[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 85 (Thursday, June 23, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D663-D664]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 3043-
3055; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 188-190; and H. Res. 338 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H5100-01
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H5101
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 362, to designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, 
to take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia, amended (H. 
Rept. 109-149) ;
  H.R. 1797, to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe 
of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for 
the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (H. Rept. 109-
150); and
  H.R. 2364, to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program 
to award scholarships to recruit and prepare students for careers in 
the National Weather Service and in National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration marine research, atmospheric research, and satellite 
programs, amended (H. Rept. 109-151).                        
Page H5100
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Act for FY 
2006: H.R. 3010 making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.                   
  Pages H5000-73
  Agreed to limit further amendments made in order for debate and the 
time limit for debate on such amendments.                
Pages H5069-70
Agreed to:
  Obey amendment that restored $100 million for the corporation for 
Public Broadcasting by a recorded vote of 284 yeas to 140 nays, Roll 
No. 305.                                          
Pages H5040-47, H5070
Rejected:
  Owens amendment that sought to strike the priviso in the bill which 
prohibits funds in the bill from enforcing annual fit testing (after 
the initial fit testing) of respirators for occupational exposure to 
tuberculosis by a recorded vote of 206 yeas to 216 nays, Roll No. 306; 
                                                  Pages H5053-59, H5071
  Bradley amendment that sought to increase funding for Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act by $50,000,000 for use as Part B grants 
to states and offset by taking administrative and program management 
funds from OSHA and the Department of Education by a recorded vote of 
161 yeas to 262 nays, Roll No. 307.            
Pages H5059-62, H5071-72
Withdrawn:
  Fosella amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to eliminate the rescission of $125 million in workers' 
compensation and worker-retraining funds intended to aid 9/11 first 
responders. The amendment designated this $125 million as emergency 
funding.                                                 
Pages H5047-49
  Peterson (PA) (No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record of June 22) 
that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to increase the 
bill's appropriation for the Health Resources and Services 
Administration by $37,336,000. The amendment offsets this increase by 
cutting the bill's appropriation for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration by $37,336,000.                           
Pages H5051-53
  Johnson (CT) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to increase

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funds for Health Resources and Services by $11,200,000. 
                                                         Pages H5062-63
  Capuano amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to increase by $5,000,000 and decrease by the same amount funds 
for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Control, 
Research, and Training.                                  
Pages H5063-64
  H. Res. 337, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote, after agreeing to the previous question by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 304. 
                                                      Pages H4991-H5000
Late Reports: Agreed that the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure have until midnight on June 24 to file a report to 
accompany the bill H.R. 2864, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers 
and harbors of the United States.                            
  Page H5073
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and 3 Recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H4999-H5000, H5070, H5071, and H5071-72.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:04 p.m.