[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 86 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D668-D670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 3056, 
3059-3069; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 191-192; and H. Res. 339-
340, were introduced.
  Page H5176
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H5176-77
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3057 making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, (H. Rept. 109-152);
  H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, (H. Rept. 109-153); and 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, amended (H. Rept. 109-154).
Pages H5175-76
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Boustany to act as speaker pro tempore.
  Page H5103
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Act for FY 
2006: The House passed 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 (by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 250 yeas to 151 nays, Roll No. 320). The bill was 
also considered yesterday, June 23.
  Pages H5105-65
  Agreed to limit the time on a vote, on a motion to recommit, to five 
minutes, notwithstanding that it is the first vote in a series. 
                                                             Page H5163
  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations, (by a recorded vote of 185 ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 
319).
Page H5163-64
Agreed to:
  Kolbe amendment to prohibit funds made available in the Act from 
being used to enforce Determination ED-OIG/A05-D0008 of the Department 
of Education.
Pages H5121-22

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  Miller, George (CA) amendment to prevent the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation from expending funds to administer its agreement with 
United Airlines to terminate the company's pension plans (by a recorded 
vote of 219 ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 309);
Pages H5114-17, H5132
  Filner amendment to prohibit funds from being used to place social 
security account numbers on identification cards issued to 
beneficiaries under the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act (by a recorded vote of 314 ayes to 94 noes, Roll 
No. 311);
Pages H5125-26, H5133-34
  King (IA) amendment to prohibit funds made available from being used 
to reimburse, or provide reimbursement, for Viagra, Levitra, or Cialis 
(by a recorded vote of 285 ayes to 121 noes, Roll No. 312); 
                                               Pages H5126-28, H5134-35
  En bloc amendment consisting of the following amendments: Regula 
amendment regarding Veterans Programs of the Department of Labor, 
LIHEAP, and section 503 of the bill; Markey amendment regarding 
Interoperable Information Technology; Waxman amendment regarding 
certain appointments to Federal advisory committees; Neugebauer 
amendment that states that none of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by the National Institute of Mental Health for the 
following grants: (1) Grant number MH060105 (Perceived Regard and 
Relationship Resilience in Newlyweds). (2) Grant number MH047313 
(Perceptual Bases of Visual Concepts in Pigeons).
Pages H5136-39
  Hayworth amendment, as modified, to prohibit the use of funds by the 
Social Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit 
payments under a totalization agreement with Mexico;
Pages H5143-44
  Van Hollen amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to 
administer or pay any special allowances under the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 with respect to certain loans (by a recorded vote of 224 ayes 
to 178 noes, Roll No. 316).
Pages H5141-43, H5153-54
Rejected:
  Nadler amendment that sought to increase funding for School 
Improvement Programs by $35,600,000. The increase would be offset by 
reducing funds for administrative costs.
Pages H5106-08
  Tancredo amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who reimburse hospitals for 
providing health care to illegal aliens.
Pages H5123-25
  Price (GA) amendment that sought to increase funding for the Teacher 
Incentive Fund by $70,000,000. To offset the increase, the funds for 
AmeriCorps were reduced by the same amount (by a recorded vote of 102 
ayes to 298 noes, Roll No. 308);
Pages H5108-09, H5131-32
  Brown (OH) amendment that sought to prohibit any of the funds made 
available from being used to fund the operations of the Medicaid 
Commission (established on May 19, 2005, and chartered under section 
222 of the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act) (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 310); 
                                               Pages H5117-18, H5132-33
  Hefley amendment that sought to reduce overall appropriations in the 
bill by 1 percent (by a recorded vote of 84 ayes to 323 noes, Roll No. 
313);
Pages H5128-29, H5135
  Hinchey amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds for exercising 
direction, supervision, or control over the content or distribution of 
public telecommunications programs and services in violation of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 218 noes, 
Roll No. 314);
Pages H5129-31, H5135-36
  Hayworth amendment that sought to prohibit the funds made available 
in the bill to be used by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to 
exert jurisdiction over any organization or enterprise pursuant to the 
standard adopted by the NLRB in the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino 
and Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union and 
Communication Workers of America case (by a recorded vote of 146 ayes 
to 256 noes, Roll No. 315);
Pages H5139-41, H5152
  Paul amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds in the bill to 
create or implement any universal mental health screening program (by a 
recorded vote of 97 ayes to 304 noes, Roll No. 317); 
                                                  Pages H5145-47, H5154
  DeLauro amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds in the bill to 
enforce or carry out item 6B of the settlement agreement between the 
Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor and Wal-Mart Stores, 
Inc. (by a recorded vote of 165 ayes to 234 noes, Roll No. 318); 
                                                  Pages H5147-48, H5155
  Hinchey amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds in the 
bill to distribute the personal information of Medicare and Medicaid 
beneficiaries to private companies for marketing purposes (by a 
recorded vote of 192 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 319). 
                                               Pages H5150-51, H5155-56
Withdrawn:
  Kind amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds by the Center 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a regulation forcing 
Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) to reapply for CAH status if they 
rebuild or relocate their facility more than 250 yards away from their 
current location.
Pages H5122-23

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  Engel amendment sought to grant states one more year to spend unspent 
Ryan White AIDS program funds.
Pages H5151-52
  Point of Order sustained against:
  Section 511 beginning on page 104, line 6 through line 18. 
                                                             Page H5114
  Honda amendment sought to prohibit funds made available in the Act 
from being used to require a local educational agency to provide 
student information to military recruiters without parental consent. 
                                                         Pages H5119-21
  H. Res. 337, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to yesterday, June 23.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, June 27 for Morning Hour debate. 
                                                             Page H5166
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, June 29.
  Page H5166
Presidential Message: Messages delivered Thursday, June 23. The Speaker 
laid before the House a message from the President transmitting 
legislation and supporting documents to implement the Dominican 
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement--referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 
109-36).
  The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President 
transmitting a notice regarding the national emergency with respect to 
the Western Balkans--referred to the Committee on International 
Relations and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 109-37).
Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate appear on pages H5103 
and H5165.
Senate Referrals: S. 714 was referred to the Committee on Government 
Reform and S. 1181 was held at the desk.
  Page H5175
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote, and thirteen recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5131-32, 
H5132, H5132-33, H5133-34, H5134-35, H5135, H5135-36, H5153, H5153-54, 
H5154, H5155, H5155-56, H5164, and H5164-65.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 5:58 p.m.