[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D242-D243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 37 public bills, H.R. 1291-1327; 1 private bill, 
H.R. 1328; and 11 resolutions, H.J. Res. 37; H. Con. Res. 96-99, and H. 
Res. 153-158, were introduced.
  Pages H1506-09
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H1509-10
Reports Filed: Report were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 154, providing for consideration of H. Con. Res. 95, 
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2006, revising appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
year 2005, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2007 through 2010 (H. Rept. 109-19).
Page H1506
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Porter to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1423
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Most Rev. Edward J. Slattery, 
Bishop, Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  Page H1425
Recess: The House recessed at 9:17 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H1425
Emergency Supplemental Wartime Appropriations Act: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005. Further 
consideration of the bill will resume tomorrow, March 16. 
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  Agreed by unanimous consent to limit further amendments offered and 
the time for debate on such amendments.
Page H1490
Agreed to:
  Moran of Virginia amendment that reduces and then increases by the 
same amount, the funding for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide; 
                                                             Page H1458
  Jackson of Illinois en bloc amendment that increases funding for 
International Disaster & Famine Assistance and Migration & Refugee 
Assistance;
Page H1467
  Maloney amendment that increases funding for the Tsunami Recovery and 
Reconstruction Fund; and
Pages H1467-71
  Upton of Michigan amendment that prohibits the use of funds for 
embassy security, construction, and maintenance (by a recorded vote of 
258 ayes to 170 noes, Roll No. 73).
Pages H1482-84, H1486-87
Rejected:
  Tancredo amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds in Title 
IV, Chapter 1 to provide emergency relief, rehabilitation or 
reconstruction aid;
Pages H1479-81
  Tierney amendment that sought to increase the funding for Operation 
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 236 
noes, Roll No. 72);
Pages H1455-57, H1486
  Weiner amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to finance 
any assistance to Saudi Arabia (agreed to limit time for debate on the 
amendment) (by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 74); 
and
Pages H1484-86, H1487-88
  Weiner amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for 
assistance to the Palestinian Authority or for programs, projects, and 
activities in the West Bank or Gaza.
Pages H1497-H1500
Withdrawn:
  Woolsey amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding for reserve personnel in all branches of 
the Armed Forces, and for the Army and Air Force National Guard; 
                                                         Pages H1457-58
  Garrett of New Jersey amendment that was offered and subsequently 
withdrawn that would have inserted a new section at the end of the bill 
regarding Offsetting Government-Wide Rescission;
Pages H1476-77
  Kelly amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited the use of funds to provide assistance to the 
Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
Pages H1489-90
  Lantos amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of March 
14) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have added a 
title VII to the measure, entitled Hope at Home Act; and 
                                                         Pages H1491-95
  Markey amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited the use of funds to implement any regulation 
reducing the total amount of monthly military pay for a member of the 
Armed Forces who is wounded or otherwise injured while assigned to duty 
in an area for which special pay is available.
Pages H1495-96
Point of Order sustained against:
  Tierney amendment that sought to establish a select committee to 
investigate reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan; 
                                                         Pages H1452-55
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional 
Record of March 14) that sought to increase funding for Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement;
Pages H1472-73
  Filner amendment that sought to provide funding for the Veterans' 
Health Administration (agreed to sustain the ruling of the chair by a 
recorded vote of 224 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 71); and 
                                                         Pages H1477-78
  Reyes en bloc amendment that sought to provide funding for veterans' 
health-care programs, and adds a Title VII to the bill regarding the 
Department of Homeland Security.
Pages H1481-82
  H. Res. 151, the rule, providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote.
Pages H1427-35
  Agreed to the Cole amendment by voice vote.
Pages H1433-35
  Earlier it was agreed to order the previous question on the 
resolution the amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 195 
nays, Roll No. 69.
Pages H1434-35
Privileged Resolution: The House agreed to table H. Res. 153, relating 
to a question of privileges of the House, by a recorded vote of 223 
ayes to 194 noes, Roll No. 70.
                                                         Pages H1435-36
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1434-35, H1435-36, H1478, H1486, H1486-87, and H1487-88. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 7:31 p.m.