[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 22 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D165-D166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 30 public bills, H.R. 1036-1065; 2 private bills, 
H.R. 1066-1067; and; 13 resolutions, H.J. Res. 27-36; H. Con. Res. 81, 
and H. Res. 133-134 were introduced.                      
  Pages H940-42
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H942-43
Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative La Hood to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H851
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Rev. James T. Akers, National 
Chaplain, The American Legion.                                
  Page H851
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Congratulating ASME on their 125th anniversary: S. Con. Res. 13, 
congratulating ASME on their 125th anniversary, celebrating the 
achievements of ASME members, and expressing the gratitude of the 
American people for ASME's contributions; and             
  Pages H852-54
  Ensuring the protection of beneficiaries of United States 
humanitarian assistance: H.R. 912, to ensure the protection of 
beneficiaries of United States humanitarian assistance, by a 2/3 yea 
and nay vote of 416 yeas with none voting ``nay'' and one voting 
``present'', Roll No. 43.                        
  Pages H854-59, H867-68
Recess: The House recessed at 10:55 a.m. and reconvened at 2:05 p.m. 
                                                              Page H859
Job Training Improvement Act of 2005: The House passed H.R. 27, to 
enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by strengthening 
one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance 
arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive array of 
employment, training, and related services, establishing a targeted 
approach to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, by 
a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No 48.     
  Pages H859-67, H868-917
  Rejected the Kildee motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce with instructions to report the bill back 
to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 197 
ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 47.                            
Pages H914-16
  The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce, and now printed in the bill, 
was considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. 
                                                          Pages H916-16
Rejected:
  Kildee amendment (no. 1 printed in H. Rept. 109-11) that sought to 
strike all provisions related to youth (by a recorded vote of 200 ayes 
to 222 noes, Roll No. 44);                                
Pages H912-13
  Velazquez amendment (no. 2 printed in H. Rept. 109-11) that sought to 
allow unemployed workers to use their Personal Reemployment Account 
funds to cover the borrower guarantee costs of 7(a) loans (by a 
recorded vote of 202 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 45); and 
                                                          Pages H913-14
  Scott (VA) amendment (no. 3 printed in H. Rept. 109-11) that sought 
to strike the provision that protects the hiring rights of faith-based 
organizations when the participate in WIA programs (by a recorded vote 
of 186 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 46).                        
Page H914
  H. Res. 126, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 227 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 42. 
                                                          Pages H866-67
Recess: The House recessed at 2:56 p.m. and reconvened at 3:15 p.m. 
                                                              Page H866
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress of the continuation of the national emergency 
blocking the property of persons undermining democratic processes or 
institutions in Zimbabwe--referred to the Committee on International 
Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 109-12); and           
  Page H917
  Read a message from the President where in transmitted a report 
relating to the interdiction of aircraft engaged in illicit drug 
trafficking--referred to the Committee on International Relations and 
ordered printed (H. Doc. 109-13).                             
Page H917
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on 
                                                              Page H924
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H866-67, 
H867-68, H912-13, H913-14, H914, H916, H916-17. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:38 p.m.

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