[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 64 (Monday, May 16, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D488-D489]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 2362-2384; and 3 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 152-153, and H. Res. 279 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3331-32
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Filed on Friday, May 13: H.R. 1817, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Homeland Security, amended (H. 
Rept. 109-71, Pt. 2);
  Filed on Friday, May 13: H.R. 1817, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscalyear 2006 for the Department of Homeland Security, amended (H. 
Rept. 109-71, Pt. 3);
  Filed on May 13: H.R. 2360, making appropriations for the Department 
of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006 (H. 
Rept. 109-79);
  Filed on May 13: H.R. 2361, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006 (H. Rept. 109-80);
  H.R. 1224, to repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on 
demand deposits, amended (H. Rept. 109-81);
  H.R. 1215, to provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry 
Research and Development Program, amended (H. Rept. 109-82); and
  H. Res. 278, providing for consideration of H.R. 2360, making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006 (H. Rept. 109-83).            
Page H3330
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative McMorris to act as speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:48 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
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Commission on International Religious Freedom: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's reappointment of Ms. Nina Shea of Washington, D.C., and upon 
the recommendation of the Minority Leader, Ms. Felice Gaer of Paramus, 
New Jersey to the Commission on International Religious Freedom for a 
two year term ending May 14, 2007.                           
  Page H3269
Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for FY 2006--CBO 
Estimate: The House agreed that the Congressional Budget Office cost 
estimate for H.R. 1817 be inserted in the appropriate place in the 
Congressional Record.                                    
  Pages H3269-70
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:

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  Linda White-Epps Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 627, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Putnam 
Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut, as the ``Linda White-Epps Post Office'', 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 390 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll 
No. 171;                                       
  Pages H3270-71, H3286-87
  Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 
1760, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Madison, Wisconsin, 
as the ``Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Post Office Building''; 
                                                         Pages H3271-73
  Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day: H. 
Res. 266, supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial 
Day, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 391 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 172;                                  
  Pages H3273-75, H3287-88
  Providing for the authorization to store water from the city of 
Cheyenne in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming: H.R. 1046, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, 
Wyoming, for the storage of the city`s water in the Kendrick Project, 
Wyoming;                                                     
  Page H3275
  Potash Royalty Reduction Act of 2005: H.R. 485, amended, to provide 
that the royalty rate on the output from Federal lands of potassium and 
potassium compounds from the mineral sylvite in the 5-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be reduced to 
1.0 percent;                                             
  Pages H3276-77
  National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund Act of 
2005: H.R. 2107, to amend Public Law 104-329 to modify authorities for 
the use of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance 
Fund, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 392 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 173;                                     
  Pages H3277-78, H3288
  Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer 
Act: H.R. 540, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility 
to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District; and           
  Pages H3278-83
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and 
Maintenance Yard Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. 
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  Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act: H.R. 938, 
amended, to establish the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage 
Area in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Recess: The House recessed at 3:16 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today and appear on pages H3287, H3287-88, and H3288. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:58 p.m.