[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D536-D537]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 57 public bills, H.R. 2560-2616; and 6 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 165-166; and H. Res. 294-297, were 
introduced.
  Pages H3892-93
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H3893-94
Reports Filed: Reports were filed on May 25 (Legislative day, May 24), 
2005 as follows:
  H. Res. 293, providing for consideration of H.R. 1815, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
fiscal year 2006 (H. Rept. 109-96).
Page H3892
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Price of Georgia to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for 
today.
  Page H3771
Recess: The House recessed at 9:13 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H3772
Discharge Petition: Representative Marshall moved to discharge the 
Committee on Rules from the consideration of H. Res. 270, providing for 
the consideration of H.R. 303, to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to permit certain additional retired members of the Armed Forces who 
have a service-connected disability to receive both disability 
compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their 
disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military 
service or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the 
phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent 
receipt (Discharge Petition No. 2).
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006: The House passed H.R. 2419, making appropriations 
for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, by a yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas to 13 nays, Roll No. 211. 
                                               Pages H3780-95, H3853-79
  Rejected the Etheridge motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 
261 noes, Roll No. 210.
Pages H3877-38
  Agreed to adopt the Hobson amendment in the House and the Committee 
of the Whole and that it be considered as original text for the purpose 
of further amendment.
Page H3780
  Agreed to adopt the Hobson amendment in the House and the Committee 
of the Whole and that the amendment be considered as original text for 
the purpose of further amendment, and to limit the number of amendments 
made in order for debate and the time limit for debate on each 
amendment.
Page H3853
Agreed to:
  Sanders amendment that increases funding for Energy Supply and 
Conservation;
Pages H3857-58
  Markey amendment that prohibits the use of funds by the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission to contract with or reimburse any Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission licensee or the Nuclear Energy Institute with 
respect to matters relating to the security of production facilities or 
utilization facilities; and
Page H3868
  Boehlert amendment that prohibits the use of funds to enter into an 
agreement obligating the U.S. to contribute funds to ITER before March 
1, 2006.
Pages H3868-69
Rejected:
  Markey amendment that sought to increase funding for Energy Supply 
and Conservation (by a recorded vote of 110 ayes to 312 noes, Roll No. 
207);
Pages H3858-62, H3874-75

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  Jones of North Carolina amendment that sought to increase funding for 
the Operation and Maintenance fund of the Corps of Engineers (by a 
recorded vote of 152 ayes to 275 noes, Roll No. 208); and 
                                               Pages H3870-71, H3875-76
  Stupak amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
23) that sought to prohibit the use of funds to accept deliveries of 
petroleum products to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (by a recorded 
vote of 174 ayes to 253 noes, Roll No. 209).
Pages H3871-73, H3876
Withdrawn:
  Biggert amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to strike sections 311 and 312 of the bill regarding Laboratory 
Directed Research and Development, Plant Directed Research and 
Development, and Site Directed Research and Development; 
                                                         Pages H3865-66
  Filner amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
23) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit 
the use of funds to issue, approve, or grant any permit for the 
transmission of electric energy in the U.S. from a foreign country if 
any portion of such electric energy is generated at a power plant 
located within 25 miles of the U.S. that does not comply with specific 
air quality requirements;
Pages H3869-70
  Stupak amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
23) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit 
the use of funds to implement a policy to use or consider the amount of 
tonnage of goods that pass through a harbor to determine if a harbor is 
high-use; and
Pages H3873-74
  Tiahrt amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds to promulgate regulations without 
consideration of the effect of such regulations on the competitiveness 
of American businesses.
Page H3874
Point of Order:
  Section 104 regarding multiyear contracts for water resources 
projects.
Page H3855
  H. Res. 291, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous question 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 203. 
                                                         Pages H3776-79
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005: H.R. 2520, to provide 
for the collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for 
the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation 
Program (agreed to extend the time for debate on the measure), by a \2/
3\ yea-and-nay vote of 431 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 205; and 
                                               Pages H3795-H3809, H3852
  Business Checking Freedom Act of 2005: Debated on May 23: H.R. 1224, 
amended, to repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand 
deposits, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 424 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 
206.
  Pages H3852-53
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005: The House passed H.R. 810, 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic 
stem cell research, by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 194 nays, Roll 
No. 204.
  Pages H3809-53
  The bill was considered under a unanimous consent agreement reached 
yesterday, May 23.
Recess: The House recessed at 11 p.m. and reconvened at 12:10 a.m. on 
May 25, 2005.
  Page H3890
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3772.
Senate Referrals: S. 188 was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
  Page H3890
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings today and appear on pages H3779, 
H3851-52, H3852, H3852-53, H3874-75, H3875-76, H3876, H3877-78, and 
H3878-79. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12:11 a.m.