Markey, 
Boucher, Towns, Pallone, Brown (OH), Gordon, Rush, Eshoo, Stupak, 
Engel, Wynn, Gene Green (TX), Strickland, DeGette, Capps, Doyle, Allen, 
Davis (FL), Schakowsky, Solis, Gonzalez, Inslee, Baldwin, and Ross. 
                                                              Page H203
  Committee on Financial Services: Representatives Kanjorski, Waters, 
Maloney, Gutierrez, Velazquez, Watt, Ackerman, Hooley (OR), Carson, 
Sherman, Meeks (NY), Lee, Moore (KS), Capuano, Ford, Hinojosa, Crowley, 
Clay, Israel, McCarthy, Baca, Matheson, Lynch, Miller (NC), Scott (GA), 
Davis (AL), Gene Green (TX), Cleaver, Bean, Wasserman Schultz, and 
Moore (WI).
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  Committee on Government Reform: Representatives Lantos, Owens, Towns, 
Kanjorksi, Maloney, Cummings, Kucinich, Davis (IL), Tierney, Clay, 
Watson, Lynch, Van Hollen, Linda Sanchez (CA), Ruppersberger, and 
Higgins.
Page H203
  Committee on House Administration: Representatives Millender-
McDonald, and Brady (PA).
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  Committee on International Relations: Representatives Berman, 
Ackerman, Faleomavaega, Payne, Menendez, Brown (OH), Sherman, Wexler, 
Engel, Delahunt, Meeks (NY), Lee, Crowley, Blumenauer, Berkley, 
Napolitano, Schiff, Watson, Smith (WA), McCollum (MN), Chandler, and 
Cardoza.
Page H203
  Committee on the Judiciary: Representatives Berman, Boucher, Nadler, 
Scott (VA), Watt, Zoe Lofgren (CA), Jackson-Lee (TX), Waters, Meehan, 
Delahunt, Wexler, Weiner, Schiff, and Linda Sanchez (CA).
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  Committee on Resources: Representatives Kildee, Faleomavaega, 
Abercrombie, Ortiz, Pallone, Christensen, Kind, Napolitano, Udall (NM), 
Grijalva, Bordallo, Costa, Melancon, and Boren.
Page H203
  Committee on Rules: Representatives McGovern and Hastings (FL). 
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  Committee on Science: Representatives Costello, Eddie Bernice Johnson 
(TX), Woolsey, Udall (CO), Wu, Honda, Miller (NC), Davis (TN), 
Carnahan, and Lipinski.
Page H203
  Committee on Small Business: Representatives Millender-McDonald, 
Udall (NM), and Lipinski.
Page H203
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Representative Mollohan. 
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  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Representatives 
Rahall, DeFazio, Costello, Norton, Nadler, Menendez, Corrine Brown 
(FL), Filner, Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), Taylor (MS), Millender-
McDonald, Cummings, Blumenauer, Tauscher, Pascrell, Boswell, Holden, 
Baird, Berkley, Matheson, Honda, Larsen (WA), Capuano, Weiner, Carson, 
Bishop (NY), Michaud, Davis (TN), Chandler, Higgins, Carnahan, Schwartz 
(PA), and Salazar.
Page H203
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Representatives Filner, Gutierrez, 
Corrine Brown (FL), Snyder, Michaud, Herseth, and Higgins.
Page H203
  Committee on Ways and Means: Representatives Stark, Levin, Cardin, 
McDermott, Lewis (GA), Neal (MA), McNulty, Jefferson, Tanner, Becerra, 
Doggett, Pomeroy, Jones (OH), Thompson (CA), Larson (CT), and Emanuel. 
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  Later it was agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical 
corrections in the engrossment of the resolution.
Page H219
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 50, electing 
Representative Sanders to the Committees on Financial Services and 
Government Reform.
  Page H203
Composition of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: It was 
agreed that the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence not be 
composed of more than 19 members, of whom not more than 11 may be from 
the same party.
  Page H203
  Later, it was agreed to vacate the unanimous consent agreement. 
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Congressional Gold Medal Enhancement Act of 2005: The House passed H.R. 
54, to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide reasonable 
standards for congressional gold medals, by a recorded vote of 231 ayes 
to 173 noes, Roll No. 13.
  Pages H203-19
  Rejected the Crowley motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Financial Services with instructions to report the bill back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment by a yea-and-nay vote of 187 yeas to 
217 nays, Roll No. 12.
Pages H216-18
Agreed to:
  Oxley manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 109-1) that 
changes the effective date of the bill to the date of enactment. 
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Rejected:
  Crowley amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 109-1) that increases 
the limit of gold medals provided for under the bill from two per 
calendar year to six per Congress (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 
212 noes, Roll No. 10); and
Pages H211-12, H215
  Crowley amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 109-1) that provides for 
the equitable distribution of gold medals under the bill between the 
majority and minority parties (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 211 
noes, Roll No. 11).
Pages H213-16
  H. Res. 42, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a voice vote, after agreeing to strike section 2 of the 
resolution.
Page H216
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, February 2.
  Page H219
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to 
meet at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2005, unless it sooner has 
received a message from the Senate transmitting its concurrence in H. 
Con. Res. 21, in which case the House shall stand adjourned pursuant to 
that concurrent resolution.
  Page H220
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: The House agreed to H. Res. 
51, amending the Rules of the House relating to the composition of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
  Page H220
  Later the Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following 
members to the Committee: Representatives LaHood, Cunningham, Everett, 
Gallegly, Wilson (NM), JoAnn Davis, (VA), Thornberry, McHugh, Tiahrt, 
Rogers, (MI), Renzi, Hastings (FL), Reyes, Boswell, Cramer, Eshoo, 
Holt, Ruppersberger, and Tierney.
Page H229
Honoring Johnny Carson: The House agreed to H. Res. 40, honoring the 
career and philanthropic contributions of Johnny Carson. 
                                                          Pages H220-21
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative McHugh wherein 
he resigned from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 
                                                          Pages H228-29
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Renzi wherein 
he resigned from the Committee on Agriculture.
  Page H229
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings today and appear on pages H215, H216, 
H217-18, and H218. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:35 p.m.