[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 19, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D366]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 35 public bills, H.R. 1678-1712; and; 7 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 134-136, and H. Res. 218, 220-222 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H2148-50
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H2150-51
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 866, to make technical corrections to the United States Code (H. 
Rept. 109-48); and
  H. Res. 219, providing for consideration of H.R. 6, to ensure jobs 
for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy (H. Rept. 
109-49).                                                     
Page H2148
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fortenberry to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2107
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Rev. Timothy B. Johnson, 
Pastor, The Church of the Redeemer in Bowie, Maryland.       
  Page H2111
Recess: The House recessed at 1:07 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2111
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Sense of Congress regarding the issuance of the 500,000th design 
patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: H. Con. Res. 53, 
expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the issuance of the 
500,000th design patent by the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office;                                                  
  Pages H2113-14
  Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005: S. 167, to provide 
for the protection of intellectual property rights--clearing the 
measure for the President;                               
  Pages H2114-20
  Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2005: H.R. 1038, to amend 
title 28, United States Code, to allow a judge to whom a case is 
transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict 
litigation cases for trial;                              
  Pages H2120-21
  Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005: H.R. 683, amended, to amend 
the Trademark Act of 1946 with respect to dilution by blurring or 
tarnishment, by a \2/3\ yea and nay vote of 411 yeas to 8 nays, Roll 
No. 109;                                       
  Pages H2121-23, H2125-26
  Providing for the appointment of Shirley Ann Jackson to the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: H.J. Res. 19, providing for the 
appointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, by a \2/3\ yea and nay vote of 
417 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 110; and 
                                               Pages H2123-24, H2126-27
  Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod to the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: H.J. Res. 20, providing for the 
appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board of 
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, by a \2/3\ yea and nay vote of 
412 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 111. 
                                                  Pages H2124-25, H2127
Recess: The House recessed at 3:25 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2125
Inspector General for the House of Representatives--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the joint appointment by the Speaker, Majority Leader, 
and Minority Leader of Mr. Steven A. McNamara of Sterling, Virginia to 
the position of Inspector General for the House of Representatives for 
the 109th Congress, effective January 4, 2005.           
  Pages H2127-28
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate appears on page H2111.
Senate Referrals: S. 289 was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.                                                   
  Page H2147
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today and appear on pages H2126, H2126-27, and H2127. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:30 p.m.