[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D577-D579]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 36 public bills, H.R. 2791-2826; 1 private bill, 
H.R. 2827; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 174-175; and H. Res. 307-309 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H4295-96
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4296-97
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 481, to further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000, amended (H. Rept. 109-107);
  H.R. 774, to adjust the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park in 
the State of Colorado (H. Rept. 109-108);
  H.R. 853, to remove certain restrictions on the Mammoth Community 
Water District's ability to use certain property acquired by that 
District from the United States (H. Rept. 109-109);
  H.R. 873, to provide for a nonvoting delegate to the House of 
Representatives to represent the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands (H. Rept. 109-110);
  H.R. 1084, to authorize the establishment at Antietam National 
Battlefield of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the 
Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and 
the First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the 
Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862 (H. Rept. 109-111);
  H.R. 1428, to authorize appropriations for the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation, amended (H. Rept. 109-112);
  H.R. 2362, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act 
of 1992 (H. Rept. 109-113); and
  H.R. 432, to require the Secretary of the Interior to permit 
continued occupancy and use of certain lands and improvements within 
Rocky Mountain National Park (H. Rept. 109-114).         
Pages H4294-95
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Miller of Michigan to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H4191
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Rev. Nelson Quinones, Pastor, 
St. John Lutheran Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania.         
  Page H4191
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Supporting the designation of a week as National Military Families 
Week: H. Con. Res. 159, amended, recognizing the sacrifices being made 
by the families of members of the Armed Forces and supporting the 
designation of a week as National Military Families Week. 
                                                         Pages H4194-97

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Withdrawing approval of the U.S. from the Agreement establishing the 
WTO--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 304, the rule 
providing for the consideration of H.J. Res. 27, withdrawing the 
approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World 
Trade Organization, by a voice vote.                  
  Pages H4197-S4201
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2006: The House passed H.R. 
2744, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, by a yea-and-nay vote of 408 yeas to 18 
nays, Roll No. 238.                                      
  Pages H4201-73
  Agreed by unanimous consent to limit the amendments made in order and 
the time limit for debate on such amendments.            
Pages H4251-52
Agreed to:
  Bonilla amendment that increases funding for the Watershed 
Rehabilitation Program and Rural Cooperative Development Grants; 
                                                         Pages H4223-24
  Butterfield amendment that increases funding for Outreach for 
Socially Disadvantaged Farmers;                              
Page H4224
  Baca amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of June 7), 
offered by Representative Hinojosa, that increases funding for 
education grants programs for Hispanic-serving Institutions; 
                                                         Pages H4244-25
  Bonilla amendment that increases the amount available in section 735 
of the bill;                                                 
Page H4237
  DeLauro amendment that strikes language in section 757 of the bill; 
                                                             Page H4237
  Schwarz of Michigan amendment (No. 9 printed in Congressional Record 
of June 7) that expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of 
Agriculture should use the transfer authority provided by the Plant 
Protection Act to implement the strategic plan developed by the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service for the eradication of Emerald Ash 
Borer in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana;                    
Pages H4244-45
  Weiner amendment that increases funding for the salaries and expenses 
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (by a recorded vote 
of 226 ayes to 201 noes, Roll No. 230);        
Pages H4225-26, H4259-60
  Sweeney amendment that prohibits the use of funds to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to inspect horses under the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act or under guidelines issued under the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (agreed to limit the time for debate 
on the amendment) (by a recorded vote of 269 ayes to 158 noes, Roll No. 
233); and                                      
Pages H4247-51, H4261-62
  Brown of Ohio amendment that prohibits the use of funds to purchase 
chickens under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966, after December 31, 2005, unless the 
Secretary takes into account whether such purchases are in compliance 
with the standards of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
                                                             Page H4269
Rejected:
  Rehberg amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
7) that sought to strike a provision relating to the delay in country 
of origin labeling for meat and meat products (agreed to limit the time 
for debate on the amendment) (by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 240 
noes, Roll No. 231);                              
Pages H4238-43, H4260
  Hinchey amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to grant a 
waiver of financial conflict of interest requirement for any voting 
member of an advisory committee or panel of the FDA; or to make a 
certification under title 18, United States Code, for any such voting 
member (agreed to limit the time for debate on the amendment) (by a 
recorded vote of 218 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 232); 
                                               Pages H4243-47, H4260-61
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 7) that sought to prohibit the use of funds to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel who make loans in excess of 17 cents per 
pound for raw sugar cane or 21.6 cents per pound for refined beet sugar 
(by a recorded vote of 146 ayes to 280 noes, Roll No. 234); 
                                                  Pages H4252-57, H4262
  Chabot amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
7) that sought to prohibit the use of funds to carry out section 203 of 
the Agriculture Trade Act of 1978, or to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel who carry out a market program under such section (by a 
recorded vote of 66 ayes to 356 noes, Roll No. 235); 
                                               Pages H4257-59, H4262-63
  Hefley amendment that sought to cut overall spending in the bill by 1 
percent (by a recorded vote of 80 ayes to 335 noes, Roll No. 236); and 
                                               Pages H4264-65, H4271-72
  Garrett of New Jersey amendment that sought to prohibit the use of 
funds under the heading ``Food and Nutrition Service-Food Stamp 
Program'' in contravention of the Immigration and Nationality Act (by a 
recorded vote of 169 ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 237). 
                                               Pages H4265-66, H4272-73
Withdrawn:
  Platts amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to increase funding for the salaries and expenses for the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service;                     
Pages H4226-27
  Moran of Kansas amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to add a new

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section to the bill regarding funding to carry out the Plant Protection 
Act; and                                                 
Pages H4237-38
  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.                                  
Pages H4268-69
Point of Order sustained against:
  Provision beginning with the colon on page 54 line 4 through the word 
``overseas'' on line 9;                                      
Page H4233
  Section 749 of the bill;                                   
Page H4237
  Section 760 of the bill;                                   
Page H4237
  Hinchey amendment that sought to insert a section at the end of the 
bill regarding Postmarket Studies;                       
Pages H4264-65
  Stupak amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to keep in 
effect an exemption for a clinical trial that concerns a serious or 
life-threatening disease or condition and is not included in the 
registry of such trials in the Public Health Service Act; and prohibits 
the use of funds to approve an application under the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act that is for a drug for a serious or life-
threatening disease or condition and is supported by a clinical trial 
that has received an exemption under the Act and is not included in the 
clinical trial registry of the Public Health Service Act; 
                                                         Pages H4263-64
  Kucinich amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for the 
FDA for the approval or process of approval under the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act of an application for an animal drug for 
creating transgenic salmon or any other transgenic fish;     
Page H4265
  Stupak amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds by the FDA 
to conduct any investigation of, or take any employment action against, 
an officer or employee of the FDA pursuant to the officer or employee 
providing information that concerns the FDA;             
Pages H4266-68
  Kucinich amendment that sought to require the Department of 
Agriculture to test, at the request of a producer or processor, 
ruminants, ruminant products and by-products for the presence of bovine 
spongiform encephalopathy; and prohibit the use of funds to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department to enforce any 
regulatory prohibition on such testing; and              
Pages H4269-70
  Weiner amendment that sought to allow grants to be made to states for 
distribution to active agricultural producers.           
Pages H4270-71
  H. Res. 303, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote.                                 
Pages H4201-08
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Smith of 
Washington wherein he resigned from the Committee on the Judiciary, 
effective immediately.                                       
  Page H4208
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 307 electing 
Representative Wasserman Schultz to the Committee on the Judiciary and 
Representative Moore of Kansas to the Committee on Science. 
                                                             Page H4208
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group--Appointment: The Chair announced 
the Speaker's appointment of the following Members to the Mexico-United 
States Interparliamentary Group, in addition to Chairman Kolbe and 
vice-Chairman Harris (FL), appointed on April 14, 2005: Representatives 
Dreier, Berman, Barton (TX), Manzullo, Weller, Reyes, and McCaul (TX). 
                                                         Pages H4273-74
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4259-60, 
H4260, H4260-61, H4261-62, H4262, H4262-63, H4271-72, H4272-73 and 
H4273. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:03 p.m.